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Tornadoes slam Plains Midwest 1 dead in Okla. violent weather expected today
SHAWNEE, Okla. -- Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called ...
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Video Jon Stewart - the new Voice of America in China
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New York City shocked as anti-gay hate crimes come out of closet
USA As the Big Apple struggles to come to terms with the murder of a gay man in Greenwich Village on Saturday, an uncomfortable question emerges: Are Americans less tolerant of gay lifestyles than the recent spate of same-sex union legislation indicates? The brutal slaying marked the 22nd hate crime targeting gays in New York City this year, compared to 13 incidents at the same time last ...
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Poll Despite scandals Obama’s approval ratings remains unscathed
Top talkers: The Morning Joe panel discusses the latest CNN/ORC poll which shows President Barack Obama's approval rating has held steady at 53 percent. Robert Gibbs says he thinks Obama's approval ratings are largely unchanged. NBC's Peter Alexander joins to discuss how the White House should begin this new week. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough also expresses his doubt that ...
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Monster machines fan out on U.S. farms facing slow sow
SHERIDAN, Illinois (Reuters) - With the U.S. spring planting season off to a historically slow start, an increasing number of farmers are counting on powerful tools to catch up: Monster machines that sow 36 rows of corn at once and feature high-tech innovations like computer-guided directional ...
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Breaking Amish Brave New World Cast Doesnt Know Anything About Washington DC
Breaking Amish: Brave New World ." When they reached Washington DC on their road trip to Florida, they were unimpressed with most of what they saw. Sabrina compared the White House to a dollhouse. "Really? The President of the United States lives in that?" she said. "Like, I've seen Amish houses that are bigger than that." After they were done bashing the white ...
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5 Things to Know This Morning
3. Hot Air Balloon Crash Kills at Least 1 Two hot air balloons collided in mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey, causing one of them to crash to the ground, officials said. One Brazilian tourist was killed while 24 other people on board were injured. 4. Measles Surges in UK Years After Vaccine Scare More than a decade ago, British parents refused to ...
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3 banks nearly stop foreclosure sales after feds tweak restrictions
Three large banks have nearly halted their foreclosure sales while they make sure they are meeting revised standards on how troubled homeowners are to be treated. Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised their orders on the how troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes. The Los ...
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RPT-INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
Mon May 20, 2013 6:59am EDT By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp. The "California Hydrogen Highway," Schwarzenegger's vision to ensure that every ...
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Anheuser-Busch sued by New York distributor
McCraith Beverages, a beer and wine distributor in New York, is suing Anheuser-Busch for assigning new beers to a rival distributor. In the lawsuit, McCraith alleges it was granted exclusive distribution rights between 1994 and 2004 to distribute Rolling Rock, Stella Artois, Becks, Bass and other beers by Labatt USA, which was later bought by InBev USA, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. In ...
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American to let passengers with small carry-ons board early
American Airlines has introduced a new boarding process it says will speed the loading of passengers. Passengers with carry-on items that will fit under the seat in front of them will be allowed to board American Airlines flights early, according to a new process the Fort Worth-based airline has introduced. The new process will speed up boarding time by an average of two minutes per plane, ...
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HM mulling production in S. America Africa CEO
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish fashion giant H&M is considering starting production in South America and Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson told the Financial Times in an interview published on Monday."When that part of the world is growing, which it is, it becomes even more interesting to look at production in South America or Central America. So, we are exploring that opportunity ...
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Amalric plays a Frenchman in America in Jimmy P
In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, actor Mathieu Amalric poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Amalric depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
President Obama will observe a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. today at the White House, marking one week since a lone gunman opened fire in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 20 first graders before turning a gun on ...
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Video Wife caught cheating and lover jumps out window
20 May 2013 This viral from Brazil, showing a half-naked man climbing out of a window and jumping to escape his lover's husband, has spread like ...
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Obama administration cracks down on leaks
The Obama administration has set in motion 6 criminal prosecutions related to information leaking, more than any previous administration. NBC's Michael Isikoff ...
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Billionaires Now Own American Politics
leading to the first far-reaching restrictions on money in American politics, have you been so free to meddle. There is no limit to the amount of money you can give to elect your friends and allies to political office, to defeat those with whom you disagree, to shape or stunt or kill policy, and above all to influence the tone and content of political discussion in this ...
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Washington DC presents Turkish Cultural month
The American Turkish Association of Washington, D.C. (ATA-DC) has announced that the Washington’s first annual Turkish Cultural Heritage Month will be celebrated throughout the month of September. Turkish Cultural Heritage Month has been officially recognized by Mayor Vincent Gray and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. The month will include a "Mobile Turkish Coffee Truck" ...
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Column Dustups have governments role in common
There's a common thread running through a series of controversies dogging President Barack Obama: the federal government, and conflicting interpretations of what it is. The debate often is boiled down to this: Obama's notion of an activist, capable government that helps people vs. Republicans' impression of an intrusive, incompetent central body that hurts ...
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White House Damage Control Script Jeopardized By New Disclosures
President Obama claims not to have been made aware of the IRS indiscretions until May 10th it seems the White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ...
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Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same ...
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Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants Has Impact On Body Mass Index Of Low Income African-Americans
BMI ) than those who lived further away from fast food, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and this association was particularly strong among those with a lower income. A new study published online in the American Journal of Public Health indicates higher BMI associates with residential proximity to a fast food restaurant, and among lower-income ...
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Legislative showdown brewing over $2 million for Teach for America
A $2 million pot of money to hire more teachers for the Clark County School District could be in danger -- with a contingent of Assembly Democrats apparently digging in their heels against the money. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to spend $2 million during the next two years to help the ...
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Video Thief hit by bus after robbing woman in Colombia
The CCTV footage shows the criminal slowly walking up to his victim and trying to snatch her bag.After a brief struggle, the man gets up with her phone and attempts to escape.Almost instantly, a bus pulls into the station and hits the man as he dashes out the door, knocking him over and dragging him underneath the bus.Incredibly, the woman who had just been mugged helps rescue him.After being ...
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American drone strike kills two suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen
An unmanned drone carries out a touch go landing in the Atlantic (US Navy/AFP) Two al-Qaeda militants were killed in an American drone strike in central Yemen on Monday, AFP reported.The attack took place in ...
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Idaho looks to eco-business for eventual recovery
Colorado has been leading the country in developing a sustainable, environmentally-friendly ‘green economy’ using $1 billion in federal grants over the last ten years or so, the efforts have paid off and now it seems that Idaho’s leadership may be looking to do something similar.
Using a $1.25 million federal grant the state of Idaho is investigating the extent of our green economy. Officials from the Idaho Department of Labor are in the process of interviewing around 5000 large and small employers and asking them, basically, how many ‘green’ jobs they’re currently got and what their growth potential is for the coming years. Read more
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