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The GOPs focus deficit
separate Pew poll , 37 percent of Republicans are following the IRS story very closely (compared with 21 percent of Democrats and 25 percent of independents), while 34 percent of Republicans are following the Benghazi investigation closely (versus 18 percent of Democrats and 26 of indies).So Republicans might find themselves trapped in this box: They really want to focus on these controversies, ...
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Tornados destruction like a lawnmower blade
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and ...
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Judge warns bin Ladens son-in-law on lawyer choices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former spokesman for al Qaeda, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans, was warned on Tuesday that his three chosen lawyers may not get clearance to review classified evidence in the ...
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How America became a third world country | Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford for TomDispatch
The streets are so much darker now since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of childhood asthma and other lung diseases have ...
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Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth
DALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult ...
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Boston bomb brothers more American than Chechen Depardieu
1 of 2. Actor Gerard Depardieu participates in a news conference in Grozny May 21, 2013. According to local media, Depardieu is visiting the Chechen capital for the filming of his new movie ...
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America 10 Years After Sequestration
website. The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of childhood asthma and other lung ...
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Watch AFTER Oklahoma Tornado Disaster
This is a special report from ABC news. Hello when I'm -- Cutler -- New York with this ABC news digital special report on the Oklahoma tornado disaster. The damage in Oklahoma. Staggering in the ...
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Sharks Take Home Ice In Hopes Of Evening Playoff Series
The Sharks are the only NHL team that is scoring (25.0) and allowing their opponents (26.3) to score on at least 25 percent of their power plays this ...
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Top 10 Family Cars Of 2013
IRVINE, CA (WWJ) – Kelly Blue Book’s list of the 10 Best Family Cars includes mid-size cars, minivans and small SUVs. It’s also a mix of brands, foreign and domestic. ';This is a great year for family cars,'; said Jack Nerad, Kelly Blue Book’s executive market analyst. ';There are some new entries in the marketplace that are terrific. Some of the old ...
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Daily Madden How Charles Woodson Could Help The Raiders
visits the Oakland Raiders Tuesday as the free agent defensive back looks for a new home. ';I think the Raiders have a pretty good chance there,'; John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew. At age 36, Madden said he wouldn’t expect Woodson to be a starting safety or corner, but that he could continue to excel as a nickle specialist covering a slot receiver. ';He’s ...
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Former head of Federal Reserve Miami joins Ocean Bank board
Juan del Busto, Ocean Bank board member. Ocean Bank added Juan del Busto, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantas Miami branch, to its board of directors. The move should give the Miami-based bank a boost in its dealings with regulators. The bank has been under enforcement orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation since 2007, ...
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US lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is ...
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US Congress grills former IRS boss over tax scandal
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The political appointee who headed the IRS during the US tax agency's abusive treatment of conservative groups insisted on Tuesday that he was not involved in the scandal.US senators grilled retired IRS boss Douglas Shulman about what he readily acknowledged was "inexcusable" behavior by agents who, from 2011, singled out right-leaning groups for excessive ...
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How America Became a Third World Country
latest updates from TomDispatch.com . The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of ...
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The Secret Donors Behind the Center for American Progress and Other Think Tanks
The Center for American Progress, Washington’s leading liberal think tank, has been a big backer of the Energy Department’s $25 billion loan guarantee program for renewable energy projects. CAP has specifically praised First Solar, a firm that received $3.73 billion under the program, and its Antelope Valley project in ...
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Bill Clinton voices support for Illinois same-sex marriage bill
President Bill Clinton laughs as he listens to philanthropist Pete Peterson speak at the Clinton Global Initiative University symposium at Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Photo by Christian Gooden, ...
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Limited slower Conn. rail service starts Tuesday
Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP ...
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Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign
File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ...
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Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance
WASHINGTON -; The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost ...
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Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list
Thein Sein met Tuesday with members of the Senate and House on Capitol Hill, a day after he became the first Myanmar leader to visit the White House in five ...
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WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GIs plea to 1 count
Wikileaks posted the cable in 2010 about a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, summarizing U.S. Embassy discussions with Icelandic officials about the country's financial ...
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WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to 1 lesser charge
FORT MEADE, Md. -; Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against ...
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Heartbreak joy after Oklahoma twister
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of ...
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Lawyer Colorado parolee made woman turn over gun
This undated image provided by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shows Stevie Marie Ann Vigil, 22, who was arrested Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Vigil is accused of buying the gun used to kill Colorado's prisons chief, and plans to plead not guilty, her lawyer said Monday, May 20, ...
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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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