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Tea party storm largely inside IRS _ so far
Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been ...
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Switching from scandals Obama speech to focus on drones and Guantanamo
President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.After nearly two weeks of controversies about his handling of attacks that killed four Americans in Libya, IRS scrutiny of conservative groups, and government ...
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Quebecers polled on ‘problem’ of religious accommodations as PQ delays introduction of Charter of Secularism
The Parti Quebecois government, already involved in a political battle to toughen the province’s language law, has placed another emotionally charged identity issue on the back burner. The government has delayed its plan to set limits on religious accommodations until the fall and even begun referring to it in less contentious terms. The PQ campaigned last year on a promise to introduce ...
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America’s Newest Public Enemy No1 The Humble Pressure Cooker
When I went to the United States for the first time, long before 9/11, I wondered if immigration officials would harass me, a single young man from a turbulent part of the world. I didn't have to worry. Customs officials and their formidable sniffing dogs were much more interested in middle-aged Indian women. They rifled through the contents of the bursting-at-the-seams suitcase of a lady ...
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President Obama to survey tornado damage on Sunday
US President Barack Obama will visit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Sunday, to meet the survivors of Monday's devastating tornado. The massive twister killed 24 people and destroyed 13,000 homes. After three days of combing through the wreckage, officials now say that all residents have been accounted ...
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Facts about the Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scouts carry U.S. flags up Congress Avenue towards the Texas Capitol during the annual Boy Scouts Parade and Report to State, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in Austin, ...
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UPDATE 1-Caixabank may sell 10 pct of Mexicos Inbursa
Thu May 23, 2013 3:31am EDT MADRID May 23 (Reuters) - Spain's Caixabank said on Thursday it was considering selling around 10 percent of Mexico's Grupo Financiero Inbursa, worth $1.6 billion, to reduce its stake by half. Spain's biggest domestic lender has close business ties with tycoon Carlos Slim who controls Grupo Financiero Inbursa, Mexico's sixth-largest bank by ...
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How much news has the Obama administration suppressed
On the heels of news that the Obama administration Department of Justice was spying on reporters at the Associated Press, Monday brought the startling disclosure by the Washington Post that the DOJ had ...
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A new front in the Obama war on journalists
noted earlier today , the government's treatment of Fox News reporter James Rosen betrayed the Obama administration's unhinged obsession with targeting journalists. But as troubling as that is, the problem goes deeper than the attempt by the Department of Justice to eviscerate the First Amendment. The news that one of the reporters who had been aggressively covering the Benghazi ...
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Liberal columnist after meeting Obama Heads should roll at IRS
(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg) "She has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course," her lawyer, William Taylor III, wrote in a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa. Taylor went on to ask that Lerner be excused from appearing, as given the circumstances, it would ';have no purpose other than to embarrass or burden ...
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Iron ore copper gold potash to drive Canadian 2013 exports--EDC
Iron ore shipments, strong copper production and a 20% increase in Ontario's gold output are expected to give a huge boost to Canada's exports, advises Canada's export credit ...
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Ohio rape investigation grand jury resumes work
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An eastern Ohio grand jury is resuming its examination of whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players.The panel in Steubenville was scheduled to start up Thursday after a three-week break while investigators went back to analyzing evidence and interviewing witnesses.The grand jury had met just three days before the ...
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Survival stories of Oklahoma
Debris is scattered around damaged playground equipment outside the Plaza Towers elementary school, where seven children died in a tornado, in Moore, ...
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Mexico Germany vow to promote tourism
Mexico and Germany pledged on Wednesday to promote bilateral tourism, air connectivity and the flow of visitors, Mexico's Ministry of Tourism said in a ...
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Senators Alfredsson on defeating Penguins Probably not
The Ottawa Senators will have to prolong their season in enemy territory after a disappointing 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4, and their captain struggled to see the series ending in his team's ...
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U.S. may arm rebels if diplomacy fails Kerry says
John Kerry said. "In the event that we can't find that way forward, in the event that the Assad regime is unwilling to negotiate in good faith, we will also talk about our continued support and growing support for the opposition in order to permit them to continue to fight for the freedom of their country," Kerry said in Amman, Jordan, before a Friends of Syria meeting with key ...
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Conservative Senate leader calls for ‘greater transparency’ in order to ‘regain the public’s trust’
Senators should disclose their expenses just as cabinet ministers do, the top Conservative in the Senate says, meaning the details of every trip and every receipt could be made public. The comments from Sen. Marjory LeBreton came as the Conservatives began their push in the Senate to tighten spending rules on travel and housing allowances. Approval of the changes is unlikely to occur until next ...
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Michelle Obama visits former slave dwelling in Washington
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama gestures alongside Aidan LeBlanc, a 12-year-old 6th grader dressed as Abraham Lincoln from Willow Springs Elementary School, in Fairfax, Virginia, as they participate in a play about the emancipation of slaves during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, at historic Decatur House in Washington, May 22, ...
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Obama seeks to open secretive terror policies in face of continued threats to US
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida’s top leaders ...
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Obama discusses Syria with senior Russian official
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday discussed with visiting Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev the need for a negotiated settlement of the protracted conflict in Syria.Dropping by a White House meeting between Patrushev and Thomas Donilon, his national security advisor, Obama discussed the need for a negotiated political settlement in Syria as well as the importance of ...
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Debunking Right-Wing Bullsht Marines Umbrellas And Obama
@TheAntiBogan Okay, this has just gone too far. When the wing nuts first began with this, possibly the stupidest, most petty criticism of President Obama yet to emerge (and that’s saying a lot: ...
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Canada U.S. test at Edmonton rugby park as tune-up for World Cup qualifiers
Opening game of Pacific Nations Cup runs on Saturday; Canadian manager ecstatic team will ‘get high-quality games’ against Fiji, Tonga next ...
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Prolific Penguins put Senators in 3-1 series hole
Penguins' Chris Kunitz beats Senators goalie Craig Anderson in the second period Wednesday night in Ottawa. Pittsburgh erased a 2-1 deficit in the period, scoring six straight goals en route to a 7-3 win. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
HAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on ...
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Keystone pipeline House votes to bypass Obama
The House of Representatives approved a bill as expected on Wednesday declaring that a presidential permit is not needed to approve the Canada-to-Nebraska leg of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move that would take a decision on the project away from the Obama administration. The Republican-controlled House voted 241-175, with less support from Democrats than during the most recent attempt to ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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