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Surfer shot at during Dorner hunt files lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -; A Southern California surfer who was shot at by Torrance police during the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles suburb and its police ...
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Man pleads not guilty in NYC hate-crime shooting
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance says the 33-year-old Morales had been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the May 17 shooting of Mark Carson. He also is charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and menacing a police ...
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Secretary General Meets with Minister of Defense of Canada
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Canadian Minister of National Defense, Peter MacKay, met today at the headquarters of the hemispheric organization to analyze regional issues and strengthen cooperation in areas of security and defense covered by the OAS.At the meeting, the Secretary General Insulza summarized the progress ...
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United States to meet Taliban to seek peace
President Barack Obama cautioned against expectations of quick progress, saying the peace process would not be easy or quick.U.S. officials say they hope this week's talks will pave the way for the first-ever official peace negotiations between the government of Afghan President ...
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SNOOPING DEFENSE NSA Chief Says Program Helped Foil Terror Attacks
The National Security Agency and Justice Department mounted a vigorous defense of the government's controversial surveillance efforts on Tuesday, with NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander claiming they have helped prevent "potential terrorist events" over 50 times since 9/11. Officials insisted the programs protect Americans from unwarranted intrusion, as they began to shed light on ...
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Boy recovers from snakebite gets hide as trophy
A Florida boy is back on his feet after spending two weeks in the hospital recovering from a snakebite, an he is now contemplating what to do with the serpent's skin. Eleven-year-old Benjamin Smith of Newberry received what doctors said may be a record 80 vials of antivenin at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital for a bite on his right leg from a five-foot long eastern diamondback ...
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BREAKING NEWSChrysler to Recall 2.7M Jeeps Over Risk of Fires
FILE - In this file photo taken Fed. 2, 2001, rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler is refusing a request by U.S. safety regulators to recall about 2.7 million vehicles to fix fuel tanks that could leak and cause fires in rear-end collisions.The company says it's been asked by the government to recall Jeep Grand ...
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Bill Protects From Sun Storms
This still from a NASA video shows the New Year's Eve sun eruption of Dec. 31, 2012, to kick off the New Year. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the ...
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Sophia Snaps Sexy Selfie
social media self portrait also known as the selfie . I have studied Sofia's selfie strategy over the course of the last agonizing 3 1/2 minutes, even skipping my usual mid-morning snack, and now I offer you my tips to achieve selfie greatness. 1. Highlight your best asset. It is clear what Sofia thinks is most bootyful about her bod. 2. Remove your cute camera case, it can cause your pic ...
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Dad Served F-Bomb on Receipt
Sunday, being Father's Day, Joseph Gibson wanted to get some chicken with this young son at a St. Louis-area bar he liked called Friendly's Sports Bar & Grill. But what he got was anything but friendly service. Gibson told FoxNews.com that he was at the Missouri Botanical Garden and called ahead to see it was okay to bring his 4-year-old son in for a meal. The bar ...
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Kim and Kanye Name Kid...
nnThat's what first reports are saying is Kim and Kanye's daughter's name. On first blush, this sounds really weird. You knew it was going to start with a ...
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Obama comments hint at Bernankes 2014 exit
President Obama hinted this week that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke may be planning to step down when his second term ends in January. Obama said today "already stayed a lot longer than he ...
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Edmonton’s Wool on Wolves among multiple nominees for Western Canadian Music Awards
We shall take it as a sign of parity.The nominees for this year's Western Canadian Music Awards, which will be handed out in Calgary on Oct. 6, have just been announced and the acts are spread out evenly across the six regions that make up the organization: MusicBC, Alberta Music, SaskMusic, Manitoba Music, Music NWT and Music Yukon.There are no clear dominant acts or artists in the ...
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Stephen Harper targets Justin Trudeau over charity gigs
Charity asks Justin Trudeau to return fee after event flops OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau showed poor judgment in taking money from charities, but didn't have much to say about his own office's role in pushing the story to media. "I get good remuneration from the taxpayers of Canada, as a public servant, I don't think it's ...
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Shouting matches reports of intimidation at Que. construction sites
Quebec construction workers picket during the first day of their province wide stop work action in Gatineau, QC on June 17, 2103. (Andre Forget/QMI ...
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Vancouver man was Asian crime gang member and should be kicked out of Canada federal government
This 6,018-sq-ft penthouse condo at 1139 W. Cordova St. in Vancouver features three bedrooms with private sundecks, five bathrooms, rooftop deck with patio and 360-degree views of the North Shore, Burrard Inlet, Stanley Park and downtown Vancouver. Take a ...
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Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum to make statement Tuesday afternoon amid calls for his resignation after corruption charges
MONTREAL — Montreal could soon have its third mayor in less than a year. A city spokesman says interim mayor Michael Applebaum will make a statement at 3:30 p.m. ET. Speculation about his resignation has been rampant since he was slapped yesterday with 14 criminal charges. As for the nature of today’s statement, the city’s No. 2 politician is hinting that it will be a ...
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After saying no thanks to ‘stunt’ Liberal motion on MP expense transparency NDP comes up with its own
OTTAWA -- One week after defeating Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s attempt to open MPs’ expenses to public scrutiny, the NDP has come up with a proposal of its own. New Democrat MP Peter Julian has tabled a motion aimed at creating an independent body to oversee House of Commons spending, including MPs’ expenses. The new oversight body would replace the secretive board of ...
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Amber Alert in Edmonton after nine-month-old allegedly abducted by mother
EDMONTON -- Police in Edmonton have issued an Amber Alert for a nine-month-old baby girl they say has been abducted by her mother. They say they believe the mother is planning to leave Canada with the child and return to China. The mother is described as Chinese, five-feet-two inches tall, about 125 pounds and as having straight black hair with yellow highlights. Police say the mother has a ...
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Harper dodges question on why his taxpayer-funded office spearheaded attacks on Justin Trudeau
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper sidestepped a question Tuesday over whether it was appropriate for his taxpayer-funded office to be distributing documents to media about paid speeches Justin Trudeau made before he was elected to Parliament. An Ontario newspaper revealed that the Prime Minister's Office supplied it with documents purporting to show that three organizations that ...
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‘Tragic and negative consequences’ Western Canada premiers agree to put bullying on national agenda
WINNIPEG -- Canada's western premiers say bullying is a serious issue and all provinces and territories need to find ways to tackle the new dimension that the Internet brings to the torment. Following a brief meeting of Canada's western leaders in Winnipeg, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said they are putting bullying on the agenda when the country's premiers meet in Ontario next ...
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Bill Ayers Obama should be put on trial for war crimes
Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground co-founder who once supported President Obama, now thinks the commander-in-chief should be put on trial for war crimes. Ayers made the ...
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China detains Russians suspected of smuggling 213 bear paws
China has detained two Russian men on suspicions of trying to smuggle 213 bear paws into the country. Customs officials made the discovery in the northern Inner Mongolia region in May, but released details about the case Tuesday, The Sun reports. The paws - which are believed to be from brown bears -- were found hidden inside the wheels of the van and spare tires. Sales of bear body parts are ...
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Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare enrollment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming ...
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Faith Ringgold exhibit challenges America to see its true colors
In an exhibit of her works, artist Faith Ringgold challenges America to see its true colors. (Photo for The Washington Post by Melanie Burford) (Melanie Burford) WASHINGTON - Fifty years after the racial upheaval of the 1960s, Americans often like to say they don't see color. They pretend not to see it even when it's right in front of their faces, says artist Faith Ringgold. It's ...
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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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