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Shot fired at Obama campaign office in Denver
Denver police say someone has fired a shot through the window of President Barack Obama's Denver campaign office. Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez says people were inside the office when the shooting happened Friday afternoon, but no one was injured. A large panel of glass was left shattered at the office on West Ninth Avenue near Acoma Street. Lopez says investigators are looking at ...
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Canadian naval officer pleads guilty of espionage
A former Canadian Navy intelligence officer who pleaded guilty of espionage on Wednesday was selling secrets to the Russians for about $3,000 a month. Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle showed no emotion as he acknowledged to a Nova Scotia provincial court judge that he understood the consequences of entering guilty pleas to three charges and was voluntarily giving up his right to a trial. Federal ...
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Biden defends Obamas Iran policy in debate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden defended the way that President Barack Obama was handling the Iranian nuclear stalemate on Thursday. In the vice-presidential debate in Danville, Kentucky, Biden argued that Mitt Romney was offering an Iran policy which was not so different from that of Obama. He also stressed that if deemed necessary, the U.S. military was ready to ...
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GOP demands probe of Obama campaign donations
The U.S. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday demanding an investigation into online campaign contributions to president Obama's reelection campaign. "[T]he President's campaign committee does not use the industry standard practices to guard against receiving fraudulent or excessive contributions via ...
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Biden fired up about debate Obama campaign
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is "fired up" about his upcoming debate with Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama said on Thursday. Campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that Biden "is pretty fired up and ready to go this evening for the debate." She said that at the debate, Biden's "number-one goal ...
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School evacuated on bomb threat in U.S. state of New Mexico
A school in the U.S. state of New Mexico was put on a two-hour delay on Thursday morning after someone called in a bomb threat, local media reported. Students who were at the Albuquerque Academy, a day school for grades 6 through 12, for before-school activities were evacuated and all entrances to the school were closed, according to a report by local TV channel KOB. Police responded to a call ...
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Top Obama terror aide presses Libya for action
The top White House anti-terror official John Brennan pressed Libyan President Mohammed Megaryef on Wednesday to hunt down those guilty of the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi. The White House said Brennan addressed "specific additional steps Libya can take to better assist the US in ensuring that the perpetrators are brought to justice," during talks with top officials in ...
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Obama says he was too polite in debate
Appearing on a radio show on Wednesday morning US President Barack Obama said he thought he was "too polite" during last week's debate with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. I think it's fair to say I was just too polite," the president said when asked about his first debate performance during an interview on the Tom Joyner radio show. "The good news is, ...
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U.S. First Lady campaigns for Obama
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama attends a running campaign for her husband, President Barack Obama in Loudoun County, Virginia, Oct. 9, 2012. U.S. Republican challenger Mitt Romney, largely viewed as the winner of the first U.S. presidential debate last week, is evenly split with Democratic incumbent Barack Obama in voters' support, according to the post-debate Gallup polls released on ...
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Obama Romney should listen to Kissinger on China U.S. journalist
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- When former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger talks about China, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama ought to listen, and "so should the rest of us," a veteran U.S. journalist said on Tuesday. Walter Pincus, who has been reporting intelligence, defense and foreign policy for the Washington Post for decades, made the ...
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Drug cartel leader liquidated in Mexico
Unknown men in Mexico have stolen the body of the leader of a drug cartel "Zetas" Heriberto Lazcano from a funeral home. A few hours earlier he had been killed in a shootout with the military. The authorities believed Lazcano one of the most dangerous criminals in the country. The drug cartel "Los Zetas" is the most powerful criminal organization in Mexico. Many of the ...
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Obama attacks Romneys tax plan in key swing state
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- President Barack Obama Tuesday assailed a tax plan proposed by Republican challenger Mitt Romney as "salesmanship" in the crucial swing state of Ohio. On a campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio, Obama jabbed that Romney said it was fair that he paid a lower tax rate than a teacher or auto worker who makes 50,000 U.S. dollars. "That is not leadership -- ...
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Romney edges Obama among likely voters poll
Republican challenger Mitt Romney edged U.S. President Barack Obama among "likely voters" while Obama maintained a marginal lead among registered voters, less than a month ahead of November showdown, according to Gallup' s first national survey on likely voters released Tuesday. The Gallup's first "likely voters" survey, conducted from Oct. 2-8, found Romney held a ...
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Couple killed inside their car in Mexico
Police and forensics members work at the site where a couple was killed inside their car, in Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico, Mexico, on Oct. 8, 2012. According to local authorities, the couple identified as Dolores Cazales and Emanuel Cabrera, who were passing in their car on Vargas street nearby municipal market, in the place were found about 40 bullet shells from R-15 assault rifles. ...
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Foreign policies of Obama Romney different in words not substance Lowy Institute
Similarities outweigh differences when comparing the foreign policies of U.S. President Barack Obama with Republican candidate Mitt Romney, according to the latest research paper from Australian thinktank the Lowy Institute. "Each candidate is doing his best to emphasise his difference from the other. But the similarities in their foreign policies are more striking than the differences. ...
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Romney leads Obama by 4 points in post-debate poll
In the first national poll to be conducted entirely after the opening presidential debate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romneynow leads President Barack Obama by 4 points. The poll, conducted by Pew Research Center from Thursday through Sunday and released on Monday, shows Romney leading Obama among likely voters nationwide, 49 percent to 45 percent. That's a stark contrast from ...
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Romney attacks Obama on foreign policy
White House hopeful Mitt Romney on Monday delivered a scathing attack on America's failure to lead the world at a time of upheaval, in particular in the Middle East, under the stewardship of President Barack Obama. The Republican presidential nominee was seen trying to draw a sharp contrast with the incumbent just as there are only 29 days left before the November 6 election. In a speech ...
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Romney tied with Obama in poll after 1st debate win
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Republican challenger Mitt Romney, largely viewed as the winner of the first U.S. presidential debate last week, is now evenly split with Democratic incumbent Barack Obama in voters' support, according to the post-debate Gallup polls released on Monday. The Gallup daily tracking poll was conducted from Oct. 4 to 6 and had a 3-point margin of error. It showed ...
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How Canadas housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions
The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering consumers.The Internet failed.The Competition Bureau waded in to overcome the industry's stasis, attempting to create a market where consumers pick which services they want and data are more widely ...
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Obama leaves flexibility in new drone guidelines
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.National security experts say it's imperative to leave some room in the guidelines, given the evolving fight against terrorism. Civil rights ...
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Obama awards Congressional Gold Medal to Birmingham victims
President Barack Obama on Friday is joined by Attorney General Eric Holder, his wife, Sharon Malone, left, and Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. IPTC: U.S. President Barack Obama says a few words before signing a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama, in the Oval ...
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Salute-Gate President Obama Forgets To Salute Marine And Media Jumps To ‘Big Gaffe’
pigs trolling for truffles , they’ve dug up something they’re hoping will get some traction: ‘Big gaffe!,'; I read in one faux headline (faux, because once you clicked it, it went to a page with a far less sensationalized title… the old bait n’ switch). The ‘big gaffe’?A focused, obviously distracted President Obama climbed into the Air Force One ...
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Senators unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointment
Brenden Morrow opened the scoring in Game 5 and the Pittsburgh Penguins took over to win their Eastern Conference semi-final series, 4-1, over the Ottawa Senators. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated ...
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Dog ambushed by trap set near Canadian trail
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have advised dog owners to be careful in the Vancouver area after a pet was hooked by an unusual trap on a popular trail. Police said the trap consisted of five hooks buried in a piece of meat, The Province reported. It was hung about 5 feet off the ground just off the Baden Powell Trail on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. The dog, a labradoodle, lunged for ...
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Obamas drone speech welcomed in Pakistan YemenPresident Barack Obamas speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies — Pakistan and Yemen.
Obama cast drone strikes against Islamic militants as crucial to US counterterrorism efforts but acknowledged in his landmark speech on Thursday that they are not a ...
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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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