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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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Caixabank studying sale of 10 pct Mexicos Inbursa
MADRID | Thu May 23, 2013 2:47am EDT MADRID May 23 (Reuters) - Spain's biggest domestic lender Caixabank said on Thursday it was considering a placement of around half of its 20 percent stake in Mexico's Grupo Financiero Inbursa, without having yet made a final decision. The savings bank group would make a decision on the stake, worth around 1.6 billion dollars, depending on ...
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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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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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Experts release 37 recommendations to increase safety in the Americas Cup
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of sailing experts has released 37 recommendations they say will increase safety in the America's Cup, which is set to take place on the wind-raked San Francisco Bay this summer. Led by regatta director Iain Murray, the group unveiled the proposals Wednesday evening, nearly two weeks after a practice run on the bay turned deadly. Among those recommendations are ...
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Obama presents Carole King with Gershwin Prize
Carole King " at a Washington ceremony Wednesday night. King became the first woman to win the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The prize was created by the Library of Congress in 2007 to honor George ...
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Basements scarce in tornado-prone area
>Country star Toby Keith tours the damage in his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on 'AC360' tonight, 8pm ET. (CNN) -- It's one of the most familiar pieces of advice from authorities to people in the path of a tornado: Get into your basement. Yet few homes in the Oklahoma City area have them -- even though that state is hit by far more powerful tornadoes than most others. "Probably less than one ...
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Karima El Mahroug dressed as Obama at Silvio Berlusconi bunga bunga party
A girl at one of Silvio Berlusconi’s "bunga bunga" parties did a dance while dressed up as Barack Obama, the woman at the centre of the sex scandal told a court today. Moroccan dancer Karima El Mahroug, 20, claimed ex-Italian PM Mr Berlusconi plied women with cash and gifts at parties in his home near Milan in 2010. She said: "The girls dressed in costumes and ...
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Ford grows in America shrinks in Australia
Ford Motor Co. is adding production, and 3,500 jobs, in North America as it tries to keep up with Americans’ appetite for new cars and trucks. But the automaker will end production in Australia, cutting 1,200 jobs by 2016, as high costs left it unable to ...
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Urban renewal Big US cities showing strong growth
WASHINGTON -; Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight ...
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For some homeowners a house is a canvas
In this photo taken April, 2013, resident Richard Ormbrek stands next to his house, which has been decorated with a 20-foot wide American flag made up of 180 individually-painted tiles, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Cedar ...
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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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