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Potential Zimmerman jurors quizzed on guns biases- Meet the potential jurors in Zimmerman trial- Special Coverage ZIMMERMAN TRIAL
Attorneys in George Zimmerman's murder trial quizzed a group of 40 potential jurors asked to return for a second round of questioning about whether they had fired guns, made judgments based on how people dressed or had been members of neighborhood watch groups. Wednesday's jury selection proceedings began with Florida Judge Debra Nelson reading the charge against George Zimmerman to ...
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France to maintain nuclear arsenal after Obama call
PARIS (Reuters) - France is not ready to reduce its nuclear arsenal for now, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama offered to cut deployed weapons as part of a global push to lower stockpiles. Speaking in Berlin, Obama urged Russia to help build on the "New START" treaty that requires both countries to cut stockpiles of deployed ...
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Secret tax-haven files lift veil on $32M Ontario fraud
List of tax-haven names released to public The leaked files show the inner workings of how he lured dozens of investors with the promise of heady returns from offshore ventures, and provide a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of investing offshore. Among those taken in were a navy veteran, a doctor, property developers, a farmer, nurses, a filmmaker and retirees. "He promised amazing ...
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Top court to reveal if it will hear Rob Ford conflict appeal
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford won an appeal in a conflict-of-interest challenge. He will learn today if the Supreme Court of Canada plans to hear an appeal of that ruling. (Michelle Siu/Canadian ...
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Jeffrey George President Barack Obama confuses UK Chancellor Osborne for his favourite rb singer during G8 presentation
The Chancellor George Osborne has been called many things in his time - but Barack Obama confusing him for his favourite R&B singer must be a ...
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Climate change is the threat of our time President Obama pledges to cut nuclear weapons and a greener world in Berlin speech
In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate that instantly invited comparisons with visits to the same spot by some of his predecessors, President Barack Obama sought to make a historic imprint of his own, pledging to forge a new pact with Russia to further cut nuclear arsenals and to step up the fight against global ...
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Allowing private home ownership on reserves could be key to improving well-being for Natives report
First Nations that opt for proposed federal legislation allowing private ownership on reserve land could see the well-being of their communities improve, says a new report by the Fraser Institute. The exploratory study, published Wednesday by Katrine Beauregard and former Stephen Harper advisor Tom Flanagan, suggests private property may be the key to bringing levels of income, employment and ...
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Tory MP questions Ottawa’s decision to sole source multi-million-dollar contract for 21 coast guard helicopters
A Conservative MP has questioned his own government's decision to sole source a multi-million-dollar contract for 21 new coast guard helicopters from a Montreal company over safety concerns and fears that the process was rigged so that the Quebec firm would win. In a letter to Transport Minister Denis Lebel, obtained this week by ...
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Lawmakers Slam Obamas Nuke Plan
President Obama's pledge to cut the United States' nuclear arsenal by one-third is sending the wrong message to the global community, some Washington lawmakers said Wednesday. "Now is not the time to pursue further strategic nuclear force reductions," Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said following Obama's speech in Berlin, Germany. Inhofe was among several lawmakers ...
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Obama to put limits on power plants in climate effort
The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he could take and one sure to provoke legal challenges from Republicans and some industries. Electric power plants are the largest single source ...
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Ex-prof. arrested in Mexico on child sex charges
LOS ANGELES-It was a call from a Mexican citizen who recognized the photo of a former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list that gave authorities the final tip they needed to bring in a man suspected of sex crimes with children who had slipped through their fingers when he abruptly left town two years ago. An FBI agent at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City ...
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Tropical Storm Barry bears down on Mexicos coast
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Barry bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast early Thursday as civil defense workers readied emergency shelters and forecasters warned of the possibility of deadly flash floods and ...
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Brazilians mock Pele’s appeal to end protests
Brazilian soccer great Pele has called on thousands of protestors demonstrating over poor quality public services and corruption to leave the streets and focus on football, an appeal that was quickly met with derision on social ...
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Delay on Taliban US peace talks
Preliminary Afghan peace talks in Qatar between U.S. and Taliban officials are unlikely to take place on Thursday as originally expected, a source familiar with the matter told ...
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US diocese sued over abuse by Irish priest
A CATHOLIC Church diocese in the United States is being sued by an alleged abuse victim who says an Irish priest sexually assaulted him in the ...
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Obama Suggests Further Cuts to U.S. Russian Nuclear Arsenals As China’s Buildup Continues
PLA soldiers stand on military vehicles during a military parade marking China's 60th anniversary near the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) (CNSNews.com) - President ...
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Obamas nuke-reduction goal is just the start of a slow process
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News President Barack Obama says he wants to reduce the number of deployed U.S. nuclear weapons by a third, but even if the Russians agree to do the same, it could be a decade or longer before the 500 or so U.S. warheads under discussion are actually destroyed.A massive backlog at the Texas Pantex plant where nukes are dismantled means warheads removed from ...
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Video Bank of Canada governor says economic confidence will grow
In his first major speech as Bank of Canada governor, Stephen Poloz says the foundation is in place for economic growth, and predicts increased exports will raise confidence in the business ...
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Berlin Speech Obama Calls for Cuts in Strategic Nuclear Weapons
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek negotiations with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons they hold by up to a ...
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Barack Obama Deporter In Chief
From day one of his first campaign for President, Barack Obama promised a kinder, more humane treatment of undocumented migrant workers and their families. But his administration has been nothing short of brutal when it comes to his policies. Some of those on the front lines fighting for comprehensive and humane immigration reform have started to refer to Obama as "Deporter in ...
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STATES RIGHTS FIGHTRep Fights to Stop Calif. From Imposing Egg Laws
Should California tell farmers throughout the country how to run their farms? Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, says no. "It's exactly what our founding fathers wanted to avoid," King said. But the rural-state lawmaker is concerned over California's strict laws on egg producers and other farmers as a result of Proposition 2, a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2008. The law ...
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Landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies in Calif.
A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building -- including cutting holes in one tenant's floor with a power saw while he was still inside -- have pleaded guilty to several felonies. Nicole Macy, 37, and Kip Macy, 38, threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of ...
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Chinese governors visit will test Xi-Obama summit
In a visit that promises to deepen relations with California, the governor of its Chinese sister-state, Jiangsu province, will visit the Bay Area on Monday. After a reception in San Francisco, governor Li Xueyong will visit Berkeley and witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Jiangsu's Department of Education and UC Berkeley on a cooperative education and training ...
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Developer Kan. caverns could preserve human race
View Photo Associated Press/Orlin Wagner - A reporter walks through a door to the Vivos Shelter and Resort during a tour of the facility in Atchison, Kan., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin ...
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Obama pushes Moscow on nuclear weapons
United States President Barack Obama delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Wednesday. Obama is on a two-day official visit to the German ...
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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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