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Jack Reacher tops VOD list in the United States
(L-R)Director Christopher McQuarrie, actress Rosamund Pike and actor Tom Cruise attend the Japan premiere for the film "Jack Reacher" in Tokyo, Japan, on January 9, 2013. UPI/Keizo ...
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Positive press picks up for San Diego with Mexico business ties
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner visited the economically-minded organization DEITAC's bi-monthly gathering in his first official visit to Tijuana as mayor in January. He was greeted by Tijuana's mayor Bustamante, and they both took questions on plans to better incorporate the shared border ...
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Brooks and Marcus Discuss Obamas National Security Address Disaster Spending
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus discuss the week's top political news with Judy Woodruff, including President Barack Obama's speech on refining the fight against terrorism, controversies at the IRS and the Justice Department and the devastating tornadoes in ...
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Key figures in racial profiling lawsuit in Ariz
PHOENIX -- Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos:ARPAIO: Sheriff Joe Arpaio has aggressively pursued local immigration enforcement. The sheriff has been accused of launching some immigration patrols based on ...
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Ohio kidnap case hero not endorsing free burgers
FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...
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Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
NEW YORK -- The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday."We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by the teachers and administrators who abused anyone during their years at ...
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Obama seeks end to constant war on terror
Demonstrators outside the gates of Fort McNair, where US President Barack Obama spoke at the National Defense University in Washington on Thursday. Kevin Lamarque / ...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Mexicos telecoms law to rebuild industry brick by brick
Fri May 24, 2013 9:06pm EDT (For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click here) By Dave Graham and Tomas Sarmiento MEXICO CITY May 24 (Reuters) - Mexico's new telecommunications law aims to break the hold of dominant players that have made the country's industry an anomaly on the global map and rebuild it "brick by brick," a senior government official said ...
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Obama speaks to Morehouse men
Melissa Harris-Perry joins Rev. Sharpton to discuss the meaning of President Obama's inspirational and emotional speech to Morehouse College ...
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Bipartisan Bromance Obama and Christie to reunite
President Obama will head back to the Jersey Shore to see the recovery efforts alongside New Jersey Governor Chris Christie next week. Clarence Page and Lauren Ashburn join Rev. Sharpton to discuss how their bipartisan bromance can help and hurt their political ...
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Is it time to rebuild America
america . but these days you do. the collapsed bridge was listed as functionally obsolete. it was given a rating of just 57.4 out of 100. but 759 bridges ...
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Obama defends use of drone strikes as ‘legal effective and necessary’
His address came amid increased pressure from Congress on both issues. A rare coalition of bi-partisan politicians has pressed for more openness and more oversight of the highly-secretive targeted drone ...
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Canadas Graham DeLaet 2nd after 2 rounds at Colonial
Matt Kuchar was 10-under par on the 16th green when the second round of the Colonial was suspended Friday night because of an impending storm system. There were 18 groups still on the course, three still with eight holes to play, when play was stopped at 6:38 p.m. The second round at Hogan's Alley will be completed Saturday morning. Kuchar had a one-stroke lead over Graham DeLaet. The ...
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Hands-free devices not necessarily safer Study
Mayank Rehani demonstrates the driving simulator used to study the impact of hands-free distraction on drivers at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Centre in Edmonton on May 24, 2013. Dave Lazzarino/Edmonton Sun/QMI Agency EDMONTON -- Distracted driving laws enacted in most of Canada means drivers have had to keep their cell phones out of their hands and their eyes on the road. But a recent study by ...
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Man beat ex with toilet lid torched suite
Zachary Holland. (File) EDMONTON - An Edmonton man who used a toilet tank lid to attack a transsexual before torching her suite and dragged his girlfriend from a car was sentenced to 15 years Thursday. Zachary Holland, 26, pleaded guilty to several charges including arson causing bodily harm, two counts of aggravated assault, kidnapping and uttering death threats. Provincial Court Judge James ...
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Officials say Mexicos drug violence killings on the decline
- The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said Friday. Mexico's top security official, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, said deaths linked to organized crime have fallen by around 20 percent since the new government took office in December compared to the ...
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Considering the scandals plaguing multiple levels of government it seems accountability as a virtue is on the wane
Uncharitable mockery befell Conservative MP Joan Crockatt earlier this week when she welcomed the resignation of Stephen Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright, plus the removal from caucus of senators Mike Duffy and Pamela Wallin, as ';a clear demo[nstration] of accountability.'; The long-time Calgary journalist was chided for honouring the dishonoured, but she was at least ...
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Off the Charts S.P. Has More Than Doubled Under Obama
Through Friday, more than 52 months after he took office, the index was up 105 percent during his term in office, for a compound annual gain of 18 ...
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For Obama’s Global Vision Daunting Problems
President Obama , in one of the most significant speeches of his presidency on Thursday, did not simply declare an end to the post-9/11 era. He also offered a vision of America's role in the world that he hopes could be one of his lasting ...
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SAYS IT ALLObama Hosts Illegal Immigrants Snubs Union
A top Republican lawmaker blasted President Obama after he held an Oval Office meeting this week with illegal immigrants, despite having ignored recent requests for a sit-down from the union representing immigration officers. "The fact that the president and the vice president are hosting illegal immigrants in the White House while constricting citizen tours and refusing to meet with ...
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Steve King blames dirty wimp Ronald Reagan for Obamas eventual election
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Thursday that President Obama would not be president if it weren't for the 1986 amnesty bill that Ronald Reagan signed into law. [...] In an effort to dissuade Republicans, King argued that the 1986 immigration bill that Reagan signed into law is estimated to have brought amnesty to three million illegal immigrants. He said conservative estimates show that, ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Oklahoma school where 7 kids died told students Its here
Maintenance workers from the Moore Public Schools erect crosses at the Plaza Towers elementary school that they built in memory of the seven children who died during the Moore tornado, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Moore, Okla. One large cross and seven smaller crosses with the names of the victims are in memory of the seven students who died in the Moore tornado.(AP Photo/Sue ...
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Video Obama urges honorable conduct on military grads
A U.S. Army missile unit at Fort Greely, Alaska is under investigation for allegations of sexual assault and fear of reprisals. On Friday, President Obama reminded graduating military cadets that they must uphold honorable conduct. Major Garrett ...
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Retired Vancouver police officer dead in Mexico recalled as friend animal lover
A retired Canadian police officer slain in Mexico is being remembered as a generous and loving woman who dedicated a lot of her time to helping animals.News reports in Mexico say Lynn Earle, 60, was found stabbed to death in her home in Playa del Carmen earlier this week.She retired from the West Vancouver Police Department in ...
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Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said ...
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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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