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Chris Harrison to host Miss America Pageant
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" host Chris Harrison will again emcee the Miss America Pageant this September in Atlantic City, N.J.Harrison has hosted the telecast for the last four years.The Miss America Organization says he'll be joined by Lara Spencer of "Good Morning America." Spencer served as a judge for the 2012 pageant. ...
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Obama We will stand with Oklahoma
David Jackson, USA TODAY President Barack Obama offered prayers Tuesday for the people of Oklahoma, and said the nation will back them as they seek to recover from a devastating tornado that claimed at least two dozen lives. "They will have all the resources they need at their disposal," Obama said at the White House after a briefing on the recovery from senior aides. Describing the ...
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Obama Our full focus is on the urgent work of rescue in Oklahoma
Recovery operations continue Tuesday morning after a tornado, reported to be a mile wide, touched down in Moore, Oklahoma, leveling Plaza Towers Elementary School and killing some of the children inside. The death toll has been revised down from a high of 91 to 24, including at least seven children.President Obama has declared a disaster, and FEMA is providing support. FEMA Administrator Craig ...
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Second poll shows Obamas approval numbers holding steady
A second major poll out in recent days shows President Barack Obama’s job approval holding steady.Amazing? Perhaps.It’s happened before. Remember Bob Dole sniping about Bill Clinton in the runup to the 1996 presidential election:“Where’s the outrage?”But the ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday shows Obama holding at 51 percent positive, 44 percent ...
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Obama Promises Help for Oklahoma Tornado Victims
US President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to stand by the victims of a massive tornado that left a broad swathe of destruction in the US state of Oklahoma and killed at least 24. "As a nation, our full focus is on the urgent work of rescue," Obama said from the White House as emergency personnel in Moore, Oklahoma, outside Oklahoma City, continued to comb through the wreckage. ...
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IRS SCANDAL FALLOUT Officials Get Senate Grilling On Tea Party Targeting
The outgoing IRS commissioner expressed regret Tuesday for a decision to use a planted question to go public with the agency's practice of targeting conservative groups, calling the move "an incredibly bad idea." Steven Miller, appearing on the Hill for a second hearing in two weeks on the scandal, acknowledged that the agency was trying to get ahead of a damning ...
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Notre Dame Cathedral evacuated after man kills self
PARIS – Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral has been evacuated after a man committed suicide in the 850-year-old monument and tourist site. A police official says officers closed the cathedral to the public after the incident Tuesday afternoon. The official could not confirm French media reports that the man had shot himself. Officials with the cathedral said only that it had been ...
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Base jumpers scary 1000-foot fall captured on video
A base jumper walked away with just minor scratches after his parachute opened backward, sending him falling 1,000 feet to the ground -- and the entire ordeal was caught on video. A camera attached to Matthew Gough's helmet recorded his fall from the edge of a cliff in Lake Garda, Italy. Gough, 25, jumped off the cliff and floated briefly before smashing into rocks, bouncing down the ...
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Rental Site Airbnb Illegal
Airbnb for offering travelers a host of cheap lodging alternatives, especially in big, expensive cities, consider this: Airbnd is now illegal in New York City. According ...
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Lightening-fast pigeon Bolt fetches $400G at auction
BRUSSELS – Flying high above Europe's economic crisis, a local lightning-fast pigeon called Bolt became the world's most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for 310,000 euros ($400,000) to a Chinese businessman. One-year-old Bolt, named after the Jamaican Olympic superstar sprinter Usain Bolt, and with an outstanding pedigree of proven champions to match, was ...
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Can IRS Handle ObamaCare
The recent turn of events with the Obama Administration and a lack of transparency are a significant red flag to the impending catastrophe of how the proposed changes under the Affordable Care Act could be the next ensuing disaster. 1. Is the IRS capable of fairly enforcing penalties? A major part of the Affordable Care Act is providing insurance for those who don't have it, or can't ...
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Bank of America Corp.s Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock Series E Shares Cross 4 Yield Mark
NYSE: BAC.PRE ) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.9889), with shares changing hands as low as $24.70 on the day. This compares to an average yield of 5.02% in the "Financial" preferred stock category, according ...
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Obama Help for tornado-ravaged Oklahoma will be there as long as it takes
By Michael O'Brien, Political Reporter, NBC News President Barack Obama pledged the full resources of the U.S. government to assist the community of Moore, Okla., in its recovery following devastating tornadoes that hit the town on Monday. "The people of Moore should know that their country will remain on the ground -- for them, beside them -- for as long as it takes," Obama said ...
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Obama We will be there for tornado victims ‘as long as it takes’
President Obama delivered a statement on the Oklahoma tornado tragedy that killed dozens in Moore, telling residents that "their country will remain on the ground there for them, beside them as long as it ...
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Martin Brodeur joins Hockey Night in Canada
Martin Brodeur will join the Hockey Night in Canada panel as an analyst for Game 4 between the Pittsbugh Penguins and Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. (File/Getty ...
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Oklahoma Tornado Obama Offers All Resources
President Obama says Americans will support victims of the Oklahoma tornado by "opening our homes and hearts to those in need". At least 24 people ...
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There are empty spaces where there used to be living rooms bedrooms classrooms President Barack Obama says America is praying for Oklahoma in wake of tornado that claimed 91 lives
President Barack Obama has said that authorities will work "as long as it takes" to deal with the devastation delivered by the massive hurricane that hit a heavily populated suburb of Oklahoma ...
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In Oklahoma sun rises loss sets in
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of ...
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Unknown remains found on Tim Bosma murder suspect Dellen Millard’s farm report
Police searching the farm of the man charged with the first-degree murder of Ancaster father Tim Bosma have found more remains at the property, according to a report. But forensic investigators have not determined yet if the remains found on Dellen Millard's farm in North Dumfries, Ont. are human or animal, ...
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Harper leaves behind political storm in Ottawa heads to South America for trade talks
OTTAWA -- The prime minister is jetting out of Ottawa today, leaving behind one of the worst political storms ever faced by his Conservative government, to contemplate a trade alliance membership in South America that many consider unnecessary. Before he left, though, Stephen Harper addressed the Conservative caucus, though he did not talk specifically about his right-hand man, Nigel Wright, ...
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‘Leave this room’ Harper warns caucus amid promise to tighten Senate expense rules
OTTAWA --Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday he is "not happy" with the actions of some Senators and with the conduct of his own office. The message was delivered in a speech to the Conservative caucus on Parliament Hill, as the Senate expense scandal enveloped Harper's government. "I did not get into politics to defend the Senate," said Harper. He said that ...
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Dont count Obama out
>Editor's note: Joseph S. Nye is a professor at Harvard and author of the new book "Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era. " In 1993 and 1994, he was chairman of the National Intelligence Council, which coordinates intelligence estimates for the president. In 1994 and 1995, he served as assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs.(CNN) -- Many a ...
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The Ghost Army The Amazing Story Of America’s Secret Art Ops In WWII
Two Frenchmen who accidentally got through the security perimeter were shocked to see four GIs lifting what looked like a 40-ton tank. When they turned to Ghost Army soldier Arthur Shilstone for answers, he told them, "The Americans are very strong." Shilstone later painted this picture of the incident. Arthur ...
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Obama Full focus is on recovery from Oklahoma tornado
After a ferocious, deadly tornado flattened Moore, Okla., Monday, President Obama Tuesday affirmed the nation's support for those affected by the storm, guaranteeing aid for victims in the destroyed 20-mile-long path. "We recognize you face a long road ahead, in some cases there is enormous grief that has to be absorbed, but you will not travel that path alone," Mr. Obama said. ...
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The 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since 1900
In this May 22, 2011, file photo a man carries a young girl who was rescued after being trapped with her mother in their home after a tornado hit Joplin, Mo. The tornado, that killed 158, is one of the 10 deadliest tornadoes in the United States since ...
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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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