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Republicans aim to take Keystone XL decision out of Obamas hands
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass the Northern Route Approval Act, which may make it easier for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to gain ...
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Hostage taking at Edmonton courthouse ’successfully concluded’ police
EDMONTON -- Police say a hostage taking at the Edmonton courthouse is over. Tactical officers responded to the downtown building shortly before noon. Within two hours, however, police reported that the matter had "successfully concluded." Police would not confirm who was involved. But a source told The Canadian Press that one female prisoner took another female prisoner ...
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The Caucus Obama to Travel to Oklahoma to Inspect Tornado Damage and Meet With Victims
President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to inspect the damage from Monday’s deadly tornado, which left two dozen people dead, and meet with victims from the ravaged communities, the White House announced on Wednesday. The president will reprise his role as chief comforter during a trip that comes after similar visits in recent months to New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy, ...
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Former Miss America might challenge McConnell
Miss America 2000 Heather French Henry is introduced at the 2010 Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino January 30, 2010 in Las ...
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Bank of America sues Sedanos CEO former U.S. Century Bank directors
Bank of America filed a lawsuit against three former directors of U.S. Century Bank, two of whom are executives at Sedanos Supermarkets, over a land loan in Florida City. BofA (NYSE: BAC) filed the lawsuit on May 13 in federal court in Miami against GREC Homes IX LLC, Agustin Herran, Rosiel Herran, Armando Guerra, Maria C. Guerra, Manuel Herran, Nyria Herran, Emiliano Herran and Mirian Herran. ...
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Canadian defense shipbuilding at risk of running aground
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces more embarrassing questions as new evidence suggests the nation's strategy for building a strong arctic naval force is out of ...
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Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A key House committee chairman says a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee falls far short of what is needed to end the problem of illegal ...
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Mexico cartel dominates torches western state
LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) -- The western Mexico state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of ...
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President Xi to meet with Obama in Ca...
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday. The two leaders are likely to discuss ways to apply pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program after a period of threats from Pyongyang. The United ...
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Canadian university team wins global business prize
Cyclica at the entrepreneurship competition, which featured teams from 17 universities. "We are very excited to have been chosen as the winners of the MBA World Trophy by such a distinguished judging panel from the global VC (venture capital) and entrepreneurship community," Mr. Mitakidis, founder and CEO of ...
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Canadas Ryan Gosling misses his Cannes film premiere – which got booed
Only God Forgives: Ryan Gosling plays Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld who sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death. ...
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Opinion Obama is wise to skip Kenya in his Africa visit
Africa in June (of course in his luxury jet fuelled by US taxpayers). Instead, he will be visiting our neighbour Tanzania--never mind he has no blood brothers there. Phew, what a brother! But weep not Kenyans. Blame not Obama as choices have consequences. Who would want to visit ...
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Christie backs Okla. aid blunting talk of payback
BELMAR, N.J. -; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose own state was beset first by a major storm last year and then by squabbling in Congress over disaster aid, said Wednesday that Oklahoma's tornado victims deserve "swift and immediate" help and that this is "not a time for political ...
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Timeline of events in Jodi Arias murder case
Convicted killer Jodi Arias listens to a question asked of her before speaking during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed ...
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XanGo juice hit with 2nd lawsuit claiming looting
SALT LAKE CITY -; A co-founder of exotic juice maker XanGo has filed a lawsuit claiming his partners are looting company funds for exotic vacations and luxury ...
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Deliberations resume in Arias trial penalty phase
Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. Arias was convicted recently of killing her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home back in 2008, made a plea in court on Tuesday for life in prison, instead of execution, saying she can contribute to society if allowed to live. (AP Photo/Ross ...
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Youth Festival to Be Celebrated in Sinaloa Mexico
Mexico, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The 2013 Youth Festival of Pop and Rock Music will be held since Wednesday, up to Friday, in six cities of the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The event will count on the participation of 20 groups in 36 concerts in auditoriums and public places. The venues will be Culiacan -the capital of Sinaloa- Los Mochis, Mazatlan, Guasave, Guamuchil and El Fuerte. In the opening ...
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Powerball America Already Hit The Jackpot
Host Michel Martin says America deserves a Bentley for peoples' dedication to do the right thing. She shares her thoughts on wealth and the American dream in her regular 'Can I Just Tell You' ...
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Can Obama End the Forever War
In what is being billed as a major speech Thursday, President Obama is expected to lay out the "next phase" in America's nearly 12-year-old war against al-Qaida, possibly including a plan to clear out the Guantanamo Bay prison by trying or repatriating detainees there. What Obama is less likely to spell out is exactly how he's going to end what the State Department's ...
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Arias jury deadlocked but must continue
In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom ...
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Investigators searched Holmes bank records iPod
Polygraph expert Warren Holmes helped free wrongly convicted men from death row, and was working on a report about the man long believed to have killed a candy ...
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Man who kidnapped 2 Iowa girls had long record
This photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Authorities said Tuesday, May 21, 2013, a man suspected of abducting Shepard and a 12-year-old girl from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, but a search continues for Shepard. Authorities said the 12-year-old girl was able to escape and ran to a nearby rural residence for ...
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CSI Leasing expands Canadian operations
Steve Hamilton, president and COO of CSI Leasing CSI Leasing, a company that buys and then leases IT, medical and communications equipment, expanded its operations in Canada by purchasing TopFlight Asset Services. Through its subsidiaries, CSI purchased TopFlight, a provider of IT asset management, data destruction and electronic recycling services based in Calgary, Alberta, for an undisclosed ...
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Europe faces decade of stagnation if no reforms Bank of Canada chief
MONTREAL--Europe faces a "decade of stagnation" if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned ...
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French-Asian consortium announces winning of Canada natural gas project
PARIS--A consortium comprising French, South Korean and Chinese companies has won a contract for a liquefied natural gas project in Canada, the French partner Technip said on ...
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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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