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American Missionary Mysteriously Disappears in Africa
American missionary Jerry Krause has been missing for nearly two months. The 54-yr-old missionary pilot disappeared April 7 while flying his turboprop aircraft from South Africa to Mali. Jerry's wife, Gina Krause, served with her husband as a missionary to Africa for more than 25 years. Jerry worked with Mission Aviation Fellowship until the ministry left Mali back in 2009. They remained in ...
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77 Percent of Los Angeles Voters Call For Overturning Citizens United
endorse state and federal amendments overturning the decision , with an overwhelming 76.6 percent in favor of the resolution. The nation’s second-largest city now ...
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Florida orange grove turned elephant sanctuary
The new National Elephant Center is taking shape in a former Florida orange grove where it now houses four African elephants. WPTV's Jon Shainman ...
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Amanda Bynes shows up to court in blonde wig
Actress Amanda Bynes appeared in a New York courtroom on marijuana-related charges after she allegedly tossed a bong out of a high-rise building window. TODAY.com's Dara Brown ...
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A-Rod sells Miami Beach house for $30 million
Alex Rodriguez has sold his Miami Beach home for $30 million. A-Rod's business partner, Jose More, confirmed that the sale closed Friday. Rodriguez bought the 54,000-square-foot piece of waterfront land for $7.4 million in 2010. Using his own construction company, Newport Property Construction, he spent another $7.6 million building a nearly-20,000-square-foot ...
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New York sees more mortgage violations report
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said there is mounting evidence that banks have violated the terms of a settlement designed to end mortgage servicing abuses, according ...
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State Department official who pushed to change Benghazi storyline up for promotion
The State Department official who played a key role in massaging the Obama administration's storyline on the Benghazi attack has been put up for a promotion -- a move that could trigger a heated confirmation battle on the Hill. Victoria Nuland was nominated Thursday by President Obama for the position of assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs at the State ...
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Weiner vs. Quinn New York Citys TMI Primary
Reuters New Yorkers -- they all have such interesting lives. This year, some of those lives are going to be on extraordinarily display in the political arena. Between newly announced mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's extra-marital sexting and the impending June 11 release of City Council Speaker Christine ...
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Real Housewives Salary Dispute LuAnn de Lesseps Is New Yorks Lone Holdout
that de Lesseps still refuses to sign a deal that would have her return to the reality series -- though, with production already underway, that offer is said to be for a diminished role than the one originally on the ...
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Box Office Milestone The Great Gatsby Crosses $100 Million in North America
From Flappers to Rappers: 'The Great Gatsby' Music Supervisor Breaks Down the Film's Soundtrack Internationally, the Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures production has earned $64.4 million to date, ...
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U.S. awards medals to four girls killed in 1963 civil rights bombing
1 of 6. U.S. President Barack Obama signs a bill designating the Congressional Gold Medal commemorating the lives of the four young girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing of Birmingham, Alabama, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 24, ...
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A New Model To Pay For Infrastructure in Chicago
The Chicago Infrastructure Trust creates a new way to pay for things like improvements to bridges and roads that won't destroy the city's already stretched ...
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Phil Matier Santa Clara In Shadow Of San Francisco’s Super Bowl Spotlight
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- This week’s vote by the NFL to play Super Bowl L at the new Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in 2016 – and name San Francisco as official host city – will create an interesting dynamic between SF and the South Bay. Former Mayor Willie Brown thinks that the symbol of the Super Bowl really is San Francisco--not necessarily the stadium where the game is ...
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Lyric Opera of Chicago mum for now about Oklahoma ticket sales
Ashley Brown and John Cudia starred in in Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of "Oklahoma!". The just-concluded run of the classic American musical "Oklahoma!" was uncharted territory for the prestigious Lyric Opera of Chicago. It was the first time the opera company had produced an extended engagement of a musical separate from its regular season ...
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United offering more premium perks from New York
United Airlines says it now offers flat-bed seats and on-demand personal entertainment systems in premium cabins on every international flight from New York area airports. No matter what the surveys say about the quality of its service, Chicago-based United Airlines is charging ahead with upgrades of its service in a variety of ways. Today, United bragged that it is now the only United ...
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Wis. farmers firefighters partner on hazards maps
To help rescuers reach people quickly and safely, a handful of Wisconsin farmers - Ortner included - have been working with researchers and firefighters on an online program that maps farm hazards. The recently completed pilot project built upon earlier work done with paper maps, and researchers at the National Farm Medicine Center hope the project can expand, with the online program eventually ...
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Adam Kokesh Calls For “New American Revolution”
Imprisoned activist and former Marine Adam Kokesh – arrested last Saturday for exercising his First Amendment right at a protest – has called for a ';new American revolution'; to begin on July 4 with a march on all 50 state ...
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Can Tornado Alley become safer Yes within limits
With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven ...
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Lawyer wants documents in Maine teen death sealed
Police laid out their case Wednesday against a man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl whose body was found in a wooded area miles from her home, but the details remained hidden from public view after a judge sealed a crucial affidavit at the request of the suspect's ...
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Horrified trucker watches I-5 bridge collapse behind him
A dented upper right corner and a scrape along the upper side are visible on the "oversize load" equipment casing being hauled a truck parked southbound on Interstate 5 south of the collapsed portion of the highway bridge at the Skagit River Friday, May 24, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine ...
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Pedro Portugal Ecuadorean businessman found in New York after kidnapping
NEW YORK – Police have rescued an Ecuadorean businessman who was kidnapped in New York City and held hostage for a month while his captors demanded his family pay ...
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10 men accused of killing 3 over alleged affairs in Egypt
LUXOR, Egypt – A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honor killings" in which women are slain for violating traditional morals in the conservative region, a security official said Friday. Police believe the 10 men stormed the house of the women, ...
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5 climbers missing feared dead on mountain in Nepal
KATMANDU, Nepal – Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching their base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday that ...
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No Evidence Chicago Red Light Cameras Based on Safety -- System Made $71 Million Last Year
Red light camera at a Chicago intersection. (AP) (CNSNews.com) - Contrary to its claims, the City of Chicago's red light cameras are not based on safety, according to an Inspector General (IG) audit of the program that brought in more than $71 million in revenue for the city last year. ...
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Illinois judge charged with possession of heroin guns
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family's hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns. Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan "Bad is my middle name," St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin ...
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