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U.S. calls on DPRK to release detained American
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government on Monday called on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to release the detained American citizen. Describing welfare of U.S. citizens as a "critical and top priority" for his department, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell called on the DPRK to release the detained American, identified by him as Kenneth ...
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White House says debt limit compromise possible
With less than one week towards a possible calamitous U.S. debt default deadline, the White House said on Wednesday that a debt limit compromise is essential and possible, adding fresh pressure to the stalemated debt ceiling negotiation process. In response to some analysts' studies that the nation could postpone for about a week after its borrowing authority expires on Tuesday due to new ...
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Burmese President to Visit White House
The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during a visit human rights organizations and some politicians say is premature because of anti-Muslim violence and continuing rights violations in Burma. Officials say the two countries are expected to use the visit to work out agreements that could lead to regular talks on boosting trade, labor standards and investment. On Sunday, ...
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Bacon Bacon On SNL Weekend Update Parodies San Francisco Controversy
forced to shut down Friday after complaints about its potent smell. Turns out it isn't just fanatic locals who care. The news made it all the way to SNL, with Amy Poehler making a crack about pork and police during ...
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Insight The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
Apart from the relative success of Tesla Motors Inc in putting nearly 10,000 of its pricey luxury electric cars on the road, the electric vehicle sector has been among the biggest duds in clean ...
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Video Video Tornado destruction in Carney Oklahoma
One of several twisters that ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday night destroyed several mobile homes in a trailer park 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma ...
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United Airlines to restart 787 flights on May 20
Following the recent exercise of unbundling various services like charging for privileged seats, meals and excess baggage, several airlines put a price on seat ...
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The decomposition of American democracy
observed , "The AUMF, presented at the time as a temporary and limited measure of self-defense against those who committed acts over 12 years ago, is well on its way to being transformed into something akin to the Reichstag Fire Decree or the Enabling Act--an all-purpose pseudo-legal rationalization for police state measures and unfettered executive power for the indefinite ...
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Buffalo New York students and teachers face attack
Students and teachers in Buffalo, New York, are facing sharp cuts and school closings as part of the push by the new superintendent, Pamela Brown, to cut $50 million from the budget. Brown is seeking to implement her "reform" plan, which aims to close public schools, fire teachers and expand charter schools.On May 7, six of nine members of the Buffalo Board of Education were elected in ...
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AP chief rips feds’ ‘abuse’
WASHINGTON - The head of The Associated Press lashed out yesterday at the Justice Department’s seizure of the news agency’s phone records, saying it is already having a chilling effect on sources and is "unconstitutional."In his first television interview since the scandal broke, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt called the seizure of thousands of reporter phone records by ...
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Tea party looks to seize on White House controversies
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chairwoman of the Tea Party Caucus, center, speaks Thursday about the IRS targeting tea party groups. (Molly Riley / Associated ...
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White House Told in April That Audit of I.R.S. Completed
WASHINGTON -- The chief White House lawyer, Kathryn Ruemmler, learned last month that a Treasury inspector general had concluded an audit of ...
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Insight The fight for North Dakotas fracking-water market
WATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) - In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for ...
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Analysis At margins of shale oil boom a tempered euphoria
HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past three years, the boom in the U.S. shale oil industry has outstripped all expectations. Production surged far faster than any forecasts; drillers raced to secure space in new pipelines to get their crude to ...
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Video Small Fla. town waits for Powerball winner to come forward
A Publix grocery store in Florida sold the ticket for the biggest single payout in U.S. lottery history. This will be the sixth Powerball winner from the Sunshine State, which is more than any other. Ashley Potter ...
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Video Tornado levels homes in Shawnee Okla.
One of several twisters that ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas Sunday night destroyed several mobile homes in a trailer park 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma ...
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Glitch in widely used polygraph can skew results
Several police departments across the country said they were not disturbed by the news of the LX4000 polygraph because they had not noticed inaccurate measurements. In South Florida, the use of the LX4000 is ...
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U.S. suburban poverty growing but trend mixed in Miami-Dade Broward
Across the country, the poverty rate is surging in the suburbs, where the number of poor people is growing much faster than in central cities — a largely unrecognized reversal that calls for a retooling of federal anti-poverty, economic development and transit funding, the Brookings Institution has found. In a book released Monday, researchers at the non-partisan think tank’s ...
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Chicago schools training video helps improve ties between school guards students www.privateofficer.com
Until this school year, Ranice Green never thought she could have a say about how she interacted with the security guards at Hyde Park Academy, where she’s a senior. She saw them as burly guys who often stopped fights and walked students to the principal’s office. They barked orders at teens passing in the halls and responded to what most people referred to as ...
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Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states
(Reuters) - A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had ...
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The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It
The damage caused by the relentless corporate drive for profits has become more clear in recent years. In the most important areas of American life, devastating changes have ...
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Open thread for night owls Austerity and debt wreck lives of working American families
"Living within one's means" is an appealing but oversimplified metaphor. Before the crisis, some families and nations did borrow to finance consumption--a good definition of living beyond one's means. But this borrowing was not the prime cause of the crisis. Today, far larger numbers of entirely prudent people find themselves with diminished means as a result of broader ...
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Video Greatest threat to Africas white lions American hunters
Very few white lions live in the wild today, but Linda Tucker is on a mission to change that. She left behind her life in Paris and founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust, dedicated to saving the African white ...
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Z on TV Mel Brooks an American Master and then some
You cannot understand American humor in the second half of the 20th Century without appreciating the crazed genius of Mel Brooks. And "American Masters" does an all-out appreciation at 9 p.m. Monday (May 20) on PBS. Here's a podcast of my preview from WYPR ...
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Cahill in top form in New York
Tim Cahill has continued his top form ahead of Australia's World Cup qualifiers in June with the winner in New York Red Bulls' 1-0 triumph over Los Angeles Galaxy.Cahill notched his fourth goal in five games in Major League Soccer to give the Red Bulls their fifth victory in six matches, keeping the New York-based side at the top of the Eastern Conference standings.In classic Cahill ...
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