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Milwaukee Pug Fest attracts 1700 dogs
The Milwaukee Bucks announced on Tuesday that center Samuel Dalembert will be suspended for one game without pay to a violation of team ...
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Chicago Fed Index Fell in April
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) dropped from minus 0.23 in March to minus 0.53 in April, according to figures released today. None of the four categories that make up the index increased in April, while three of them decreased. The index remains significantly above recession levels, ...
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White House defends IRS chief-turned-ObamaCare enforcer
In the Obama Administration, deploying the Incompetence Defense is no obstacle to receiving cash rewards and promotions. Even though the former commissioner of the tax exempt organizations division of the IRS, Sarah Hall Ingram, was – at best – shockingly ignorant of widespread abuse in her department, she’s ...
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White House tries to clear up how when it knew of IG report
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney reveals a timeline related to when the Obama administration became aware of an IG report about the IRS allegedly targeting political ...
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The Caucus Senate Panel Asks I.R.S. Chief to Detail Communications With White House
If the Internal Revenue Service and the Obama administration thought the Senate Finance Committee and its Democratic leaders would offer something of a respite from the battering they have been taking from Congressional Republicans, they learned otherwise on Monday. Senator Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat who is the chairman of the committee, and Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the ranking ...
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Now that Tumblrs hit it big whos next in line on the New York tech scene | Heidi Moore
$1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr - "we won't screw it up," the acquirer promised - than the New York tech world erupted in gossip and speculation about which company among them would be next to find an equally rich and self-deprecating corporate suitor. "That's all people are talking about at Internet Week - what's going to be the hot new acquisition?" said ...
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White House timeline of IRS scandal when they were told shifts
The timeline for when senior White House officials knew about the IRS scandal seems to be shifting. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Monday that the president's counsel was told on April 24 about the preliminary findings of an IRS audit that showed tax officials unfairly targeted Tea Party groups applying for tax-exempt status. Carney had previously said that White House ...
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Why Americas Falling Birth Rate Is Sensational News for the Pet Industry
Of course, pet spending also just seems to track pretty closely with disposable income. Two-paycheck households with no children have a lot more extra cash to throw around on premium dog chow and fancy kennels than most singles or young parents, after all. So for those out there who aren't particularly comfortable with Last's brand of cultural criticism, here's another way to ...
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Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
(Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own ...
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United Airlines welcomes back Boeing 787 Dreamliner
CHICAGO, Ill. - United Airlines today welcomed back its Boeing 787 with the re-launch of commercial service from the airline's hub in Houston. United's Flight 1 departure from Houston Intercontinental at 11 a.m. to Chicago O'Hare marked the return of regular service using the world's most advanced and efficient aircraft on domestic and international routes. "The 787 ...
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Feds nix Bulger lawyers’ bid for name of confidential FBI informant
Federal prosecutors are refusing a request by James "Whitey" Bulger’s defense team to turn over the name of a confidential FBI informant,The informant spoke to FBI agents about conversations Whitey henchmen Kevin Weeks and John Martorano may have had with other individuals regarding what they would say if ever called to testify, defense attorneys J.W. Carney Jr. and Hank Brennan ...
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The Long Sordid History of the American Right and Racism
Racism has been a consistent thread weaving through the American Right from the early days when Anti-Federalists battled against the U.S. Constitution to the present when hysterical Tea Partiers denounce the first African-American president. Other factors have come and gone for the Right, but racism has always been there. Though definitions of Right and Left are never precise, the Left has ...
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Mass. priest suspended for plagiarizing online sermons
SANDWICH, Mass. A priest on Cape Cod has been suspended for plagiarizing sermons. The Rev. John McGinn, 65, of St. John's Episcopal Church in Sandwich was placed on administrative leave earlier this month after the diocese learned he had allegedly been using other preachers' sermons since 2006, reports CBS ...
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Feds quiet as wind farms kill eagles
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. -- The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as ...
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Knockoffs of Iconic American Brands in Myanmar
';Walmart'; in Yangon. (Photo: Patrick Winn) Myanmar President Thein Sein is in Washington this week for a historic meeting with President Obama. Not long ago, Thein Sein was on a travel black list. But in the past two years, Myanmar has undergone dramatic political change that pleases the White House. And Thein Sein is hoping that will mean more US investment in Myanmar. But, ...
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Father of slain girl 10 unsure why home targeted
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. -; A devastated father says he has no idea why gunmen targeted his Northern California home over the weekend, killing his 10-year-old daughter as she watched ...
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US urges Egypt govt to defend political speech
WASHINGTON -; The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their ...
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Official FBI agents cause of death unlikely soon
NORFOLK, Va. -; The Virginia medical examiner's office says it will likely be weeks before the cause of death is determined for two FBI agents who died during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia ...
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Arias trial wraps for day continues Tuesday
FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in ...
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Ill. State Police 5 killed in I-70 van crash
VANDALIA, Ill. -; Illinois State Police say five people were killed and six others injured when a van in which they were riding left a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several ...
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NYPD to increase presence after bias killing
NEW YORK -; A spate of anti-gay attacks in New York City is prompting police to increase their presence in some gay-friendly neighborhoods heading into what's usually a time for ...
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Colo. firefighters use ladder truck to rescue bear
This image provided by the Colorado Springs Fire Department shows a bear being rescued from a tree after being tranquilized May 19, 2013 in Colorado Springs, Colo. The bear weighed between 150 and 200 lbs. State wildlife division spokesman Michael Serpahin a wildlife officer and firefighters put a harness around it. Then they lowered the bear to the ground as it dangled from the ladder. (AP ...
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Police to offer new details in Susan Powell case
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -; A police agency is offering new details about the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime ...
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Character witness for Jodi Arias pulls out citing threats and inner turmoil
By Diana Alvear and Erin McClam, NBC News A woman who planned to testify as a character witness for Jodi Arias in a bid to spare her life decided Monday that she couldn’t go through with it, saying she had received death threats and was deeply conflicted about the case.Lawyers for Arias, who was convicted earlier this month of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover, quickly asked for a ...
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Virgin America goes big for first nerd bird flight
Virgin America Inc. is rolling out the red carpet, boarding celebrities and an Austin band, and even launching a water cannon salute upon arrival for its first nonstop flight from Silicon Valley to Silicon Hills. The airline's first "nerd bird" flight from San Francisco International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport lands in the Capital City at 3:35 p.m. tomorrow. ...
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