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Undocumented Immigrant Housing San Francisco Market Proves Nearly Impossible For Huge Group
Marisol was at the end of her rope. The 24-year-old San Francisco State University student, her husband Zach and their dog Lucy had spent months vainly searching for a new place to live. Every time the couple turned in an application for a promising apartment, a familiar script would play out. "We'd meet the landlord and we'd be getting along great," recounted Marisol, who ...
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Lawmaker university spar over control of Chinese dissident in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's main champion in Washington said people working for New York University have tried to keep him from meeting Chen, barging into a meeting on Capitol Hill and pulling Chen out on one ...
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Miami Heat vs San Antonio Spurs Game 7 Dwayne Wade Too Hurt to Play
Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade pauses during a break in play against the Dallas Mavericks during Game 3 of the NBA Finals series in Dallas, Texas on June 5, ...
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No change in position on Kashmir United States
ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the line of control. "Our position has not changed on Kashmir. And those discussions are up to the governments of India and Pakistan," Psaki ...
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NHL Chicago 6 Boston 5
Brent Seabrook 's slap shot 9:51 into overtime Wednesday lifted Chicago to a wild 6-5 win over Boston and deadlocked the Stanley Cup Finals at two games each. Chicago never trailed in the high-scoring battle, but Boston rallied to tie the game on three occasions in a bid to move within one win of the Stanley Cup. The winning shot, however, went Chicago's way when Seabrook fired one ...
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Chicago tops in owner-vacated properties in foreclosure
Chicago has the highest number of owner-vacated foreclosed properties among major U.S. cities in June, online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac said. In a report released Thursday, RealtyTrac -- which tracks foreclosures -- said Chicago documented 14,717 owner-vacated properties, the most of any metro area in the country. Miami was second with 13,901, followed by New York with 10,074. Two ...
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Federal Reserve boosts outlook as U.S. recovery picks up speed
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks on television, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Jin ...
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With donation Wolfsonian expands to Miami’s downtown
About 16 years ago, prolific collector Mitchell “Micky” Wolfson Jr. transferred his accumulation of historically significant furniture, paintings, sculptures, posters, books, trinkets, household goods, machinery and other artifacts — along with the building that housed them — to Florida International University. And then he went out and acquired more. And then even more, ...
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FBI uses drones in America director Mueller admits
FBI director Robert Mueller testifies at the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 19, 2013 in Washington, DC. Mueller confirmed that the FBI uses drones for domestic surveillance during the hearing on FBI oversight. (Alex Wong/AFP/Getty Images) While the FBI ...
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Roundup By Earning Split Dodgers Salvage Mattinglys New York Return
Chris Davis cleared the fences twice, giving him a major league-leading 26 homers, to help the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Tigers, 13-3, on Wednesday in Detroit. Davis hit a two-run homer in ...
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Minuteman U.S. border watch co-founder arrested on child sex charges
Chris Simcox, president of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, listens to a volunteer's radio transmission on the scout line 23 miles north of the U.S. and Mexican border in the Avra Valley during the organization's month long muster near Three Points, Arizona, March 31, 2007. Picture taken March 31, ...
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Video James Gandolfini Sopranos star dead at 51
James Gandolfini -- the actor who won three Emmys as TV mob boss Tony Soprano -- died while vacationing in Rome, Italy. He was 51. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi ...
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Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant improving mom says
Janet Murnaghan says on her Facebook page her daughter Sarah was moved on Wednesday from a heavy-duty breathing machine to a traditional ventilator. She calls that "a big step" toward being able to wake Sarah from the heavy sedation she's been under since last week's operation. Sarah is from Newtown Square, just west of Philadelphia. She suffers from severe cystic fibrosis. ...
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Miami Fire Rescues Kitten From Storm Drain
A man walking near the intersection of Biscayne Blvd and NE 39 Street heard a faint meowing coming from a storm drain just after 3 p.m. and called 911. The MiamiMiami Fire Rescue Technical Rescue Team arrived on the scene and used special equipment to rescue the cat, who had fallen at least 10 feet. Paramedics were on hand to evauluate the cat, who did not appear to have any ...
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Kerry calls Karzai twice to smooth waters over Taliban talks
Hamid Karzai twice to try to mend fences over the U.S. outreach to the Taliban. The phone diplomacy occurred after Karzai said the Afghan government had suspended security talks with the United States in Kabul "in view of the contradiction between acts and the statements made by the United States of America in regard to the peace process." "The secretary spoke with President ...
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MLS Chicago 2 Colorado 1
Austin Berry scored in the opening moments of the second half Wednesday to complete a Chicago rally that gave the Fire a 2-1 win over Colorado. Chicago (4-7-3) extended its unbeaten streak to four games as it tries to dig its way out of an early-season hole. Colorado (5-6-5) suffered its second straight loss after having gone six games without one. Deshorn Brown scored in the 17th minute to ...
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Federal Reserve policymaking group has power over economy through control of interest rates
The Federal Reserve's chief policymaking group, the Federal Open Market Committee, has vast power over the economy through its ability to set monetary policy. Here is a look at how the FOMC operates. Q: What is the FOMC's primary role? A: Its mission is to keep the economy, inflation and employment on a healthy track. When the economy weakens, Fed policymakers cut interest rates or ...
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Edward Snowden vs. the Sovietization of America
didn't go to an Ivy League college presume to sit in judgment of his betters! Whatever their disagreements, politicians and talking heads of the left and the right agree: Snowden is a "traitor"! Their big problem, however, is that the American people think he did the right ...
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News Wrap Federal Reserve Paints Brighter Economic Picture
In other news Wednesday, the Federal Reserve estimated unemployment will fall a little faster than expected in 2013 and 2014. Also, the Internal Revenue Service is in the spotlight again, this time for its plans to pay bonuses to employees despite a White House directive to stop those payments under automatic spending ...
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The Federal Reserve maintains monetary stance interest rate rise after 2014 diminished downside risks
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ended its two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday and agreed to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low between 0.0% and 0.25%, while the FOMCs statements had not seen any ...
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New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel
A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...
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Obama United States not ready to go to war
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The assault appears aimed at decisively pushing rebels back and securing the suburb of the shrine, Abdel-Rahman said. Hezbollah fighters as well as Iraqi Shiite militiamen have been reported fighting in the area in the past weeks. The international community has been largely unable to end the Syrian civil war, now in its third year, which has killed nearly ...
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A classical Chinese garden adorns Washington DC
A classical Chinese garden will be installed at the US National Arboretum in Washington DC, in a joint collaboration between China and the United States. Featuring a series of open pavilions, a pond and traditional Chinese buildings with Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) style furnishings, the garden will showcase Chinese flora and landscaping, and will be open to the public. "Our ...
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Tales of the American dream
California-born artist Lenora Lee believes the most romantic story in the world is the one about her Chinese grandparents. "A discrimination law used to force my grandparents apart, husband in San Francisco, wife in China. It took them 10 years of waiting and struggle to be together," the 39-year-old dancer and choreographer tells China Daily at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. ...
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Wanda to launch $1b New York hotel project
Dalian Wanda Group Corp Ltd, one of China's largest property developers, plans to invest about $1 billion to build a five-star hotel in New York as its third major investment outside its home market, Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda said on Wednesday. Wang said that Wanda is negotiating with potential partners for ...
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