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NY regulators fault Deloittes bank consulting
ALBANY, N.Y. -; New York regulators have reached agreement for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services to pay $10 million and cease consulting for one year at state-regulated banks to settle an investigation into ...
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Surfer shot at during Dorner hunt files lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -; A Southern California surfer who was shot at by Torrance police during the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles suburb and its police ...
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Man pleads not guilty in NYC hate-crime shooting
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance says the 33-year-old Morales had been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the May 17 shooting of Mark Carson. He also is charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing, and menacing a police ...
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Missouri Sen. McCaskill Express Support For Clinton Presidential Run
While Hillary Clinton has not officially announced her intention to run for president in 2016, the former Secretary of State has already picked up a high profile endorsement from Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.In a statement released on Tuesday, McCaskill announced her support for Ready for Hillary, an independent political action committee urging Clinton to run for ...
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SNOOPING DEFENSE NSA Chief Says Program Helped Foil Terror Attacks
The National Security Agency and Justice Department mounted a vigorous defense of the government's controversial surveillance efforts on Tuesday, with NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander claiming they have helped prevent "potential terrorist events" over 50 times since 9/11. Officials insisted the programs protect Americans from unwarranted intrusion, as they began to shed light on ...
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Boy recovers from snakebite gets hide as trophy
A Florida boy is back on his feet after spending two weeks in the hospital recovering from a snakebite, an he is now contemplating what to do with the serpent's skin. Eleven-year-old Benjamin Smith of Newberry received what doctors said may be a record 80 vials of antivenin at University of Florida Health Shands Hospital for a bite on his right leg from a five-foot long eastern diamondback ...
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BREAKING NEWSChrysler to Recall 2.7M Jeeps Over Risk of Fires
FILE - In this file photo taken Fed. 2, 2001, rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler is refusing a request by U.S. safety regulators to recall about 2.7 million vehicles to fix fuel tanks that could leak and cause fires in rear-end collisions.The company says it's been asked by the government to recall Jeep Grand ...
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Bill Protects From Sun Storms
This still from a NASA video shows the New Year's Eve sun eruption of Dec. 31, 2012, to kick off the New Year. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the ...
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Sophia Snaps Sexy Selfie
social media self portrait also known as the selfie . I have studied Sofia's selfie strategy over the course of the last agonizing 3 1/2 minutes, even skipping my usual mid-morning snack, and now I offer you my tips to achieve selfie greatness. 1. Highlight your best asset. It is clear what Sofia thinks is most bootyful about her bod. 2. Remove your cute camera case, it can cause your pic ...
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Dad Served F-Bomb on Receipt
Sunday, being Father's Day, Joseph Gibson wanted to get some chicken with this young son at a St. Louis-area bar he liked called Friendly's Sports Bar & Grill. But what he got was anything but friendly service. Gibson told FoxNews.com that he was at the Missouri Botanical Garden and called ahead to see it was okay to bring his 4-year-old son in for a meal. The bar ...
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Kim and Kanye Name Kid...
nnThat's what first reports are saying is Kim and Kanye's daughter's name. On first blush, this sounds really weird. You knew it was going to start with a ...
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Modern Art On The Old Frontier Two George Catlin Exhibits Reveal A Lost American Avant-Garde
Painting was George Catlin's second career. He trained as a lawyer, practicing law for several years before deciding that that time had come for America to develop an indigenous art form, independent of European influence, and that he was the man for the task. In the spring of 1830, he headed for the frontier with canvas and brushes. Two concurrent ...
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US Federal Reserve meeting keeps intl markets in check
LONDON/ HONG KONG--Stocks edged higher on Tuesday ahead of a two-day policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve that could have a huge influence on how investors see the future path of the country's monetary ...
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United States to meet Taliban to seek Afghan peace
WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) - The United States will meet the Taliban this week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States and the insurgents have fought a bloody and costly war for the past 12 years, U.S. officials said on ...
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Biden White House has not given up on gun control
By Michael O'Brien , Political Reporter, NBC News The Obama administration will not drop its pursuit of tougher gun laws, Vice President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday, warning lawmakers who opposed earlier gun legislation of political hell to pay."The country has changed," Biden, the administration’s point person on gun control, said at an event at the White House. "You will ...
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Govt claims spying programs stopped plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange
The deputy director of the FBI claimed Tuesday that a controversial electronic surveillance program revealed in media reports earlier this month helped thwart a plot to blow up the New York Stock ...
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China detains Russians suspected of smuggling 213 bear paws
China has detained two Russian men on suspicions of trying to smuggle 213 bear paws into the country. Customs officials made the discovery in the northern Inner Mongolia region in May, but released details about the case Tuesday, The Sun reports. The paws - which are believed to be from brown bears -- were found hidden inside the wheels of the van and spare tires. Sales of bear body parts are ...
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Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare enrollment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for health coverage in the coming ...
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Miami officials propose law changes to allow Uber service
If changes to the city's strict transportation laws are implemented, the San Francisco-based black car service gets to start sending out cars in ...
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Chicago aldermen hear arguments on plastic bag ban
Students, concerned with the negative effects of plastic bags on the environment, pitched a potential plastic bag ban during a session at Chicago's City ...
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Video Police search for pants-stealing carjackers
Police and medical crews are questioning a man who announced on an international flight that everyone aboard had been poisoned. Passengers and the flight crew say they had to subdue him for several hours before the flight landed in New Jersey. Marlie Hall ...
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Firm seeks FAA approval for 650-foot-tall Vegas Strip thrill ride
This artist rendering released by U.S. Thrill Rides LLC shows a tower called the Polercoaster at the Tropicana Las Vegas hotel-casino on the south end of the ...
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Watch Slimy Substance Closes Lake Michigan Beaches
It was do we gooey sticky and silver. Spotted in Lake Michigan yesterday afternoon sticking to swimmers who are on Porter beach in Indiana. -- -- -- -- Water divers and everybody in squad -- at and ...
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Mysterious Substance on Lake Michigan Prompts Investigation
Swimmers have been ordered to stay out of Lake Michigan in parts of northwest Indiana after a mysterious, slimy substance showed up in the water on June 17, ...
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Chicago Celebrates ‘Day Of Music’
Throughout the day this Friday, at dozens of places across the city, Mandel, with the organizing group, Rush Hour Concerts, says hundreds of performers will be making all kinds of music as part of the annual Make Music Chicago. Chicago Symphony Orchestra cellist Brant Taylor says it’s not just professional and seasoned musicians who will be taking part. ';People who might ...
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