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Okla. Brothers Win American Bible Challenge to Donate $140000 Winnings to Missions
(Photo: GSN via The Christian Post) Three brothers from Oklahoma won the Game Show Network's "American Bible Challenge" that broadcasted Thursday night, and will donate their entire winnings of $140,000 to their family's ministry, Wagner International Ministries.The Wagner brothers – Joshua, 23, Jesse, 21, and Daniel, 19 – said growing up in the family's ...
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Chicago school closings largest ever
After months of heated argument Chicago's school board has decided to close 49-elementary school and one high school--The biggest mass public school closing ever in this country. Now thousands of families are looking at the prospect of sending small children out of their neighborhoods to unfamiliar schools, something the city maintains, can't be helped. NBC'S Kevin Tibbles ...
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Motorist We went right off the bridge
Motorists survive the fall into Washington state's Skagit River after a truck crashes into the bridge, causing it to collapse. NBC's Erika Edwards ...
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In New York Filipino costume and set designer Clint Ramos wins Obie Award
Costume design for the Imelda Marcos hit musical "Here Lies Love" Set and costume designer Clint Ramos received the 2013 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design at the 58th Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Theater Awards ceremony. He was also the recipient of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design and a nominee of Outstanding Costume Design for his ...
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Last Brother From Mexicos Arellano Felix Cartel Pleads Guilty in U.S.
SAN DIEGO -- Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on ...
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Bail denied to Massachusetts teen accused of Facebook terror post
BOSTON (Reuters) - A judge denied bail on Friday to a Massachusetts teenager who was arrested on terrorism charges after posting lyrics on his Facebook page suggesting he could do worse than the Boston Marathon ...
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Video N.J. Gov. Christie reopens the Jersey shore
N.J. Governor Chris Christie and first lady Mary Pat Christie joined residents, business owners, and Mayor William Akers in Seaside Heights to cut the Jersey blue ribbon symbolizing the reopening of a shore town hit hard by superstorm Sandy last ...
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Bridge collapse in Washington state blamed on tractor-trailer
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major route between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the interstate into the river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with only minor injuries. "He ...
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Journalist and Author Haynes Johnson Dies at 81
Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart attack. Johnson was awarded a Pulitzer in 1966 for reporting on the civil rights ...
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Principal Recounts Storm Hitting Oklahoma School
Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here." In a pause-filled recollection that left many weeping, Amy Simpson said at a news ...
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Interpol rejects Russia bid to locate UK investor
PARIS (AP) — The international police agency Interpol has rejected a Russian push to locate and arrest a Britain-based investor who is a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin's regime.France-based Interpol said in a statement Friday it has "deleted all information in relation to William Browder."A special Interpol-related committee decided at a meeting Friday that ...
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St. Clair County probation employee sold fatal cocaine dose to judge feds say
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook during his swearing-in ceremony in 2010. Photo courtesy of the Belleville News-Democrat, Derik ...
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AP PHOTOS Storm survivor looks for silver lining
Sabrina Mitchell, age 19, hugs an old stuffed bunny recovered from the wreckage of her home which was destroyed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Friday, May 24, 2013. Mitchell and her family survived the tornado inside a neighbor's storm shelter. (AP Photo/Brennan ...
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New York City Hopes Bikesharing Will Make Streets Safer
Citi Bike, the country's largest urban bike-sharing system, will soon be rolling in New York City after almost a year of delays. The idea has worked elsewhere, including Paris, Washington, D.C., and Montreal. But critics wonder if it's safe to add tens of thousands of new cyclists to the crowded streets of New ...
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Short combative past for Chechen man killed during FBI questioning
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News The friend of Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev who law enforcement forces said was shot and killed Wednesday after being questioned by the FBI about a brutal 2011 Boston-area homicide was a promising if somewhat forgettable mixed martial artist, fellow practitioners of the sport said.Chris Palmquist, who operates the official registry for amateur ...
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Millions of Americans will cross structurally deficient bridges this weekend
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News The Washington state bridge collapse that spilled two cars into the Skagit River could give Americans pause as they hit the roads for Memorial Day holiday travel.With good reason.This weekend, millions will cross 66,000 bridges that the federal government has deemed "structurally deficient," meaning key elements are in poor condition.The Federal ...
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Miami-Dade Schools celebrates dedication of Brucie Ball Education Center
A rededication ceremony was held Friday, May 10, for the Brucie Ball Educational Center in Miami. Brucie Ball, who had been the assistant superintendent of the Office of Special Education and Psychological Services, passed away in 2008. The former Merrick Educational Center was renamed at a School Board meeting on March 13 in recognition of Ball’s efforts in special ...
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Miami Gardens’ 5K for Foster Care draws dozens of runners
Dozens of people turned out to run in the fourth annual 5K for Foster Care at the Betty T. Ferguson Recreation Center in Miami Gardens on Saturday, May 18. The run benefited the Center for Family and Child Enrichment Services, a resource provider for foster parents, adoptive parents and children in need of ...
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Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspects release
Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school
With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this ...
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Arias foreman Sentencing decision unfair to jury
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, ...
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Illinois African-American Caucus No Gay Marriage Bill
The President's home state of Illinois could redefine marriage next week. LGBT activists are pushing a gay marriage bill but not without a challenge. Illinois already recognizes civil unions. However, supporters of the same-sex marriage bill are finding major pushback from the African-American Caucus in the House. The bill has been stalled there since the state senate passed it in ...
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Music Review United States of Bass at Santos House Party
The bass, at least, was unstoppable. Intestine-jiggling stuff. Face-vibrating stuff. Consciousness-destabilizing ...
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Judge orders Philadelphia faith-healing couple held in sons death
By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia couple charged with murder after their baby died without medical care must be held in jail whether or not they make bail, a judge ruled on Friday. The couple, Herbert and Catherine Schaible, believe in faith healing, and those who share their beliefs might be willing to harbor them if they decide to flee, Judge Benjamin Lerner told a ...
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Veterans claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Larry ...
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