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Haynes Johnson Dead Pulitzer-Winning Journalist And Author Dies At 81
WASHINGTON - Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart ...
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Elite New York City prep school apologizes for past sexual abuse
NEW YORK – The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday. "We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by the teachers and administrators who abused anyone during their ...
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MLB St. Louis 7 Los Angeles Dodgers 0
Lance Lynn struck out nine over six innings Friday and received plenty of offensive help in carrying St. Louis to a 7-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cardinals won their third in a row, limiting the Dodgers to three hits and getting three RBI each ...
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MLB Colorado 5 San Francisco 0
Tyler Chatwood and three relievers teamed to throw a five-hit shutout Friday in sending Colorado to its third straight win -- 5-0 over San Francisco. Chatwood improved to 3-0 in five starts since being called up from Class AAA Colorado Springs. He gave up four hits with four strikeouts while throwing 88 pitches in six innings. Josh ...
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Cheap Wicked Tickets SuperbTicketsOnline.com Announces Reduced Pricing On Tickets For Broadway Production At Gershwin Theatre Wicked tickets are available at SuperbTicketsOnline.com that have been reduced in price for Broadway showings at New York039
MILWAUKEE, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The hugely popular musical had a San Francisco tryout in 2003 and had its official opening there at the Curran Theatre. On Broadway, it opened at Gershwin Theatre on October 30, where it is still playing today. Touring productions are occurring at different locations across the U.S. and elsewhere. SuperbTicketsOnline.com has reduced the prices of ...
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Indiana Pacers upset Heat in Miami to level NBA playoff series
United States The Indiana Pacers threw open the NBA Eastern Conference finals by upsetting the Miami Heat with a 97-93 victory to level the series at 1-1.LeBron James scored 36 points for Miami but gave up a crucial turnover down the stretch that cost the Heat while Roy Hibbert top scored for the Pacers with 29 points and Paul George added 22.The Pacers took full advantage of a slow start from ...
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At least two killed when airplane on mercy flight crashes authorities say
EPHRATAH, N.Y. -- A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed into a pond in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities ...
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Pacers Turn Up Heat in Miami to Level Series
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Feds challenge ruling on morning-after pill access
NEW YORK – Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill. The papers seek to delay implementation of a judge's April 5 ruling lifting restrictions on the drugs, including the medications sold under the ...
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TJC’s Terry Laporte earn All-American honors
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. — The Tyler Junior College Apaches finished ninth in the NJCAA Division II National Golf Tournament after Friday’s final round at Goose Pond Colony Golf Course.The Apaches’ Tyler Terry and Conlan Laporte earned All-America honors.TJC’s Terry finished strong by taking ninth place. The sophomore from Hurst had a 72-hole score of even par 288 (73-72-70-73). ...
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MLB Chicago White Sox 4 Miami 3
John Danks kept Chicago in the game by pitching into the seventh inning in his first start in more than a year. He received a standing ovation when he left the mound. Miami tied the game with a run charged to Danks in the seventh and the contest remained deadlocked until the White Sox got to reliever Ryan Webb (1-2) in the ...
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Cuba With Three Athletes in New York City
Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will take part in the 3rd stage of the Diamond League in the city of New York with three athletes, as confirmed by Daniel Osorio, technical coach of the Cuban track and field team Friday. Olympic female pole vault jumper and runner-up Yarisley Silva is heading the Cuban trio, said Osorio to Radio Habana Cuba. The other athletes will be Orlando Ortega (110 ...
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Candice Glover It feels good to win ‘American Idol’
Did you have a favorite judge? I do know that I connect more with Randy because he’s been there the whole time that I was there in the three years. He’s seen me grow, and I definitely look forward to his opinion as well as Mariah Carey’s, because she’s been doing this forever, and she knows what it’s like. Nicki also knows what it’s like today. So I look up to ...
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From the NBC Vault Walt builds a fallout shelter
After the devastation in Moore, Okla., had us all talking about shelters, Rock Center mined the archives and found something related: the last time in our history when shelters were top of mind. For this holiday weekend edition of Rock Bottom, Brian Williams re-examines a Cold War clip from the 1960s called "Walt Builds A Fallout ...
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Chicago School Security Pushes Student Down Stairs www.privateofficer.com
A former prosecutor representing a Chicago family said he anticipates criminal charges will be filed against a school security officer who was captured on cell phone video being aggressive with a student. Chicago Public Schools officials said they removed the employee from duty following the Tuesday incident. Video appeared to show him throwing the female student down the stairs at Dunbar ...
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2 dead after Angel Flight crashes in upstate New York official says
EPHRATAH, N.Y. – A small airplane operating as an Angel Flight has crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers as investigators search for the pilot, who is missing. The Federal Aviation Administration says the flight originated in Massachusetts and crashed about a half-mile west of Caroga, N.Y., just after 5 p.m. Friday. Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said most of the Piper ...
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Payout to American Airlines CEO opposed
The Justice Department is objecting to a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO Tom Horton, saying it's bigger than allowed by bankruptcy ...
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Video Listen Desperate 911 calls from Moore Oklahoma
Abby the dachshund was found and reunited with her owner 48 hours after being buried underneath debris from the Moore, Okla., tornado. KWTV's Michael Konopasek ...
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Frantic 911 calls reveal chaos in Okla. following tornado
Several 911 calls made in the wake of Monday's massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma are now being publicly heard, revealing the chaos that the city's residents had experienced from the devastation. On Friday, recordings of some of the emergency calls were made available by Moore police (click on the video above to hear). One of the frightening calls came from a man describing that a ...
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Sexual misconduct investigation under way at Alaskan base military officials say
By Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News The Army has launched an investigation into possible sexual misconduct or sexual assault at the Space and Missile Defense Command at Fort Greely, Alaska, military and defense officials tell NBC ...
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Stiletto network’ creates ‘best version’ of members
Rock Center's Kate Snow explores the growing trend of powerful - and soon to be powerful - women who join together to support and invest in each other in what one author is calling "stiletto ...
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‘Friends’ producer helps blind filmmakers find vision
Rock Center's Harry Smith goes inside the classroom of Kevin Bright, a television executive producer-turned-teacher who's teaching blind students how to make movies. Under Bright's tutelage, the students show that though they may not have sight, they do have ...
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Jury convicts former South Texas DA of corruption
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A federal jury in South Texas has convicted a former district attorney on corruption charges.Former Cameron County District Attorney Armando Villalobos (vee-yah-LOH'-bohs) was convicted Friday of racketeering, bribery, extortion and other charges. He was acquitted of two counts of extortion.Villalobos was accused of paying $10,700 to state District Judge Abel Limas to ...
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Teen in devastated Okla. town handing out hugs
MOORE, Okla. -- The people of the Oklahoma town where a deadly tornado struck could use just about everything - cleaning supplies, food, water, shelter.Thirteen-year-old Halle Carr thought residents of her hometown could also use a hug after the twister Monday that killed 24 people in Moore.Halle has been standing on a corner with a white sign that reads: "Need a hug? I am here!" And ...
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Dead Pa. babys dad believes in divine healing
FILE - This undated file photo combination provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Herbert and Catherine Schaible. At a bail hearing Friday, May 24, 2013, a Philadelphia judge ordered the couple, who believe in faith healing over medicine, be held without bail on third-degree murder charges in the April death of their 8-month-old son, Brandon. They previously had been convicted of ...
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