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39 Of Those That Believe Benghazi Is ‘Worst American Scandal’ Can’t Find Benghazi On A Map
In not-all-that-surprising news, a large percentage of those Americans that are outraged over the Benghazi ';scandal'; manufactured by an opportunistic right wing and a sensationalism-biased media aren’t actually aware of where Benghazi is on a map. How can we expect them to comprehend what happened there if they don’t even know where it is? ...
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Kelly Clarkson Jennifer Hudson to return to American Idol as judges
Randy Jackson leaving 'American Idol' after 12 years Former American Idol contestants Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson are set to return to the show as judges. Kelly, who won the first season in 2002, and Jennifer, who placed seventh in 2004, have been approached by producers to join the panel of the new series after they decided to replace Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith ...
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Reyna joins New York City FC
Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano and New York Yankees president Adam Levine express their thoughts and goals in bringing in a 20th team to Major League ...
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Pacers need to bring the heat at Miami
Miami Heat forward LeBron James, left, shoots over Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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Military lawyers urge Hagel to improve Guantanamo conditions
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel takes part in a news conference on efforts to eliminate VA claims backlogs, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 22, ...
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Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas came a step closer to requiring some applicants for unemployment benefits to first undergo drug testing, when lawmakers gave final approval to a Republican-backed bill mandating such checks on ...
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Human rights groups protests US drone killings of terror suspects questions legal strategy
FILE- In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, Police Chief John Martin demonstrates a Taser in Brattleboro, Vt. In a report issued Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by Amnesty International, the London-based human rights group said it has tallied 540 Taser-related deaths in the United States since 2001. ';Tasers have been listed as a cause or contributory factor in more than 60 deaths,'; Amnesty said ...
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Video Undercover in a Bangladesh clothing factory
Many of the clothes sold in American stores come from factories in Bangladesh, which has a history of workplace disasters. Following the factory collapse last month that killed over 1,000 people, Holly Williams went undercover to see what the conditions are really ...
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Video Man killed in brutal London attack
London police say two men used a knife and a cleaver to hack a man to death. The man was then videotaped by an unharmed passerby and waited for police to arrive. Charlie D'Agata ...
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Oklahoma family narrowly escaped death during tornado
CBS News Jamie was all alone in her house with her two-year-old son, and the tornado was bearing down. "I was terrified, but I didn't want him to be scared," she said. "I just thought, 'I'll hold onto him.'" What Jamie didn't know was that her husband, Matt, was racing home. "I just wanted to get home, you know?" he said. "I ...
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Parents ask why Oklahoma schools dont have tornado shelters
(CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - The mayor of Oklahoma City said Wednesday as many as 13,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in Monday's tornado, and 33,000 people have been affected. The mayor says the damage could total $2 billion. The state medical examiner said there were 24 deaths. Two were infants: four months old and seven months ...
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Video IRS Manager I have not done anything wrong
Lois Lerner, the IRS manager at the heart of the political targeting scandal, delivered an opening statement Wednesday before a congressional committee, but she refused to take any lawmakers' questions. Nancy Cordes ...
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Video Could storm shelters have saved more children
Not every school building in Tornado Alley is required to have a shelter to protect children during a storm. Two of the buildings hit hardest by the tornado in Moore, Okla., were schools that did not have underground shelters. Elaine Quijano ...
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FBI Arrest Made in Wash. Ricin Letter Scare
A 37-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin were discovered in Washington state last week. A grand jury indictment accuses Matthew Ryan Buquet of mailing a threatening communication to U.S. District Judge Fred Van Sickle at the federal courthouse on May 14. The indictment did not say anything about ricin. However, the U.S. Postal ...
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Ex-Miss America May Face McConnell
not be running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, but another possible candidate is thinking about taking on Mitch McConnell and she has some local star power of her own: Former Miss America Heather French Henry. French Henry, who was crowned Miss America in 2000 and is married to former Lt. Gov. Steve Henry, told ABC News she is being ';urged by a number of individuals in political ...
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High School State Swimming Championships CIF Los Angeles City
LOS ANGELES, California, May 22. THE Palisades Charter Dolphins swept the team titles at the CIF-Los Angeles City High School Swimming and Diving Championships May 14-17. Prelims were held May 14 and finals were conducted May 17, both at East Los Angeles College. A separate diving competition was held May 15 at L.A. Valley College.GirlsThe Dolphins claimed their fourth straight title in ...
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Milbank White House criminalizes basic journalism
When Rosen and I covered the Bush White House together a decade ago, I knew him as a scrappy reporter who had a fascination with Watergate trivia. He later wrote a sympathetic biography of John Mitchell, Nixon's disgraced attorney general. Now he's learning just how abusive a Justice Department can be, from an administration that has launched more leak prosecutions than all previous ...
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Vt gov signs novel law against false patent claims
MONTPELIER, Vt. -; Vermont's governor has signed the first-in-the-nation law aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling - the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement ...
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Fort Hood suspect wants to represent himself
FORT WORTH, Texas -; The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood attack wants to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, which means he could question the nearly three dozen soldiers he's accused of wounding in the shooting ...
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House passes GOP bill to speed pipeline approval
WASHINGTON -; House Republicans pushed through a bill Wednesday to bypass the president to speed approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the legislation as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental ...
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Arias jury deadlocks but must keep deliberating
Judge Sherry Stephens urges the jury to continue deliberating after the jury delivered a message that they are deadlocked on a penalty for Jodi Arias on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona ...
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45 students hurt in chain-reaction Ind. bus crash
NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. -; Northern Indiana authorities say more than 45 middle and high school students were injured and a bus driver was seriously hurt in a chain-reaction crash involving four school ...
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Bill allows Newtown families to release records
HARTFORD, Conn. -; A bill crafted privately by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's office, Connecticut's top prosecutor and legislative leaders would require the written consent of family members of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims before certain records concerning the shooting may be publicly ...
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Officials All accounted for after Okla. tornado
MOORE, Okla. -; Authorities have now accounted for the last six people - all of them adults - who were believed to still be missing after the massive tornado in an Oklahoma City ...
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Lois Lerners Brief And Awful Day On Capitol Hill
Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, leaves after being dismissed from a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on ...
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Memorial Bridge is falling down, falling down
The Memorial Bridge linking New Hampshire and Maine is a historical landmark, its been there for over 80 years, but the bridge is old and in this age of recession, expensive repair work versus more valuable replacement may soon see the structure razed and replaced.
The Memorial Bridge that links Portsmouth in New Hampshire to Kittery in Maine is ageing. The through truss lift bridge is over 80 years old and has begun to feel its age in recent years, on the 16th of October, 2009 state authorities issued an emergency closure of the bridge due to essential repairs that were needed and its weight limit has steadily been reduced over the last year or so. Read more
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