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Federal Reserve more optimistic about US economy keeps stimulus program unchanged
Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for ...
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As fires rage feds cut funding on prevention
federal government is spending less and less on its main program for preventing blazes in the first place. A combination of government austerity and the ballooning cost of battling the ruinous fires has taken a bite out of federal efforts to remove the dead trees and flammable underbrush that clog Western forests. The ...
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Google Were not in cahoots with the NSA
National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News Google’s chief legal officer said Wednesday "we’re not in cahoots with the NSA" as the company stepped up its efforts to reassure customers that their gmail and Internet browsing history are safe from government ...
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Feds 2 plotted to build Hiroshima light switch weapon
By Jonathan Dienst, Pete Williams and Erin McClam, NBC News Two upstate New York men, one of them said to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan, plotted to build a truck-mounted, industrial-strength X-ray weapon to kill "enemies of Israel" by poisoning them with radiation, federal authorities said Wednesday.One of them boasted that he could build a "Hiroshima light switch" and that ...
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Police return to home of star Patriots tight end Hernandez
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC News Police returned Wednesday to the home of star New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, about a mile away from an industrial park where a body was found two nights earlier.There was no answer at the door, and police declined to say what was in papers they were carrying, NBC affiliate WHDH in Boston reported.Police also visited the house Tuesday night. ...
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Did a missile bring down TWA Flight 800 off New York Former investigators urge probe reopened based on new evidence
Researchers say a vaccine for a sexually spread virus has cut infections in teen girls by half. This is the first evidence of how well the HPV vaccine works since it came on the market seven years ...
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Cult of Hockey The Chicago Blackhawks claim to be losing money – but are they
According to Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz and ChicagoBusiness.com, despite going to the Stanley Cup Finals in one of the league's best ...
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Boston poised to begin condom giveaway in high schools
By Stephanie Simon (Reuters) - Students at all Boston public high schools may soon be able to obtain free condoms at the front office - as long as they sit through a few minutes of counseling about safe sex - under a policy due to be voted on Wednesday by the school board. Condoms are already available in 19 high schools with on-site health centers. The policy, up for a vote by the Boston ...
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Casino Referendum Planned by New York Leaders
ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and legislative leaders have agreed to ask voters in November to amend the New York State Constitution to allow a significant expansion of casino ...
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Federal Reserve leaves interest rates alone and pledges to continue stimulus
Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and reaffirmed its pledge to maintain its massive stimulus program amid further signs of a split in the central bank's committee and speculation that ...
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2 New York men tried to assemble X-ray weapon Feds say
Federal authorities have accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon they intended to use against opponents of Israel. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, of Galway, and 54-year-old Eric J. Feight, of Hudson, have been charged with conspiracy to provide support to terrorists following a yearlong undercover investigation. Investigators say Crawford ...
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Theft of F-35 design data is helping U.S. adversaries Pentagon
Three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (rear to front) AF-2, AF-3 and AF-4, can be seen flying over Edwards Air Force Base in this December 10, 2011 handout photo provided by Lockheed ...
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Chicago poised to enter top 10 globally in economic strength
Chicago’s economic competitiveness is growing on the world stage, and it will ascend to one of the 10 top cities in the world by 2025, according to an analysis by the Economist. Chicago ranks second in the U.S. behind New York when measuring for factors including economic strength, financial maturity, environmental and natural hazards and harder to define metrics including global appeal, ...
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Watch Grandmother Unmasks Grandson Burglar
This Albuquerque grandmother loves her grandson more than anything loosing him is just really. The scaring me because I don't -- -- She says she's losing Thomas Parker to heroin addiction ...
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CPS Hopes To Save Millions With Severance Deal For Cafeteria Workers
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago Public Schools officials have offered lunchroom workers severance packages to get them to vacate their jobs, and help the district close its estimated $1 billion budget ...
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The United States working with European allies has concluded that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons …
WASHINGTON (AFP) The White House on Friday all but ruled out the notion of mounting a no-fly zone in Syria, billing it as difficult, dangerous and costly, and unsuitable to halting close quarters ground battles. A day after US officials pledged to stiffen military help to Syrian rebels, likely moving towards sending some form of arms for the first time, they made it clear that swift US ...
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Union boss Karen Lewis blames rich white people for Chicagos education woes
Rahm Emanuel ’s kitchen cabinet Tuesday, blaming racism and ';rich white people'; for why the city’s schools are in a fiscal crisis, ...
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Chicago likely to reunite Toews and Kane in Game 4
Chicago Blackhawks Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane watch their teammates skate during their final practice for the NHL Stanley Cup finals to be played against the Boston Bruins in Chicago, June 11, 2013. ...
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Federal Reserve foresees lower US unemployment and inflation this year and next
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve expects the U.S. unemployment rate to fall faster this year and next than it did in March. The Fed now predicts unemployment will fall to 7.2 percent or 7.3 percent at the end of 2013 from 7.6 percent now. It thinks the rate will be between 6.5 percent and 6.8 percent by the end of 2014, better than its previous projection of 6.7 percent to 7 percent. The 6.5 ...
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GOP targets high-speed rail transportation grants
WASHINGTON -; House Republicans are pushing to eliminate money for high-speed rail and a popular grant program for transportation ...
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Illinois father gets prison in child-binding case
LAWRENCE, Kan. -; A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern ...
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Diverted United 787 passengers on way to Tokyo
SEATTLE -; Passengers from a United Airlines Denver-to-Tokyo flight that diverted to Seattle Tuesday when the Boeing 787 had an oil filter issue are on their way ...
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Man arrested after car on NYC sidewalk injures 8
A car damaged in an accident sits in the middle of the street in the East Village section of New York, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Fire authorities say eight people have been hurt, several of them seriously, after a car jumped a curb and slammed into a 24-hour grocery around 7 a.m. Wednesday. A witness says the driver lost control about a block away and plowed through everything on the sidewalk. ...
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Ford Flex styling is standout feature
The bold, boxy exterior of the Ford Flex is such a forceful statement, it can distract from the other notable features of this generously sized, six- to seven-passenger crossover ...
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Pruitt DOJ broke rules in phone records seizure
Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press speaks at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Pruitt, addressed a luncheon at the NPC and spoke about how the Justice Department violated its own rules in subpoenaing AP phone records. (AP Photo/Charles ...
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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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