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Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan
Out with the "global war on terror." In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and ...
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OKC police correct damage estimate to 12K homes
Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ...
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GOP Ariz. rep. who supports Medicaid is threatened
PHOENIX -; A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand ...
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Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different signals
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -; The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots involved in a midair collision in Alaska that killed a family of four apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the ...
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Senator Questions White Houses Handling Of Drone Program
Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon about the Obama administration's shift on drone policy. Wyden was part of a group of senators who demanded that the administration turn over secret documents related to the operation against Amwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen killed in Yemen in a drone ...
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Feds Career drug dealer admits steroids distribution on LI
More coverage: 4 killed in Medford drug store shooting A Florida man, who authorities said was making $1 million-a-year distributing drugs on Long Island and in New York City, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Central Islip to conspiracy to illegally distribute steroids and distributing steroids, according to officials.When Gregory Kovar, 48, of Miami Beach, was arrested last June, ...
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Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension
Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately ...
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Family of former Marine kidnapped in Mexico speaks out hope hes alive
The family of a former U.S. Marine is hoping he's still alive despite not having heard from him since he was kidnapped in Mexico. The whereabouts of Armando Torres, 27, who served in Iraq in 2009 as a mechanic fixing military vehicles, are still unknown. The FBI and Mexican authorities are investigating the case and a fellow Marine continues lobbying for congressional help. Torres' ...
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Bed Bugs Now Car Bugs
Even if you don't sleep in your car, you might have to worry about bedbugs coming along for the ride this summer. The little critters may not be in the headlines like they were a couple of years ago, ...
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Officials Man killed by FBI implicated self in 2011 triple-murder
A Chechen immigrant who was shot to death Wednesday by authorities in Florida -- while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects -- implicated himself in an unsolved 2011 triple murder, according to authorities. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was fatally shot at his Orlando townhouse during a meeting with an FBI agent and two ...
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Kid to McDs CEO No Tricks
McDonald's once again faced criticism that it's a purveyor of junk food that markets to children at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday. The world's biggest hamburger chain has been looking to keep up with changing tastes as people increasingly opt for foods they feel are fresh or healthy. Customers can now order egg whites in its breakfast sandwiches, for example. ...
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Bruins Live Blog B’s Looking To Sweep Rangers In New York
5 p.m.: It’s hard to believe it, but tonight, the Bruins will be playing for the sweep. There is no way to track down every prediction for this series, but it is safe to assume that the people who called for a Boston sweep account for less than 1 percent of the prognosticators. With two teams seemingly so evenly matched, a six-game series seemed to be the shortest route possible to the ...
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Oklahoma Governor ‘We’re proud of our spirit’
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to NBC's Craig Melvin about the resiliency of the people of Oklahoma and updates on the Oklahoma recovery ...
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American Horror Story Star Joins X-Men Days of Future Past
Twitter breaking the news that the young actor will portray Quicksilver in the upcoming Fox movie, which combines two X-Men franchises. "Before he was ...
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Cannes Sundance Selects Nabs North American Rights to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant
with the backing of British Film Institute and Film4, made its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects/IFC Films ...
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New York mayoral candidate Weiner uses Pittsburgh as backdrop
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, a former U.S. House member and tweeter of lewd selfies, inexplicably splashed a photograph of Pittsburgh's Downtown across his campaign ...
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Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public ...
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Summer Heat Is Going To Make New York Deadly
Summer heat waves can transform East Coast cities likes New York and Washington, DC, into humid, odiferous swamps of misery and stagnation. But with climate change conspiring toward increasingly hotter summers, New York and other towns won't just be more unpleasant; they'll be deadlier. ...
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American Express CDC Take Home Top GoodWorks Effie Awards
GoodWorks Award highlights great work by companies using their platforms for greater social good while also moving their primary mission forward. ...
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Dissidents visits to Miami spur new conversation about Cubas opposition exiles
MIAMI - When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition. The reaction has been far different. When he went to the Versailles restaurant, a traditional gathering spot for older exiles in the city's Little Havana neighbourhood, he was embraced. ...
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Obama Congress briefed on every drone strike America takes
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his administration informs Congress about every drone strike America orders. In a national security speech Thursday, Obama said the administration has briefed the appropriate congressional committees about all drone strikes outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, such as in Yemen. He says the briefings included the one instance in which an American citizen was ...
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Obama America at a crossroads in fighting terrorism
Updated: 4:03 p.m. ETIn a sweeping speech addressing the nation's counterterrorism strategy, President Obama on Thursday unveiled new restrictions on the nation's controversial targeted killing policy, and - despite repeated interruptions from a heckler -- officially outlined plans to restart transfers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners to third countries. During an hour-long speech at the ...
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Oklahoma tornado damage numbers significantly downgraded
Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm as tornado survivors search for salvageable belongings at their devastated home May 23, 2013, in Moore, ...
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First funeral held for young Oklahoma tornado victim
OKLAHOMA CITY Friends and family are attended the funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were ...
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Video Alex Gibney on Obama admin. and whistleblowers
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney talks to CBSNews.com about his latest documentary, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," which recounts the rise and fall of Julian Assange, and the saga of Army SPC. Bradley Manning, who is facing trial for leaking classified material that cast a critical light on actions by the U.S. government and ...
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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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