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US test-launches intercontinental missile
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -; The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North ...
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The National Play Three Surprise Gigs in New York
The first venue, announced on Twitter, was a tiny bar (and flower shop) in Ditmas, Brooklyn, called Sycamore. ("Care to to join us for a liquid lunch? Doors at noon, show at 12:30," the band posted on Facebook.) The second was at Public Assembly in Brooklyn, at 5 p.m., for which tickets were raffled to fans online. The third, at 10 p.m., was at Manhattan's Mercury Lounge, a ...
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Maine man appears in court in missing teens death
A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she'd headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she recently met on ...
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Chicago Board of Ed to vote on 53 school closings
The Pembroke Pines Charter school system has a stellar reputation, top-notch students and well-maintained buildings. But it needs more money to keep going, school officials ...
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Its Official Disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiner Is Running for Mayor of New York City
Former New York Congressman, Anthony Weiner officially launched his bid for Mayor of New York City on Monday night. Disgraced Democrat Anthony Weiner could be the next big political comeback kid of the year behind Mark Sanford. Forced to resign from Congress two years ago due a sexting scandal, Weiner officially hit the campaign trail in ...
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American Idol Finalist Devin Velez on God Idol and Singing
In an inspiring phone interview Devin Velez talks to CBN News Reporter Charlene Israel about his passion for music and what he's most looking forward to on the American Idol tour. Devin also shares his heart for God and discusses why his faith in Christ is the most important relationship he'll ever ...
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White People Stopped By New York Police Are More Likely To Have Guns Or Drugs Than Minorities
just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but because each stopped individual was doing something suspicious at the time. The data, however, tells a different story: weapons and drugs were more often found on white New ...
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Names of tornado victims released by medical examiners office
Joshua Hornsby says he will always cherish the moments he had with his nine-year-old daughter Ja'Nae, remembering her as energetic, lovable and kind, before she perished in the deadly tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla. Sarah Stewart ...
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Tallying up the cost to recover from deadly tornado
1999 when this city was devastated by another powerful tornado that killed 46 people and damaged or destroyed more than 8,000 homes. governor, good morning to ...
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Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Safe houses are a personal choice
MSNBC's Chris Jansing tours a safe room that saved an Oklahoma couple and their neighbors. Jansing also talks to Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb about safe ...
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White House visits under microscope as former IRS chief testifies
Rep. Jim Jordan presses former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman over meetings Shulman attended at the White House during the time that political targeting was said to be taking ...
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Man with ties to Boston bombing suspects shot during FBI questioning
By Richard Esposito, Pete Williams and Matthew DeLuca, NBC News A man with ties to the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed after attacking an FBI agent during questioning in Florida, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, 27, allegedly attacked an agent with a knife. He was not suspected of having played any role in ...
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New York City loses its private equity boss
Head of NYC private equity investments heads to private firm in which NYC pension invested. FORTUNE --Yesterday came newsthat Barry Miller had stepped down as head of private equity investments for the New York City Employee Retirement Systems (NYCERS), in order to open a New York City office for Connecticut-based private equity firm Landmark Partners. My immediate reaction: Is this a conflict ...
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Robert Redford on America Certain things have got lost
The writer-director uses Cannes press conference to say that the US has lost its way since the second world war, and that rampant development must be ...
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Francis Ford Coppola to Direct Italian-American Saga
Godfather helmer is readying an untitled film that will chronicle an Italian-American family and span from the 1930s to the 1960s. Coppola became one of the most celebrated directors in cinema after bringing the Corleone family saga to the big ...
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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Is a Fabulous Cultural Ambassador for America
TLC Ever wonder how Glitzy the Pig would get on in Britain? Here Comes Honey Boo Boo recently debuted there to unsurprising critical snark. The series, about seven-year-old aspiring beauty queen Alana and her freewheeling middle Georgia family, ...
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Closing Schools Without Discussion Wont Fix Chicagos System
Demonstrators at a Chicago Teachers Union protest (John Gress/Reuters) "School reform" is one of those phrases that everybody, it seems, can get behind. Progressives like it because, hey, it's reform, and progressives like reform. Conservatives like it because "school reform" implies that government and unions are doing a bad job running the schools, and conservatives ...
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Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts
1 of 21. A volunteer carries clothing from a tornado-destroyed home across the street from the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma May 22, ...
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Fitch Rates US Airways Proposed 2012-2 EETC Class C Certificates BB-
Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...
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San Francisco Bay Area awarded ’16 Super Bowl
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
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American International College names Forge Worldwide as lead agency
American International College in Springfield has named Forge Worldwide as their lead agency for a re-branding engagement, the agency said today.The account was awarded after a brief review of undisclosed agencies. Billings for the account were not disclosed.Officials said AIC has asked the agency to undertake a re-branding engagement, awareness campaign and website build for the Curtis Blake ...
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Plaza Towers Elementary stories of survival Teacher student share memories of harrowing ordeal
(CBS News) The tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., completely demolished Plaza Towers Elementary School. Seven children were killed on the school's grounds. But miraculously, several students were pulled out from the rubble alive. Second-grade student Courtney Brown is one of those child survivors. From her hospital bed, the 8-year-old recalled the moment the warning sirens first sounded. ...
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US Opens Inspection Into Shuttered Nuke Plant
Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the on-site NRC inspectors "to assess the ...
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Watch FBI Fatally Shoots Florida Man in Boston Bombing Probe
This is a special report from ABC news. Hello I'm when I'm Tanya Rivero -- New York with an ABC news digital special report. Investigators are trying to find out what exactly caused an FBI agent ...
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New York City FC appoint Reyna
New MLS franchise New York City FC have appointed former USA international Claudio Reyna as their director of football.City will become the 20th MLS franchise in 2015 after Manchester City and the New York Yankees announced a partnership to fund them.Reyna, a former Manchester City player, will become the first employee of the new club that was unveiled on Tuesday and will be responsible for ...
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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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