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Sandy-hit Jersey Shore off to slow start for first Memorial Day after superstorm
(CBS News) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - Seven months after superstorm Sandy ripped up boardwalks and washed a roller coaster into the ocean, summer is getting its unofficial kickoff this weekend on the Jersey Shore. The next three months are the time most businesses make most of their money in beach towns along a 127-mile stretch of the New Jersey coast. But they're still not catching many ...
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Video Shellfish company ready for first post-Sandy summer
A shellfish company in Long Beach Island, N.J. has worked hard to recover from superstorm Sandy's impact. Being ready for the summer season is important in a community whose economy centers around the summer season. Jim Axelrod ...
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Video Tornado victims question whether to stay and rebuild or leave
Many of the Moore, Okla. Tornado victims lost their homes for a second time after a tornado hit the town just 14 years ago. Many of those people now question whether they should stay and rebuild or move on to another place. Vanita Nair ...
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Tornado-Damaged Town Celebrates Graduates
Students who lost their caps, gowns and tassles in the tornado were given replacements free of charge so they could still participate in the rite of passage and walk in their ceremony. Seven tornadoes had hit the area during the lifespan of the class of 2013, but many of the graduates said they planned to stay in the area as they moved on to the next chapters of their lives. "I ...
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Rogers Signs Multi-Year Contract with Los Angeles Galaxy
Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ...
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New Yorks Hot Dog Hooker arrested again
New York's infamous "Hot Dog Hooker" allegedly tried to serve up the full works to one customer, but she didn't know the customer was an undercover detective and is now facing a prostitution case, police ...
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Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore on Memorial Day weekend
MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) -- Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues -- under covered porches -- as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at ...
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Doctor shortage hits hard in rural America
It's a national health care crisis. There just aren't enough doctors in our country. The shortage has hit rural America especially hard, but there may be some solutions. NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman ...
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Zimmermans lawyers say Trayvon Martin argued with friend was angry on night of shooting
George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, stands in the Seminole Circuit Court with his attorney Mark O'Mara for a pre-trial hearing on April 30, 2013 in Sanford, ...
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Elizabeth Forward-grad WJ grappler lands academic honor after All-American season
For the second consecutive season, the Elizabeth Forward High School graduate has been selected as a Division III Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches ...
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IRS vs. America I
IRS snooping on conservative political organizations and Justice Department intrusion into the communications of The Associated Press make one wonder if similar tactics are used on individuals who speak at public forums, send critical emails or otherwise express their freedom of ...
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America’s National D-Day Memorial
A sculpture depicting U.S. soldiers participating in an amphibious landing is on display at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. The memorial was dedicated in 2001 honoring American GIs who participated in the invasion of France at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Bedford was chosen for the memorial site because the town lost 19 of its men that day, the largest per capita ...
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Video Therapy dogs help victims in distress
Therapy dogs were at the Boston bombings and most recently when the Oklahoma tornado hit. Some say therapy dogs can effectively lower blood pressure and nxiety for victims of disasters and illness. Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson ...
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MLB San Francisco 6 Colorado 5
Angel Pagan 's two-run, inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the 10th Saturday rallied the San Francisco Giants over Colorado 6-5. The Rockies had grabbed a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th on a solo homer ...
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Bill Clinton other celebs at Vienna AIDS charity
Guests in fancy costumes arrive for the opening ceremony of the 21st Life Ball in front of city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. (AP Photo/Hans ...
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Guitar Center Employees Unionize in New York
May 25, 2013 1:20 PM ET Employees at Guitar Center's flagship store in Manhattan overwhelmingly voted on Friday to form a union of its 57 retail workers. The new bargaining unit will press the company for improved working conditions and a reversal of declining wages at the 14th Street store. The ...
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San Antonio flooding kills one dozens rescued
A man surveys floodwaters caused by heavy rains Saturday in San Antonio. The city has received torrential rains since Friday evening and officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash ...
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The Miami Herald Christine Dolen column
May 25--Brian Friel's award-winning Dancing at Lughnasa is a delicate memory play, a portrait of an Irish family poor in material things but rich in love. Like a treasured scrapbook photograph come to life, the warm-hearted drama paints a portrait of grown siblings unknowingly approaching the moment when their family would break apart. The final play of the season at Palm Beach Dramaworks, ...
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Miamis LeBron James controls his emotions in East final series | NBA playoffs
Miami Heat superstar LeBron James hurt his team with last-minute turnovers in a Game 2 loss to Indiana, but he isn't reaching for the panic ...
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Hagel Sexual assault in military ‘profound betrayal’
Karley Marquet's alleged attack -- just one incident in what has become an epidemic of sexual assaults and misconduct in the U.S. military -- is getting more attention than ever in Washington, prompting strong words from Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at West Point. NBC's Michael Isikoff ...
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Violinists after-school program brings hope to kids community
David France uses the money he makes playing the violin to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised community of Roxbury. NBC's Chelsea Clinton ...
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For Moore Okla. teen graduation is bittersweet
Like many of her classmates here, Saturday's high school graduation was an emotional ceremony for 18-year-old Alyson Costilla, a moment of pride long anticipated. NBC's Ron Mott ...
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Violin player uses music to help community
David France uses the money he makes playing the violin to fund Revolution of Hope, an after-school orchestra he started a few months ago in the disenfranchised community of Roxbury. NBC's Chelsea Clinton ...
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Severe weather partly a result of climate change
Damaging tornadoes are an annual springtime threat in parts of the country, but Monday's massive storm in Oklahoma, in a year that seems to have had more than its share of extreme weather, has many wondering whether things have gotten even more extreme than usual. NBC's John Yang ...
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Missouri highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass
CHAFFEE, Mo. – The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a cargo train collision in southeast Missouri. Authorities say a highway overpass collapsed early today when rail cars slammed into one of the bridge's pillars after the collision. Seven people were injured, though none seriously. The bridge collapsed after a Union Pacific train hit the side of a Burlington ...
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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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