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Broke no laws IRS official says — then takes 5th
IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ...
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OAS Permanent Council Receives Report of the Pan American Health Organization and Submits Draft Resolutions to the General Assembly
May 22, 2013 The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today held its last regular meeting prior to the 43rd General Assembly, in which it heard reports of the work done during the last year by its various committees, the annual report of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and approved the submission of numerous draft resolutions to be decided by the Foreign ...
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Miami Commission could allow high-paid city execs to collect salary pension
Miami city commissioners, who in recent years have cut severance pay and pensions to balance budgets, could vote Tuesday to allow four of the city’s highest earners to return from retirement and collect their pension on top of their hefty salary. The plan could mean millions of dollars of extra pay over the long haul for the city clerk, auditor, city attorney and the city manager. But it ...
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Immigration activists protest Sen. Marco Rubio after gay couples left out of reform bill
A far-reaching bill to remake the nation's immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to ...
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Feds tell Fla. court immigrant cant be lawyer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Florida should deny a law license to anyone who enters or remains in the country without legal permission.Federal authorities were asked last month by the Florida Supreme Court to help it decide whether federal law precludes the court's admission of an undocumented immigrant to the Florida Bar.Attorneys for the Department ...
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WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court
Lawyers in the court-martial of an Army private who sent more than 700,000 classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks said Tuesday they have reached a deal that may eliminate the need for testimony from a member of the military team that killed Osama bin Laden. Prosecutors also agreed to accept Pfc. Bradley Manning's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he ...
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Study Ocoee most visited white-water river in United States
The Ocoee River in Polk County, Tenn.,has been recognized as the most popular white-water river in the country. According to a report released Wednesday, the Ocoee last year had a $43.8 million financial impact throughout the surrounding 30-county region — 14 counties in Tennessee, 13 in Georgia and three in North ...
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White House admits four US citizens were killed by drone strikes
The White House has launched a new effort to draw a line under its controversial drone strike policy by admitting for the first time that four American citizens were among those killed by its covert attacks in Yemen and Pakistan since 2009.In ...
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Julian Assange sues US military over secrecy of Bradley Manning trial
WikiLeaks Julian Assange and a coalition of activists and journalists filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the military judge overseeing Army Pfc. Bradley Manning's trial in a bid to open access to the secretive proceedings. During the trial both access to transcripts and prosecution and defense motions have been virtually inaccessible. Bradley, who faces a life sentence over the leaking ...
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‘The fight against sexual assault in the military has just begun’
NBC's Maria Shriver spoke with three lawmakers who've worked on the issue of sexual assaults in the military for years. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Susan Collins and Rep. Jackie Speier want to reform military law and send a message that these cases will be taken seriously and prosecuted ...
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Tornado warning issued in Mass. as storm front marches east
By Jeff Black and Ian Johnston, NBC News A tornado warning was issued for parts of Massachusetts on Wednesday evening as a severe weather storm capable of producing a twister was spotted on radar, forecasters said.The "dangerous storm" was located near Salem, or 11 miles northeast of ...
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Oklahoma Rep. Satisfied with response politics can wait
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., joins Martin Bashir to discuss the tornado damage to his congressional district - and the rush by some to politicize how funding is spent on disaster ...
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Preparing for the new tornado reality
Time magazine's Jeffrey Kluger joins Martin Bashir to discuss how we prepare - and respond - to extreme weather events like the Oklahoma ...
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Jodi Arias ‘I’ve had difficult dreams about Travis’
Jodi Arias sits down with Diane Alvear after her day in court, in which she attempted to persuade a jury for a life sentence rather than the death penalty. In this extended interview, she talks about her comments in court and her thoughts of ...
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Americas frogs and toads disappearing fast study warns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frogs, toads and salamanders have been in trouble for decades, but a new U.S. government study shows just how quickly many amphibians are disappearing from ponds and creeks across the United ...
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Despite Protests Chicago to Close 49 Schools
CHICAGO -- After an emotional public schools meeting, officials here in the third-largest district in the country voted Wednesday to close 49 public schools that they said were not being fully ...
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Outcry from Chicago teachers as city votes to close 50 schools
The board of education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define -- for better or worse -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrolment and as part of their efforts to improve the city's struggling education system."The ...
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Singer-songwriter Carole King to be honored at White House by President Obama
May 21, 2013: Singer-songwriter Carole King, performs during an event to honor her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, at the Library of ...
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Chemical that sparked deadly Texas explosion found across U.S
The remains of a fertilizer plant burn after an explosion at the plant in the town of West, near Waco, Texas, in this April 18, 2013 file photo. The deadly explosion injured more than 100 people, leveling dozens of homes and damaging other buildings including a school and nursing home, authorities ...
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America Combining Medical Care With Pastoral Faith Support
A national network of hospitals in the U.S. called Cancer Treatment Centers of America is combining state-of-the-art medical care for patients in advanced-stages of cancer with spiritual support by a team of pastors, which is said to help patients live longer. "The focus of Care that the Cancer Treatment Centers of America utilizes is a 'Holistic Model,' and in that model ...
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US Airways begins seasonal service to Shannon Ireland
TEMPE, Ariz. - US Airways customers now have convenient access to a second destination in Ireland as the airline begins daily, non-stop, summer service from its international gateway at Philadelphia today following a four-year hiatus. The airline will operate flights to the "Gateway to the West of Ireland" on 176-seat dual-class Boeing 757-200 aircraft until Sept. 6, 2013. The seasonal ...
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Video Tamerlan Tsarnaevs friend killed by FBI responsible for triple homicide
Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was killed in Orlando, Fla. The FBI and Mass. State police were interviewing the Chechen immigrant about an unsolved triple murder in Waltham, Mass. when he turned violent. Ines Ferre ...
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Colo. shooting suspects bank records iPod searched by investigators
CENTENNIAL, Colo. James Holmes received six shipments of ammunition from an online retailer, carried a platinum MasterCard and photographed the door to the movie theater where he allegedly killed 12 people and injured 70, according to court records released ...
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Attorney General Holder Drones killed 4 Americans since 2009
WASHINGTON The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama. In conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda and its associated forces, the government has ...
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No more bodies or survivors likely in the rubble Oklahoma official says
It was the 83-year-old grandmother's first time back at her home since a monstrous and deadly tornado ravaged her neighborhood in suburban Oklahoma City. Part of the roof was sitting in the front yard, and the siding from the front of the house was gone. As her son, Jeff, and her grandsons picked through what was left of her belongings, Arvin found some dark humor in the situation. "Oh ...
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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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