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Mother in labor during tornado reunited with nurses
Thanks to the quick work of Moore, Okla., nurses, Shayla Taylor was able to safely deliver her son Braeden Immanuel - who is now nicknamed 'Twister.' NBC's Ron Mott ...
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Arlington prepares for Memorial Day
arlington cemetery . they placed flags on grave sites of each service member buried at arlington. 267,000 in all in the annual tradition known as flags ...
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Birdman an unlikely difference-maker for Miami in more ways than one
Greg Nelson/SI MIAMI -- The Mohawk had been lacquered and spiked while Chris "Birdman'' Andersen was making his large yet minimalist impact on Game 1 of the Eastern finals Wednesday night. On Thursday after practice he and his hair were more relaxed. The hair lay tousled along the top of his head like a strip of highway median. His tattooed skin was like cheerful pop-art ...
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Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens
(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...
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Arizona jury deadlocks over Jodi Arias sentencing
Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...
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Video Extra Okla. dog owner and dog Bowser reunited
After all the heartbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, one moment has touched people all over the world: when a dog named Bowser crawled out of the rubble, and into his owner's ...
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Video Mother-to-be was in labor as Oklahoma tornado hit
With a tornado and a baby on the way, doctors and nurses at the Moore Medical Center really had to deliver. Shayla Taylor survived, and her son was born at a hospital a few miles away. Elaine Quijano ...
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Video Victim of Bangladesh factory collapse shares story
A teenager who survived the massive Bangladesh factory collapse says she was afraid to go to work the day of the incident. Those who try to improve working conditions face retaliation. Holly Williams ...
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Video President Obama defends drone strikes
President Obama delivered a major policy speech outlining a downgrade of the war on terror. He defended drone strikes and urged Congress to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Major Garrett ...
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Video U.S. drone strikes spark anger in Pakistan
Pakistan's new prime minister wants to improve relations with the U.S., but he has to answer to angry voters, who resent U.S. drone strikes that have killed over 3,000 people over the last 10 years in Pakistan. Elizabeth Palmer ...
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Video Resentment over wars may have motivated London terror attack
A brutal terror attack in London on Wednesday was said to be caused by the anti-Western views of the two suspects. Their victim was confirmed to be Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old solider and father of a two-year-old son. Mark Philips ...
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Hung jury in Arias penalty phase new panel to be chosen
Jodi Arias reacts to being found guilty of first-degree murder, May 8, 2013, in a Maricopa County courtroom, in the death of her onetime lover Travis ...
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Oklahoma miracle baby -- born amidst tornado chaos
Shayla Taylor was in labor when the devastating Moore, Oklahoma tornado hit. She had to moved to the operating room where there were no windows and braced herself along with the ...
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Watch Jodi Arias Jury Cannot Decide on Life or Death Sentence
The clerk will read -- -- -- State of Arizona vs -- and areas sentencing verdict. We the jury duly impaneled and sworn and above entitled action upon our -- Yunnan has unanimously find ...
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Marlins Face White Sox In Chicago Friday
MIAMI (AP) — Even though John Danks is about to begin his seventh season in the majors, he admits he will have some nerves heading into his first outing in more than a year for the Chicago White Sox. Danks will make his first start since arthroscopic shoulder surgery in Friday night’s opener of a three-game home set against the Miami Marlins. The left-hander last pitched May 19, ...
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US military fears taking on Assads troops in drawn-out Syrian war says Bob Carr
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Syrian refugees in Lebanon that the United States military does not want to risk a drawn-out war with the Syrian army. Senator Carr spoke with the refugees during a visit to their camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on the border with Syria. The refugees urged Senator Carr to back military intervention to bring the civil war in Syria to an end. ...
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RI education board approves arming university cops
The proposal would leave it to URI officials to decide whether to arm the university's police force. Right now, Rhode Island is the only state that prohibits public higher education police officers from carrying ...
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Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty
Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...
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Parking deck collapses at Md. mall 1 killed
BETHESDA, Md. -; A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete ...
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IRS replaces official in tea party controversy
In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...
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Three taxes fizzle for now
The Senate Appropriations Committee suspended consideration of the tax proposals amid its review of scores of bills to meet a legislative deadline. The levy on cigarettes could be heard later this year while the authors of the soda and oil severance taxes expect to have to wait until ...
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Severe weather to impact Memorial Day travel
bad weather is making news elsewhere tonight as well a lot of unsettled weather in the northeast in particular have made a very hectic holiday travel weekend ...
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Hard-hit region revitalized by RV sales
rv sales plunged 58% as the recession deepened and banks stopped lending. as the economy bounces back so have sales. shooting up 72%. good news for ...
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Warrant for rapper Tim Dog despite death reports
JACKSON, Miss. -- Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February.The 46-year-old, whose real name is Timothy Blair, is best known for a 1990s song "F-- Compton" that criticized West Coast ...
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Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park
Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed ...
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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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