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Chrysler Hellcat In The Works
SRT CEO Ralph Gilles told FoxNews.com that an extreme version of the Challenger was in the works, but didn't offer specifics on what that might entail. "We get a lot of requests for the Challenger, not so much the Charger, and we've been looking at doing an ACR [American Club Racing] edition of that, eventually," he said. "So we'll see something along those lines ...
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Ex-IRS commissioner heads to Capitol Hill amid scandal
Washington - Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Some of the questions on Tuesday will be direct: What did you know, and when did you know it? They also want to know why former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman didn't tell Congress that agents ...
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Reporter recalls devastation from 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak
MSNBC's Milissa Rehberger talks with Brian Shactman about the devastation from Monday's massive tornado in Oklahoma that has killed at least 51 people, including 20 children. Rehberger was a television anchor in Oklahoma when a series of tornadoes ripped through the state in ...
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Bless you for posting Facebook group reunites tornado victims with photos documents
This photo was posted on Facebook by Glen Adkisson after tornadoes struck Oklahoma on Monday. "This was in our yard 5/20/2013...Collinsville," he ...
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Tom Cole on Moore Okla. Thats home for over 50 years
mika , the randomness of tornadoes is usually what's so horrifying. because you can have, we grew up seeing, i remember in ohio growing up seeing one side of a street completely wiped out. and the other side intact. that's not this ...
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Miami Face-Eating Victim Photos To Be Released
New pictures of a homeless man whose face was virtually chewed off in a horrifying attack in Miami last year are to be released. Doctors and care workers who are treating Ronald Poppo in Jackson will also give an update on his recovery from his gruesome injuries. They will play a taped message from the victim and show new photos of his face, which continues to heal after the attack on the ...
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Judge Skeptical of New York Police Stops’ Effectiveness
"A lot of people are being frisked or searched on suspicion of having a gun and nobody has a gun," Judge Scheindlin, of Federal District Court in Manhattan, said on Monday during closing arguments in the trial. "So the point is: the suspicion turns out to be wrong in most of the ...
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Convicted U.S. killer Arias would join tiny death row group
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jodi Arias, convicted of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, is expected on Tuesday to address a jury in Arizona tasked with deciding whether she should join the small group of women sitting on death row in the United ...
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Former Chicago police officer gets 18 years for drug conspiracy
With prosecutors seeking a 30-year prison term for him, former veteran Chicago narcotics cop Glenn Lewellen closed his eyes tightly and held his palms together in prayer Monday as the judge was about to announce his sentence on federal drug conspiracy charges. A smile cracked his lips as Lewellen heard his sentence: 18 years in federal prison. Moments later, as he was led away by deputy ...
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First lady could be Chicago kids last hope
Michelle Obama and student Kayla Pearson at Harper High School last month. The first lady has kept the plight of Chicago students in the ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OKLAHOMA TORNADO FLATTENS NEIGHBORHOODS, KILLS DOZENS At least 20 of the 51 victims of the storm were children caught in an elementary school in the eye of the storm, with a death toll expected to rise. 2. AP PHOTOGRAPHER: 'ALL I COULD SEE WAS DESTRUCTION' Sue Ogrocki ...
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Joel Skousen Obama Creating A Third World America
May 21, 2013 Alex continues with author Joel Scousan discussing the ongoing globalist agenda to topple the American way of life and the Public’s necessity to prepare themselves for ...
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Heat-related deaths to increase in New York City study
New York city may see deaths from heat rise by as many as 20 percent in the 2020s and 90 percent by the 2080s in a worst-case scenario, according to a study published in this week's journal Nature Climate Change. The study was done by Columbia University's Earth Institute and the Mailman School of Public Health. Higher winter temperatures may cut cold-related mortality, but net ...
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American Dreams in China trumps Iron Man 3 at box office
off the top of the Chinese box office charts in the week ending on Sunday.The film, which tells the story of a trio of entrepreneurs who establish an English language training service, has pulled in 108 million yuan (about $17.6 million) since its Friday debut, China Film News reported on ...
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HEROES AFTER TWISTER Photog Details Rescue of Children From Okla. School
MOORE, Okla. – I left the office as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters before in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too late. By the time I got to Moore, all I could see was destruction. I walked toward a group of people standing by a heaping mound of rubble too big to be a ...
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Syrian military says it destroys Israeli vehicle
DAMASCUS, Syria – The Syrian military says it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights. A statement issued by the Syrian Armed Forces says its troops destroyed the vehicle "with those in it." It did not elaborate, but said any attempt to infiltrate Syria's sovereignty will face "immediate and firm retaliation. " The ...
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Chinese boats captain beaten by N. Koreans while held
The owner of a Chinese fishing boat seized for more than two weeks by armed North Koreans says the captors wore military uniforms, and that they beat up the boat's captain and stole its fuel. Owner Yu Xuejun says the captors eventually released the boat Tuesday without the ransom they had demanded. The incident was the latest irritant in relations between North Korea and a Chinese ...
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Moscow Safer Than New York - Minister
NEW YORK, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the United States. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late on Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly."We have compared the crime ...
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PMs South America trip turns focus from turmoil to trade
Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and then to Colombia for trade talks this week - after he speaks to his caucus about a growing Senate expense scandal that claimed his chief of staff over the weekend. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Ex-IRS chief heads to Hill as Carney says White House senior staff told of probe findings
Lawmakers will get their first opportunity to question the man who ran the IRS when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups Tuesday, as the timeline for when senior White House officials knew about the scandal seems to be shifting. The lawmakers are expected to ask former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman why he didn't tell Congress that agents had been singling out conservative ...
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Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual charge against US government worker
This image released by U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., shows the damage to the car that allegedly hit and killed Alois Pedzisai Matyoramhinga in Zimbawbe. Unusual circumstances have left federal prosecutors pursuing vandalism charges against Andrew Pastirik, a U.S. government worker accused of killing the Zimbabwe man in a drunken driving collision. Much of the case against Pastirik is ...
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FBI Elite agents died fast-roping from helicopter that had difficulties during training exercise
NORFOLK, Va. Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were killed in the incident Friday. Both were members of the bureau's elite hostage rescue team, a group known ...
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Video Tornado rescue workers fear dozens of kids trapped in rubble
Following the massive 200 mph tornado that hit the town of Moore, Okla., rescue workers focused much of their attention on Plaza Towers Elementary School, where the twister carved a path right through the middle of the building. CBS News' Bigad Shaban ...
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Cannibal Victim Continues Recovery
A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his injuries. Ronald Poppo spent nearly a month in a hospital after the May 26 attack alongside a Miami highway. Since then, he's been living in a long-term care facility. The attack left Poppo blind, but his doctors say he's been working ...
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Pics From Tucson Shooting to be Released
Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The photos also include ...
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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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