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Connecticut governor Roads could become parking lot after train crash
By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned that highways in the state’s southwest could turn into a giant "parking lot" at rush hour Monday if 30,000 commuters who normally take the train to New York City try to drive instead.Malloy said he expected the commute to be "extremely challenging" amid ongoing work to repair damage to the ...
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Obama administration cracks down on leaks
The Obama administration has set in motion 6 criminal prosecutions related to information leaking, more than any previous administration. NBC's Michael Isikoff ...
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Billionaires Now Own American Politics
leading to the first far-reaching restrictions on money in American politics, have you been so free to meddle. There is no limit to the amount of money you can give to elect your friends and allies to political office, to defeat those with whom you disagree, to shape or stunt or kill policy, and above all to influence the tone and content of political discussion in this ...
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Tornadoes tear through Plains at least 1 killed in Oklahoma 21 more injured
SHAWNEE, Okla. Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said after ...
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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. GOP LOOKS TO CAPITALIZE ON OBAMA WOES Many Republicans would like to deny the president a victory in immigration reform, which is being considered by the Senate today. 2. FIERCE FIGHTING ON BORDER AS KERRY PRESSES FOR PEACE IN SYRIA Twenty-three fighters from the militant ...
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Washington DC presents Turkish Cultural month
The American Turkish Association of Washington, D.C. (ATA-DC) has announced that the Washington’s first annual Turkish Cultural Heritage Month will be celebrated throughout the month of September. Turkish Cultural Heritage Month has been officially recognized by Mayor Vincent Gray and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. The month will include a "Mobile Turkish Coffee Truck" ...
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San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan
The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...
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4 slain 14 hurt in Chicago weekend shootings
Three people were fatally shot in the head and another shot dead in the chest in weekend violence that wounded at least 14 others across Chicago, according to ...
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Column Dustups have governments role in common
There's a common thread running through a series of controversies dogging President Barack Obama: the federal government, and conflicting interpretations of what it is. The debate often is boiled down to this: Obama's notion of an activist, capable government that helps people vs. Republicans' impression of an intrusive, incompetent central body that hurts ...
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White House Damage Control Script Jeopardized By New Disclosures
President Obama claims not to have been made aware of the IRS indiscretions until May 10th it seems the White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ...
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Small Fla. city anxious to learn jackpot winner
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. -- It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the same ...
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Legislative showdown brewing over $2 million for Teach for America
A $2 million pot of money to hire more teachers for the Clark County School District could be in danger -- with a contingent of Assembly Democrats apparently digging in their heels against the money. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to spend $2 million during the next two years to help the ...
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American drone strike kills two suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen
An unmanned drone carries out a touch go landing in the Atlantic (US Navy/AFP) Two al-Qaeda militants were killed in an American drone strike in central Yemen on Monday, AFP reported.The attack took place in ...
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Teslas fight with Americas car dealers
Tesla Motors doesn't want to sell its cars the way every other car company does, and that's making a lot of traditional automobile dealers mad. And those dealers are fighting ...
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United Airlines to resume 787 Dreamliner flights
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another. The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding ...
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Senate committee moves toward vote on immigration
By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming this week to pass a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. First, the committee must resolve a few remaining disputes. One involves amendments over high-skilled immigrant visas sought by the high-tech ...
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Gunmen shoot into Calif. home 10-year-old killed
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents. "Whoever these gunmen were, they were directly outside the front ...
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Chicago Sees Steady Significant Jobs Growth Month On Month
Are you looking for a job in the Chicago area? Whether you want to return to the workforce or just want to change career paths, you might be happy know that there has been an uptick in job offerings in April. Jobs from health care to sales are all seeing increases in ...
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Obama to address Guantanamo prison drone program
Obama will address the U.S. secret drone program's legality and his pledge to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a White House official said. Obama will address them in a speech Thursday at the Defense Department's National Defense University in Washington -- a speech that will focus on how he intends to bring his counter-terrorism policies in line with the legal structure and ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Northwest Airlines Asks Clear Channel to Pull Science Groups Anti-Nuclear-Weapons Ad in Minneapolis Airport
Billboard Calls for Sen. McCain to 'Get Serious' About Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Weapons WASHINGTON - August 19 - Northwest, the official airline of the Republican National Convention, has taken on a new role of censor. Yesterday it asked Clear Channel Communications to remove a Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) anti-nuclear-weapons billboard in the Minneapolis airport ...
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American Friends Service Committee California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in War on Terror
California Becomes First State to Condemn Use of Torture in 'War on Terror' SACRAMENTO, CA - August 14 - The California Legislature today adopted a resolution aimed at preventing California health professionals from engaging in coercive interrogations of detainees at ...
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American Rights At Work Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Marts Unlawful Federal Election Activity
Formal Complaint for FEC Investigation of Wal-Mart's Unlawful Federal Election Activity WASHINGTON - August 14 - Today American Rights at Work, the AFL-CIO, Change to Win, and WakeUpWalmart.com will hand ...
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Planned Parenthood American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices More Care
American Journal of Public Health Study Shows Public Clinics Provide More Choices, More Care WASHINGTON - August 14 - A new study in ...
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Center for American Progress and Center for Democracy and Technology State AGs Fail to Adequately Protect Online Consumers
New report from the Center for American Progress and Center for Democracy and Technology finds that state attorneys general receive thousands of complaints of online fraud and abuse but have launched relatively few cases in response WASHINGTON - August 12 - State attorneys general received thousands of consumer complaints of online fraud and abuse in 2006 and 2007 and yet, with the ...
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Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Calls on Governor to Declare new York City Watershed Off-Limits to Natural Gas Drilling NEW YORK - August 8 - At a press conference with Queens City Councilman Gennaro today, Riverkeeper called on Governor Paterson to designate the New York City Watershed ...
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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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