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Alonso suggests Red Bull sound like sore losers

SOURCE: Reuters

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Topics Ferrari Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain (R) celebrates with his team after the Spanish F1 Grand Prix...
UK's Hague says Syria allies 'prop up' Assad

SOURCE: Al Jazeera English

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21 Hague was speaking ahead of an international conference to discuss peace efforts [Reuters] British Foreign Secretary William Hague has...
Challenging Christie, Barbara Buono Begins TV Ad Campaign

SOURCE: The New York Times

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Facing Uphill Battle, Challenger to Christie Begins TV Ad Campaign Published: May 22, 2013 Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey...
Petrov accepts Villa coaching role

SOURCE: BBC

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Stiliyan Petrov 'excited' after accepting Aston Villa coach role Former Aston Villa club captain Stiliyan Petrov has accepted a new...
Delta Airlines wants to stop Ex-Im bank help on big jets

SOURCE: Reuters

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Topics A Delta Air Lines jet lands at BWI Thurgood Marshall International Airport near Baltimore, Maryland October 24, 2012...Export-Import Bank...
Mayor Rob Ford dismissed as football coach at Don Bosco

SOURCE: Toronto Star

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Photo Save to mystar Toronto's Catholic school board has removed Mayor Rob Ford as head football coach at Etobicoke's Don...
Bahrain opposition group snubs crisis talks

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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Bahrain (AP) Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group says it will temporarily boycott talks aimed at easing the Gulf nation's more...
U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes

SOURCE: The New York Times

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In a letter to Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that...
Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan

SOURCE: Associated Press

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President Barack Obama is threatening to veto House Republicans' student loan bill. The White House Budget Office said Wednesday the...
Bundesliga raises Qatar 2022 concern

SOURCE: BBC

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Bundesliga warns of Qatar 2022 World Cup European league revolt Germany's Bundesliga has warned that any attempt to move the...
HP second quarter quarter profit down 32 percent

SOURCE: Reuters

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News Related Topics A Hewlett-Packard logo is seen at the company's Executive Briefing Center in Palo Alto, California January 16,...
Charles Woodson signs with the Oakland Raiders

SOURCE: FanIQ

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Over one hundred fans gathered outside the Oakland Raiders' facilities on Tuesday to welcome free agent and former Raider Charles...
Amy's Bakery Owner Deported?

SOURCE: Fox

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Published May 22, 2013 FoxNews.com As if the most public meltdown ever on social media and TV wasn't enough for...
Conrad Black defends Harper's former chief of staff

SOURCE: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Former media baron Conrad Black says he doesn't believe the prime minister's former chief of staff did anything wrong by...
Brian Urlacher retires from NFL

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

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Brian Urlacher, former Chicago Bears All Pro linebacker, announced his retirement from the NFL via Twitter on Wednesday, three days...

Oklahoma tornado death toll likely to stand at 24

Posted by: Robert Weller

Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:52:37 -0700 | disasters-news

The fire chief of the Oklahoma City suburb smashed by a tornado Monday says the death toll likely will stay at 24. Gary Bird told Fox News he is "98 percent sure " there are no more dead in the...

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Suspected terrorist attack on streets of London — man hacked to death

Posted by: Robert Myles

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 13:38:25 -0700 | disasters-news

One man is reported to have died and two men have been injured after a possible terrorist attack on John Wilson Street in Woolwich, southeast London. Some reports have referred to the victim having been “beheaded.” The British Prime Minister...

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FBI agent fatally shoots man who knew Boston bombing suspect, friend says

Posted by: Phyllis L. Smith Asinyanbi

Orlando :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 14:01:04 -0700 | disasters-news

Updated 5-22-2013, 1:09 p.m., PDT Ibragim Todashev, 26, an ethnic Chechen man who knew Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston bombing suspects, was fatally shot Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., by an unidentified FBI agent. The agent had questioned Ibragim's friend,...

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Tsarnaev brothers highlight shifting movements within Chechnya, expert says

Posted by: Mirjana Pantic

Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-22 14:01:04 -0700 | disasters-news

Searching for a motive behind the attack on the Boston Marathon in April that killed three people and injured more than 260 others, the media has speculated that the answer may lie in the alleged perpetrators’ Chechen origins. The Russian...

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When media disaster coverage turns into ‘disaster porn'

Posted by: VeronicaS

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:13:45 -0700 | disasters-news

It’s no news that comedian/host Bill Maher likes to push the envelope and that what comes out of his mouth makes some cringe and run for the smelling salts, so this is no exception. The host of the HBO show...

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Obama needs to fire staff

Posted by: PJesep

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 14:20:10 -0700 | political-news

President Barack Obama is languishing politically. He must shake up his team. Calling the three controversies now embattling the administration Nixonian are inaccurate, or at least an exaggeration. In addition, comments that his second term is derailed are premature. The...

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Afghan interpreters will be allowed to settle in Britain after another coalition U-turn

Posted by: Eileen Kersey

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 14:14:23 -0700 | political-news

The British government has had a rethink and taken another U-turn, this time with regards to British citizenship for hundreds of Afghan interpreters who have worked with foreign military during the war. The men had claimed that they would be...

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Sharpton kicks press out of meeting, bullies membership into silence

Posted by: Harold Michael Harvey, J. D.

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 10:56:43 -0700 | political-news

Rev. Al Sharpton convened a general membership meeting of the National Action Network Tuesday night in Atlanta at the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church, once pastored by Rev. Ralph David Abernathy. Before Sharpton appeared at the meeting the organization’s...

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Nearly 40 percent of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid

Posted by: Robert Myles

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 08:58:22 -0700 | disasters-news

The number of Syrians in need of humanitarian aid has reached 8.3 million, or 38 percent of the country's population, the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated, labeling the situation in Syria a “humanitarian catastrophe.”...

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Seven abducted Egyptian security forces in Sinai released

Posted by: saleh1966

Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-22 14:32:02 -0700 | disasters-news

Seven Egyptian security officers who had been abducted in the Sinai Peninsula last week by a Jihadists group with alleged ties to al-Qaida have been released Wednesday, following efforts by Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with Bedouin tribal leaders in...

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Capitalism: How it can benefit all Americans, not only greedy corporations

Posted by: Dava Castillo

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 12:44:23 -0700 | political-news

Capitalism is an economic system in which all or most of the means of production and distribution such as land, factories, communications and some transportation systems etc. are privately owned and operated in a competitive environment characterized by a tendency...

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Atlanta, New York writers score wins in Pundit contest for first half of May

Posted by: The American Pundit Contest

San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:44:56 -0700 | your-story

Allvoices is pleased to announce the winners in the May 1-15 segment of The American Pundit political writing contest, with writers from Atlanta and New York claiming $250 apiece and advancing to the finalist round to compete for the $5,000...

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Spiders from Mars bassist Trevor Bolder dies; a local perspective

Posted by: Eileen Kersey

Kingston upon Hull :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 14:14:40 -0700 | obituaries-news

News that musician Trevor Bolder has died is a semi-personal one for this writer. Trevor, and former Spiders from Mars band-mate Mick Ronson were natives of my city, Kingston-upon-Hull, which is located on the north bank of the River Humber,...

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New report questions OKcupid privacy

Posted by: Barry Eitel

Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:39:58 -0700 | technology-news

According to a report published by the San Francisco Public Press, popular free online dating destination/hookup wonderland OKCupid may be far less private than you think. Reporter Rachel Swan talked to a “moderator” working for the site—really, just a dude...

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Obamacare Facebook page inactive since November

Posted by: Punditty

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 12:20:04 -0700 | political-news

Despite widespread criticism that President Barack Obama’s administration is not doing enough to inform citizens about compliance with the Obamacare mandate to purchase health insurance, the Facebook page I Like Obamacare has been inactive since November. The page is maintained...

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