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Here's The Protester Who Heckled Obama In The Middle Of His Big Speech ...

SOURCE: BusinessInsider

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Wikimedia Commons Medea Benjamin President Barack Obama was heckled during a major foreign policy speech Thursday when talking about closing...
Leading Off: N.B.A. Playoffs: Why Take Pacers' Roy Hibbert Out?

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Liberty And then the Heat and the Pacers played along and made it exciting...A hero stepped up at the end...
Kindle Fire HD to be available in Canada in June

SOURCE: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Canadians will finally be able to purchase Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablet starting June 13, two years after the first...
Pritzker makes strong showing in Senate confirmation hearing

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

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The prospects seemed strong Thursday for Penny Pritzker becoming Commerce secretary after a two-hour confirmation hearing, as she drew praise...
Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source

SOURCE: Reuters

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Topics The Google signage is seen at the company's headquarters in New York January 8, 2013. U.S. regulators are in...
Mary J. Blige faces $3.4M federal tax lien in NJ

SOURCE: Associated Press

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Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey. Court documents show the...
Mystery illnesses in Alabama mostly colds and flu, tests show

SOURCE: Fox News

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Published May 23, 2013 Associated Press Officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama have so far found only...
Morgan Falls Asleep On Air

SOURCE: Fox

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Published May 23, 2013 FoxNews.com Morgan Freeman is pretty much Hollywood royalty, so it's no surprise that two Seattle-based news...
Chic Clicks: Amanda Seyfried's New Givenchy Campaign; Plus, Jessica ...

SOURCE: People: StyleWatch

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We love that Tisci's traded his tough Rottweiler designs for the gentle Disney character! [ Givenchy ] We're ready to...
Nutrition tops list of investor questions at McDonald's annual ...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune

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McDonald's executives fielded a number of questions at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday, particularly those about its role in the...
Census: Texas has 8 of 15 fastest-growing cities in U.S.

SOURCE: United Press International

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Texas leads the nation in population growth with eight of the 15 fastest-growing large towns and cities in America located...
Blue Jays prospect Sean Nolin gets Friday start

SOURCE: Toronto Star

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Comments Save to mystar Earlier this week a piece of paper on Blue Jays manager John Gibbons' desk listed the...
SEC: Ex-Goldman banker fined, barred in Cahill pay-to-play case

SOURCE: Boston Herald

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Securities and Exchange Commission involving undisclosed campaign contributions to then-Massachusetts state treasurer Timothy P. Cahill while he was a candidate...
LPGA to Use as Much of Flooded Course as It Can

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Tour is going to use as much of the flooded Ocean Club course as it can for its inaugural trip...
One Person Reportedly Trapped After Parking Garage Collapse In ...

SOURCE: BusinessInsider

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A parking garage at a mall in Bethesda, Maryland, has partially trapped, according to multiple reports. The garage at Montgomery...

Obama takes war against terror off auto pilot

Posted by: Robert Weller

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 16:04:00 -0700 | disasters-news

President Obama says the US is revising the way it fights terror because today’s threats resemble the kind of terrorism faced before Sept. 11. Obama, speaking at the National Defense University, said drones and other weapons have rendered al-Qaida unable...

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London machete attack: Lone-wolf terrorism or a concerted campaign?

Posted by: Robert Myles

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 15:14:08 -0700 | disasters-news

With confirmation today that the man killed in yesterday’s horrific machete attack on a street near Greenwich Barracks in southeast London was a member of the UK armed forces, the concern for security services in the UK is whether the...

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Oklahoma does not need prayers -- or, keep your religion to yourself

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:40:56 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news

In an interview Tuesday with a survivor of the Moore, Okla., tornado, a young mother carrying her toddler son, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer put his foot squarely in his mouth. Blitzer and his CNN crew had been doggedly tramping through the...

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It ain't Obama, it ain't yo' mama—it's your money

Posted by: Harold Michael Harvey, J. D.

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:28:38 -0700 | political-news

Last Sunday, President Barack Obama spoke during the commencement exercises at Morehouse College, the premier college in the nation dedicated to the education of African American men. It was the first time that a sitting American president had spoken at...

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IRS' Lerner can be held for contempt of Congress, says Dershowitz: What's next?

Posted by: Dava Castillo

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:49:00 -0700 | political-news

Outspoken Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz said yesterday that Lois Lerner, the IRS official who was in charge of the division of the IRS overseeing exempt organizations, which targeted the tea party and other conservative political groups, could be held in...

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Constitutional disorder: House votes to approve Keystone in defiance of Obama

Posted by: PrairieDogPress

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 16:20:33 -0700 | political-news

Republicans in the house, who are always professing how much they cherish the Constitution, voted on Wednesday to pass the H.R 3 Northern Route Approval Act, which would circumvent action by President Obama and allow construction of the Keystone XL...

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Dead Boston bombing suspect's friend killed by FBI; both suspected in triple murder

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Orlando :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:44:57 -0700 | disasters-news

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that a known and admitted acquaintance of the deceased elder Boston bombing suspect was shot and killed by the FBI and other law enforcement officers in Orlando, Fla. early Wednesday morning. Ibragim Todashev was being...

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Twitter tightens security

Posted by: Barry Eitel

Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 13:29:36 -0700 | technology-news

After a series of well-publicized hackings, Twitter finally upgraded their system to include login verification. “Every day,” starts a post penned by Jim O’Leary, part of Twitter’s Product Security Team, “a growing number of people log in to Twitter. Usually...

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Woolwich attack victim is Lee Rigby who served in Afghanistan

Posted by: aymaan30

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 16:05:35 -0700 | causes-news

The British soldier hacked to death on the streets of London by two suspected Nigerian-born British citizen served in the Afghanistan and fought the Taliban, according to reports. The victim, Lee Rigby, 25, a drummer and a machine-gunner with 2nd...

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Sen. Coburn: 'Morally wrong' for feds to finance tornado victim aid

Posted by: itobin53

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:52:29 -0700 | political-news

Evidence of the disconnect between Washington politicians and working-class Americans was palpable on Thursday, in Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn’s statements on the devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, on Monday. To the families who...

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Kerry meets with Abbas and Netanyahu on Middle East trip

Posted by: saleh1966

Ramallah :: Palestine | updated 2013-05-23 16:05:05 -0700 | political-news

Secretary of State John Kerry separately met with the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, to revive the stalled Middle East peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. This is his...

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American author Lydia Davis, the 'one-line wonder,' bags Booker Prize

Posted by: Nina Rai

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 16:02:37 -0700 | arts-culture-news

A writer with a penchant for penning stories the length of a single sentence has stymied all competition to scoop this year’s prestigious Man Booker International Prize. American author Lydia Davis, 65, was declared the winner of the fifth edition...

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Missouri, a gun lovers' paradise

Posted by: Ivana Cvetkovic

St Louis :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:05:12 -0700 | political-news

A generous landowner in Howell County, Mo., John Negri, is offering free land in parcels of 6, 38 and 100 acres to gunmakers who are looking to relocate due to the current wave of passed gun control legislation, American Rifleman...

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Right-wing radio host: ‘I want to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina' (Audio)

Posted by: VeronicaS

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:04:11 -0700 | political-news

There is freedom of speech and then there are violent threats wrapped up in blatant misogyny and this is unequivocally the latter. Right-wing radio host Pete Santilli used his "cowardly bully" pulpit last week to threaten former Secretary of State...

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World Nutella Day is safe, everyone: Ferrero came to their senses

Posted by: Aby Sam Thomas

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 07:04:51 -0700 | business-news

Every brand dreams of a day when people love it so much that they take it upon themselves to promote and publicize the product on their own. Well, almost every brand. Ferrero, the creators of that sinful hazelnut and chocolate...

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UNICEF said the number of people displaced by the conflict since 2004 has ...

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