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Robson to face Wozniacki in Paris

SOURCE: BBC

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Laura Robson to face Caroline Wozniacki in French Open Laura Robson will play former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in...
Osman signs new Everton contract

SOURCE: BBC

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Leon Osman: Everton midfielder signs new contract Everton midfielder Leon Osman has signed a new contract, which will keep him...
Former Giro Winner Di Luca Tests Positive for EPO

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin...
Britain scrambles fighter jets to escort PIA passenger plane

SOURCE: DAWN

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Britain scrambled fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it...
Giro Stage Called Off After Heavy Snow Overnight

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Italy Heavy snow has forced Giro d'Italia organisers to call off Friday's mountainous stage 19 from Ponte di Legno to...
Chief of Austrian Bank Offers to Resign

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Raiffeisen Bank International, one of Austria's largest lenders, said Friday that Herbert Stepic had offered his resignation as chief executive...
Red state Dems defect on Keystone pipeline

SOURCE: Fox News

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Published May 24, 2013 Washington Free Beacon Two red state Democratic senators signaled support Thursday for legislation authorizing the Keystone...
Oil and pipelines driving Canada's economy

SOURCE: United Press International

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Natural resources form "one of the cornerstones" of the Canadian federal and provincial economies, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said...The...
Cregan prison convoy in collision

SOURCE: BBC

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Prison vans collide going to court in Preston Two prison vans transporting defendants to the Dale Cregan trial have been...
Explosion shakes central Kabul

SOURCE: BBC

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Explosion and gunfire shake Kabul There has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed...
Barba makes late charge for Maroons

SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald

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Bulldogs 24 Broncos 14 Ben Barba's magic generally rests with ball in hand. But you truly get a sense as...
Betfair boss says plan to limit live odds during sports broadcasts ...

SOURCE: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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An online sports betting agency head has admitted a proposal by commercial TV networks to limit gambling ads during sports...
Body believed to be missing tourist washes ashore in Western ...

SOURCE: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The body was found at Elle's Beach, south of Coral Bay, shortly after midday today. Police say formal identification will...
Hooker Webber to captain England

SOURCE: BBC

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Rob Webber handed captaincy Rob Webber will captain England for the first time in Sunday's game against the Barbarians at...
Scientists uncover a secret to cockroaches' adaptability

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

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In the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive...

Obama lifts order on Gitmo

Posted by: Robert Weller

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:50:43 -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. For those who were skeptical that intentions would be followed by actions, Obama lifted the ban...

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Holder not likely to stay on as attorney general for duration of Obama's term (Opinion)

Posted by: Punditty

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:21:23 -0700 | political-news

Eric Holder has been President Barack Obama’s attorney general since being confirmed in February 2009, but regardless of what comes next in the unfolding saga of the federal government spying on members of the press, history is not on Holder’s...

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Woolwich attack: Lee Rigby's family pays tribute to slain soldier (Video)

Posted by: Eileen Kersey

Manchester :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 08:03:07 -0700 | disasters-news

Family members of Lee Rigby, the drummer soldier hacked to death in Woolwich, London, on Wednesday, attended a press conference Friday. Their pain is raw and terrible to watch. You want to reach out and put your arms around them...

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Donald Trump's federal court jury victory smacks down 87-year-old Chicago condo investor

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:08:16 -0700 | political-news

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Donald Trump won a hands-down, virtually “no contest” jury verdict in his federal court imbroglio against a Chicago suburban 87-year-old grandmother. Jackie Goldberg had accused the real estate mogul, television celebrity, and sometime presidential...

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Biggest LEGO model ever: Star Wars X-Wing descends on Times Square, New York

Posted by: Robert Myles

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:08:22 -0700 | entertainment-news

Danish toymaker LEGO, the maker of those tactile, dimpled little plastic bricks, Thursday unveiled a replica of the famous X-Wing fighter from the “Star Wars” films in Times Square, New York. LEGO's Times Square X-Wing exhibit is reputedly the largest...

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Janet Jackson: Is she or isn't she a billionaire?

Posted by: Phyllis L. Smith Asinyanbi

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:47:51 -0700 | entertainment-news

Janet Jackson (AKA Miss Jackson), 47, baby sister of the late Michael Jackson and youngest member of the iconic Jackson family, has reportedly joined the mega rich by becoming a billionaire. Jackson has 1.2 billion in earnings, but does this...

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

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:50:41 -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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New anthem for gun lovers like Glenn Beck (Satire)

Posted by: Barry Ellsworth

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 02:59:16 -0700 | disasters-news

I have come up with a theme song for America as the two sides trade verbal bullets in the war over gun restrictions. Remember Grand Funk Railroad and the tune “We’re An American Band”? If not, and you have the...

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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 2013-05-24 07:50:41 -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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Florida man who knew slain Boston Marathon suspect killed during questioning

Posted by: Nathan Salant

Orlando :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 02:51:33 -0700 | disasters-news

A man linked to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the slain suspect in last month's fatal bombing of the Boston Marathon, was shot and killed Wednesday as he was being questioned by investigators in Orlando, Fla. A federal law enforcement official said Ibragim...

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Twitter tightens security

Posted by: Barry Eitel

Toledo :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:05:42 -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 2013-05-24 08:03:07 -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 2013-05-24 02:57:31 -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 2013-05-24 07:19:31 -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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Missouri, a gun lovers' paradise

Posted by: Ivana Cvetkovic

St Louis :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:12:05 -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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