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Second jewelry theft reported at Cannes Film Festival

SOURCE: CNN

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Jordan and Octavia Spencer attend the movie's Cannes screening dinner on May 16. Solange Knowles attends "The Great Gatsby" premiere...
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...
Napolitano scheduled to visit Boston

SOURCE: Boston Herald

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is in Boston to meet with government officials and visit the marathon bombings memorial. Napolitano...
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...
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...
Phil Jackson picks Bill Russell, not Bryant or Jordan, as greatest

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

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Select a date range Create a custom date range From: To: May 24, 2013 , 7:11 a.m. One thing...
What Liberace wore

SOURCE: CNN

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Liberace's extravagant style is as famous as his music, and his looks will be on full display in Stephen Soderbergh's...
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...
World Rowing Body's Chief Oswald Runs for IOC Top Job

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Denis Oswald became the fifth candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Friday, with the Swiss sports administrator...
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...
Supreme Court to rule on $5M plagiarized lawsuit decision

SOURCE: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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A Vancouver family is anxiously awaiting a Supreme Court decision this morning on a $5 million medical lawsuit they won...
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...
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...
Is F1 real racing any more?

SOURCE: BBC

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It is the best drivers in the world taking themselves and their cars to the outer limits on a track...
Assistant boss Phelan leaves Man Utd

SOURCE: BBC

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Mike Phelan and Eric Steele leave the club Manchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan has left the club. Phelan, a...

Obama lifts order on Gitmo

Posted by: Robert Weller

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 10:10:31 -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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Washington bridge collapse closes main I-5 route from Mexico to Canada

Posted by: PrairieDogPress

Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 10:05:18 -0700 | disasters-news

An oversized truck hit the Skagit River Bridge ceiling steel beams Thursday around 7:00 p.m., causing that section of the bridge to buckle and collapse, and sending cars into the freezing water below, authorities said. Three people were subsequently retrieved...

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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 09:26:54 -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 10:00:12 -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 09:39:14 -0700 | political-news

Donald Trump won a hands-down, virtually “no contest” jury verdict in his federal court imbroglio against a Chicago suburban 87-year-old grandmother, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. 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 09:18:58 -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 09:37:10 -0700 | entertainment-news

Janet Jackson (AKA Miss Jackson), 47, sister of the late Michael Jackson and youngest 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 mean she's...

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Woman caught in goat milk frenzy (#3 in the Mary Lou saga)

Posted by: Barry Ellsworth

Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-24 02:54:23 -0700 | funny-news

Goat milk soap -- I didn't realize that it can become an obsession with some people, working them into a lather. However, when you consider that Cleopatra may have bathed in the soap to keep her skin soft and to...

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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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Jury deadlocked on Jodi Arias penalty: No sentence as retrial set

Posted by: VeronicaS

Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 09:27:39 -0700 | disasters-news

The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial was dismissed Thursday after they failed to agree on a sentence. Judge Sherry Stephens has now scheduled a retrial for July 18, reports The Associated Press. The jury, made up of eight...

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

Posted by: Nina Rai

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 09:39:45 -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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Florida man who knew slain Boston Marathon suspect killed during questioning

Posted by: Nathan Salant

Orlando :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 09:34:21 -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 2013-05-24 09:56:48 -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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Caroline Giuliani (L) and her mother Donna Hanover, pictured in 2005

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