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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...
Boy Scouts voting on end to ban on gay members

SOURCE: United Press International

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Delegates voted Thursday afternoon at a resort in Grapevine, Texas, on overturning the Boy Scouts of America's ban on gay...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Boreanaz, Felton, Walsh land 'Full Circle' roles

SOURCE: United Press International

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Tom Felton, Kate Walsh , Julian McMahon and David Boreanaz have signed on for roles in the Los Angeles-shot drama...
Woolwich suspect, Michael Adebolajo, described as the 'typical boy ...

SOURCE: The Independent

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Michael Adebolajo, one of the men arrested over the Woolwich murder, was a polite and well-mannered schoolboy rapper who turned...
For India, worries of another 1989 moment in the region

SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor

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Afghanistan, there is a sense of deja vu among foreign policymakers in New Delhi. When the Soviet troops left Afghanistan...
TV picks: 'Arrested Development,' biopics, 'Longmire,' cartoons

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

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Los Angeles Times Television Critic May 23, 2013 , 11:45 a.m. "Arrested Development" ( Netflix , Sunday, then anytime). The...
'Lone Ranger' director on blockbusters

SOURCE: CNN

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Don't miss CNN's Summer Movie special this Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. ET. (CNN) -- As the director of...
Fidelity sells BostonCoach to Harrison Global

SOURCE: Boston Herald

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Fidelity Investments is selling BostonCoach to Harrison Global for undisclosed terms. The Waltham-based Harrison plans to maintain the BostonCoach name,...

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

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:15:27 -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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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 18:56:32 -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 18:58:42 -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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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 21:01:54 -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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US researchers close to creating near-universal flu jab

Posted by: arkar

Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 20:59:11 -0700 | health-news

Though seemingly lightweight in comparison to such diseases as cancer or HIV, the common cold or influenza has always been very potent, responsible for as many deaths as, if not more than, deaths from other diseases combined. With its many...

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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 19:12:51 -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 19:39:37 -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 21:26:49 -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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Right-wing radio host: ‘I want to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina' (Audio)

Posted by: VeronicaS

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:05:48 -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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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 2013-05-23 02:22:42 -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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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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White House accuses Fox News reporter of leaking government secrets

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Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:36:23 -0700 | political-news

While the issue of secretly obtaining Associated Press phone records by the administration is still heated up, the White House now targets one Fox News reporter, accusing him of giving out sensitive details on United States’ dealings with North Korea....

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Syrian uprising: An antithesis of the Arab Spring

Posted by: aymaan30

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-23 18:00:27 -0700 | disasters-news

The Arab Spring was a massive mobilization for "change" in the Arab world. The Arabs conquered the barrier of fear to unseat entrenched dictatorships through mass protests, starting in Tunisia and spreading to Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. While...

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How would Libertarians, Republicans who want minimal government help Oklahoma?

Posted by: VeronicaS

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 17:56:52 -0700 | political-news

Opinion After watching the devastation in Oklahoma left in the wake of a monster tornado Monday, I wondered what the folks who say government should stay out of the business of helping states cope would do about this tragedy. According...

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The devastating seven-year conflict in Darfur has claimed some 300,000 ...

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