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Oklahoma twister that hit Moore ‘more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb'...

SOURCE: The independent

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Suggested Topics The vast tornado that struck an Oklahoma suburb on Monday afternoon dwarfed even the Hiroshima atomic bomb in...
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...
North Korea sends...

SOURCE: Arab News

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A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong-Un met a senior Chinese official in Beijing yesterday, with...
Fort Hood suspect seeks to fire Army attorneys

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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Texas (AP) The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage says he wants to represent himself...
Phillips' Strange Double Lifts Reds Over Mets 7-4

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Brandon Phillips bounced a bizarre double over first base to snap a ninth-inning tie, and the Cincinnati Reds completed a...
Blackhawks in Need of Win Thursday

SOURCE: FanIQ

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Thursday night in Detroit, the Chicago Blackhawks will play their biggest game of the 2013 season to date; as close...
Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president...
4-nation Pacific Alliance trade bloc forges ahead

SOURCE: Fox News

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Colombia The presidents of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico meet in the western city of Cali on Thursday in...
City Room: With Whiskers in Common, Hasidim Court Hipsters

SOURCE: The New York Times

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Welcome to City Room City Room® is a news blog of live reporting, features and reader conversations about New York...
Arabtec workers end strike

SOURCE: Arab News

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Dubai contractor Arabtec said a four-day strike by foreign workers seeking higher pay was over and the emirate's police chief...
Wasps Wing Wade Scoops Award Double

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Pacy London Wasps wing Christian Wade underlined his status as one of the most promising prospects in English rugby on...
Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert

SOURCE: Associated Press

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President Barack Obama is showing singer-songwriter Carole King that she has friends at the White House. At an East Room...
Young, Howard spark...

SOURCE: Arab News

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Delmon Young homered and Ryan Howard added three hits and three RBIs to help carry the Philadelphia Phillies to a...
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...
Dinosaur chomped like a bird of prey, say scientists

SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor

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ments Dinosaur chomped like a bird of prey, say scientists A study of an Allosaurus fossil found that the massive...

London terrorist attack leaves soldier hacked to death (Video)

Posted by: Eileen Kersey

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 17:20:35 -0700 | disasters-news

In broad daylight, around 2 p.m. BST Wednesday, a suspected terrorist attack unfolded in Woolwich, London. Two men drove their vehicle into a soldier, who was wearing a Help For Heroes charity T-shirt, before attacking him with machetes. There are...

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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 17:39:42 -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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IRS official pleads the 5th at US House hearing

Posted by: Dava Castillo

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 17:36:29 -0700 | political-news

Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination Wednesday and declined to testify at a House hearing on the matter,...

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Oklahoma tornado death toll likely to stand at 24

Posted by: Robert Weller

Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:04:38 -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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Actress Helen Mirren makes dying boy's wish come true after Queen refuses

Posted by: VeronicaS

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 18:06:06 -0700 | entertainment-news

I have always liked Helen Mirren, and now I admire her even more. The ageless British-born actress who can give younger women a run for their money in the stylishly sexy department, made a dying boy’s wish come true. Well,...

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When media disaster coverage turns into ‘disaster porn'

Posted by: VeronicaS

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:08:21 -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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Seven abducted Egyptian security forces in Sinai released

Posted by: saleh1966

Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-22 16:37:58 -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 17:32:51 -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 15:33:04 -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

Posted by: wendyzachary

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:01:47 -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 2013-05-22 17:57:04 -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 2013-05-22 17:42:36 -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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Syrian regime submits to Moscow five names for possible peace talks

Posted by: saleh1966

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-22 17:45:10 -0700 | disasters-news

The Syrian regime has submitted to Moscow a list of five officials to be the potential negotiators in talks with the opposition in the upcoming international peace conference, which Moscow and Washington agreed to organize, possibly in Geneva next June,...

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