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Obama lifts order on Gitmo

Breaking News: Obama lifts order on Gitmo
Posted by: Robert Weller

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 01:17:19 -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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Multiple explosions, heavy gunfire rock Kabul (Video)

Breaking News: Multiple explosions, heavy gunfire rock Kabul (Video)
Posted by: Nina Rai

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-25 00:56:06 -0700 | disasters-news

Multiple large blasts rocked a bustling area in the center of Kabul followed by gunfire Friday, police said. It is a second blast to hit the Afghan capital in little over a week. A witness describing the incident told Reuters...
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On Tennessee Valley Authority, Republicans seek to defend New Deal from Obama

Breaking News: On Tennessee Valley Authority, Republicans seek to defend New Deal from Obama
Posted by: northsunm32

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:23:55 -0700 | political-news

The Tennessee Valley Authority dates from 1933 and was a key project in President Franklin Roosevelt's plans to create huge infrastructure projects that would create jobs and produce benefits to those in the area. Hidden away in a new budget...
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Washington bridge collapse closes main I-5 route from Mexico to Canada

Breaking News: Washington bridge collapse closes main I-5 route from Mexico to Canada
Posted by: PrairieDogPress

Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 01:20:20 -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 several cars into the freezing water below, authorities said. Three people were subsequently...
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What we can learn from Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Tough only gets you so far

Breaking News: What we can learn from Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Tough only gets you so far
Posted by: msarzo

Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:41:11 -0700 | political-news

When a federal judge put the clamps Friday on Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio's use of racial profiling in an aggressive campaign to target illegal immigrants, he sent a message that anyone who seeks the limelight will also suffer...
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Syrian government agrees to attend international peace conference

Breaking News: Syrian government agrees to attend international peace conference
Posted by: arkar

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-24 22:29:26 -0700 | disasters-news

With the bloody civil war in Syria having claimed more than 80,000 lives and displaced millions, the present stalemate between the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition suggests that this now-two-year-long conflict may continue, but efforts are underway to broker...
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Zimmerman's murder trial draws near so let the smear campaign begin (Video)

Breaking News: Zimmerman's murder trial draws near so let the smear campaign begin (Video)
Posted by: VeronicaS

Sanford :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 22:41:51 -0700 | disasters-news

Opinion As George Zimmerman’s murder trial scheduled to begin June 10 draws near, a concentrated smearing of the victim has begun. Defense lawyer Mark O’Mara is blanketing the Internet with images of Trayvon Martin in what I will call “full...
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2 arrested, fighter jets scrambled after threat aboard plane from Pakistan to England

Breaking News: 2 arrested, fighter jets scrambled after threat aboard plane from Pakistan to England
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Manchester :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 00:26:50 -0700 | political-news

A Boeing 777 on route from Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and carrying more than 300 people, was diverted to an airport outside London on Friday after two men threatened to blow the plane up, CNN reported. Police arrested the...
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Holder not likely to stay on as attorney general for duration of Obama's term (Opinion)

Breaking News: Holder not likely to stay on as attorney general for duration of Obama's term (Opinion)
Posted by: Punditty SelectMedia

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:02:19 -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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'Functionally obsolete' bridge collapse shows need to fix aging infrastructure

Breaking News: 'Functionally obsolete' bridge collapse shows need to fix aging infrastructure
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 23:55:50 -0700 | political-news

"We've still got too many roads that are in disrepair, too many bridges that aren't safe." – President Obama, March 2013 A long section of an Interstate 5 bridge connecting the United States to Canada collapsed Thursday evening, and many...
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England joins chorus against European involvement with Hezbollah

Breaking News: England joins chorus against European involvement with Hezbollah
Posted by: Nathan Salant

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 20:03:12 -0700 | disasters-news

England has added its voice to boost efforts to blacklist the military wing of the Hezbollah organization from operating in the 27 countries of the European Union. England's Foreign Office said it had formally moved to have parts of the...
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Google ads facing antitrust probe from FTC

Breaking News: Google ads facing antitrust probe from FTC
Posted by: Joe Kukura

Mountain View :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 18:26:54 -0700 | business-news

Google's ongoing dominance in the Internet display ad business is seemingly unstoppable, but there may be one thing that can stop them -- a federal agency with the authority to shut them down. According to a report by Bloomberg News,...
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Al-Jazeera bans article critical of Zionism only to republish it later

Breaking News: Al-Jazeera bans article critical of Zionism only to republish it later
Posted by: northsunm32

Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-24 12:00:13 -0700 | political-news

An article entitled "The Last of the Semites" was published in Al-Jazeera May 14. However, it was removed Sunday, May 19. The article by Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad came under attack as soon as it was printed. The article...
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President Obama defends use of drones

Breaking News: President Obama defends use of drones
Posted by: Jennifer Rees

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 01:17:19 -0700 | political-news

During a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, Thursday, President Obama spoke in detail about the use of drones, forcefully defending the US drone program and attempting to justify the contentious strikes as legal and necessary to...
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What diet is right for you

Breaking News: What diet is right for you
Posted by: Stephanie Weaver

Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 17:34:26 -0700 | health-news

Women are not the only ones who want to stick to a healthy diet to lose weight and trim down. Guys also want to maintain their sexy physique with nutritional food choices. But with so many types of diets out...
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