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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...
Wall St. bucks global slump

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

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After bracing for a steep fall, Wall Street barely shrugged at a sharp sell-off in stock markets around the globe...Weak...
Shelton, Underwood coming to aid of Oklahomans

SOURCE: Associated Press

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Blake Shelton has a date and location for his benefit and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood is writing a large check...
SNC-Lavalin offered VP post to Moammar Gadhafi's son in 2008

SOURCE: Toronto Star

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SNC-Lavalin offered an executive post to the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2008, according court documents cited...
E.W. Jackson a wild card in Va. GOP campaign

SOURCE: Washington Post

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Graphic More Post coverage of the race for Virginia governor. Twenty-four hours later, after delivering a thunderous speech that seized...
5 things: Obama redefines terror fight

SOURCE: CNN

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He said America was at a "crossroads" and should no longer see it as a "self-defeating" perpetual fight, but one...
Boy Scouts OK plan to accept openly gay boys

SOURCE: Fox

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Texas The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders...
One face, different...

SOURCE: Arab News

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16 am An art exhibition depicting an array of feelings on a single female facial image was praised by Ahmed...
Official summoned for delaying power plant

SOURCE: DAWN

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Against the backdrop of a severe power crisis, the Supreme Court summoned Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood on Thursday for...
Gamers given dementia help challenge

SOURCE: BBC

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Gamers given 48-hour challenge to help dementia patients Game enthusiasts will begin the 48-hour challenge at Glasgow Caledonian University on...
Kreider keeps Rangers alive with OT goal

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in...
USA Swimming Officials' Ouster Sought by Victim of Coach's Abuse

SOURCE: The New York Times

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May 23, 2013 A woman who was sexually abused as a teenager in the 1980s by a Hall of Fame...
Akram goes to bat for expat contribution to...

SOURCE: Arab News

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19 am The south Asian expatriate community in general and the Pakistani community in particular are contributing significantly to the...
Al-Sho?ala: Bahrain?s labor minister and college mate

SOURCE: Arab News

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Bahrain, I decided to see Labor Minister Abdulnabi Al-Sho'ala as he had been in the news...Our correspondent, Ashok Kumar, who...
Critic's Pick: Christian Scott Quintet

SOURCE: LA Times

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If there's a broad failure to the vast majority of popular music in 2013, it's that very often nothing of...

Obama takes war against terror off auto pilot

Posted by: Robert Weller

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:21:37 -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. Obama, speaking at the National Defense University, said drones and other weapons have rendered al-Qaida unable...

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London machete attack: Lone-wolf terrorism or a concerted campaign?

Posted by: Robert Myles

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-23 21:17:52 -0700 | disasters-news

With confirmation today that the man killed in yesterday’s horrific machete attack on a street near Greenwich Barracks in southeast London was a member of the UK armed forces, the concern for security services in the UK is whether the...

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

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 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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It ain't Obama, it ain't yo' mama—it's your money

Posted by: Harold Michael Harvey, J. D.

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:10:33 -0700 | political-news

Last Sunday, President Barack Obama spoke during the commencement exercises at Morehouse College, the premier college in the nation dedicated to the education of African American men. It was the first time that a sitting American president had spoken at...

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New anthem for gun lovers like Glenn Beck (satire)

Posted by: Barry Ellsworth

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:08:53 -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 2013-05-23 21:55:36 -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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Nuns dress like Muslims: Bishops (satire)

Posted by: Barry Ellsworth

Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 07:11:26 -0700 | funny-news

Dipping a pen in religious waters is always dangerous, but I believe I’ve had a revelation and when you have a revelation you must share it. You’ve heard this business about Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic bishops administering a...

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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 21:05:50 -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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Dead Boston bombing suspect's friend killed by FBI; both suspected in triple murder

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Orlando :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:44:57 -0700 | disasters-news

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that a known and admitted acquaintance of the deceased elder Boston bombing suspect was shot and killed by the FBI and other law enforcement officers in Orlando, Fla. early Wednesday morning. Ibragim Todashev was being...

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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 2013-05-23 21:32:57 -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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Why is the US Postal Service still an independent agency?

Posted by: Nathan Salant

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:46:16 -0700 | business-news

News that the US Postal Service lost nearly $2 billion in its most recent quarter actually is an improvement over the same period last year. The post office has struggled all year to cut expenses by laying off workers and...

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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 21:48:01 -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 21:55:47 -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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