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

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 18:39:54 -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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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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Breaking News: Syrian government agrees to attend international peace conference
Posted by: arkar

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-24 21:02:26 -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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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 19:59:52 -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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Breaking News: 2 arrested, fighter jets scrambled after threat aboard plane from Pakistan to England
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Manchester :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 22:19:14 -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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Breaking News: 'Functionally obsolete' bridge collapse shows need to fix aging infrastructure
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 21:43:43 -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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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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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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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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Breaking News: Woman caught in goat milk frenzy (#3 in the Mary Lou saga)
Posted by: Barry Ellsworth SelectMedia

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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Breaking News: Jury deadlocked on Jodi Arias penalty: No sentence as retrial set
Posted by: VeronicaS

Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 18:07:48 -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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Breaking News: 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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Breaking News: 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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Breaking News: Woolwich attack victim is Lee Rigby who served in Afghanistan
Posted by: aymaan30

London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 22:21:37 -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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Breaking News: Why is the US Postal Service still an independent agency?
Posted by: Nathan Salant SelectMedia

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 02:59:20 -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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