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Defenseman Wade Redden Close to Returning to Bruins

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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But he is pretty certain what the Garden fans will have to say if they catch a glimpse of No...It...
Business › United's Boeing 787s back in skies

SOURCE: Japan Today

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United Airlines resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights Monday after the advanced plane was globally grounded four months ago due to...
Brazil's Stadiums Ready for World Cup Soccer Warm-Up in June

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took a swipe at the naysayers on Monday as she officially inaugurated the last of six...
The 25 Deadliest Tornadoes In US History

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There's no estimate yet on the total casualties from a devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma , which wiped out whole...
JPMorgan, under pressure, gives polling information to investors

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Analysis & Opinion A sign stands in front of the JPMorgan Chase & Co bank headquarters building in New York,...
Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania

SOURCE: Fox News

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Published May 20, 2013 FoxNews.com President Obama will visit three African nations this summer. The White House says the president...
Remains of the Day: Face the music

SOURCE: Macworld

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Sony and Apple are at loggerheads over streaming music, AT&T gets ready to open the floodgates on video chat over...
Del Bosque Defends Benched Birthday Boy Casillas

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has spoken out in defence of his captain Iker Casillas and confirmed that the Real...
House passes bill on lying about military medals

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face...
Photos: Tornadoes wreak havoc in Midwest

SOURCE: CNN

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Volunteers help clean out Jean McAdams' mobile home on Monday, May 20, after it was overturned by a tornado on...
Boruch Spiegel, Who Battled Nazis in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Dies at ...

SOURCE: Newyork Times

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May 20, 2013 Boruch Spiegel, one of the last surviving fighters of the Warsaw ghetto uprising of 1943, in which...
OKLAHOMA STUDENT: 'I Couldn't Hear Anything Except For Cracking And ...

SOURCE: BusinessInsider

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It was raining debris everywhere," an area resident identified as Robert told local news station koco.com . Robert had a...
Pizarro Returns to Chile Squad After Eight-Year Absence

SOURCE: International Herald Tribune

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Fiorentina midfielder David Pizarro's long wait for a Chile comeback ended after almost eight years on Monday when he was...
Alabama tornado team scours paths of killer storms

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

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The Mobile Meteorological Measurement Vehicle -- a worn-looking '90s-model Dodge Intrepid with classic rock on the radio, a tower of...
Handshake ordeal leads to Swedish town paying fine

SOURCE: United Press International

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A Swedish town has agreed to pay a man civil damages after an official said he couldn't have an internship...

Tornadoes ravage Midwest as GOP congressman calls climate change a 'lie'

Posted by: PrairieDogPress

Shawnee :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 17:36:05 -0700 | political-news

UPDATED 5:00p.m. PDT at bottom of report, including today's Oklahoma twister. Monday morning had the latest tornado count since last week to descimate homes and businesses in states from Texas up to parts of Minnesota at 28, but officials are...

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Amid scandals, Obama gets slight bump in polls

Posted by: Punditty

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 17:04:18 -0700 | political-news

Isn’t a scandal supposed to lower a president's poll numbers? And aren’t multiple scandals occurring simultaneously supposed to drop those numbers even lower? Maybe so, but the three high-profile scandals currently dogging President Barack Obama and his administration seem...

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Chinese cyberattacks resume, but there is a solution

Posted by: Dava Castillo

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:21:04 -0700 | political-news

Last February, cyberattacks against companies and media organizations by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Unit 61396 were exposed, and they retreated from the networks they had infiltrated at least for a few months. Now, however, the New York Times...

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Yahoo promises to not 'screw up' Tumblr

Posted by: Elaine Cheung

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 18:10:35 -0700 | business-news

Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer and the Yahoo board have agreed to buy the blogging site, Tumblr, for $1.1 billion. Rumors of the deal have been circulating throughout last week when the Wall Street Journal reported a meeting between Mayer...

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Two killed as hot-air balloons collide mid-air in Turkey

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-20 10:36:50 -0700 | disasters-news

Two hot air balloons collided in midair during a sightseeing tour over Turkey on Monday, according to The Associated Press. A Brazilian tourist was killed on the spot, and another man (nationality unknown at this writing) later died in hospital....

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Republican nitpicking on replay: Palin slams Obama when someone held her umbrella?

Posted by: VeronicaS

Wasilla :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 17:28:24 -0700 | political-news

The Republican nitpicking has sunk to a new low as “umbrella-gate” joins last week’s succession of scandals. While President Barack Obama was sliced and diced over Benghazi-gate, IRS-gate and AP-gate, Republicans like Sarah Palin took to Twitter to slam the...

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North Korea, in brazen defiance, fires sixth missile in three days

Posted by: Nina Rai

Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 15:27:52 -0700 | political-news

North Korea launched a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, after a series of similar tests conducted during the weekend; brazenly defying international censure and sanctions against tests; also ignoring warnings from United Nations chief Ban...

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As G8 lockdown nears for Northern Ireland, the case for Guantanamo as G8 HQ

Posted by: Robert Myles

Enniskillen :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 11:57:09 -0700 | political-news

Next month heads of state of G8 countries and their entourages descend on County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, scheduled for June 17 and 18. As with previous summits, an agreeable location’s been chosen to host...

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Hezbollah fighters killed in battle for Syria's Al-Qusayr

Posted by: saleh1966

al Quşayr :: Syria | updated 2013-05-20 17:38:55 -0700 | disasters-news

At least 28 Hezbollah fighters including a senior commander were killed in battles in the Syrian border town of Al-Qusayr, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "Reliable sources informed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that 28 members of...

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Republican senators continue to criticize the administration on IRS scandal

Posted by: wendyzachary

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 15:23:41 -0700 | political-news

Senator Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell and Rob Portman continued to blame the President for the IRS scandal although it remains unclear which administration officials played a major role in the issue that has engulfed the White House for a week...

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Gay Pride in Ukraine's struggling democracy

Posted by: PJesep

Kiev :: Ukraine | updated 2013-05-20 13:22:45 -0700 | political-news

Last year, organizers cancelled a gay pride march in Kyiv, Ukraine fearing violence. This week, however, plans are proceeding despite threats, moral condemnation by religious authorities, and government indifference to protect LGBTQ activists. Although most Ukrainians in this religiously...

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Republicans on cutting food stamps: 'The poor are always with us' (Part II)

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:46:57 -0700 | political-news

For Part One of this report, please see: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14636959-republicans-on-cutting-food-stamps-the-poor-are-always-with-us-part-i *** Neither the Circle of Protection nor other religious groups, however, seem to have had much affect on Republican...

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'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius will not run this year

Posted by: Robert Weller

Pretoria :: South Africa | updated 2013-05-20 17:48:24 -0700 | sports-news

The 'Blade Runner' will not be on the track this year Oscar Pistorius will not compete this year, despite winning court permission to leave South Africa pending his murder trial. The BBC reports the runner’s agent says he is not...

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$590.5 million Powerball jackpot winner lives in Florida; bought ticket at Publix supermarket

Posted by: jodijill

Zephyrhills :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 13:37:57 -0700 | entertainment-news

Powerball jackpot hopefuls definitely were disappointed on Sunday morning. There was only one winner of the estimated $590.5 million dollar jackpot and the person who won the big prize bought the ticket in Zephyrhills, Fla. at a food grocery chain...

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Look who's back!

Posted by: rjsodaro

Norwalk :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 21:45:46 -0700 | entertainment-news

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Rated PG-13 (120 Minutes) Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Shia LaBeouf Directed by: Steven Spielberg Well, here we are, some 20+ years after the night...

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