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'Star Trek' can't hit warp speed at the box office

SOURCE: USA Today

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EDT May 19, 2013 The follow-up to 2009's hit is an easy winner at the box office, but its mission...
IRS SCANDAL: Agency Targets Tea Party, Ignores Big-Budget Groups

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There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat who...
Pakistan still reeling in the elections and its aftermath

SOURCE: DAWN

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An army soldier (R) sits on a chair while a voter stamps his ballot papers inside a booth at a...
Visconti takes first Giro stage win

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Giovanni Visconti wins stage 15 in snowy conditions Italy's Giovanni Visconti won his first ever Giro d'Italia stage as compatriot...
Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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N.Y. (AP) Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony to honor a fellow student who was...
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was unconstitutional'' and...
Rod Stewart returns to UK number one

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Rod Stewart has scored his first UK number one album for 34 years, going straight to the top with his...
ABC Reporter 'Regrets' Incorrect Reporting At The Center Of His ...

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ABC Jon Karl ABC reporter Jon Karl said he now regrets some of his reporting in a bombshell report on...
Three teenage boys arrested for supplying drugs in connection with ...

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Three teeange boys have been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs in connection with the death of a 16-year-old schoolgirl...
The latest men's grooming fad: laser hair removal for 'Hobbit feet'

SOURCE: The Independent

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Suggested Topics British men have found a new outlet for their vanity seeking professional help to rid themselves of their...
Twilight Time For Stewart?

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Published May 19, 2013 FoxNews.com It's twilight time . . . again. Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have called it...
Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out

SOURCE: The Boston Globe

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Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to...
'Let's go Bulworth...': If Barack Obama wants to act like a cinema ...

SOURCE: The independent

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Suggested Topics In the 1998 movie Bulworth Warren Beatty played a senator who, about to lose an election, arranges or...
JI announces names for three ministries in KPK govt

SOURCE: DAWN

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The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have announced names for three ministries in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government. Sirajul Haq, Inayatullah Khan and Habibur...
South Korea: The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world

SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor

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But it's not easy to ruffle the jaunty vibe of 75-year-old Kim Chong-shik as he strolls among young couples and...

Bad day for NYC commuters: Trains collide, plane 'belly flops' a landing

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:58:49 -0700 | disasters-news

A New York City commuter train traveling from New York to suburban Connecticut Friday derailed and collided with a train headed in the opposite direction, as reported by all New York City media outlets and the Los Angeles Times. Railroad...

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Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed ahead of re-polling

Posted by: Jennifer Rees

Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 12:51:57 -0700 | political-news

Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, senior vice-president of the Sindh chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was shot dead in Karachi Saturday ahead of a hotly contested re-polling in her district. Hussain was accused of rigging the country’s recent elections, thus...

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Bill Maher: Republican obstruction crosses line into 'treason'

Posted by: itobin53

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 12:29:43 -0700 | political-news

When do Republican actions to obstruct and delegitimize Obama’s presidency stop being called partisan politics and start being called treason? The answer is May 17, 2013. On Friday, HBO’s Bill Maher dared to go where no one has gone before....

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Russia reveals CIA Moscow station chief's identity, declares him persona non grata

Posted by: arkar

Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:17 -0700 | political-news

Last week, Russian authorities announced they had arrested and detained a US spy who was in the process of trying to recruit a Russian spy. Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) intercepted and detained the man, known as...

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No one to hold an umbrella for President Obama

Posted by: prabirghose

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 11:00:01 -0700 | political-news

President Barack Obama had to brave the rains as he headed for a round of golf May 18, 2013, with two members of his cabinet to the Andrews Air Force base. Along with him were the US Secretary of Health...

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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 2013-05-19 10:59:54 -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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Legislators push for restricted domestic drone use

Posted by: Jennifer Rees

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 11:28:04 -0700 | political-news

In the wake of rising apprehensions over using drones for domestic surveillance purposes, a bipartisan group of legislators is trying to restrict the use of unmanned observation aircraft or "eyes in the sky.” Republican Reps. James Sensenbrenner and Ted Poe...

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Saudi woman Raha Moharrak becomes the youngest Arab to conquer Mount Everest

Posted by: aymaan30

Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated 2013-05-19 13:53:46 -0700 | causes-news

Raha Moharrak, 25, comes from Saudi Arabia, a highly conservative Islamic nation, where women's rights are severely restricted. But the conservative outlook did not prevent her from achieving her dreams of becoming a mountaineer. On Saturday, Moharrak made history by...

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

Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 22:18:53 -0700 | political-news

The Huffington Post has published an interesting report on the Republican and Democratic congressional debate over cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps this week. The issue turned on where would Jesus Christ stand on the...

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Israel still stalls on Arab League peace proposals

Posted by: northsunm32

Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2013-05-19 12:14:33 -0700 | political-news

Israeli officials often claim support for peace talks and blame the Palestinian Authority for the failure of talks to begin. However, a late April peace proposal from the Arab League has failed so far to gain Israeli acceptance. The US...

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Bashar al-Assad dismisses peace efforts in a rare interview

Posted by: aymaan30

Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-19 13:53:25 -0700 | disasters-news

In an exclusive interview with Argentine newspaper Clarin, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doubted serious progress arising from peace talks planned for next month. Reportedly, the Syrian regime seems less inclined to negotiate with its armed opponents. "We do not believe...

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Military suicides and sexual assaults (Opinion)

Posted by: Robert Weller

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 12:50:26 -0700 | disasters-news

The all-volunteer military has been hit by a growing wave of sexual assaults and suicides. As usual in the US most attention has focused on how to control the problems, rather than why they are happening. In both cases, recruits...

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A feminist's 50 sense worth (Matriarchal news matrices #2)

Posted by: Junior Campbell

Norwich :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 11:16:02 -0700 | political-news

It was one of those rare radio moments. The kind of thing you could not make-up. On Thursday, May 16th 2013, after sympathetically hearing a case for women over the age of 50 maintaining prominent, visible positions in television, Sarah...

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Pentagon asks Congress to sanction $9.6 billion for priority projects

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Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 15:07:05 -0700 | political-news

Winding up the war in Afghanistan is going to cost the United States more than expected. The Pentagon has asked lawmakers to approve shifting about $9.6 billion from this year’s defense budget to priority projects so it can pay for...

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David Beckham's emotional farewell to football

Posted by: Eileen Kersey

Paris :: France | updated 2013-05-19 14:00:48 -0700 | sports-news

David Beckham announced his retirement from football this week, only days after his former Manchester United boss announced he was stepping down as the club's manager. This weekend David tearfully said goodbye to football, at least as a player. David...

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