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NASA names eight new astronaut trainees -- half of them women
NASA has picked eight Americans, a mix of scientists and military pilots, to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 49 active astronauts at the agency's astronaut corps at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.The new U.S. space travelers, which NASA unveiled Monday, could be ...
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American agents mined all email details including IP addresses and attachments Snowden says
(1 hr 5 mins ago) American intelligence technician Edward Snowden issued a defiant rebuke to his critics in Washington saying more leaks were on the way, declaring: ';Truth is coming and it cannot be stopped.'' The 29-year-old former contractor for the National Security Agency dismissed allegations he was a traitor or a Chinese agent, and insisted he had exposed a dangerous US ...
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Kardashians Star Scott Disick Goes American Psycho for Kanye Wests Yeezus
The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star parodies an infamous scene from the Christian Bale drama in a clip posted to the rapper's ...
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Video Statement from family of Minn. Man linked to Nazi atrocities
The family of a Minnesota man seeks a retraction from The Associated Press after it was reported that Michael Karkoc commanded a Nazi SS-led unit in World War II and lied about his wartime past when immigrating to the United States. Karkoc's son Andriy read their ...
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Phoenix filmmaker convicted in grenade launcher hoax
PHOENIX An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism hoax. Jurors in Maricopa County Superior Court got the case Monday afternoon and deliberated two hours before finding 40-year-old filmmaker Michael David Turley guilty of ...
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Federal Reserves communication plan is backfiring
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, following the Federal Open Market Committee ...
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Hossa hurt Chicago and Boston tied 0-0 after 1st
Boston Bruins fans pass a large banner through the stands before Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks in Boston, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise ...
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First round of US-EU trade talks to begin in July White House
Negotiations on the transatlantic trade deal between the United States and European Union will begin next month, the White House said on Monday.The first round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations will take place at the week of July 8 in Washington, D.C., under the leadership of the Office of the US Trade Representative, the White House said.The US and the EU ...
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New York manufacturing activity rises modestly in June
Manufacturing activity in the New York region improved modestly in June, according to a survey released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.According to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey, the general business conditions index rose 9 points to 7.8 after dipping into negative territory in May.Roughly 29 percent of manufacturers reported that conditions had got better over the month, ...
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Bolivia slams US military aid to Syrian rebels
The Bolivian government on Monday criticized the United States for arming Syrian rebels, warning that the move would only intensify and prolong a conflict that has already killed tens of thousands in that country.Bolivia "rejects any intervention in the internal conflicts of any country in the world, such as supporting a domestic armed conflict with weapons, as is the case with Syria," ...
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Mr Xi in America
As China has risen, the US has grappled with the task of coming to terms with this constantly more prominent reality on the international scene. This has not been a smooth process, indeed it has been marked by many disagreements and considerable friction. From time to time, various negative features of China's emergence have been emphasised in the US and other Western countries, such as ...
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Gov. Rick Scott is back in the running for Worst Governor In America
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed two bills into law on Friday. One eliminated paid sick leave in the state and the other put a ticking clock on executions. Chris Hayes talks with Martin McClain, a Capital Defense Attorney who represents inmates on death row, about the ramifications of these ...
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GM recalls more than 200000 SUVs
000 mid-size suvs because of a fire risk that is serious enough to advise people not to park them in the garage, but outside instead until the problem can be corrected. many are under ...
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Naval Academy football players to face sex assault charges
By Jim Miklaszewski, Courtney Kube and Andrew Rafferty, NBC News Three Naval Academy midshipmen will face charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a female midshipman last year, a U.S. military official told NBC News ...
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Peru farmers enraged at American Newmont gold mine
(33 mins ago) Thousands of farmers took to the streets in northern Peru against US mining behemoth Newmont, which plans to build a controversial US$4.8 billion gold and copper mine. The protesters marched toward El Perol lake, among the water sources they depend to drink and farm, fear could be ruined by the massive Conga project in Cajamarca department. ';We are more than 5,000 farmers ...
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Still no Hoffa after 1st day of latest search
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the Teamsters boss' body was ...
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Lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment Closing Guantanamo
The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, March 5, ...
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Gruesome photos from Californias Alphabet murders open trial
SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - Opening arguments began on Monday in the death penalty trial of a retired photographer accused of killing four prostitutes with a California prosecutor showing jurors gruesome photographs of victims killed in the serial "Alphabet ...
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Day care worker accused of drugging snacks for nap-time
COLUMBUS, Ohio A central Ohio day care worker sprinkled drugs on snacks to get children in her day care to sleep during the day, according to police charges filed Monday that the woman adamantly denies as a misunderstood joke. Tammy Eppley was charged in Franklin County Municipal Court with six counts of child endangering after police in suburban Westerville say they obtained text messages in ...
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. SUPREME COURT THROWS UP AN OBSTACLE Monday's ruling will make it harder for states seeking to bar people who are in the U.S. illegally from voting. 2. PUTIN SAYS HE WON'T BUDGE At the G-8 summit, Russia's leader rejects calls from the West to halt his support of ...
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10-Car Commuter Train From NYC Derails in Tunnel
A commuter train shook on the tracks and then derailed in a tunnel under the East River shortly after leaving Penn Station on Monday night, forcing the hundreds of passengers on it to be removed and delaying the trip home for many others. No injuries were reported. The 5:51 p.m. Long Island Rail Road train to Hempstead, carrying up to about 1,000 people, had been traveling slowly as it ...
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Feds We Can Treat Jackson Jr. Behind Bars
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are challenging the contention by defense attorneys that Jesse Jackson Jr. should spend less time in prison because a lengthy sentence would cause his fragile mental health to deteriorate. In a court document filed Monday, they say the Bureau of Prisons has hundreds of mental health experts who can treat the former Illinois congressman for bipolar ...
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Lil Wayne tramples American flag while filming music video
Video footage of Lil Wayne filming the music video for his single, "God Bless Amerika," is causing controversy. In the YouTube clip, the 30-year-old rapper stands in front of a large American flag, which drops to the ground revealing a group of people in his native New Orleans. Lil Wayne then repeatedly steps on the flag as he raps. When the video footage went viral, Twitter users ...
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CIAs deputy director to be replaced with White House lawyer
The CIA's deputy director plans to retire and will be replaced by White House lawyer and agency outsider Avril D. Haines, Director John O. Brennan said Wednesday. Haines, who will succeed career officer Michael Morell on Aug. 9, has served for three years as President Obama's deputy counsel in charge of national security issues and as legal adviser to the National Security Council. ...
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Jury convicts Arizona man in terrorism hoax
PHOENIX -; An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into a busy intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen's life and carrying out a terrorism ...
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California prison labor?
California has a famously large budget deficit, budget cuts are being made to a number of state programs and services, but what hasn’t been considered is the cost avoidance potential of the state’s over 40,000 minimum-security prisoner’s, many of whom are already saving the state money by providing labor in return for shorter sentences.
With California budget deficit expected to be somewhere between $12 billion or as high as $25 billion for 2010 alone, state legislators have been anxiously looking for ways to reduce state expenses, cutting budgets wherever possible, but already existing programs operated by the state may present an opportunity for cost-savings in the areas of construction, services and maintenance of buildings and amenities. Read more
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