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Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international ...
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U.S. not concerned about Chinas influence in L.America White House official
CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not concerned about China's growing influence in Latin America, a senior White House official said here Saturday."We're not concerned at all," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, said at a press briefing on the sidelines of the sixth Summit of the Americas."In fact, if ...
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Arias returns to court for penalty phase of trial
FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in ...
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Discovery Channels North America – in pictures
North America's diverse climate, geography and wildlife are the subject of an impressive new series on the Discovery Channel. It is narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor and spans the continent from the Canadian Rockies to the jungles of ...
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SLOWED COMMUTE Traffic Mess Expected After Conn. Train Derailment
Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week until service is restored to the commuter rail line affected by a derailment that injured scores of passengers, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned Sunday. Malloy used dire language to describe traffic troubles for the work week ahead in an area that even in normal times is a pain for motorists. And the governor warned that the ...
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Cop hurt in Boston bomb shootout aims to work again
MBTA Police Officer Richard Donahue smiles with his wife, Kim, during an interview at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston's Charlestown section, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Donahue almost lost his life after being shot during the crossfire with the Boston Marathon bombing suspects in Watertown, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise ...
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Report Yahoo Buys Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday. Such an acquisition would be Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic Internet company in July 2012. Yahoo is keen on fast-growing Tumblr ...
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Gay man gunned down in New York
The man who police say hurled homophobic slurs at a gay man on a Manhattan street before firing a single fatal shot at his head appeared in court on Sunday to face a charge of murder as a hate ...
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See The San Francisco Symphony Perform Outdoors
Catch the San Francisco Symphony performing at the new America's Cup Pavilion on July 20th. It's the Best of Tchaikovsky performance with violinist Nicola ...
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Foodie Chap With Chef Renee Cade of The Palace Hotel San Francisco
Chef Renee Cade’s diverse background has inspired her innovative pastry style. The daughter of a diplomat, she was born in Japan and moved to Hawaii at a young age. As a child she used to cook with her mother in their family kitchen. Renee’s mother was an excellent cook who loved to try new recipes. Renee was a finicky eater as a child, but her mother always encouraged her to taste ...
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Manager Uses Education To Better The Lives Of Chicago’s Women
Beverly S. Billy, founder and executive director, Annie's Legacy (photo courtesy of Beverly S. Billy) Beverly S. Billyturned this troubled past into a bright future for other women suffering from domestic violence. Bunch's legacy provides a nine-month, one-on-one mentoring program for women on Chicago's South Side. The program helps with budgeting, employment, personal assistance, ...
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BC ceremony notable for who will attend who wont
Two graduate business students who were injured in the Boston Marathon bombings have recovered enough to receive their diplomas in Monday's ...
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Civil rights trial on NYPD tactic closing
In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard ...
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Split-second choice ended with NY student dead
CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME -- In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rebello is shown. Police said Rebello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High ...
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NY town eyes limit on use of Plum Island
ILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, people on a tour of Plum Island, N.Y., off the coast of Long Island, watch seals relaxing on the rocky shore. Selling an island where scientists have experimented with infectious animal diseases since the dawn of the Cold War was going to be difficult enough. But it now appears any prospective buyer won't be able to do much with Plum Island anyway. As ...
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Priorities Good Morning America spends zero time on IRS scandal
: Not one second about the IRS scandal in the entire show. GMA just went off the air and managed to avoid mentioning the dreaded I-word. The second half-hour featured two more Powerball segments, and features on Beyonce's possible pregnancy, Bieber's monkey, and a kangaroo. IRS scandal? What IRS scandal? ABC couldn't find a second for it. --------------------- Bianna ...
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On Benghazi White House pleads incompetence not malice
Obama administration officials who were in key positions on Sept. 11, 2012, acknowledge that a range of mistakes were made the night of the attacks on the U.S. missions in Benghazi, and in messaging to Congress and the public in the aftermath. The officials spoke to CBS News in a series of interviews and communications under the condition of anonymity so that they could be more frank in their ...
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CIA asked AP not to expose Yemen terror plot bust until White House could crow about it publicly
The whole point of Holder’s presser on Tuesday, I thought, was to stress that the DOJ had to take extraordinary action in subpoenaing the AP’s phone records because the leak itself was so extraordinary. The clear impression was that the AP’s story had put the public in danger by compromising operations in Yemen, therefore the DOJ had to go the extra mile in finding out which ...
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Training push fails to halt US military sex assaults
The increase in education has nevertheless failed to prevent what the nation's top general called last week "a crisis" after the Pentagon reported a 37-percent jump in the estimated number of sexual assault cases in 2012. Moreover, the military suffered deep embarrassment when personnel who worked on preventing sexual assaults were themselves accused of sex crimes this month. On ...
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Market Buzz American consumerism drives Euro and Asian floors
Oil Positive US consumer data drove up European stocks, while Asian shares almost reached a five-year high and the yen made a marked comeback. Russian markets slightly eased Friday, after low crude prices took their toll on last week's equities. After dropping nearly 4 percent over the past week, the MICEX slightly recovered and gained 0.16 percent to 1404.04, a four-day high. The RTS ...
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Conn. derailment to cause greatly slowed commute
View Photo Associated Press/The Connecticut Post,Brian A. Pounds - A derailed Metro-North rail car is hoisted back on to the tracks in Bridgeport. Conn. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. Crews will spend days rebuilding ...
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S. Korea analyzing if North launched missiles or artillery- Experts N. Korea camp holding American not worst
South Korea officials are trying to determine out what exactly North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend. A Defense Ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity citing department rules says experts are analyzing whether the projectiles are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing. North Korea fired what Seoul officials called a ...
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Yahoo poised to buy New York-based blogging service
It is reported the board of Yahoo has green-lighted a deal to buy the New-York based blogging service Tumblr for more than 850 million euros. The news is expected to be officially announced later. If confirmed, the plan would give Yahoo a larger social media presence and enhance its appeal to younger ...
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Tornadoes tear through Midwest at least 1 killed in Oklahoma 21 more injured
SHAWNEE, Okla. Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing a 79-year-old man whose body was found out in the open. "You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up," Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said after ...
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Chicago NRIs extend support to AAP
In a resolution at the first convention of AAP USA on May 18, Indian-American supporters of Kejriwal said non-residents have a crucial role to play in the political movement being spearheaded by the anti-graft ...
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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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