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Video claims to show inside tornado’s wrath
Video posted by a Facebook user claims to show dramatic video from inside the twister as it swirled past a local Harley Davidson shop in Moore, ...
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Board voting on closing 49 Chicago schools
elementary schools . the vote is happening right now. thousands of parent and student have been protesting the plans for months. and continue to do so today. parent and the teachers union are concerned the closings unfairly impact minority ...
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Arias jury deadlocked but must continue
In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom ...
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Judge North Miami Beach runoff results not in question
Election officials in North Miami Beach can proceed in certifying the results of Tuesday’s runoff, following a ruling by Judge Darrin Gayles of the 11th Judicial Circuit Court on Wednesday.Gayles has been overseeing a lawsuit filed against Seat 4 candidate Yvenoline "Yve" Dargenson by her opponent Councilwoman Beth Spiegel that questioned her residency.Spiegel had alleged ...
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Firing of Miami Bch cop in alcohol incident upheld
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The firing of a Miami Beach police officer who admitted drinking before work has been upheld by an arbitrator.The department dismissed Rolando Gutierrez and fellow officer Derick Kuilan after they were photographed in uniform at a July 2011 bachelorette party at a South Beach club. Kuilan was later charged with four felonies for running over a couple with his all-terrain ...
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Investigators searched Holmes bank records iPod
Polygraph expert Warren Holmes helped free wrongly convicted men from death row, and was working on a report about the man long believed to have killed a candy ...
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Man who kidnapped 2 Iowa girls had long record
This photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Authorities said Tuesday, May 21, 2013, a man suspected of abducting Shepard and a 12-year-old girl from a bus stop in central Iowa has been found dead, but a search continues for Shepard. Authorities said the 12-year-old girl was able to escape and ran to a nearby rural residence for ...
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P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup Gold Ends Down As Federal Reserve News Deemed Bearish
Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session solidly lower in a volatile trading session Wednesday. Gold was first supported and then pressured by the latest news to come from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Comex June gold last traded down $17.40 at $1,360.30 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted down $14.30 at $1,362.25. July Comex silver last traded down $0.075 at $22.38 an ounce. The market ...
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White House Stresses commitment to unraveling IRS scandal
White house Press Secretary Jay Carney reacts to a question Wednesday relating to the steps being taken to find out exactly what occurred within the IRS with political ...
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White House responds to ex-IRS heads meetings
Spokesman Jay Carney discusses Wednesday's testimony by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman that political targeting by the agency was never discussed during Shulman's numerous White House ...
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Mother infant who sought shelter in 7-Eleven among tornado victims identified
Joshua Hornsby says he will always cherish the moments he had with his nine-year-old daughter Ja'Nae, remembering her as energetic, lovable and kind, before she perished in the deadly tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla. Sarah Stewart ...
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Will Oklahoma get the aid it needs
federal aid , what happened with hurricane sandy when people waited for months and months and were very frustrated, frankly as some of the opposition from western and other budget-conscious members of congress, they did not see the need in the northeast. how do you stand ...
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Federal money after Moore tornado Spending it wisely
tornado alley , but neither of the schools that were decimated by the twister had safe rooms for children and teachers. they huddled in the hallways and bathrooms, hoping to ride it ...
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Canadas soccer team looking to add American-born Rachel Quon
Rising American star Rachel Quon has been asked to join the Canadian women's soccer team for a friendly against the United States in June. Coach John Herdman says she has a family connection that allows her to play for Canada and has accepted the invitation, although FIFA must still grant final approval. Quon is a defender with the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer ...
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SEC charges South Miami with defrauding investors
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The city of South Miami was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday with defrauding and misleading investors about the status of municipal bonds it issued. Specifically, the SEC alleges that the city misrepresented to investors about whether it was eligible to receive tax-exempt financing for a mixed-use retail and parking structure being built in ...
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Chicago home sales prices improve
More than 9,000 previously owned homes were sold in the Chicago area in April, another strong month for sales volume that was met by more pricing recovery.The Illinois Association of Realtors reported Wednesday that 9,152 single-family homes and condominiums sold in the nine-county Chicago area last month, at a median price of $173,000. That compares with sales volume of 6,977 homes and a median ...
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Tsarnaev friend Ibragim Todashev questioned about triple homicide before FBI shooting
Mugshot photos of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, and Ibragim Todashev, was fatally shot in Orlando, Fla. May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials ...
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UNs top Mideast envoy says there are mounting reports of chemical weapons use in Syria
The U.N.'s top Mideast envoy says there are mounting reports of chemical weapons use in Syria. In response, Robert Serry says the United Nations is again urging the Syrian government to allow chemical weapons experts into the country without further delay to investigate the allegations. Syria asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack by rebels ...
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Coppola to make film about Italian-American family
Director Francis Ford Coppola arrives at the 63rd annual Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA) in Los Angeles on January 29, 2011. UPI/Jim ...
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Aboriginal woman reaches settlement with feds over solitary confinement
5/22/2013 An out of court settlement has been reached in the case of an aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan who spent more than three and a half years in solitary confinement at a federal prison in B.C. Bobbylee Worm, now 26, was 19 years old and a first-time offender when she was incarcerated and spent up to 23 hours a day in her 8x10 cell with little human contact. The BC Civil Liberties ...
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Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
A Chechen immigrant has been shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando home during a meeting with the agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The agent was ...
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Should Anthony Weiner Run for New York City Mayor
video on his website . Weiner resigned from Congress two years ago following the revelation that he had sent inappropriate photos of himself to young women via ...
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Video Garcetti trumps Geruel in Los Angeles mayoral election
Los Angeles has elected its next mayor: City Councilman Eric Garcetti, a Latino who will also become the city's first Jewish leader when he takes ...
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First lady lauds effort to preserve DC slave house
First lady Michelle Obama reacts as she surprises schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., before they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major ...
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House takes up GOP bill to speed pipeline approval
WASHINGTON -; The House has taken up a Republican-sponsored bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to ...
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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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