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Teen Accused of Bomb Plot Modeled on Columbine
An Oregon high school student has been accused of plotting a school bomb attack "specifically modeled" after the Columbine shooting, prosecutors said today. The student at West Albany High School allegedly hid at least six bombs and bomb-making material in a secret compartment under the floor of his bedroom, Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said. Grant Acord, 17, ...
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Witnesses say 17 killed in attack by Maoist insurgents in India
Maoist insurgents abducted a leader of the Indian National Congress party and his son Saturday evening in an attack witnesses said left 17 people dead. The Indian Express reported 150-200 militants struck the party's convoy of about 20 vehicles on the Bastar-Sukma national highway in Jagdalpur district. State Congress President Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh Patel were kidnapped, ...
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Scouts plant American flags at Camarillo cemetery
DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Aidan Ruiz (center) receives a flag from his brother Devin as their father, Gabe, helps them place flags near the gravestones of veterans Saturday at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park. More than 100 members from four Boy Scout troops, four Cub Scout troops and three Girl Scout troops fanned out across cemetery armed with small flags to put on each ...
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Ore. teen accused of planning to attack school
PORTLAND, Ore. -- An Oregon high school student is being charged with attempted murder after the authorities say he planned to attack his high school with bombs.The student, 17-year-old Grant Acord, was taken to a juvenile jail Thursday night after police received a tip that the youth was making a bomb to blow up West Albany High School.Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said late ...
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Manchester City beat Chelsea and plant a flag at New Yorks Yankee stadium
Manchester City played the second of two exhibition matches on a brief post-season US tour, at a Yankee Stadium that may soon be home to regular Major League Soccer games. For sure, the day's main conversation, here as elsewhere, may have been on the all-German ascendancy of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, and the opening of a new front in Europe, but locally (and for New York, the ...
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IRS vs. America III
Now we learn that the current administration has used the IRS to intimidate conservative groups that have voiced their concerns regarding the growth of government and the direction our country is going and wanted to campaign for or donate to a candidate with a different vision in the 2012 ...
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IRS vs. America II
There is no place in a free democracy for such an intrusive, dictatorial and powerful sub-governmental agency as the IRS. The IRS is not an element of a government of the people, for the people and by the ...
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Truck load in Washington state bridge collapse believed taller than spans low point
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - The oversize load on a semi-trailer truck that struck a Washington state bridge was likely too tall for the lowest point of clearance on the structure, part of which collapsed after the collision, a federal safety official said on ...
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Okla. residents dilemma after tornadoes Stay or move
by Vanita Nair (CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - On Sunday, President Obama will be in Moore, Oklahoma to see the damage from Monday's devastating tornado. Funerals for two more children were held Saturday. Now families in Moore are asking a tough question again: whether to stay and rebuild -- or move ...
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Signs at Las Vegas Neon Museum shine again
LAS VEGAS The junked signs that attracted throngs to old Las Vegas have for years gathered dust in a neon boneyard just a few miles from the sleek mega-casinos on the Strip. This Memorial Day weekend, the hulking metal come-ons are once again glinting and shimmering at night. The Neon Museum, where Sin City's most iconic signs go to retire, has begun aiming more than 100 multicolored ...
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Sandy-hit Jersey Shore off to slow start for first Memorial Day after superstorm
(CBS News) SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - Seven months after superstorm Sandy ripped up boardwalks and washed a roller coaster into the ocean, summer is getting its unofficial kickoff this weekend on the Jersey Shore. The next three months are the time most businesses make most of their money in beach towns along a 127-mile stretch of the New Jersey coast. But they're still not catching many ...
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Video Shellfish company ready for first post-Sandy summer
A shellfish company in Long Beach Island, N.J. has worked hard to recover from superstorm Sandy's impact. Being ready for the summer season is important in a community whose economy centers around the summer season. Jim Axelrod ...
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Video Tornado victims question whether to stay and rebuild or leave
Many of the Moore, Okla. Tornado victims lost their homes for a second time after a tornado hit the town just 14 years ago. Many of those people now question whether they should stay and rebuild or move on to another place. Vanita Nair ...
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Tornado-Damaged Town Celebrates Graduates
Students who lost their caps, gowns and tassles in the tornado were given replacements free of charge so they could still participate in the rite of passage and walk in their ceremony. Seven tornadoes had hit the area during the lifespan of the class of 2013, but many of the graduates said they planned to stay in the area as they moved on to the next chapters of their lives. "I ...
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Rogers Signs Multi-Year Contract with Los Angeles Galaxy
Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ...
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New Yorks Hot Dog Hooker arrested again
New York's infamous "Hot Dog Hooker" allegedly tried to serve up the full works to one customer, but she didn't know the customer was an undercover detective and is now facing a prostitution case, police ...
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Rebuilding rules as rain soaks Jersey shore on Memorial Day weekend
MANASQUAN, N.J. (AP) -- Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues -- under covered porches -- as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at ...
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Doctor shortage hits hard in rural America
It's a national health care crisis. There just aren't enough doctors in our country. The shortage has hit rural America especially hard, but there may be some solutions. NBC's chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman ...
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Zimmermans lawyers say Trayvon Martin argued with friend was angry on night of shooting
George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, stands in the Seminole Circuit Court with his attorney Mark O'Mara for a pre-trial hearing on April 30, 2013 in Sanford, ...
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Elizabeth Forward-grad WJ grappler lands academic honor after All-American season
For the second consecutive season, the Elizabeth Forward High School graduate has been selected as a Division III Scholar All-American by the National Wrestling Coaches ...
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IRS vs. America I
IRS snooping on conservative political organizations and Justice Department intrusion into the communications of The Associated Press make one wonder if similar tactics are used on individuals who speak at public forums, send critical emails or otherwise express their freedom of ...
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America’s National D-Day Memorial
A sculpture depicting U.S. soldiers participating in an amphibious landing is on display at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va. The memorial was dedicated in 2001 honoring American GIs who participated in the invasion of France at Normandy on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Bedford was chosen for the memorial site because the town lost 19 of its men that day, the largest per capita ...
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Video Therapy dogs help victims in distress
Therapy dogs were at the Boston bombings and most recently when the Oklahoma tornado hit. Some say therapy dogs can effectively lower blood pressure and nxiety for victims of disasters and illness. Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson ...
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Bill Clinton other celebs at Vienna AIDS charity
Guests in fancy costumes arrive for the opening ceremony of the 21st Life Ball in front of city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. (AP Photo/Hans ...
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Guitar Center Employees Unionize in New York
May 25, 2013 1:20 PM ET Employees at Guitar Center's flagship store in Manhattan overwhelmingly voted on Friday to form a union of its 57 retail workers. The new bargaining unit will press the company for improved working conditions and a reversal of declining wages at the 14th Street store. The ...
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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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