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Issa Angry As Transcripts Show He Fixed ‘Facts’ Of IRS Case Around His Claims Of White House Corruption
one of the most corrupt '; in history, has been working overtime in recent weeks in an attempt to prove his charge, even if it means he has to manipulate the evidence to do so. Issa chairs the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and as such has been the GOP point man on the IRS scandal that has been making news in recent weeks. In case you have been away, here’s ...
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CBO Senate bill still allows illegal immigration
2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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Son allegedly stabs father cuts off his own hands
By Sophia Rosenbaum, NBC News An argument ended grimly in California this week, with a father found in the driveway bleeding from stab wounds and his son nearby, his severed hands lying on the ground.Shasta County Sherriff’s deputies responded to a reported stabbing in Redding, Calif., on Monday afternoon to find the gruesome scene with "visible injuries" in the driveway, ...
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Albert White Hat American Indian who championed the Lakota language
The endangered Lakota language has lost one of its greatest supporters. Albert White Hat, who died in South Dakota on 11 June at the age of 74 of prostate cancer, was instrumental in teaching and preserving the American Indian language and translated the Hollywood film Dances with Wolves into Lakota for its ...
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T Magazine On View | An All-American Roadside Attraction in West Texas
Over the next few months, motorists speeding through the West Texas desert on Highway 90, just outside the arts town of Marfa, will encounter an unexpected roadside attraction: a white neon Playboy logo hovering above a matte-black 1972 Dodge Charger perched at an 18-degree angle atop a concrete plinth. Playboy Marfa, as it’s being called, is the first in a series of art projects ...
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Read the full Federal Reserve statement
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy ...
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Alleged Irish-American mob boss ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories about gang killings
FILE - This undated file photo shown during court proceedings in the Miami Courthouse, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 shows John Martorano, who was questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly. Connolly was accused of helping the Boston mob murder Miami gambling executive John Callahan in 1982. Martorano testified for a second day during the ...
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Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre…
Turkish Ambassador to United States Tan stated world continues to watch massacre although many Syrian people had died WASHINGTON - Turkish Ambassador to United States Namik Tan stated Tuesday that the world continued to watch the massacre although many Syrian people had died, calling on the United Nations Security Council to help put an halt to it.Speaking at the "32nd annual ...
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LeBrons headband becomes Internet sensation after Miami wins Game 6
fell to the ground during a dunk. James's staple headband has become something of an NBA inside joke as fans have witnessed how the player has moved it back throughout his career as he "attempts to hide a receding hairline." But last night with 8:59 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Tim Duncan knocked the band off James's head during a dunk and he was forced to finish the ...
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TABLE-Federal Reserve economic forecasts
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:00pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Following are U.S. economic forecasts issued by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. (All figures Q4 over Q4, except jobless rate, which is Q4 average, and all figures in percent) APPROPRIATE TIMING OF FIRST FED FUNDS RATE HIKE (NUMBER OF POLICYMAKERS) JUNE MARCH DEC'12 SEPT'12 2013 ...
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McDreamy part of all-American team at Le Mans
FILE - In this June 9, 2011 file photo, U.S actor and auto racing driver Patrick Dempsey poses for photographs in Le Mans, France. The only all-American lineup at the 24 Hours of Le Mans might very well be the one that draws the most interest from non-racing fans. The No. 77 Dempsey Del Piero-Proton Porsche will be headlined by Patrick Dempsey. (AP Photo/Vincent Michel, ...
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Polls Show American People Hate Almost Everything About Politics
in an article published in The Economist (December 4, 1990: 50-53), "In the 1990 midterm election in the U.S., the American electorate sent two clear signals to politicians: that political parties are increasingly irrelevant to solving the nation's problems and that voters are losing confidence in the capacity of government to address the fundamental issues facing the country." ...
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Video Car crash in New York City injures eight
A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight ...
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What U.S. learned from surveillance
>Editor's note: Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst and a director at the New America Foundation. David Sterman is a graduate student at Georgetown University's National Security Studies Program.(CNN) -- Sometime in late 2007, Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver living in San Diego, began to have a series of phone conversations with Aden Hashi Ayrow, one of the leaders of ...
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Mueller FBI uses drones but very seldom
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on national security matters. As Mueller nears the end of his 12 years as head of the law enforcement agency, lawmakers questioned him about the IRS, surveillance activities, and the Boston Marathon bombing. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...
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CSX sues truck driver in Baltimore-area derailment
BALTIMORE -; CSX is suing a garbage truck driver and his company for negligence in the explosive derailment of a freight train near ...
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Nobel recipient among winners of Jefferson Awards
WASHINGTON -; Two U.S. Senators, the winner of a Nobel Prize for peace, a labor leader and the owner of a professional tennis team are among the people being honored with a national prize for public ...
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Republican Sen. Murkowski supports gay marriage
Murkowski says she believes same-sex marriage will encourage family values. She says she supports the right of all Americans to marry the person they ...
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Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck
FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...
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World Food Prize goes to 3 biotech scientists
DES MOINES, Iowa -; The World Food Prize Foundation on Wednesday took the bold step of awarding this year's prize to three pioneers of plant biotechnology whose work brought the world genetically modified ...
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White House Notebook Obama Ditches Jacket
US President Barack Obama takes off his jacket due to warm weather while he delivers a speech in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On the second day of his visit to Germany, Obama met with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel before delivering a speech at Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Michael ...
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W.Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama
ELKINS, W.Va. -; A West Virginia man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial ...
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Hanson Celebrate 21st Birthday as a Band in New York
Hanson turned 21 this year, and the brotherly trio celebrated with a birthday party last night in New York at Irving Plaza as fans swarmed to see the band perform. The brothers started the group as pre-teens, and released their sixth studio ...
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Official Philly not liable for private demo work
PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia deputy mayor says the city isn't responsible for demolition work done at a private site once a permit is issued.The comment comes as City Council opens its investigation into the fatal June 5 building collapse that killed six people.Council members are questioning the Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison and the city's Licenses and Inspections commissioner, ...
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Gehry refines design for Eisenhower Memorial in DC
WASHINGTON -- Stone or bronze carvings depicting Dwight D. Eisenhower's accomplishments as Army general and president mark the latest creative change Architect Frank Gehry has made to his design for an Ike memorial park in Washington.Early last year, Gehry planned to use bas reliefs carved on stone blocks to depict Eisenhower's achievements. He added 9-foot-tall bronze sculptures 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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