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Video British soldier savagely killed in London machete attack
A British soldier was savagely killed in an attack in South London in an attack that may have been the work of terrorists. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata ...
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India might be Americas next big trade problem
India is America's 11th-largest trading partner, but U.S. manufacturers are concerned that India is now favoring its own companies over foreign ...
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Parole Panel Praised Hofstra Suspect
The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison. Newsday ...
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Census Data Chicago Slowest Growing Big City In U.S.
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago gained nearly 10,000 people from July 2011 to July 2012, but was the slowest-growing major city in the country according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. It was the second year in a row that population grew here, but the increase so far shows no signs of making up for the loss of 200,000 people over the previous decade, according to a report in ...
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Chicago Man Shot And Killed In Calumet City
CALUMET CITY, Ill. (STMW) – A 35-year-old South Side man was shot to death in south suburban Calumet City early Thursday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's ...
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Two Hurt When CTA Bus Crashes Into Building In Chicago Lawn
CHICAGO (CBS) – Two people were taken to the hospital early Thursday, after a CTA bus crashed into a building. WBBM Newsradio's Bernie Tafoya reports police said someone cut off the #52A Kedzie bus around 4:45 a.m. as it was driving north on Kedzie Avenue near 64th Street, with at least one set of the bus wheels rolling on wet metal sheeting covering roadwork on ...
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White House More than 2200 Oklahoma victims registered with FEMA for assistance
Janet A. Napolitano , were on the scene Wednesday, and President Obama is expected to visit the state Sunday to see the damage, visit with impacted families and thank first responders. More than 400 federal personnel are still on the ground in Oklahoma assisting with tornado recovery ...
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Ohio kidnap case hero gets burgers for life
CLEVELAND -; The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his ...
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Threat of North Dakota dam failure may be easing
BISMARCK, N.D. -; The threat of a dam failure on a river near a northeastern North Dakota city appears to be easing, and officials expect to decide soon on when 1,300 evacuated residents can return to their ...
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Ted Cruzs Path From George W. Bush Adviser to Immigration Reform Opponent
In 2000, Ted Cruz was known only as a Texas-raised, Harvard-trained domestic policy adviser to the George W. Bush campaign. Bush was a two-term governor from a border state who was determined to fix what he saw as a broken, inhumane immigration system. Cruz helped craft the campaign's immigration policy, which called for speeding up the application process, increasing the number of work ...
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Feds investigate after plane parts land on GA home
ELLENWOOD, Ga. - Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house in Clayton County.The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the China Airlines flight landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after Sunday's incident. No injuries were ...
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German football team score after shot rebounds off nearby American football bar – video
An amateur football game between German teams Altona 93 and Vier-und-Marschlande takes a farcical turn when a long-range effort from Altona striker Patrick Westermann is spectacularly tipped over by opposition keeper Marcel Kindler. The ball flies over the goal but rebounds off the crossbar of an American football goal just above and behind it, and back on to the pitch. The referee bizarrely ...
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Mystery surrounding Americans death in Singapore deepens as parents quit inquest into sons death
SINGAPORE – The parents of an American software engineer who believe their son was murdered last year in Singapore withdrew from the inquest Wednesday, saying they have no confidence in the city-state's legal process. Shane Truman Todd's body was found in his Singapore apartment by his girlfriend last June 24, and police have said he killed himself. State counsel presented ...
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Over 12000 Churches Join Billy Grahams Largest N. America Outreach
Thousands of churches have signed up to participate in the latest evangelism effort by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to spread the Gospel in North ...
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Czech police search for American suspected of killing family
Petra Vedrova said the suspect may be armed and dangerous. Police had taken measures to stop him from leaving the country and were in contact with neighboring states. "(The suspect) goes by the ...
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One child missing one killed in Minnesota field trip landslide
Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, ...
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Urban renewal Census figures show cities surging
New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year. Big cities surpassed the rate of growth of their surrounding suburbs at an even faster clip, a sign of America's continuing preference for urban living after the economic downturn quelled enthusiasm for less-crowded ...
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In first public acknowledgement Holder says 4 Americans died in US drone strikes
National Investigative Correspondent, NBC News The Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that U.S. drone strikes have killed four American citizens since 2009, including the previously undisclosed death of a North Carolina resident who left the United States for Pakistan and was later indicted on federal terrorism ...
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American Hunted Over Czech Family Murders
A California man is being hunted by police in the Czech Republic investigating the killing of four members of the same family. Detectives in the eastern European nation's second-largest city of Brno named their suspect as 20-year-old Kevin Dahlgren. They have released a photograph from his Facebook page which says he was born in 1992 and comes from Palo Alto. His online profile ...
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Andrew Simpson funeral to be held next week following fatal accident in preparation for the Americas Cup
'Luna Rossa' team boss sets out demands for new America's Cup rules following death of British sailor Andrew ...
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their ...
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Slide Show Most popular American brands in China
By 2030, roughly two-thirds of the world's middle class will be in the Asia Pacific region--largely in China--according to a report by Ernst & Young. Currently at around 150 million people, the Chinese middle classis expected to reach 1 billion. Representing a $250 billion market for American companies today,according to the U.S.-China Business Council estimates,it's worth noting ...
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Fight over American Idol leads to stabbing police say
YORK, Pa. – A couple face charges after police in York County say they stabbed each other during an argument over which contestant should win `American Idol.' ...
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1000 Xfinity WI-Fi hotspots on in Chicago
Comcast said Thursday that it has turned on more than 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the Chicago area for its high-speed Internet customers to connect to while they're on the go.There is no additional charge for Comcast Internet subscribers to access Xfinity Wi-Fi, as the service is called. Comcast is also running a promotion where anyone can use the hotspots for free between May 24 and July 4. ...
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Amid scrutiny of commerce pick White House confident about her fate
top 300 U.S. billionaires , is not without her critics. But as the high-powered businesswoman heads to her confirmation hearing Thursday on the road to becoming President Obama's commerce secretary, vocal opposition to her approval has been limited -- and there's scant evidence to suggest Congress will put up a hard fight to block her from getting the job. Pritzker, who heads 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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