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Video Earthquake strikes Northern Calif.
A moderate, 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California about 25 miles southwest of Susanville, Calif. There have been no reports of injuries and only minor damage has been reported. Gayle King ...
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Video British Airways plane makes emergency landing
A British Airways plane headed to Oslo made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport. The emergency slides were deployed and smoke could be seen coming out of an engine of the Airbus A-319. All 75 passengers exited the plane safely. Gayle King ...
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Video Headlines New home prices rise to record-high levels
A holiday travel mess has ensued after a bridge in Washington State collapsed and closed one of the nation's biggest highways. Plus, a new warning about this year's hurricane season. Also, a woman who reunited with her dog after the Oklahoma tornado gives an update. All that, and all that mattered, in today's "Eye ...
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Video Schieffer on AP subpoenas Outrageous overreach
CBS News chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation" Bob Schieffer discusses President Obama's response to the media in the wake the Associated Press scandal, as well as the the president's recent counter-terrorism ...
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Video IRS scandal Official Lois Lerner placed on leave replaced
Lois Lerner, the head of the tax-exempt organizations division is placed on leave after scandal. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says she was asked to resign, but refused. Ken Corbin has been named to take over her department. Gayle King ...
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Video Eye Opener Bridge collapse makes for holiday travel mess
A holiday travel mess has ensued after a bridge in Washington State collapsed and closed one of the nation's biggest highways. Plus, a new warning about this year's hurricane season. Also, a woman who reunited with her dog after the Oklahoma tornado gives an update. All that, and all that mattered, in today's "Eye ...
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Brewers team up with beer to be released on Memorial Day to help military families
Former major league pitcher Chris Ray pours one of his baseball-themed beers at The Diamond in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Proceeds from the specialty brew will be given to military families. (Joe Mahoney/Associated ...
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Security Measures Road Closures On Miami Beach Begin For Holiday Weekend
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Barricades are being deployed and signs banning parking being put in place as Miami Beach prepares for a massive influx of party-goers this weekend. Memorial Day weekend on Miami Beach caps off Urban Beach Week. Thousands of people are expected to pack South Beach for a weekend of partying. In the past, crowds have surged from upwards of 300,000 to 350,000 people ...
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Senate Passes Ban On Handheld Cell Phones While Driving
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Senate has approved a plan that would ban the use of cell phones while driving. Senators voted 34-20 Thursday, but the matter must go back to the House for consideration of an amendment that deals with ...
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Theres a new mustard in town at Great American Ball Park
The Cincinnati Reds announced their latest personnel move yesterday, and it has nothing to do with pitching, catching or hitting. Theres a new condiment at Great American Ball Park: Woebers Dusseldorf Mustard, which has been called up to replace Uncle Phils Dusseldorf Mustard. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, Uncle Phils had been demoted in 2010 over packaging problems but got recalled. But ...
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Tornado insured losses estimated at $2 billion-$5 billion
Jason Owen digs through debris as he helps his mother to salvage items from her uncle's home after it was almost destroyed by a tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, May 23, ...
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United Airlines Offers New Yorkers All Flat-Bed Seats
Effective today, United Airlines is the only U.S. carrier offering 180-degree flat-bed seats and personal on-demand entertainment in premium cabins on every scheduled, long-haul international flight from the New York area. United has outfitted 182 international aircraft with all-new United Global First and United BusinessFirst cabins. With more than 450 daily departures to more than 150 cities, ...
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Rwanda Rwanda Leadership Inspires American Varsity Students
A delegation of 31 students and instructors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the US has been inspired by Rwanda's leadership policies based on empowerment of citizens. "We chose Rwanda because the country's leadership demonstrates key skills necessary for a transformative leadership and we are really inspired," said Carole Okigbo, one ...
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America is always itchy to interfere into everything
"There are certain "red lines" on non-interference with internal affairs. We're not telling Obama what position he should take on gay marriage in the U.S. Why do they tell us how we should behave? We're not telling the American police how to disperse demonstrations even when on TV we see people beaten to blood in Chicago during the NATO summit - not one, not two, not ...
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Southwestern Illinois judge probed by feds
Federal prosecutors are preparing at least one drug possession charge against 20th Circuit drug court judge Michael Cook. The charge is believed to be associated with the death of one of the countys associate judges, Joseph Christ, whose body was found March 10 in the Cook familys hunting lodge near Pleasant Hill, Ill. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, cocaine was found under Christs ...
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Worse Than Watergate The Ultimate White House Scandal Matrix
. That's the refrain coming from the Obama administration's critics as it scrambles to tamp down a growing pile of scandals. "The Obama administration's cover-up of the September 11, 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack surpasses ...
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No deaths as partial bridge collapse sends vehicles plunging into Washington state river
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a holiday weekend barbecue when a bridge before them disappeared in a "big puff of dust." "I hit the brakes and we went off," Sligh told reporters from a hospital, adding he "saw the water approaching you hold on as tight as you can." He said a semi-truck carrying a ...
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Truth Justice The American Way
May 24, 2013 6:00am What happens in our relationships when we keep secrets? When we think telling the truth brings harm or that hiding something serves a broader purpose? It usually means trust doesn’t exist and the relationship is doomed to either failure or one that loses all sense of intimacy and closeness and openness. A few years ago I wrote ...
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT COLLAPSE OF INTERSTATE BRIDGE IN WASHINGTON STATE MEANS FOR COMMUTERS Washington state officials ask drivers to avoid Interstate 5 near the area where a bridge collapsed over the Skagit River. 2. WHAT OBAMA SAYS ABOUT HIS COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY President Barack Obama ...
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MOVES-Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Fri May 24, 2013 6:42am EDT May 24 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointment was announced on Friday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH The investment manager appointed Tracy Caliendo as managing director and head of Americas equity hedge fund services. Caliendo most recently served at Goldman Sachs as ...
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Tornado-ravaged city of Moore Okla. to hold Sunday memorial
By Gabe Guttierez and Tracy Connor, NBC News The decimated city of Moore, Okla., will hold a public memorial service Sunday evening, six days after a tornado killed 24 people, injured 377 and destroyed hundreds of homes.Gov. Mary Fallin said the prayer service at the First Baptist Church will be "open to all," though it was unclear if President Barack Obama, who is visiting Oklahoma ...
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American English teacher held over Czech murders
(1 hr 10 mins ago) A young American English teacher wanted over a quadruple murder in the southern Czech city of Brno has been detained at Washington airport, Czech police said. ';Kevin Dahlgren, charged with quadruple homicide, was detained on Thursday evening,'' regional police chief Leos Trzil said. He added the suspect had flown to Washington on a regular flight from ...
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5.7-Magnitude Quake Shakes Calif.
An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far northeastern ...
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White House welcomes Burmese president as new ally in “pivot to Asia”
A meeting between US President Barack Obama and Burmese President Thein Sein in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday signalled Washington's embrace of the Burmese military-dominated government, as part of its efforts to strategically encircle China. Thein Sein is the first Burmese leader to be hosted in the White House since former junta leader General Ne Win's visit in 1966. ...
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Los Angeles Newly-elected mayor promises more cuts and privatization
The City of Los Angeles concluded its 2013 mayoral election this Wednesday with Democratic former city council head Eric Garcetti comfortably defeating his rival, current city controller Wendy Greuel by a 54 to 46 percent margin. Much like outgoing mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the incoming mayor is committed to an austerity agenda. The election was most notable for its extremely low turnout, ...
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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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