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Video Eye Opener at 8 British Airways flight makes emergency landing
Smoke poured out of a British Airways flight, forcing it to make an emergency landing. Also, a bridge in Washington State collapsed and closed one of the nation's biggest highways. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This ...
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Video Jersey Shore up and running for Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to summer and this year's may be the most important ever for the New Jersey shore, which is rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy. WCBS reporter Kathryn Brown reports from Seaside ...
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Video Tornado survivor dog receive outpouring of support
The reunion of tornado survivor Barbara Garcia and her dog Bowser touched people around the world. CBS News' Anna Werner has an update on the ...
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Video Calif. pols push for law to make reckless pay rescue fees
CBS News' Carter Evans reports on a new push for a law that would saddle irresponsible victims -- instead of taxpayers -- with the bill for costly search-and-rescue ...
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Video Hurricane season 2013 Predicting the storms
Bryan Walsh, senior editor at Time magazine who writes about energy and the environment, talks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the 2013 hurricane season and how concerned people should be about the ...
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Video Wayne Brady on Bill Maher Black man comment pissed me off
Emmy-winner Wayne Brady spoke to Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell about hosting CBS's "Let's Make a Deal," his fourth Emmy Award nomination, and the accusation by Bill Maher that he's "not being black ...
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San Francisco Chronicle taps new management team
San Francisco Chronicle owner Hearst Corp. has hired two senior executives to give a boost to the paper and its SFGate website. The company named newspaper veteran Jeffrey Johnson publisher, replacing Frank Vega, who announced his retirement Thursday. Johnson previously worked at the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel and most recently the Los Angeles Times. Hearst also hired Joanne Bradford, ...
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Miami-Dade College North Campus Closed Friday
MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Students at Miami-Dade College's North Campus will have a little extra vacation over the Memorial Day weekend after all classes and activities were cancelled Friday at the ...
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Exercise regimen published in American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness
A SEVEN-minute exercise regimen devised by scientists has been shown to provide as many health benefits as doing a long run and a session of weight training. The workout requires no more than a wall, a chair and seven minutes of your time. However, the experts say that you must be in pain when performing it in order to benefit. The article, High-Intensity Circuit Training Using Body Weight: ...
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Americas Cup sailors resume training after Andrew Simpson death - video
death of British sailor Andrew Simpson in a training accident on 9 May. Regatta director Iain Murray delivered a list of 37 recommendations to improve safety on Wednesday and says he hopes to learn from the incident which cost Simpson his ...
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Fighter jets escort Pakistani plane in UK airspace
++++DEVELOPING STORY++++ Typhoon fighter jets were launched to investigate an incident involving a passenger jet flying in British airspace. The Pakistan International Airlines plane was traveling from Lahore, Pakistan, and reportedly had 297 passengers aboard, Reuters reported. The plane was heading towards Manchester when it was abruptly re-routed near York, England and headed ...
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Gov. Christie Jersey Shore cast reopen NJ beaches
May 18, 2013: Angelina Zuzuro, 16, of Denville, takes photos near a sign in Seaside Heights, N.J.. The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard. But so will the thwack of hammers repairing what can be fixed and the ...
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5 Most Efficient Cars
It's official: Cars really are getting more efficient. Not that there isn't a long way still to go, but virtually every month statistics emerge to suggest the average fuel efficiency of vehicles in the U.S. has gone up another few fractions of a percent. There are still winners and losers though, so we decided to think positive and look at the winners--just what are the most ...
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Doh Simpsons Get Theme Park
Do'h! America's favorite animated dysfunctional TV family is coming to Universal Orlando. The theme park announced Thursday that Springfield, home of "The Simpsons," is expanding to become a theme park-within-a-theme park based on the fictional town at the heart of the Matt Groening-created series. Fans of the longrunning Fox animated series --which has run for 24 seasons ...
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Seattle Bridge Collapse Another Sign That America’s Infrastructure Is In Bad Shape
an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Seattle collapsed , sending two cars into the water and injuring three people. So far no fatalities have been reported. Authorities don't yet know what caused the collapse. Another bridge ...
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American philanthropist honored for bolstering US-Russia cultural ties
USA American philanthropist Susan Lehrman has received the Fulbright Award for contributing to international diplomacy, specifically Russia-US cultural ties. A month ago, her efforts were warmly saluted by the Russian Foreign Ministry. Since 1991, public organization One to World has annually bestowed the Fulbright Award on individuals who make outstanding contributions to promoting ...
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Paul Tudor Jones and Wall Streets Todd Akin moment
Hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones made controversial comments regarding women on Wall Street, saying babies are a "killer" to a woman's focus. Cosmopolitan's Joanna Coles, Alexandra Lebenthal and New York Magazine's Lisa Miller join Morning Joe to ...
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Part of plane’s wing falls from sky lands on home
A portion of a Chinese cargo jet's wing fell off as the plane was trying to land at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, piercing the roof of an Atlanta home. No injuries were reported. WXIA's Bill Liss ...
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George Zimmerman attorneys request trial delay
Attorneys for George Zimmerman, charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, have requested a delay in his trial currently scheduled to begin in less than three weeks, as text messages come to light that the defense says show Martin had "a propensity towards ...
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Charge American Terrorists With Treason
When Boston bombing conspirator Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured, the event brought up--again--questions about the proper legal procedures for perpetrators of terrorism, particularly when those terrorists who are American citizens. Several conservative senators rushed to suggest that Tsarnaev be designated an "enemy combatant," which would allow for the suspension of his habeas corpus ...
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Americas Top Colleges Have a Rich Kid Problem
, elite schools do a consistently poor job recruiting the intelligent but low-income high school students who could benefit most from a top-notch education. Part of their problem, as Josh ...
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Argue Like Americas Most Controversial Philosopher
Our annual guide to the businesses that matter most; the ones whose innovations are having an impact across their industries and our ...
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Video Lyme disease What you need to know about ticks
The number of Lyme disease cases have tripled in the past 20 years. Dr. Holly Phillips discusses why the number of cases has skyrocketed, how the disease is transmitted via ticks, and what myths and realities persist about the insects and the ...
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Video Adorable 2-year-old sings Pearl Jam
The Feed compiles some of the week's best viral videos, including a monkey hitting a dog with a lollipop, astronaut Chris Hadfield's good-bye tribute to the International Space Station and the Gregory Brothers' celebration of YouTube's eighth birthday. Plus, an adorable 2-year-old sings Pearl Jam with incredible ...
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Video BASE jumper rides snowmobile off cliff to honor dead friend
Professional skier Erik Roner jumped off an 800-feet-high cliff in British Columbia by way of a snowmobile to honor an old friend. Gayle King ...
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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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