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Lawyers can get prison records for bombing suspect
BOSTON – A judge approved a request Monday by Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's defense attorneys to receive records compiled on him in federal prison. U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler said in her order that prison officials should give attorneys the daily activity logs, suicide watch logs, psychology data files, photographs, commissary files they requested, and ...
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American was murdered in Singapore says pathologist
(17 mins ago) An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry today. Edward Adelstein, 75, a deputy medical examiner in Missouri, contradicted Singapore police findings that Shane Todd killed himself, but admitted his conclusions were based on pictures of the body and ...
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10th Annual Get Active America program
For this year's 10th Annual Get Active America! program, which runs throughout the month of May, The Corpus Christi Athletic Club is joining with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of Get Active America! The Corpus Christi Athletic Club will encourage its community to work towards ...
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Leaks turn to deluge for reeling White House
A few hours after that, we were told that everybody at the most senior levels of the White House knew about the report revealing the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service - everybody but the president, who maintains he learned about it from watching TV.By far the most damaging of the stories has to do with the assault on press freedom.In 2009, Fox News reporter James ...
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Feds also spied on Fox News reporter
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s snooping scandal mushroomed yesterday when it was revealed that the Justice Department seized a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to aid a leak investigation - including tracking the reporter’s movements in and out of the State Department.The feds gained access to records of Rosen’s use of the ...
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The taxman’s targeting blame the White House
Whether the Obama administration could have stopped the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups.***Jonah Goldberg made an excellent point in "IRS Follows O’s Lead," (PostOpinion, May 17) when he said: "Imagine for a moment if black civil-rights organizations, gay groups or teachers unions were targeted by the IRS." The White House would have started a major ...
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Hathaway lawyer pleads case to keep her out of prison feds want her to serve 12-18 months
Detroit - Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway shouldn't spend a day in federal prison, her lawyer said Monday, despite admitting she orchestrated an elaborate two-year scheme to defraud her bank of $600,000 owed on a Grosse Pointe Park home. Defense lawyer Steve Fishman argued the loss was less than $70,000 and urged U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara to keep ...
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How to help OK tornado victims
Rachel Maddow lists ways for viewers to help the people of Moore, Oklahoma deal with the aftermath of a deadly tornado either through the Red Cross or the Regional Food Bank of ...
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Deadly Oklahoma tornado exceptional but all too familiar
Harold Brooks, NOAA research meteorologist with the national severe storms lab, talks with Rachel Maddow about the history of extreme, deadly and damaging tornadoes across the Midwest and 'Tornado Alley' and the science behind forecasting ...
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Midwest still rough weather forecast
Bill Karins, NBC News meteorologist, talks with Rachel Maddow about the tornado forecast across the Midwest for the rest of the night and further storms expected though ...
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National Guard brings skills equipment to tornado scene
Maj. Gen. Myles Deering of the Oklahoma City National Guard talks with Rachel Maddow about the role the National Guard will play in Moore, Oklahoma, from support to security. Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb discusses rescue preparedness through the overnight ...
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Emergency workers prepare for overnight in Moore OK
Jayme Shelton, Moore, OK spokesperson, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the town is trying to pull itself together after being shattered by a deadly tornado. Jay Gray, NBC News correspondent, discusses lighting and heat detecting technology being deployed by rescue workers to continue the overnight sear for survivors and the obstacles to progress like disabled communication ...
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IRS officials back on Capitol Hill hot seat over targeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt ...
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Help The Victims Of The Oklahoma Tornadoes
A U.S. flag lays among debris in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013 following a tornado up to a mile wide which swept through the Oklahoma City ...
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South Africa Jansen to Be Honoured in New York
South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly ...
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MLB San Francisco 8 Washington 0
Ryan Vogelsong earned a win but was injured Monday in San Francisco's 8-0 rout of Washington. Belt scored four times and his blast in the fifth inning handed a 6-0 lead to San Francisco, which opened a homestand by snapping a three-game ...
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Hainan Airlines to launch Beijing-Chicago route on Sept 3
Economy-class passengers on the new route, which will initially use an Airbus 340, will be charged about 5,500 yuan ($895.4) for return tickets up to the end of ...
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Hamels gets 10 Ks but falls to 1-7 with Miami loss
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws in the first inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Lynne ...
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Medical examiner 20 children killed in twister
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs.The twister has killed at least 51 people and officials fear the death toll will rise.Medical examiner spokeswoman Amy Elliott confirmed the children's deaths Monday night. The tornado made a direct hit on an elementary ...
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Average credit card debt late payments fall in 1Q
LOS ANGELES -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter from 0.85 percent a year earlier - drop of nearly 19 percent, credit reporting agency ...
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What happens when a tornado hits
paul douglas . paul is someone i kaualways go. bill was talking before about an f-5 tornado. explain to me what that means and what happens. what are the physics when a tornado of that strength touches down in a pop ulaulated ...
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Oh my God KFC cook records dramatic footage of monster tornado
By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News Michael Welch was midshift into his job at KFC in Newcastle, Okla., on Monday afternoon when he noticed hail pounding the parking lot outside the restaurant.Then, as he looked into the distance, he saw the wall cloud of an enormous tornado rotating in front of him."It was very large and very fast," he said. "I could see debris flying all ...
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Tales of heroism emerge from battered Oklahoma
Chris Hayes talks to KFOR's Scott Hines about the stories of heroism in the immediate aftermath of the tornado and what the plan is going forward in terms of recovery and ...
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Erupting Alaska volcano spews ash disrupts air travel
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of Alaska's most active volcanoes, which has been belching ash and spewing lava since last week, has forced regional flight cancellations and dusted some nearby communities with ash, scientists and local officials said on ...
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Chicago puts ‘L’ on Jon Lester
CHICAGO - When Jon Lester took the mound last night, he was trying to become the first Red Sox lefty starter since 1973 to go at least 7-0 to begin a season.But he also was facing his personal kryptonite.In his best and worst seasons, Lester struggles against the White Sox. Indeed, it has become as predictable as winter blizzards in Chicago. In nine previous starts against the White Sox entering ...
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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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