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Two New York men charged in bid to make deadly x-ray weapon
In April 2012, the authorities said, an industrial mechanic walked into a synagogue in Albany, N.Y., and announced his intention to build a weapon that could help Israel kill its enemies while they slept. He wanted to know whether anybody would provide financial backing. Turned away, prosecutors said, he sought money from another source: a leader in the Ku Klux Klan in North ...
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US State Department appreciates Azerbaijan’s anti-trafficking efforts in 2012
The US State Department has released the 13th annual report on a fight against trafficking in human beings including Azerbaijan in the second category (Tier 2) again. This means that Azerbaijan is making significant efforts in this field, but it does not meet the requirements of the Act of the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection. The document published on a website of the State Department ...
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Bulger trial The hit man of Country Club Lane
A man working on the roof of a Philadelphia apartment building fell through into one of the units, where a girl watching TV was hit by ...
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Ohio man to be sentenced in dying blink murder case
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio – The U.S. secretary of education is traveling to Kentucky and Ohio to promote President Barack Obama’s proposal for a major expansion of early childhood ...
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Federal Reserve hints it could end stimulus program next year
Bernanke's suggestion shook investors, and markets fell as the Fed chairman gave more details about a possible end to QE. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Photograph: Susan ...
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STATES RIGHTS FIGHTRep Fights to Stop Calif. From Imposing Egg Laws
Should California tell farmers throughout the country how to run their farms? Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, says no. "It's exactly what our founding fathers wanted to avoid," King said. But the rural-state lawmaker is concerned over California's strict laws on egg producers and other farmers as a result of Proposition 2, a ballot initiative passed by voters in 2008. The law ...
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Landlords from hell plead guilty to felonies in Calif.
A couple that prosecutors dubbed the "landlords from hell" for going to scary lengths to drive tenants from a San Francisco apartment building -- including cutting holes in one tenant's floor with a power saw while he was still inside -- have pleaded guilty to several felonies. Nicole Macy, 37, and Kip Macy, 38, threatened to shoot tenants, changed locks, cleared apartments of ...
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Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
View Photo Associated Press/Heritage Auctions - This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the ...
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Youth leagues try to rein in bad news parents
View Photo Associated Press/Martha Irvine - A young batter takes a swing as a father who's a coach supervises at a youth baseball game in Buffalo Grove, Ill. on Monday June 10, 2013. Earlier in the month, park ...
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Developer Kan. caverns could preserve human race
View Photo Associated Press/Orlin Wagner - A reporter walks through a door to the Vivos Shelter and Resort during a tour of the facility in Atchison, Kan., Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Orlin ...
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Colombia Bogota to Host XXII Latin American Congress of Ports
The XXII Latin American Congress of Ports Colombia 2013, organized by the American Association of Port Authorities, will be held in the city of Bogot, June 25th to 28th, ...
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Exposed The Harrowing Impact of Americas Deadly Drone War in Pakistan
President Barack Obama's big speech on U.S. counter-terror policy last month promised that drone strikes were "legal," "heavily constrained" and only carried out if there is "near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured." But the use of the most deadly type of drone attacks calls that rhetoric into question. Known as "signature strikes," ...
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Brazil demonstrators promise biggest protests yet
Reversing public-transit fare hikes failed to defuse Brazil's anti-government protests, with organizers vowing to hold the biggest demonstrations yet Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators -- angry about political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament -- are expected on the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, ...
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Obama to seek limit on existing power plant CO2 fumes
Obama plans to limit existing U.S. power plants' carbon dioxide fumes, officials said, as Obama said slowing global warming required "bold action." Heather Zichal, White House coordinator for energy and climate change, said Obama would announce climate policy initiatives in the coming weeks. Another official told The New York Times Obama could outline the new policy as early as ...
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American Metal Market Presents Best Mergers and Acquisitions Award to AK Steel
AK Steel has received an award for "Best Mergers and Acquisitions" from American Metal Market (AMM), a leading metal industry publication. The award recognizes the company’s ongoing progress in developing its strategic investments in Magnetation LLC and AK Coal Resources – acquisitions that were initially announced in ...
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Stocks slump as Federal Reserve hints at reducing cash infusions
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a Wednesday press conference that the US central bank would consider reducing its $85 billion-per-month asset purchasing program later this year, based on an improved outlook for the US economy.The announcement sparked a sell-off on US stock and bond markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down by 206 points, or 1.35 percent. Yields ...
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Los Angeles man arrested in connection with growing marijuana north of Ojai
A Los Angeles man was arrested June 7 in connection with growing marijuana at several places along Highway 33 north of Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest, investigators said ...
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New York Times hides abortion editorial on the front page
That was the title on the web version. A note says that a version of the article appeared on page A1 of the New York print edition with this ...
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NYC heir 89 to hear whether hell go to prison
An 89-year-old heir to a famous New York City fortune is set to find out Thursday whether he'll succeed in an 11th-hour attempt to avoid, or at least postpone, prison after being convicted of plundering his mother's ...
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Players of San Antonio Spurs attend practice session in Miami
Tim Duncan (L) of San Antonio Spurs attends a practice session in Miami, the United States, on June 19, 2013, a day before Game 7 of the NBA finals against Miami Heat. Photo: ...
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N. America trip tedious but worth the effort Su
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (???) pronounced his trip to the United States and Canada as tedious but "worth it" upon his return ...
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No US-Taliban talks scheduled State Department
Taliban after reports that discussions with the Afghan rebel group could begin this week in Qatar. "Because we're working with the Afghans on what the next appropriate step is, there isn't a meeting. I know there were reports of it, but reports of a meeting being scheduled or on the books aren't accurate," State Department ...
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2 custodians found dead at Dreyfoos School in Florida
The bodies of two custodians were found Wednesday at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, a public school in West Palm Beach, Fla., police said. Police Capt. David Bernhardt said investigators were trying to determine how Ted Orama and Christopher Marshall died, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. The bodies were discovered by other employees at about 6 a.m. A SWAT team checked the school ...
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Moscow rebuffs Obama nuclear arms proposal
Obama 's call for steep nuclear weapons reductions, with a Defense Ministry adviser calling the proposal "absolutely unacceptable." "We cannot allow the balance of the strategic deterrence system to be broken, or the effectiveness of our nuclear forces to be diminished," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in St. Petersburg around the same time Obama said in Berlin he ...
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Chicago Blackhawks beat Boston Bruins in 11-goal overtime thriller
Bryan Bickell and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks celebrate after Brent Seabrook (not pictured) scores the game winning goal against Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins in overtime in Game Four of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on June 19, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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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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