Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Mashable!
Everything's bigger in Texas — including conspiracy theories One such theory has gained steam online; it says the U.S. military is about to invade the state. The rumors began in March and center around a planned military training o.-
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: InternationalLikud official says Israeli premier Netanyahu reaches deal to form new coalition government
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World News: CBSnews.comAustralian trying to break into the big leagues puts out audition tape intending to show potential bosses that "if you lift weights you make no breaks"
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.Oregon teacher arrested after burning students with Tesla coil
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.Port Authority police union sues for damages over cellphone searches after rowdy party
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.Texas incident fuels concern about lone-wolf terror attacks inspired by Islamic State group
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US News: CBSnews.comThe Russian space agency is tracking a cargo ship that they lost communication with shortly after launch. They're trying to figure out where it will plummet down to Earth. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World News: CBSnews.comRight-wing extremists calling themselves the "Old School Society" targeted in raids across the country, which allegedly recovered explosives
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CNN.comIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has only hours left to announce he has formed a coalition government, but after a decisive election night victory, his coalition looks fragile.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from U.S. - CBSNews.comPop star Elton John appeared before a Senate panel on global health issues. CBSN's Vladimir Duthiers and Elaine Quijano have key moments from his testimony.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World News: CBSnews.comSuspect tried to sneak 22 yellow-crested cockatoos and a green parrot through customs, police say
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from msnbc.com Latest Headlines
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington PostBAGDHAD — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad acknowledged Wednesday that his forces have suffered a string of startling defeats in recent battles with reinvigorated rebels, who have made sweeping advances in the past few weeks.Read full ar...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: InternationalIsraeli premier Netanyahu completes deal on formation of new government just ahead of deadline
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National: Breaking National News & Headlines - Washington PostOne-time House Speaker Jim Wright (D-Texas) died on Wednesday in Fort Worth at the age of 92.Wright is a forgotten figure in American politics, thanks in large part to the fact that he left Congress in the worst possible way: He resigned...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.Prosecutors: Exterminator tied up Philadelphia doctor after fight, then set her body on fire
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top NBCNews headlinesClergy and community leaders contend Mathew Ajibade died after being tased in a restraint chair and left unattended.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from U.S. - CBSNews.comAn oil tanker train derailed and caught fire in North Dakota, prompting a nearby town to evacuate. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave joins CBSN to describe the accident.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from msnbc.com Latest Headlines
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from U.S. - CBSNews.comFrom comfortable interiors to strong crash test ratings, here are the top five safest cars to take out on the road.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NYT > U.S.Hillary Rodham Clinton has scarcely been answering questions from reporters on the campaign trail.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US News: CBSnews.com"Deflate-gate" probe finds that New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs used in AFC Championship game
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from msnbc.com Latest Headlines
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.St. Louis mayor signs into law a measure creating oversight board for police
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: InternationalInvestigators: Germanwings co-pilot practiced plane descents just hours before deadly crash
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Mashable!
Ron Johnson knows what you think of him. Johnson knows that in a period of less than two years, he went from being The Guy Who Built the Apple Store to being The Guy Who Almost Destroyed JC Penney. Of course he knows all that. But Ron Jo... -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top NBCNews headlinesThe gunman in the Aurora theater shooting was a quiet, knowledgeable student who had a "cocky" attitude, one of his graduate school professors testified Wednesday.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Blaze - Stories
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from U.S. - CBSNews.comA Massachusetts man has been charged in the death of his parents during a family vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands. "48 Hours" Crimesider reporter Michelle Sigona has more.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NewsweekBoth pro-government and pro-Russian sides have reported increasingly intense fire in eastern Ukraine, despite the ceasefire still being in place. Ukraine's defence forces in the war stricken Donbas region, referred to as the Anti-Terrori...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National: Breaking National News & Headlines - Washington PostIt’s hard to argue with the idea that solar is the energy source of the future. That’s partly because no other source can really match its potential to generate massive amounts of energy and power our society.Read full article >>
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CNN.comErrol Brown, the Hot Chocolate lead singer whose energetic, powerful vocals topped such hits as "You Sexy Thing" and "Every 1's a Winner," died Wednesday, his manager said. Brown was 71.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.Tiffany Thorn made sure one of her third-grade students crossed the finish line at Field Day.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.Former pediatrician appeals conviction for 'waterboarding' companion's daughter under faucet
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Blaze - Stories“White f—–s, spilling drinks”
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NewsweekJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched a deal to form a new government on Wednesday, just before a deadline was to expire, but the coalition will rule by only the slimmest of majorities in Israel's turbulent par...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Mashable!
A bust of Edward Snowden that was illegally installed in a New York City park, confiscated by the NYPD, and momentarily replaced with a hologram has been given back to the artists, after a lawyer and a leading art gallery intervened on i... -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.A Texas man has posted a sign on a highway intersection trying to find the "gorgeous" stranger he said he locked eyes with while driving last week near Houston.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NewsweekFrank Freshwaters was captured this week at his home in Melbourne, Florida. Freshwaters had been on the run for 56 years, evading his prison sentence for a 1957 car accident that killed a young father. He pled guilty to voluntary manslau...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top NBCNews headlinesAn investigator says star quarterback Tom Brady was "at least generally aware."
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US News: CBSnews.comDefense trying to show Tsarnaev was heavily influenced by his radicalized brother, whom they call the mastermind of the plot
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from U.S. - CBSNews.comLargest was a magnitude-3.9 temblor about 85 miles east of L.A.; both quakes also had small aftershocks
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CNN.com
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NYT > WorldPresident Uhuru Kenyatta said there would be no forced repatriations from the Dadaab complex of camps that houses more than 350,000 Somalis.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NYT > U.S.Naval engineers are working to develop technology like self-driving cars that can clear the way for a convoy full of troops. But in field tests, the autonomous future still seems far away.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National: Breaking National News & Headlines - Washington PostBALTIMORE — A gaggle of federal and state officials — including two Cabinet secretaries — are scheduled to meet with community leaders and students Wednesday afternoon at Frederick Douglass High School in West Baltimore, across the stree...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: U.S.An oil train has derailed near Heimdal, North Dakota, causing a smoky blaze and forcing residents to evacuate.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ABC News: InternationalYemen's Shiite rebels consolidate hold over area in southern city of Aden, capture palace
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Newsweek"This is a woman," a Spanish writer once observed, "who is capable of beheading an opponent without batting an eyelid, yet weeps when she sees a dead sparrow in the gutter." "Beheading an enemy," Esperanza Aguirre remarks, when I remind ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from U.S. - CBSNews.comA woman being held hostage by her boyfriend was rescued after she added a cry for help to her Pizza Hut order. CBSN's Elaine Quijano and Vladimir Duthiers have the story.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comFive Ukrainian government troops battling separatist forces in the east have been killed in one of the worst single days of bloodshed since a cease-fire was declared in February, military officials said Wednesday. … Click to Contin...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comUnder a new measure in Belarus, people who work less than half the year will have to pay the government for their idleness. … Click to Continue »
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Salon.comSchool may be out for summer -- but that doesn't mean community service is
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from WSJ Live VideoOrson Welles would have been 100 years old today. Michael Calia takes a brief look at the legendary filmmaker's most influential works that changed film forever. For more coverage, visit blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & HeadlinesFrench investigators say Andreas Lubitz tried a controlled descent on the previous flight.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CFR.org - The Council on Foreign RelationsAneesh Chopra discusses how technology and innovation affect public policy.
- Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men talk about the things that have helped them become successful over the decades.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Voice of AmericaFive Ukrainian government troops battling separatist forces in the east have been killed in one of the worst single days of bloodshed since a cease-fire was declared in February, military officials said Wednesday. Army spokesman Andriy L...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Raw Story » U.S. NewsAnti-abortion groups in Washington, D.C. have vowed to defy an ordinance that prohibits organizations from discriminating against women based on their reproductive health choices. On May 2, the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amen...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comA pediatrician researching tuberculosis, HIV and other infectious diseases was strangled by an exterminator after she questioned his work and was then tied up with equestrian gear and set on fire, a prosecutor said Wednesday in opening s...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from stories: NationalFormer President Bill Clinton acknowledged Wednesday that policies he supported during the 1990s are at least partly to blame for incarceration rates in the country. In 1994, Mr. Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforceme...
- In a recent essay in The Washington Post, geriatrician and author Jerald Winakur described the recent hospital experience of his 91-year-old mother. You won’t be surprised to learn it was a nightmare: Poor pain management, overworked sta...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Salon.comHere's why the conservative interest in reform kicked-off by the riots will almost certainly be short-lived
- As of this week, users can now share their Snapcodes much more readily beyond the app. The more friends, Snapchat stars, or celebrities a user follows, the more options there are for what to view or who to message, and the more reasons a...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The WeekAfter Hillary Clinton gave a speech last week lamenting America's "era of mass incarceration," critics were quick to point out that the policies she criticized included those implemented by her husband. But now, Bill Clinton has voiced h...
- Well that was something. Today was the third part of Bungie’s livestream debut of House of Wolves, the upcoming Destiny DLC that aims to provide fresh content for the game. The first stream showed how guns and armor would be upgraded, an...
- The theme park metropolis known as Orlando is a choice destination for little kids but it also has an impressive range of teen-friendly activities and diversions. This is good news because it is downright hard to find any vacation spot t...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe Republican leader of the state Senate survived a largely symbolic effort by Democratic lawmakers to oust him from his position Wednesday following his arrest on federal corruption charges. … Click to Continue »
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The WeekVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) on Wednesday proposed legislation that would dismantle behemoth banks, a move that could pressure Hillary Clinton to ratchet up her populist rhetoric as the White House race gets underway. Entitled the "To...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsThe populism tour begins on a factory floor.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Salon.comOnce again, Schumer shows she knows how to nail a knotty issue
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comSheila Bair, who was the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. during the 2008 financial crisis, has been named president of Maryland's Washington College, a private liberal arts school. … Click to Continue »
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The WeekWhatever happened to a nice bouquet of flowers? The Idaho Statesman reports that one Idaho teen went much, much bigger with his or her "promposal" — an elaborate invitation to prom. Unfortunately for the budding graffiti artist, spray-p...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comAn NFL investigation released Wednesday concluded New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship and that quarterback Tom Brady was "at least generally aware" of the rules violations. … Click ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a $5.5 million reparations package for the victims of the city's notorious police torture scandal that also includes a formal apology and a promise to teach schoolchildren about one of the d...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Digg Top StoriesThe hope is that, in the nooks and crannies of our lives and economy that surveys do not or cannot measure, lies an aggregate truth.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from GawkerAfter days of silence and misreporting , the Mexican resort where Sheryl Sandberg’s late husband allegedly died in a treadmill exercise an exercise fatality has deleted this photo of its treadmill facility. Read more...
- Ring ring: Customers are calling businesses based on mobile advertising click-to-call buttons. Mobile marketing generates billions of consumer-initiated phone calls. According to Invoca, a call tracking and analytics software company, 54...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Salon.comSnipping out solos out to appease fans with ever-decreasing attention spans is shortsighted at best
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The InterceptNearly 50 percent of people wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death were prosecuted with the help of informants. One Texas lawmaker is trying to end this. The post Texas Bill Would Ban Snitch Testimony in Death Penalty Cases appeared...
- AMD has finally confirmed that a new series of desktop graphics cards will launch this quarter -- and they'll launch with the highly anticipated High Bandwidth Memory.
- Forbes values the richest soccer clubs in the world. Together the top 5 are worth more than $13 billion.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comThe head of Denmark's intelligence agency announced his resignation on Wednesday, hours before a government report was released criticizing some parts of the police response to the two fatal shooting attacks in Copenhagen in February. &#...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Yahoo! News - Latest News & HeadlinesBy Richard Valdmanis BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to spare convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty called witnesses on Wednesday who described his volunteer work with disabled children, his respect for his ...
- There is a constant barrage of advertisements for credit repair companies on radio, television, print media and the Internet that target people with bad credit. They imply or directly promise that they can “fix” your credit or significan...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from GawkerLast time on Manhattan’s Drunkest Brunches, daytime cocktail peddler Pranna was at risk of losing its liquor license after its Madison Avenue neighbors complained about customers’ belligerent, bottomless-mimosa-soaked antics. A notable i...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from VocativA Russian toy company has launched a Kickstarter to make the plush Putin toy, but will Russia's media police let it go to market? The post Will Russia Allow This Adorable Putin Doll To Hit The Market? appeared first on Vocativ .
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CFR.org - The Council on Foreign RelationsThe UN’s latest bid to negotiate a political transition in Syria is unlikely to yield results. Behind its mediators’ failures lie a wider breakdown of great-power politics, says expert Richard Gowan.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from MoJo Blogs and Articles | Mother JonesThe monthly global average concentration of carbon dioxide just broke 400 parts per million for the first time since record-keeping of greenhouse gas levels began. #CLIMATE NEWS: Global #CO2 concentrations surpass 400 ppm for 1st month s...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from World news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comNearly 100 migrants who reported being at sea for 12 days arrived in Sicily on Wednesday as diplomats mulled a draft U.N. resolution authorizing an EU mission to seize the smugglers' boats that are fueling the Mediterranean migrant crisi...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Jewish Telegraphic Agency » WorldThe Palestinians’ U.N. ambassador sent a letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asking him to add Israel to the list of entities committing “grave violations against children.”
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Digg Top StoriesThe new Hamburgler is a real person with hopes, dreams and an inescapable desire to steal hamburgers.
- For Pret A Manger, the words “no charge” may translate to a big data gap. The London-based coffee and sandwich chain, which also operates in the U.S., is replacing points with gratis giveaways, but will that translate to grateful? Its st...
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Thursday, May 7, 2015 from CFR.org - The Council on Foreign RelationsExperts discuss the U.S. health care industry.
- The Affordable Care Act has been a catalyst for a net increase of 16.9 million Americans gaining health insurance in the last two years via Medicaid expansion and subsidized private coverage with evenmore people accessing employer-sponso...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Salon.comAnd the oil industry lost a dedicated DC lobbyist
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Raw Story » U.S. NewsA California teacher got wireless Internet removed from her classroom to accommodate her electromagnetic hypersensitivity – and now she wants it turned off in every classroom in the state. Anura Lawson said she began feeling sick in 2012...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from National news | Miami Herald & MiamiHerald.comFired Ohio State marching band director Jonathan Waters alleged Wednesday that the university's board was directly involved in his dismissal and asked a judge to let him use other employment actions by the trustees in his lawsuit against...
- A glance at Sears' Kardashian Kollection site on Wednesday shows deep discounts on the few remaining items, most of which are tight, cropped or both. None of the clothes on offer reflect the Kardashian sisters' chic sensibilities or expe...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from CFR.org - The Council on Foreign RelationsExperts discuss the mounting challenges to international cooperation today, and the launch of the Council of Councils (CoC) Report Card on International Cooperation.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesShe buys SethMeyers.org to redirect to her campaign website.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesHow Britain's Muslim North became George Galloway country.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldSchaefer, Dale & Riley, RCWorld The 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) was released last week to predictable fanfare. Secretary of State John Kerry declared it to be "the blueprint for the next generation of America...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldThomas Friedman, New York Times BERLIN — A week at the American Academy in Berlin leaves me with two contradictory feelings: one is that Germany today deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, and the other is that Germany tomorrow will have t...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldClive Crook, Bloomberg View Britain's sense of purpose in the world is trending downward. Indisputably, tomorrow's election marks a new low in national ambition, and it's likely to be followed by a further, perhaps accelerating, decline....
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesYoung immigrants protected by a 2012 initiative could serve in the military.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from MondoweissIn recent weeks, the world’s attention has been fixed on Baltimore, MD, after 25-year-old African-American Freddie Gray died in police custody. Some observers of these events are turning their attention to the State of Israel, questionin...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsNICOLOSI, Sicily (AP) — Calloused and stained, Baboucar Lowe's hands tell the story of a difficult life, one that nearly ended at 17 when the...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NPR Topics: NationThe Staten Island prosecutor at the center of the investigation into the death of Eric Garner easily won election to Congress as a Republican. He replaces disgraced former Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NPR Topics: NationCrude oil prices are up about 40 percent after seeing dramatic lows this winter. But the factors keeping prices low — plentiful supplies and tepid global demand — have not changed in recent months.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldJamie Dettmer, Daily Beast You won’t be able to reserve a room ahead of time with any of the major online sites if you want to stay at Mosul’s Ninawa International Hotel. Orbitz announces it doesn’t support bookings any...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US from NewserTo the sisters of the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, the group's secret handshake and knock are "sacred"—so sacred, it seems, that to reveal them is to risk a lawsuit. That's what happened to a former member of the sorority who listed that in...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesBrandon Kiel allegedly called himself the "chief deputy director" of the Masonic Fraternal PD.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldJames Traub, Foreign Policy Is there any hope for global cooperation in this new world of interstate and tribal conflict?
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Democracy Now!Houthis Claim Dozens Killed in Saudi Strikes on Northern Yemen, Amnesty: Syrian Regime Committing "Crime Against Humanity" in Barrel Bombing of Aleppo, Obama Admin: Unclear If ISIL Behind Texas Attack; $20M Bounty for Top Leaders, Attorn...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US from NewserSex on the beach might sound fun, but we do not recommend it after this: Jose Caballero, 40, and Elissa Alvarez, 20, were found guilty Monday of copulating on Florida's Bradenton Beach, and now they face up to 15 years behind bars. Video...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesHe says this was not the first time Obama could not prevent an act of terrorism.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldJoshua Keating, Slate Sunday’s attack on a Muhammed cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, wasn’t successful—only the two gunmen were killed—but it was still far more worrisome than most of the terrorist “plots&...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldSean Braswell, Ozy Vladimir Putin is sort of the Old Spice of world leaders. And not just because the Russian president turns up topless on a horse more often than Isaiah Mustafa, the actor whose sleek wit and abs reinvigorated the 81-ye...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NPR Topics: NationDecades of industrialization have left the island reliant on imported food. But change is coming — from government subsidies for small farmers, to classes that teach school kids how to grow food.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — On paper and in speeches, Republicans boast that Congress' first budget since they won control of the Senate and House last fall...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US from NewserA drone large enough to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides has won rare approval from federal authorities to spray crops in the US, officials say. The drone, called the RMAX, is a remotely piloted helicopter that weighs 207 pounds...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NPR Topics: NationBoth stock and bond markets had already been having a rough week before the Federal Reserve's Janet Yellen warned about "potential dangers."
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — Bryan Harper hit three home runs in his first three at-bats for the Washington Nationals against Miami, then grounded out in...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's top court weighed the budget repercussions of ruling on a pension dispute between Gov. Chris Christie and public...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesNYC's mayor will unveil his 'Progressive Agenda' next week at the U.S. Capitol.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ProPublica: Articles and Investigationsby T. Christian Miller In October 1992, five American nuns were killed during brutal fighting in Liberia's civil war. The FBI mounted an investigation, but no one was ever arrested, and the case was considered closed. More than two decad...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from ProPublica: Articles and Investigationsby Michael Grabell An injured worker featured in a ProPublica and NPR investigation into the rollback of workers' compensation nationwide warned Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday not to make the same drastic cuts that his state has made in r...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesHe faces 10 years in prison if convicted.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NPR Topics: NationFor the first time in 50 years, the U.S. has issued licenses for ferry service between the United States and Cuba. At least four companies received licenses Tuesday from the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A grand jury took testimony Wednesday as part of a federal investigation into former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock's...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Democracy Now!
A new report from the Israeli group Breaking the Silence on Israel's policy of indiscriminate fire during the 2014 Gaza assault comes just a week after a United Nations probe confirmed Israeli forces conducted direct attacks on its facil... -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldMark Galeotti, Moscow Times U.S. President Barack Obama has talked a great deal about a pivot to Asia, but recent news make it look on the surface as if it is Russian President Vladimir Putin who is actually delivering. Not only is his C...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from PoliticsMike Huckabee (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Mike Huckabee is a predictably extreme conservative on a host of social issues. But on a number of economic issues, he is something of a populist. That combination makes him a much more serious conten...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US from NewserOne of Jim Morrison's childhood homes could someday be turned into a historical site. At least, that's what a group of fans is pushing for, the AP reports. The Doors' lead singer lived in Albuquerque from ages 12 to 14 while his dad work...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Latin America News DispatchTop Story — One person was killed and two were injured in Peru on Tuesday, as protesters clashed with police during demonstrations against a $1.4 billion copper mining project. The fatality is the second in two weeks in the region ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — 9:12 p.m.For Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez, playing against just three Bayern defenders was like Christmas and New...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldJeremy Friedman, TNI A nuclear deal with Iran could be an important step in pushing the regime back to concentrating on its revolutionary tasks at home.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldS. Coerr, The Federalist To be commander-in-chief, you must master the nuances of the four pillars of American power: military, diplomatic, informational and economic. You may advocate powers soft (diplomatic and convocational) or hard (...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Mondoweiss
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to appoint Ayelet Shaked as justice minister in his fourth government. During Israel’s summer 2014 attack on Gaza, Shaked essentially called for the genocide of Palestinians. In a Faceboo... -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Mondoweiss
Tamara Ben-Halim writes about visiting Yafa and searching for the house her grandmother's family was forced out of during the Nakba. She writes, "I stood on the street that my grandmother once stood on nearly 70 years ago. I listened to ... -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Top StoriesA prosecutor is asking whether Shock inflated reimbursements to cover payments on his personal vehicle.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from NPR Topics: NationBaltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate whether there are patterns of discrimination and excessive force within the city's police department.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government, concerned about possible financial market disruptions from events such as cyberattacks, has decided to...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsHAZELWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in two states on Wednesday were investigating the slaying of a 19-year-old Illinois college student who went...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsBOSTON (AP) — A former brother-in-law of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev testified Wednesday from Kazakhstan about the role of a...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Townhall's Most Recent NewsBy Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian spacecraft on a failed resupply run to the International Space Station...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldMichael Cecire, The Diplomat There is perhaps no less comfortable place for a struggling democracy than the blurry space between the hardening frontiers of the liberal democratic West and an increasingly expansionist, militant Russia. Fo...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from US from NewserAn oil train derailed and caught fire early today in a rural area of central North Dakota, prompting the evacuation of a nearby town where about three dozen people live. No injuries were reported in the accident, which happened about 7:3...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RealClearWorldRafael Behr, Guardian Elections are not generally decided in the last days of a campaign. Even in April 1992, when a Labour lead in opinion polls on the eve of voting became a Tory majority the morning after, the outcome revealed longer-...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Global News : Canada
History was made May 5, 2015, with a record 27 women getting elected to Alberta's legislative assembly. The majority of them are NDP members. -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CBC | World NewsA train carrying crude oil has derailed and caught fire in Wells County, N.D., just days after the U.S. and Canadian governments announced sweeping reforms to improve safety of the volatile shipments.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Global News : Canada
The tumbling Canadian dollar has helped fan fresh food prices considerably higher over the past year, the country’s largest supermarket operator says, resulting in a spike in what we’re paying for fruits, vegetables and meat. But now the... -
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RT - USANavigation has become easier in recent years, thanks to advances in GPS and smartphones. But a new centimeter-accurate technology could soon transform the world of geolocation, impacting everything from virtual reality games to drone del...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSSPolice in Cape Breton are investigating after shots were fired at the front door of a home in Westmount.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.(Reuters) - Sheila Bair, an outspoken critic of Wall Street during her time as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, has been named president of a liberal arts college near Baltimore.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RT - USAA train carrying crude oil through Wells County, North Dakota has derailed. At least six rail cars have caught fire, sending thick, black plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. The village of Heimdal and nearby farms have been evacuated...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will pay a total of up to $5.5 million to dozens of people tortured by the city's police in the 1970s and 1980s and make other reparations such as a memorial to torture victims under an ordinance approved by t...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from BBC News - US & CanadaA left-leaning party wins a surprise victory in Alberta, one of Canada's most conservative provinces.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - National RSS feedSome of the province's new MLAs would have been hard pressed to win elections for student government, now they will make decisions in the legislature
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RT - USAThe Federal Aviation Administration is testing the skies with more drones. It has allowed three private companies to fly UAVs on data gathering missions and is launching an application that would tell amateur drone operators how not to b...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSSPolice have arrested a man after a car speeding up to 80 kilometres an hour through a skate park and a baseball field forced children and people to run for safety before hitting someone.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - School districts in Oklahoma would be able to designate an employee to carry handguns on school property under a bill approved on Wednesday by the state Senate and sent to Governor Mary Fallin.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSThe Vatican's saint-making office has officially given its thumbs up for the Rev. Junipero Serra to be declared a saint -- four months after Pope Francis announced he would canonize the controversial 18th-century missionary during his up...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSA train that derailed and caught fire early Wednesday in rural North Dakota was hauling crude from the state's oil patch, but it wasn't immediately known whether it had been treated under new state rules aimed at reducing the volatility ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.BOSTON (Reuters) - Lawyers seeking to spare convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty called witnesses on Wednesday who described his volunteer work with disabled children, his respect for his older brother, and hi...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSThe mayor called on U.S. government investigators Wednesday to look into whether this city's beleaguered police department uses a pattern of excessive force or discriminatory policing.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RT - USATwo Republican presidential contenders are backing a Senate bill that would bypass Baghdad in arming Kurdish militias fighting the Islamic State. Read Full Article at RT.com
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - National RSS feedLeamington District Memorial Hospital setting an example for other small-town hospitals struggling to fund birthing services.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.NEW YORK (Reuters) - The maker of Life Alert, known for its television ad slogan "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up," has been sued by a former sales manager who claims he was fired because of his age and cancer diagnosis, and his com...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADAAlicia Elizabeth Lander testified that she had drunk 14 shots of Crown Royal just before and on the Toronto-to-Halifax flight, and didn’t remember what had happened.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from BBC News - US & CanadaThe mayor of Baltimore has asked US investigators to see if the city's police department engages in routine discrimination or excessive force.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSNiger troops have deported more than 3,000 Nigerian fishermen and refugees escaping Boko Haram, forcing them to undertake a brutal three-day trek in which at least a dozen people died, an official and witnesses said Wednesday.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CBC | Canadian NewsThe NDP's historic win in Alberta is being described by many as a message from voters who were fed up with — or seeking to punish — the Progressive Conservative dynasty.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - National RSS feedA hobbyist with a metal detector found the remains of Canadian Pvt. Albert Laubenstein, who was killed during WWII.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADAAlberta’s historic election victory for Rachel Notley’s New Democrats, in 12 steps
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from BBC News - US & CanadaFederal Reserve chief Janet Yellen told IMF managing director Christine Lagarde there are "potential dangers" in high stock market valuations.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - National RSS feedDozens of suspects, including some as young as 12, have been arrested
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSBurundian Police arrested an opposition leader Wednesday after he attended a meeting of foreign ministers from the East African Community who were seeking a solution to the unrest in the country, triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza'...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADAHighlights include 2,000 new spaces in long-term care and a $15 minimum wage.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedNearly 40,000 Burundians have fled to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo in the past month as tensions have ratcheted up over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third-term bid
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADADuring campaign, NDP promised to raise corporate taxes to 12 per cent and examine whether Albertans are getting their fair share of royalties, and Notley said she would take a less hands-on role in promoting pipeline proposals
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSA pediatrician researching tuberculosis, HIV and other infectious diseases was strangled by an exterminator after she questioned his work and was then tied up with equestrian gear and set on fire, a prosecutor said Wednesday in opening s...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from BBC News - US & CanadaFacebook's virtual reality division Oculus reveals when its much anticipated headset will go on sale to the public.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Employees at a Pizza Hut in Florida were praised on Wednesday for helping rescue a customer who wrote a message in her online pizza order that she was being held hostage and needed someone to call 911, authoriti...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Global News : Canada
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADAA sizeable number of Alberta voters appear not to be disposed to support the federal Conservatives next fall
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from TORONTO STAR | NEWS | CANADAExpect action on phasing out Alberta's coal-fired power plants, want a climate-change strategy that would involve a higher price on carbon
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSA fugitive who had been on the lam since walking away from a prison farm in 1959 won't fight his extradition back to Ohio after his arrest in Florida.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The father of one of the two men killed after opening fire in a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad said someone coerced his son into committing the crime, the Dallas Morning New...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSSPolice in Halifax are searching for a man after he allegedly stole money from a woman who is legally blind.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CBC | Canadian NewsThe ballots cast in Alberta on Tuesday didn't have any federal names on them, but Parliament Hill was a study in contrasts the morning after, as New Democrats cheered, Conservatives lamented and Liberals refocused on their tougher road t...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York jury began its 16th day of deliberations on Wednesday in the murder trial of a former deli worker accused in the 1979 killing of Etan Patz, the 6-year-old boy whose disappearance changed the way the United...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - World - Public RSSLos Angeles County sheriff's officials say three people have been arrested for operating a fictitious police department that claims jurisdiction in 33 states and Mexico and says it has existed for 3,000 years.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedA woman held hostage wrote a message for help in her online pizza order and Pizza Hut called the police
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - World RSS feedAfghan, Iranian and Sudanese immigrants, living precariously in abandoned factories in Patras, southwest Greece, try to stow away on nearby ferries to Italy as they seek a better life in Europe beyond crisis-hit Greece. Shocked after as ...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner on Wednesday told the Chicago City Council that the state's "terrible financial crisis" means there is no money to bail out the city from its own fiscal mess.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from CTVNews.ca - Canada - Public RSSWinnipeg landlord Dianne Wright is warning people about a fake ad listing her home for half the price of what she offered. At least one person was told to send a $400 damage deposit in exchange for keys to the home.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from RT - USAISIS has reportedly issued a menacing online message, singling out US blogger Pamela Geller as the terrorist group’s target. The message also claims the jihadists are planning new attacks and they have “71 trained fighters in 15 states.”...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from Reuters: U.S.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton acknowledged on Wednesday that an anti-crime crackdown he pushed in 1994 went too far, and said he now supports his wife Hillary's plans to reverse some of those justice policies.
