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Woman praised for distracting attack suspects in London
horrific attack that left a U.K. soldier dead on the streets of London could have been worse, were it not for the actions of a 48-year-old single mom, the ...
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Firefighters unprepared for Texas blast
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A housing complex is seen after it was destroyed by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in the town of West, near Waco, Texas, in this April 21, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ...
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Youth violence in Stockholm shock Sweden
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Firefighters extinguish a burning car, following riots in the Stockholm suburb of Kista late May 21, 2013, in this picture provided by Scanpix. Sweden's capital has been hit by some of ...
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Chicago board approves largest school closing
elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods have drawn protests by parents and teachers union leaders who say the closures will expose children to greater gang violence in a city that recorded 506 murders in 2012. ...
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Arias jury adjourns for day after impasse
View Photo Associated Press/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool - Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County ...
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FBI make arrest in Wash. ricin letter scare
View Photo Associated Press/TheSpokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany - During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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Heffernan Latest tax dodge dulls Apples luster
on Investigations as lawmakers examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. Lawmakers want to know the tax strategy of how Apple, the world's most valuable company, based in Cupertino, Calif., holds a billion dollars in an Irish subsidiary as a tax strategy, according to a report ...
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Teen who penned web-hit farewell song dies
enough to share the load with me, said Sobiech. Sobiech, the Lakeland, Minn. teenager whose song "Clouds" became an Internet sensation, died early Monday, May 20, 2013 at his home, surrounded by family and his girlfriend, according to a CaringBridge post by Zach's mother. He was 18. Sobiech, who had a rare form of bone cancer, began writing songs of farewell to family and friends ...
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea aid groups
BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished ...
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Pocket-dialing 911 leads to Fla. murder charge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -; Authorities in South Florida say a man is charged with murder because he was overheard discussing the killing when his cellphone pocket-dialed ...
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Whats next for the immigration bill
Elena Marquez, center, and others at a rally to call on Congress to pass immigration reform. (Joe Raedle/Getty … It's been a good week for proponents of immigration reform. The sweeping bill that seeks to legalize most of the country's 11 million unauthorized immigrants was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday night, after five full days of debate and amendments ...
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Holder U.S. killed four Americans overseas in drone strikes
This photo, from Oct. 2008, shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike. (Muhammad … Attorney General Eric Holder informed Congress on Wednesday that the U.S. has killed four Americans in drone strikes since 2009 - radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three others who were "not specifically targeted." Holder's ...
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Cruise industry adopts passenger bill of rights
mechanical failure , and a backup power source on every ship to keep emergency systems running in the event of a main generator failure. The announcement by the Cruise Lines International Association, which represents 25 major companies including Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Holland America and Cunard, comes in the aftermath of the Carnival Triumph debacle. The ship drifted for ...
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CITI Good News We No Longer Think Greece Will Exit The Eurozone
Last summer, Citi's chief economist, Willem Buiter, introduced a bold call: he assigned a 90% probability that Greece would exit the euro on January 1, 2013. This assertion was made before European Central Bank President Mario Draghi introduced a new ECB bond-buying program, dubbed "OMT" (outright ...
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Sources Florida man shot by FBI about to confess
triple murder in Massachusetts in 2011, two people with direct knowledge of the case told ABC News. Ibragim Todashev "just went crazy," and pulled a knife during his interview with the FBI, said state ...
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Faith healers charged with murder after second sons death
Williams announced in a Wednesday, May 22, 2013 news conference that Herbert and Catherine Schaible who believe in faith healing over medicine have been charged with murder after a second child died of pneumonia. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police ...
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Jodi Arias jury deadlocked in penalty phase
View Photo Associated Press/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, Pool - Judge Sherry Stephens urges the jury to continue deliberating after the jury delivered a message that they are deadlocked on a penalty for ...
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Kerry US allies ready to aid Syria rebels
View Photo Associated Press/Mohammad Hannon - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, right, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. ...
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1 child dead 1 missing in Minn. park landslide
St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said the children were exploring the park when the slide happened about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. Zaccard said the ground is soft after several days of ...
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Live chat Xboxs Major Nelson takes questions
teasing several new games and entertainment features .We're sure you still have several questions about the new Xbox, so we thought we'd bring in someone who definitely knows his stuff. At 4PM ...
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European Leaders Take Steps in Cracking Down on Tax Fraud
PARIS -- The European Union has announced a series of measures to crack down on tax avoidance and fraud, including the automatic exchange of bank information to catch cheats. European Union President Herman Van Rompuy hailed as "unprecedented" a series of measures against tax evasion agreed to Wednesday by the bloc's 27 leaders during a brief summit in Brussels. Among them: ...
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European Union Leaders Meet on Tax Evasion
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Government consultants can be paid additional €20000 ‘expertise allowance’
Its no wonder that Muscat never mentioned PERKS in the last campaign ! Perks for politicians, chairpersons, CEOs and top government officials topple their salaries in value ...
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House subcommittee moves to curb military sexual assaults
View Photo Associated Press/Michael Dwyer, File - FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Determined to check the growing ...
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