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AP phone flap makes freedom of press popular Column
A new shield law has to protect the function of journalism regardless of medium or business model. Suddenly, freedom of the press is very, very popular.In the wake of revelations that the Justice Department ...
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American drivers have good chance to win Indy 500
Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Indianapolis 500 has always been an international event -- Jules Goux of France took the third running in 1913 -- but Americans have won the vast majority of the races, including 22 straight beginning with A.J. Foyt in 1967 and extending to 1988 with Rick Mears. That dominance began to fade with Emerson Fittipaldi's triumph in 1989. The Brazilian's ...
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CTS Australasia Exports to South America Plummet
Containerized export volume from Australasia/Oceania to South and Central America steeply declined in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics ...
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the ...
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Broward women brought 143 Haitian workers to US for fake jobs feds say
Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said.But when they arrived, they found the jobs didn't exist, and they were left to fend for themselves — the victims of a fraud perpetrated by two Broward women, prosecutors said.The plot was so audacious that one of the women, Jetta ...
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US names envoy to combat anti-Semitism warns of rising incidents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and ...
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What produces a bigger economic boost America’s Cup or Super Bowl
What produces a bigger economic boost: sailing or football? The question takes on relevance in the Bay Area because San Francisco will host the America's Cup this July-September. And it appears likely that the NFL on Tuesday will pick Santa Clara to host Super Bowl L in 2016. It turns out that yacht racing may give the region more of an economic lift than football. The America's Cup ...
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Vacaville Brush Fire Reaches 6 Alarms Homes Threatened
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3-Alarm Orinda Brush Fire Burns Near Homes
ORINDA (CBS SF) – Firefighters were battling a three-alarm vegetation fire in OrindaMonday afternoon, a fire dispatcher said. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District received a report of a fire near Ivy Drive at 1:23 p.m. Moraga-Orinda fire department was also on scene, according to ConFire's Twitter account. The fire was threatening structures, a dispatcher ...
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Founding Keyboardist of ‘The Doors’ Ray Manzarek Dies At 74
ROSENHEIM, GERMANY (CBS SF/CBS LA) – Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist of The Doors, died Monday morning of bile duct cancer in Germany, according to a post on the group's official Facebook page. Manzarek was ...
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Liga MX Wrap America Cruz Azul reach final
America and Cruz Azul moved into the Liga MX final with contrasting victories in their respective semi-final ties.Miguel Herrera's America secured a 2-1 win at home to Monterrey on Saturday, winning the tie 4-3 on aggregate.Raul Jimenez and Christian Benitez scored for the winners before Aldo de Nigris netted a late consolation at Estadio Azteca.The hosts needed until the 63rd minute to ...
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White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
WASHINGTON | Mon May 20, 2013 6:50pm EDT WASHINGTON May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The five-year farm bill would cost about $500 billion, with three-fourths of the money going to food stamps for the poor. ...
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Goode and Tomkins Ruled Out of South American Tour
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Obama Chinas Xi to meet in June in California
China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting with a panel of foreign experts'at the Great Hall of the People on December 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Ed Jones - Pool, Getty ...
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Study White Americans More Likely to See Obama as Angry Than Non-White Americans
White Americans are more likely to see anger in the facial expressions of President Obama than non-white Americans are, according to a study from the University of Arkansas that will be published in the journal Political Psychology in ...
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Police give details in Powell disappearance case
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -; Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother whose now-dead husband was a prime ...
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Judge tosses ex-BP executives obstruction charge
NEW ORLEANS -; A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in ...
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Myanmar leader vows justice over communal violence
WASHINGTON -; Myanmar President Thein Sein says that all perpetrators of inter-communal violence in the country will be brought to ...
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Sally Ride to get posthumous Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Freedom posthumously on Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in ...
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AP License of La. explosives company suspended
JACKSON, Miss. -; Authorities have suspended the explosives licenses of a company accused of improperly storing millions of pounds of a military propellant in ...
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GOP leaders say impeachment talk premature
CONCORD, N.H. -; The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday for Republican critics calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment, but would not rule out impeachment altogether as new details emerged about the White House's role in the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue ...
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White House says more farm subsidy cuts needed
WASHINGTON -; The Obama administration said Monday it wants to see more cuts to agriculture subsidies in a massive farm bill moving through the Senate this ...
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White House Has Renewed Resolve To Close Guantanamo
Later this week President Obama is expected to give a major address on counterterrorism; the closing of Guantanamo Bay prison could figure prominently in his address. The president promised to close the facility back in 2009, but he has made little progress in doing so. For the first time in years, the administration is looking to reduce the number of detainees at the island ...
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Weekend getaways near New York City
You have a long weekend and want to shake off work without having to drive too far. Here are five great destinations in the northeast that won't take more than a tank of ...
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Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb
Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said ...
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