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Lawmakers grill officials for inaction on IRS Lerner denies wrongdoing
IRS Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner addresses a House committee during a hearing on the agency's targeting of political groups. Lawmakers expressed both anger and bewilderment that IRS leaders had not told Congress sooner about indications that the tax agency had improperly singled out conservatives and Tea Party groups seeking tax-exempt status.A highly anticipated hearing by ...
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New York City loses its private equity boss
Head of NYC private equity investments heads to private firm in which NYC pension invested. FORTUNE --Yesterday came newsthat Barry Miller had stepped down as head of private equity investments for the New York City Employee Retirement Systems (NYCERS), in order to open a New York City office for Connecticut-based private equity firm Landmark Partners. My immediate reaction: Is this a conflict ...
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Robert Redford on America Certain things have got lost
The writer-director uses Cannes press conference to say that the US has lost its way since the second world war, and that rampant development must be ...
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Francis Ford Coppola to Direct Italian-American Saga
Godfather helmer is readying an untitled film that will chronicle an Italian-American family and span from the 1930s to the 1960s. Coppola became one of the most celebrated directors in cinema after bringing the Corleone family saga to the big ...
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Here Comes Honey Boo Boo Is a Fabulous Cultural Ambassador for America
TLC Ever wonder how Glitzy the Pig would get on in Britain? Here Comes Honey Boo Boo recently debuted there to unsurprising critical snark. The series, about seven-year-old aspiring beauty queen Alana and her freewheeling middle Georgia family, ...
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Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts
1 of 21. A volunteer carries clothing from a tornado-destroyed home across the street from the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma May 22, ...
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American International College names Forge Worldwide as lead agency
American International College in Springfield has named Forge Worldwide as their lead agency for a re-branding engagement, the agency said today.The account was awarded after a brief review of undisclosed agencies. Billings for the account were not disclosed.Officials said AIC has asked the agency to undertake a re-branding engagement, awareness campaign and website build for the Curtis Blake ...
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US Opens Inspection Into Shuttered Nuke Plant
Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the on-site NRC inspectors "to assess the ...
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Watch FBI Fatally Shoots Florida Man in Boston Bombing Probe
This is a special report from ABC news. Hello I'm when I'm Tanya Rivero -- New York with an ABC news digital special report. Investigators are trying to find out what exactly caused an FBI agent ...
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Concessionaire Files Lawsuit Against ATT Park Workers Union
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) - Centerplate Inc., the concessionaire at AT&T Park in San Francisco, has filed a lawsuit against the union of workers that ...
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5 Women Plead Not Guilty To Charges Of Embezzling From SF School District
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- Five of six current and former San Francisco Unified School District employees charged with embezzling $15 million from the schools and setting it aside in a reserve fund pleaded not-guilty Tuesday at the Hall of Justice. The complicated case has 200,000 pages of discovery and 204 counts involving fraud related to public funds against six women. The sixth woman was ...
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New York City FC appoint Reyna
New MLS franchise New York City FC have appointed former USA international Claudio Reyna as their director of football.City will become the 20th MLS franchise in 2015 after Manchester City and the New York Yankees announced a partnership to fund them.Reyna, a former Manchester City player, will become the first employee of the new club that was unveiled on Tuesday and will be responsible for ...
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Reinsurance Group of America to Hire Hundreds in St. Louis Area
A St. Louis, Mo.-based insurance company has vowed to add at least 300 employees within five years. The Reinsurance Group of America discussed the hiring spree while breaking ground on a new, $140 million headquarters complex in suburban Chesterfield. RGA sells insurance to other insurance companies. Its president and CEO, Greig Woodring, says the company would hire actuaries, accountants, ...
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Man shot dead while being questioned about Boston bombings FBI says
Ibragim Todashev of Orlando, a Chechen who had previously lived in Boston. Two brothers identified by the FBI as suspects in the April 15 bombings were also ethnic Chechens with roots in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region. The FBI said in a statement that a special agent, "acting on the imminent threat posed by the individual, responded with deadly force. The individual was killed ...
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Op-Ed Contributors When America Stops Importing Energy
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God Bless America and the Boy Scouts
What could be more quintessentially American than the song "God Bless America," a tune Irving Berlin wrote to boost the spirits of U.S. troops during World War ...
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Survey The Number of Americans in Foreclosure Down 25 Percent
Now another legacy of the financial crisis is fading as well. The number of Americans in the foreclosure process fell by almost 25 percent since April 2012 according to Lender Processing Services data. Delinquency rates also dropped, falling below 6.5 percent for the first time since July 2008. ...
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World Bank Insider Blows Whistle on Corruption Federal Reserve
A former insider at the World Bank, ex-Senior Counsel Karen Hudes, says the global financial system is dominated by a small group of corrupt, power-hungry figures centered around the privately owned U.S. Federal Reserve. The network has seized control of the media to cover up its crimes, too, she explained. In an interview ...
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Harper’s South America trip complicated by Senate expenses scandal
The Senate expenses scandal is turning Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to South America into an awkward communications exercise.Harper's officials have indicated that the prime minister will finally take questions early this afternoon on the Prime Minister's Office involvement in reimbursing Senator Mike Duffy $90,000 for improper housing expense claims. But Harper will be ...
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2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
This aerial view shows an entire neighborhood destroyed by Monday's tornado, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. (AP Photo/Tony ...
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Obama seeks to make acting GSA head permanent
WASHINGTON -; The White House says President Barack Obama will nominate Dan Tangherlini to run the General Services Administration, the agency in charge of federal buildings and ...
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Okla. mayor wants to require tornado shelters
A man carries a drawer and a bag filled with clothes from Rachel Hernandez' home as residents of the Heatherwood Addition, on the south side of SE 4 and Bryant in Moore, Okla., returned to their homes Tuesday, May 21, 2013, to salvage any items after Monday's destructive tornado. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim ...
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IRS official Lerner I did nothing wrong
IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ...
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Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
An exceptionally devastating tornado hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday afternoon, twisting through subdivisions and across a highway, leaving debris and confusion in its wake. Some of the storm's effects can be measured in ...
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Pailles late goal gives Bruins 3-0 playoff lead over New York Rangers
2-1 on Tuesday to take a 3-0 series lead.Daniel Paille scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:31 left in the third period to take what has historically been a nearly unbeatable series lead. Only ...
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