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Is no place safe New Yorks gay community unsettled by hate crimes
Photo credit: David Gatten of New York marches in a rally to honor Marc Carson. (Craig Ruttle) The string of savage hate crimes in New York City, culminating with the death of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village early Saturday morning, has New York's gay community reassessing its assumption of "safe places." Gay people come from all over the world to enjoy the non-judgmental ...
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Fox News Washington reporter who sought State Department leaks from Korean faces criminal rap
The US government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in an inquiry that appears to step into uncharted territory _ by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. It is the latest case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, AP reports. During the investigation of State ...
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White House Defends Tracking Fox Reporter
court affidavit obtained by The Washington Post . Without naming Mr. Rosen, the document describes the reporter as "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or ...
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TARGET SPEAKS OUT Tea Party Founder Claims Feds Eyed Her for Years
Catherine Engelbrecht has been telling people for years she's been targeted and harassed by the federal government. Not many people listened. But her case is receiving new attention after her congressman, Republican Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, recounted her ordeal during a high-profile House committee hearing on the IRS practice of singling out conservative groups. He claimed she was ...
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Tornadoes in America The Oklahoma Disaster in Context
could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ...
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Broward women brought 143 Haitians to S. Fla. 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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Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations sources
A U.S. Marine, who is part of a military honor guard, takes his position before a welcoming ceremony for German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere, by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, at the Pentagon in Washington April 30, ...
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The New York Times Reinvents the Boring Banner Ad
obscure piece on The New York Times’ website about Picasso repurposing his canvases by painting over older, abandoned projects was fascinating, at least insofar as stories about master artists and their recycling habits go. But let’s face it-it wasn’t exactly click ...
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Watch Oklahoma Tornado Leaves Dozens Dead
It's certainly a very very sad day -- of Oklahoma. Very hard day -- -- -- tremendous disaster that has hit this community and more in other areas at this day. Beginning yesterday with a terrible storms and history. So many different areas and certainly today it places big tornado that. -- long had the same path that may night. Maker turning in 1999 -- is arguably there's something ...
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Carney Obama kept in dark about impending IRS audit report
Obama 's staff deliberately kept him in the dark about an impending report on the Internal Revenue Service scandal, his press secretary said Monday. White House press ...
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Apple called international tax dodger
A congressional report said U.S. technology giant Apple was using gaps in international tax laws to avoid paying tax on tens of billions of dollars. The report says Apple had moved $74 billion beyond the reach of the IRS from 2009-12 using a variety of loopholes to do so, some of which are used to declare tens of billions of dollars were earned unattached to any country. Apple seems to claim ...
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Court decision pending in NYPD stop-and-frisk case
In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard ...
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More tornado alerts in wake of deadly twister
MOORE, Okla. -; Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Texas to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma City ...
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Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ...
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4 Americans to qualify for British Open in Texas
PLANO, Texas -; Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens ...
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
10 Things to Know for Tuesday Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about ...
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Small suburban Oklahoma City hospital damaged
The tornadoes that have raked communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other states over the past week belie what has been an unusually slow start to the 2013 tornado ...
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Oklahoma officials Tornado search rescue ongoing
A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to ...
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More than 50 arrested at protest of NC policies
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The fourth week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has ended in the arrests of more than 50 people at the state legislature.The arrest count and number of supporters Monday reached the highest yet for the group's demonstrations against the policies of the General Assembly, which Republicans took control of after the 2010 elections. Crowds have grown ...
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What about Obamas promise
>Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After ...
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What about Obamas promise
>Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After ...
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What about Obamas promise
>Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After ...
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Top White House officials knew in April of tax probe
Top White House aides knew of a scandal over tax officials targeting conservative groups in April, but did not tell President Barack Obama, in a possible bid to insulate him from political ...
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As Seamless and GrubHub merge online orders continue to dominate New York
Photo credit: Seamless and GrubHub had a combined $875 million in 2012 takeout sales. The two giants in online food ordering merged Monday, as GrubHub and Seamless became one massive company that hopes to expand its footprint and become ubiquitous nationwide. Seamless, which is based in New York, and GrubHub had a combined $875 million in takeout sales last year, resulting in more than $100 ...
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IRS inquiry rests on 4 key questions Our view
Conducted by independent professionals and monitored by Congress. Washington scandals follow a familiar arc. When an administration fouls up, the White House lops off some lower-level heads and tries to change the subject to the supposedly more important business facing the nation.Not so fast, the opposing party says. Lawmakers hint at corruption and coverups that extend straight into the Oval ...
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