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Seizure of AP phone records on Capitol Hill raises concerns about separation of powers
View results News organizations are convinced that the Obama administration trampled on freedom of the press when the Justice Department seized Associated Press phone records in pursuit of a government source who leaked details of a thwarted terrorist plot last year.But some congressional analysts also are raising concerns that Justice violated the Constitution’s separation-of-powers ...
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Afrojack Calvin Harris Shake New York at Electric Daisy Carnival
It goes without saying that dance music festivals Stateside are finally catching up to their European counterparts – this year, each leg of the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival New York attracted 50,000 people, paltry compared to the sold-out 325,000 who will descend on Vegas when the main festival hits in late June. Even so, the vastness of the experience was impressive and, at times, ...
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Breaking Feds Disappear Adam Kokesh
Radio host Adam Kokesh was arrested Saturday in Philadelphia during a Smoke Down Prohibition rally. As witnessed in footage of the event filmed by fellow activists, Kokesh appears to have been arrested for the victimless crime of exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. The talk radio host recently garnered national attention when he announced a July 4th armed march on Washington ...
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US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug
A 13-person commission is taking a year to analyze the ethical issues of whether children can participate in research to determine safe dosage levels of an anthrax ...
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Martin Luther Kings son inspired by peace rally
A son of the assassinated US civil rights leader Martin Luther King has witnessed Protestant and Catholic children light a peace flame and promise to build a better future ...
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American CIA mole Fogle leaves Russia
(52 mins ago) A US diplomat who wore a disguise and is accused by the Russians of being a CIA spy after they caught him allegedly trying to recruit agents last week left yesterday, Russian television reported. Ryan Fogle flew out of Moscow, Russia's NTV state television channel said, broadcasting pictures showing him at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Russia announced last week that ...
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Tornadoes Level Homes in Okla. Hit Other States
One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. At least four ...
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10 Things to Know for Monday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:1. OBAMA OFFERS STARK VIEW, AND ENCOURAGING WORDS, FOR BLACK GRADSAs an African-American man, he tells Morehouse's Class of '13, 'I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me.' 2. AT ...
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Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park
People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...
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Star Trek Into Darkness tops box office in North America
J.J. Abrams' space epic sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness" opened to a 70.56-million-US-dollar three-day weekend, elbowing "Iron Man 3" out of the top place in the box office derby in North America.The debut is less than the 75.2 million dollar opening that director/producer Abrams' "Star Trek" debuted to four years ago, but strong enough to dethrone ...
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Fasting to end gun violence
gun violence continues to plague communities all over this country, while americans wait on leaders in washington and elsewhere to move forward ...
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At least one reported dead as tornadoes hammer Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had ...
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Steven Strauss Are Some Americans Too Powerful to Make Fun of
here . ) In the humorous spirit of let's query why Clinton would be treated so gently (when Colbert's skewered Weiner and others with far less serious transgressions): Does Clinton have pictures of Colbert doing something really odd with a household pet? Were Colbert's writers on vacation? Or are the Clintons simply too powerful for Colbert to "speak truth to power"? ...
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Potential Donors to Enroll America Grow Skittish
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Krauthammer White House should try telling the truth
The original CIA draft included four paragraphs on the involvement of al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists and on the dangerous security situation in Benghazi. These paragraphs were stricken after strenuous State Department objections mediated by the White House. All that was left was the fable of the spontaneous ...
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Duck duck goose annual North American head count has begun
Murray Gillespie, a waterfowl biologist with Enviorment Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service and his summer student Michele Chupik survey duck populations on a wetland east of Calgary on May 11, 2013. (Chris Bolin for The Globe and ...
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Elite FBI agents killed in training accident off beach in Virginia
United States Two FBI agents from the elite Hostage Rescue Team have been killed in a training accident.The Federal Bureau of Investigation says they died off a beach in Virginia.US media reports say the accident involved a ...
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Obama gets personal addressing grads
At his commencement address at Morehouse College, President Barack Obama tied Dr. Martin Luther King's journey to his own struggles, NBC's Lester Holt ...
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Young Americans impress as Indy fills out field
Brian Spurlock/US Presswire INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Josef Newgarden and Graham Rahal took care of business right away Sunday. Less than 24 hours after getting bumped out of the top 24 starting spots, Newgarden and Rahal posted the two fastest four-lap averages on Bump Day, easily earning spots in the race. On a day that lacked the usual drama, tension and rumors, all nine ...
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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, ...
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Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official
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Shooting of armed intruder hostage haunts New York police officer
NEW YORK -- The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a ...
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Video Senior White House We only learned of IRS probe this month
President Obama's senior adviser, Dan Pfieffer, told "Face the Nation" the White House had only heard of the IRS probe this month -- but that has done nothing to quite conservative critics. Sharyl Attkisson ...
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White House says not involved in IRS scandal
The White House on Tuesday said it is not involved in the scandal that engulfed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as the agency's head tried to explain the situation. White House Spokesman Jay Carney made the announcement during his regular briefing, saying "I am certainly not aware and am confident that no one here was involved in this." Carney said Obama is awaiting a report ...
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Americas Cup Changes Are Sought After Death of Sailor
More than a week after the death of British sailor Andrew Simpson in a training accident, none of the four ...
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