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Obama addresses sex assault in Naval Academy speech
In his commencement address at the United States Naval Academy, President Obama touched upon the growing military sexual assault cases, telling graduates, "We have to be determined to stop these crimes. They've got no place in the greatest military on ...
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Breaking down the IRS controversy
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., joins The Daily Rundown to give his reaction to Lois Lerner leaving the IRS, the President's proposal on targeted drone strikes, and immigration ...
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Obama Free press is essential to our democracy
i don't think it affects it at all. the thing that this might affect -- i don't think this is going to affect how anyone does business as far as reported iing, i think this is our ...
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IRS official refuses to resign takes leave
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., joins Daily Rundown guest host Peter Alexander to discuss Lois Lerner and the IRS, the President's counter-terrorism speech and ...
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Obama indicates beginning of end of war on terror
Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the ACLU, talks with Rachel Maddow about President Obama's announcement of a sea change in U.S. counterterrorism strategy and the suggestion that we are at the beginning of the end of the war on ...
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IHT Rendezvous America’s Profligate Ways With Water
the hammered High Plains Aquifer . The scale and circumstances are vastly different, but nothing focuses the mind on water like the fear of it running out. Nomadic peoples figured this out long ago. But in much of the world, industrial excess, lax control and blind greed foreshadow serial calamity ahead. As water grows scarce, special interests hurry to get it while they can. Anyone who ...
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Jennifer Hudson American Idol Judge Singer In Negotiations Close To Deal
Mariah Carey and Keith Urban are leaving the panel as well . If Hudson -- who was a contestant on Season 3 of "Idol" -- does take Fox up on their reported offer, her choice will be an interesting one. In ...
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American killed in 2011 drone strike was jailed by Pakistan
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by ...
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Watch Trayvon Martin Texts Reveal Fighting Drug Use
The defense says this kittles an Arizona -- trade on Martin bought at this 7-Eleven -- night he was killed. Might have been more than an innocent snack the defense says this photo of red liquid on ...
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Randy Jackson Why Hes Leaving American Idol
After 12 years of countless auditions, performances and lots of drama involving the judges themselves, ';American Idol'; judge Randy Jackson is leaving the show, saying his long stint had run its course. When the longest-tenured judge announced his departure from America’s stage earlier this month, rumors rapidly ran wild. But Jackson confirms to ABC News’ Bianna Golodryga ...
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Air Force One Percent Has Landed - Americas Top Private Jet Hotspots
Flightaware , an online tool for tracking flights shows a list of arrivals at the airport and a map of planes as they make their approach. Julia Roche ...
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Clarification Fossil Fuels-Divestment story
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies. The story should have made clear that the vote was held only among undergraduates and that of the ballots cast, 72 percent were in favor of ...
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More And More Americans Are Feeling The Impact Of Sequestration Cuts
nearly four in ten Americans say sequestration has hurt them personally , up from just a quarter in March. About half of those impacted say the harm has been "major." Those who have been impacted also report high levels of pessimism about the state of the economy overall. Just about a third say the economic recovery is under way, compared to two-thirds of those who haven't been ...
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Punchlines Prom season for Obama
Time magazine obtained photos of President Obama in 1979. One comedian questions what that weed is around his neck. Take a look at our favorite jokes, then vote for your own at ...
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Mary Pat Christie Chris would be a great president
The New Jersey first lady addresses 2016 presidential run rumors surrounding her husband, Gov. Chris Christie, and talks about her charity, the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund, which is helping the state ...
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Unfinished agenda from Obamas first term surfaces in drone speech
President Obama delivered the first major speech of his second term on Thursday, addressing the use of drone strikes and calling for a restricted use on unmanned strikes. How transparent will the administration be on drones in the future? The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and NBC News' Tom Brokaw join the ...
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Lois Lerner and the problems with not acting swiftly
IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. But should Lerner be penalized for pleading the Fifth? And what has the public and administration learned from this controversy? The Morning Joe panel ...
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Scott Walker tries introduces himself to Iowa Republicans
walker downplayed his presidential ambitions in interviews but he did manage to mention maybe half a dozen times during his 40-minute speech that he lived in plainfield, a tiny town in northeast iowa when he was a child. another stop, ...
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Jindal Obamas woes from big govt
>Editor's note: Bobby Jindal, a Republican, is governor of Louisiana.(CNN) -- The latest problems with the IRS witch hunt, the seizure of phone records from The Associated Press, the conflicting Benghazi stories and disastrous attempts to enforce Obamacare may all seem unrelated, but they are not. Each of these events is the direct byproduct of two central philosophies of the Obama ...
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America is stuck in a state of Arrested Development | Alan Yuhas
they always distinguish from a trick , those being what they play on each other. Never has a more impotently devious family graced television: they scheme and meddle in each other's lives for fun, profit and spite. The patriarch and matriarch (if you ...
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Poll Americans skeptical about prospects of a gun bill
Weeks after the Senate voted down a bill to expand background checks for gun owners, a majority of Americans are skeptical any significant new gun control laws will make it through Congress this year, according to ...
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Proposed SF Condo High-Rise Could Cast Shadow On Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The debate over plans to build a 47-story condominium tower on Mission Street downtown has spilled north of Market Street to Union Square, where opponents have raised concerns the building will cast too much shadow over the plaza. The mechanical penthouse atop 706 Mission Street has been modified enough to get the greenlight from both the City Planning Commission ...
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Exercise regimen published in American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness
A SEVEN-minute exercise regimen devised by scientists has been shown to provide as many health benefits as doing a long run and a session of weight training. The workout requires no more than a wall, a chair and seven minutes of your time. However, the experts say that you must be in pain when performing it in order to benefit. The article, High-Intensity Circuit Training Using Body Weight: ...
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Americas Cup sailors resume training after Andrew Simpson death - video
death of British sailor Andrew Simpson in a training accident on 9 May. Regatta director Iain Murray delivered a list of 37 recommendations to improve safety on Wednesday and says he hopes to learn from the incident which cost Simpson his ...
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Seattle Bridge Collapse Another Sign That America’s Infrastructure Is In Bad Shape
an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Seattle collapsed , sending two cars into the water and injuring three people. So far no fatalities have been reported. Authorities don't yet know what caused the collapse. Another bridge ...
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