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Tumblr CEO’s Mom Gushes Over Son’s $1B Deal With Yahoo
NEW YORK (CBS / AP) –As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology. A few years later, Karp built Tumblr — the wildly ...
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State Department says its implementing security recommendations
The U.S. State Department Monday laid out a series of actions being taken to help protect diplomatic outposts following the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. The actions, taken in response to the 29 recommendations issued by the independent Benghazi Accountability Review Board, "will require fundamentally reforming the organization in critical ways, the State Department said in a release. ...
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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House passes bill on lying about military medals
WASHINGTON -; People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House ...
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Dad of dead girl says hes unsure why home shot up
A pair of toy animals are seen as part of memorial outside the home, Monday, May 20, 2013, where Elvira Campos, 10, was shot and killed in North Highlands, Calif. Campos had been watching television with her parents Saturday night, when at least two gunmen walked up to the door of the home and began shooting. About a dozen shots were fired, killing Campos' and wounding her father and ...
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White Houses shifting IRS account
The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups - saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.Press secretary Jay Carney said again that no one had told President Barack Obama ahead of the first news reports: not his top aide McDonough, nor his chief counsel ...
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2 hospitals treating nearly 60 after Okla. tornado
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Officials at two hospitals say they're treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.Integris Southwest Medical Center spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) said 10 of 37 patients being treated at that facility Monday are listed in critical condition. Twelve are in serious and 15 others are listed in ...
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Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond
FILE - This Dec. 26, 2009, file photo shows jets outside Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich. Hussain Al Kwawahir, arrested Saturday at the airport after lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, is set to be arraigned Monday, May 13, 2013, in federal court in Detroit. The Saudi man is accused of using a passport with missing pages and lying to Customs and Border ...
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Zim to Boost Asia-South America Rates in Mid-June
will raise rates for all shipments on its trade from Asia to the east coast of South America, starting June 15.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot container, the carrier said.Containerized exports from Far East Asia to South and Central ...
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Everyone at the White House knew about the IRS scandal except the President
The most laughable spin yet poured out of the Administration today, in the wake of revelations that the top White House lawyer knew about the incoming IRS scandal nearly a month ago. From ...
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New York Toys With Out Of State Partner
Broadway on the left of the Flatiron building and Fifth Avenue on the right. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Out of state investors in real estate partnerships in high tax states sometimes get nasty surprises, particularly if partnership management is not sensitive to their concerns. That appears to be what happened to Craig Olsheim based on a recent decision in ...
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American Airlines carry less board first
American Airlines has developed a new strategy to encourage faster boarding times. The airline’s new approach means passengers travelling with only a personal carry-on item will be able to board the aircraft first, Forbes reported. Boarding times have been rising steadily over the last few years due to a reduction in flights, which increases passenger numbers, causing extra charges ...
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Rare island fox rebounds on California islands
A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said ...
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White House hosts Thein Sein in symbolic gesture of support
/enpproperty--> Previously barred Myanmar leader to meet Obama and woo business Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with ...
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Cheap clothes carry high price tellusatoday
More than 1,100 garment workers died when a factory collapsed in Bangladesh last month. The tragedy sparked a discussion on what people in the U.S. can do to improve working conditions abroad. Comments from Twitter and Facebook:U.S. consumers can do nothing to help. Greedy Americans have shares in those Third World coffin factories.-- @ChiefBisongEta1Consumers can support companies with good ...
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Get tougher on tanning bed labels Your Say
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that tanning beds carry a warning label alerting users to the risk of skin cancer and saying they shouldn't be used by people younger than 18. Comments from Facebook:I'm 25 and was diagnosed last May with Melanoma. This would be a great change for tanning beds.-- Lindsey WilliamsWarning label? Seriously? If tanning beds are that serious ...
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Yahoo-Tumblr mashups uncertain future Opinionline
Casey Newton, The Verge: "Marissa Mayer just made her biggest bet to date as Yahoo's CEO -- and if it goes badly, she may not get the chance to make another. A series of recent acquisitions culminated Monday with the announcement that Yahoo is spending roughly one-sixth of its cash hoard to buy Tumblr, the popular but undermonetized blogging platform. The deal brings Yahoo the vibrant, ...
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37 killed in Oklahoma tornado death toll to rise
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says 37 people have been killed by a tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon. Spokeswoman Amy Elliott says the death toll is expected to rise. Elliott didn't know how many of those killed were ...
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Judge in NY stop and frisk trial mulls cameras for police
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal judge who will rule in a class-action lawsuit accusing New York City police of racial profiling in their "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactic expressed interest in having police officers wear cameras as the trial concluded on ...
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Court orders prison to hand over files in Boston bomb case
Judge Marianne Bowler presides over the case of Robel Phillipos, the teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, in court in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 6, 2013 court ...
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Parents turn to Internet to help daughter charged with sex with girl minor
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another ...
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Newly Revamped Stone Temple Pilots Perform At Shoreline Amphitheatre
BFD 2013 on Sunday turned out to be the revamped ‘Stone Temple Pilots’ featuring Chester Bennington from Linkin Park on vocals. Bennington ...
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ATT Park Concession Workers Threaten Strike
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Withbaseball season is in full swing, 800 concession workers could go on strike at AT&T Park sometime in the next few weeks. Negotiations fell apart last Thursday, just days after members of UNITE HERE Local 2 voted to authorize a walkout. A union representative said fans can expect to see concession workers who sell beer, popcorn and other food at the ballpark to be ...
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State Senate OKs New Regulations For Calif. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
[…] in California by voters in 1996. The current law allowing the sale of medical cannabis has …State Senate OKs New Regulations For Calif. Medical Marijuana DispensariesCBS ...
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Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. ...
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