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Sexual assault is a scourge on U.S. military Hagel
1 of 10. Graduating cadets stand in formation as they arrive for graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, May 25, ...
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American Idol to Jodi Arias Whats next
Darnell noted that he had been at Fox for 18 years and wanted to try something new. He was crucial in the reality field for overseeing "American Idol," "So You Think You Can ...
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High-water rescues reported in San Antonio area
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio firefighters have pulled people from submerged cars and rescued passengers whose bus was swept away in flood waters from torrential rains.Officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash flooding.The city's transit agency says firefighters on a boat were able to rescue the three bus passengers and driver early Saturday. A spokeswoman says nobody was ...
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Americas toughest sheriff illegally used racial profiling judge rules
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions. The ruling against the Maricopa County sheriff came in response to a class-action lawsuit brought by Hispanic drivers that tested whether police can ...
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AP Exclusive New Cause for Ex-Radical Olson
Sara Jane Olson, the Minnesota woman who served seven years in prison for her involvement in high-profile 1970s radicalism, is edging back into public life -- this time voluntarily -- as she and a friend petition the Obama administration to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine. Olson returned to Minnesota after her 2009 parole from a California prison, and lives ...
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Ohio University Band Gives Vatican Taste Of America
VATICAN CITY, May 10 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Priests and Vatican employees opened their office windows this afternoon to find out why they were hearing trumpets and drums, and in the piazza below them they discovered the University of Ohio marching band."We thought it would be a very epic way to perform, you know. And a lot of people came to watch us," 22-year-old trumpet player Jenna Smith ...
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Feds look to snag corporate sponsors for Ottawa events
A cash-strapped federal agency is actively looking for corporate sponsors to fill gaping holes in its budget. The National Capital Commission is reviewing a proposal to bring in almost $4.5 million in new sponsorship money over the next five years to promote its cultural jewels in the Ottawa area. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian ...
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Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to ...
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150 years after Gettysburg drummer to recreate reunion march
Jim Smith (L), 70, of Hempfield, leads members of the Grand Army of the Republic Post 88, Pittsburgh, and the Armbrust Veterans and Civil War Re-enactors, including Luke Prohaska (C) in a Civil War uniform, for a ceremony at the graveside of Peter Guibert, a Union Civil War drummer boy, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 24, ...
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Newark Archdiocese Leader Resigns Amid Sex Scandal
The second-highest official in the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., is stepping down in the wake of a scandal involving a former priest accused of violating an agreement with law enforcement barring him from working with children. Church officials say Monsignor John Doran resigned Friday as vicar general and will no longer hold a leadership position with the archdiocese. The move is among ...
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A Look Back • St. Louis fights off British-led raid during American Revolution
Dear Abby o I'm a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I'm a "people person" and everyone says I'm easy to talk to. According to my ...
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Ohio doctor charged in pregnant womans death
NEW ALBANY, Ohio -; The personal ads that Dr. Ali Salim placed on Craigslist - and police say he posted hundreds of them - made one thing clear: He wanted "no ...
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Famed RI Cliff Walk still partly closed post-Sandy
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND USE MAY 25-26 - FILE - In this Wednesday, March 27, 2013 file photo, a runner exits a debris-filled tunnel that is part of the Cliff Walk, in Newport, R.I. Large portions of the Cliff Walk damaged by Superstorm Sandy have yet to be repaired as the summer tourist season ...
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NH students disappearance death detailed in docs
At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death ...
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The Self-Described “Toughest Sheriff in America” Is Guilty of Racial Profiling Judge Rules
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio certainly knows how to get attention. He has required prisoners to wear pink underwear and sleep in tents. He has removed salt and pepper from prisons in what he described as a bid to save money for taxpayers. Yet nothing has gotten Arpaio more attention than his trademark immigration patrols that he launched in 2006 that a judge has now ruled are illegal. A ...
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Hagel calls on cadets to stamp out sexual harassment
While addressing the graduating class at West Point, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calls on cadets to build a "culture of respect and dignity" while calling sexual harassment and assault within the military a "profound betrayal" of "sacred oaths and ...
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Joy-Ann Reids advice for how Pres. Obama should handle controversies
In this week's "Office Politics," MSNBC's Alex Witt sits down with Managing Editor of The Grio, Joy-Ann Reid. She talks about never-ending political campaigns as rationale for scrupulous pursuit of scandals. Joy discusses the controversial issues facing President Obama and whether or not it will negatively impact his second-term agenda. She recommends structural reform of the ...
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States With The Most Americans On Disability 247 Wall St.
The number of Americans receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) more-than doubled over the past two decades, from 5.2 million to 11.7 million by the end of ...
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NYPD street stop policys critics seek big changes
NEW YORK -; It once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no ...
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Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny
ATLANTA -; Four deaths at the Atlanta VA Medical Center mark the latest in a series of problems plaguing Veterans Affairs, prompting outrage from officials and congressional scrutiny of the largest integrated health care system in the ...
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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...
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White House Agrees DOMA Should Be Repealed But Dianne Feinstein Not A Traitor
WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) listens during a news conference on gay marriage on Capitol Hill on March 16, 2011 in Washington, DC. Feinstein and sixteen other Democrats introduced a bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Given how excited people get about taxes, it is surprising ...
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How Americas 2-Tiered Education System Is Perpetuating Inequality
Seven years later,Amherst president emeritus Anthony Marx arguesclaims the program has worked brilliantly, just as his administration had expected. Broadening its search for transfers to the roughly one million students who graduate from community college every year, "we could find amazing jewels that no one else is looking for," he told an audience at a panel hosted by The Century ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson dies
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson has died in Bethesda, Md., of a heart attack, his wife said. He was 81. The former Washington Post journalist, who won acclaim for his coverage of the civil rights movement in the 1960s, died Friday at Suburban Hospital, his wife, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge Kathryn Oberly, said. Johnson began his career as a ...
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W.Va. town transfixed by teen girls murder plot
One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic teenage ...
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