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Punchlines Commencement speeches and advice for grads
Hear what advice some late-night comedians offered to the Class of 2013 (and commencement speech complaints). After that, vote for your favorite joke at ...
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A new disaster sparks an old debate on federal aid
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News The Oklahoma tornadoes that killed at least 24 people Monday have restarted the debate in Washington over emergency spending and whether it should be offset by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. It’s an ongoing battle for dollars that most recently flared in the wake of Hurricane Sandy last fall and resulted in a highly public and angry ...
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Group wants atheist books placed with Bibles in Georgia state parks
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A national atheist group said it plans to donate enough books on its views to be placed in all Georgia state park cabins after the state's governor said Bibles should remain at the vacation properties despite an atheist's recent ...
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Family of man shot 16 times by police in Miami files lawsuit
MIAMI (Reuters) - The family of a 22-year-old man who was shot 16 times by police two years ago during a hip-hop festival in Miami Beach filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against two Miami area police ...
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Carol Burnett to receive top honor for American comedians
Actress Carol Burnett arrives for the taping of ''Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl'' in Los Angeles January 8, ...
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Bike Share in New York Built From Ideas Around World
Clockwise from top left: Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Facundo Arrizabalaga/European Pressphoto Agency;and Lourdes Segade for The New York ...
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Jodi Arias tells Arizona jury she can be productive in prison if spared death
Jodi Arias looks at her family during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, ...
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Fitch Latin American National Oil Companies Constrained by Government Involvement
Accounting Rules May Encourage Short-Term Leases The latest lease-accounting proposals from international and U.S. standard-setters, designed to aid transparency and consistency, may encourage companies to shift to short-term leases or structure agreements as service contracts, Fitch Ratings says. This could mean that fewer leases than originally anticipated will be brought onto the balance ...
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How Americas National Security Apparatus -- in Partnership With Big Corporations -- Cracked Down on Dissent
Dissent or Terror: How the Nation's Counter Terrorism Apparatus, In Partnership With Corporate America, Turned on Occupy Wall Street ," is an eye-opening look into how the U.S. counter-terror apparatus was used to track the Occupy movement in 2011 and 2012 and also help protect the business entities targeted by the movement. The report specifically looks at the activities of ...
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New York Accounting Foundation Awards $183750 in Scholarships
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' (NYSSCPA) Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) has announced the sixty-seven New York State students who will receive Excellence in Accounting Scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year. scholarships are awarded in order to provide financial assistance and encouragement to accounting majors. Sixty college students received a ...
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Federal appeals court strikes down Arizonas 20-week abortion ban
SAN FRANCISCO A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade that guarantees a woman's right to an abortion before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. That's generally considered to ...
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San Francisco Named Host City For 2016 Super Bowl
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The Bay Area bid to host the 2016 Super Bowl was approved Tuesday at a meeting of 32 National Football League team owners in Boston. The 49ers were competing with the Miami Dolphins to host Super Bowl L, which will now take place at ...
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Red Wings Take Game 3 And 2-1 Series Lead Over Blackhawks
DETROIT (AP) -Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...
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Menlo Park Rescue Team Standing By For Oklahoma Tornado Relief
Volunteers help clean out Jean McAdams’ mobile home after it was overturned by a tornado May 20, 2013 near Shawnee, Oklahoma. (Brett Deering/Getty ...
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Committee Suggests Series Of Changes To SF Disabled Parking Policy
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Might disabled drivers one day be forced to feed a meter when parking with a blue placard in San Francisco? That’s just one of the suggestions contained within a report released last Friday by a 15-person committee tasked with evaluating San Francisco’s disabled parking rules. Nearly half of the committee is made up of members of, or advocates of, the ...
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San Francisco Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban
Pro-life and pro-choice activists argue in front of the US Supreme Court during the March for Life on January 25, 2013 in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ...
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Burmese optimistic after historic White House visit
Burmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 ...
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Twister destroys like lawnmower blade
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and ...
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Hospitals treat hundreds after Oklahoma tornado
Cindy Wilson texts to friends Monday, May 20, 2013 after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., in the afternoon. Wilson and her husband, Staff Sgt. B. Wilson, took cover in their bathtub when the tornado hit. Cindy received a deep gash to her forehead and her wound was treated by first responders at the scene. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Jim ...
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NH marks presidential primarys 100th anniversary
CONCORD, N.H. -; Defenders of New Hampshire's enviable role in presidential politics are paying tribute to the past while keeping an eye on the ...
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Police Suspect in abduction of 2 girls found dead
A convicted sex offender suspected of abducting two girls from an Iowa bus stop has been found dead, and a massive search for one of the girls continues, authorities said ...
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US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2091
As of Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at least 2,091 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press ...
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White House Reporters shouldnt be prosecuted
White House spokesman Jay Carney says he can't comment on any specific government investigation into leaks of classified information. But he says Obama believes the questions currently being asked about how to strike the balance between protecting national security and journalists' freedom are entirely ...
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Suspect in FAMU hazing death files written plea
ORLANDO, Fla. -; The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual says his client won't have to appear for an arraignment because he already entered a written not guilty ...
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Most Americans Believe Obama Covering Up IRS Scandal
Prisonplanet.com May 21, 2013 A majority of Americans have clearly indicated that they believe the IRS intentionally targeted Tea Party groups. In ...
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