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Surfer shot at amid ex-LAPD cop hunt files lawsuit
LOS ANGELES -; A surfer who was shot at by police during the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles suburb and its police ...
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Tribal land buy-back program starting
Across the nation, Indian tribes cheered when President Barack Obama signed a new Violence Against Women Act last week, expanding the power of tribal courts to try non-Indians for crimes of domestic violence committed on ...
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Metals decline as traders wait for Federal Reserve
Metal prices fell as traders anticipate that the Federal Reserve may start easing its support for the economy.The price of gold for August delivery fell $16.20, or 1.2 percent, to $1,366.90 an ounce. Palladium and silver also declined. Only platinum bucked the trend and edged higher.The central bank will end its two-day policy meeting Wednesday. Until this year, the Fed's bond-buying ...
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New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
They accused the police of trampling on religious freedoms and constitutional guarantees of equality.The surveillance by the NYPD's intelligence division has extended ...
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Rich New York City Couple Allowed Their Children To Beat Up Undocumented Nanny Lawsuit Alleges
Undocumented Chilean nanny Felicitas del Carmen Villanueva Garnica filed a lawsuit this week against a New York City socialite couple who she alleges forced her to work 12-hour days and allowed their children to beat her, according to ...
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NSA defends its security programs
charlie rose last night, he said he will meet with a private oversight board to try to find out what is going on with the nsa and declassify more documents. you have said, look, we need a more transparent debate. will this help satisfy your concerns? what does quote, unquote, declsfide information look ...
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Sen. Ted Cruz takes on the Supreme Court
After the SCOTUS struck down a rule that would require voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., filed an amendment to the immigration reform bill that would require ID for registering voters. Now's Alex Wagner and the panel ...
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Reid Boehner to face ‘significant national pressure’ on immigration
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talks reacts to House Speaker John Boehner's Tuesday comments on whether an immigration reform vote will happen without overwhelming GOP ...
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At last it’s time for America to talk to the men from the Taliban
No more long dinners in Qatari restaurants, or idle afternoons in the capital's many shopping centres. Since they were first secretly delivered by US plane to Doha in 2010, the senior Taliban emissaries whom Washington hoped would eventually agree a peace deal with Kabul have not been rushed off their feet; efforts to kick-start a formal negotiating process to end the war repeatedly ...
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Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race
In a war room high above Lower Manhattan, leaders of the http://www.uft.org/">United Federation of Teachers are plotting a comeback. After more than a decade of sitting out the fiercest race in town the union is expected on Wednesday to throw its sophisticated political machine behind a candidate for mayor of New York ...
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Bob Wheelock Named Senior EP at Al Jazeera America
, the seasoned network news producer who spent nearly 30 years at ABC News, has been named senior executive producer at Al Jazeera America, the channel set to launch later this summer in place of Current. Wheelock has been with Al Jazeera since February 2012, when he joined the organization as ep of newsgathering for Al Jazeera English. He has been involved in the channels' launch, ...
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Protesters jailed as they decry Republican shift in North Carolina
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A conservative shift by North Carolina's first Republican-led government in more than a century is drawing weekly protests to the state capital of Raleigh, but some lawmakers are defiantly standing their ...
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WikiLeaks trial focuses on whether Tweets meet evidence standards
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The court-martial of the U.S. soldier accused of providing reams of classified documents to WikiLeaks in a case illustrating the challenge of keeping secrets in the digital age must decide whether tweets and Web pages can be admitted as ...
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Obamas Approval Ratings Plummet Since NSA Scandal Young Americans the Cause
President Obama's approval rating has taken a plunge in the wake of recent government scandals, plummeting from 53 percent to 45 percent in less than a month. The Obama administration has been mired in several high-profile scandals recently, from Benghazi to the IRS to the latest NSA spying catastrophe, and now the President's ratings reflect it. President Obama's approval rating ...
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Judge refuses 3-month trial delay request for US military shooting suspect
FORT HOOD, Texas - A U.S. military judge has refused a three-month trial delay for the Army psychiatrist charged in a deadly 2009 shooting rampage. Maj. Nidal Hasan made the request after the judge allowed him to represent himself. He faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted in the attack that left 13 dead on a Texas Army post Hasan had said he needed more time to ...
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Watch Man Accused of Stealing Selling and Re-Stealing Car
An elaborate scheme to sell a stolen -- twelve east was so crazy that it just might have worked prosecutors in Evanston Illinois say -- Simmons. Still at 2010 Toyota Camry attached a GPS tracker then sold the current -- -- and that and in. They say -- stole the car again and tried to sell it again this time though to an undercover police officer. The 22 year old was arrested and is being held on ...
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Watch Florida Bans Drug Paraphernalia Sales
Glass pipes and -- popular amongst donors could be a lot harder to come by in Florida but a law that bans them. Doesn't make it easy for police to clear them off store shelves -- -- takes effect ...
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Watch Biden Pushes White House Gun Control Priorities
Folks. It's good to see so many. So many faces I I'd hoped. We would have assembled. In this auditorium. Earlier. Although -- hope we were and a have assembled here. Couple months ago. Celebrating the first in the number of victories that we will have. In -- India. The congress. 44. Of our college it was a 45. Voted no. -- you rational simple straightforward. Extension of an existing ...
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Odds Stacked Against Heat In Game 6
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Your Guide To Pride
You won’t want to miss the action of one of the country’s most famous annual parades. We’ve put together a few insider ideas for the best ways to watch the San Francisco Pride ...
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Cain Giants Looking To Move Back Ahead Of Padres
The Padres have won each of their last six games and will be looking to win seven in a row for the first time this season. San Diego has hit 20 home runs so far this month -- the second-most among NL ...
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Parker Looks To Continue Rebound Against Rangers Darvish
The Rangers have been outscored 34-8 during their current six-game losing streak and will be looking to avoid losing seven consecutive games in a single season for the first time since April ...
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The Stars Attend ‘Monsters University’ Premiere
Disney/Pixar’s ';Monsters University.'; Stars like Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, along with supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio brought their kids for a food and fun-filled tailgate party before watching the ...
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Cyclist Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A bicyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Jose Monday afternoon, according to police. The bicyclist was found lying in East Taylor Street west of state Highway 87 at 3:25 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the ...
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Boy 13 charged in wrestling death of girl 5
half brother NEW ORLEANS- A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb has been arrested after authorities say he told them he used TV wrestling moves on his 5-year-old half-sister, who died from the beating. Jefferson Parish sheriff's spokesman Col. John Fortunato says the boy was arrested Tuesday after a coroner's investigation found the girl died of multiple injuries, including ...
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