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Associate of arms dealer Viktor Bout extradited to New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S-Syrian citizen accused of conspiring with jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been extradited to New York from Australia to face charges he conspired to buy aircraft in violation of economic sanctions, federal prosecutors said on ...
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Feds pull plug on Kentucky uranium plant and 1000 jobs
The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more than 1,000 workers out of high-paying jobs with ...
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Some Bay Area Bridges Considered ‘Obsolete’ By Federal Standards
collapsed Thursday in Washington State was considered functionally obsolete by the federal government, a designation also carried by several Bay Area spans. Among the functionally obsolete spans is the Western Span of the Bay Bridge, which has earned the label due to its outdated design – which does not include shoulders for emergency parking. It does not necessarily mean the bridge is a ...
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Sharks Try To Shrug Off Game 5 Defeat
Sharks coach Todd McLellan anticipates a few minor adjustments and no big personnel changes as San Jose looks to rebound from Thursday night's 3-0 loss at the Los Angeles Kings in their Western Conference semifinal ...
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California Bill To Reduce Plastic Junk Dies In Committee
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber’s Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively killing the legislation for the session. It had previously ...
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Kings’ Fundamentals Seem To Be Working Vs. Sharks
There's nothing fancy about the way Greene plays hockey, and that's why the veteran defenseman fits perfectly with the no-nonsense Stanley Cup champions. In a series increasingly pitting the Sharks' flash against the Kings' smash, Greene and fellow hard-hitting defensemen Robyn Regehr and Rob Scuderi are hanging in with San Jose's formidable offensive talent - and ...
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Report Feds call marathon bomb suspect lone wolf
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a lone wolf who appeared to be radicalized before he traveled to Russia last year, investigators said. Citing officials briefed on the investigation, ABC News reported Friday Tsarnaev -- who was killed three days after he and his brother allegedly carried out bomb attacks that killed three people and injured 270 others at the marathon finish ...
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Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said ...
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Officials scale back search for abducted Iowa teen
FILE - This file photo provided by The Iowa Department of Public Safety shows Kathlynn Shepard, 15. Michael J. Klunder, who police believe abducted 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and her 12-year-old friend Monday, May 20, 2013, as they walked home from school, committed suicide after the younger girl escaped, but Kathlynn is still ...
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Judge Ariz. sheriffs office profiles Latinos
A federal judge must now decide whether the nation's largest police force has been unjustly stopping black and Hispanic men under a polarizing tactic known as stop, question and frisk, and whether changes are needed to department policy, training and ...
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American restaurant serving up sustainable creations
/enpproperty--> When Vinny Lauria, the executive chef and partner at Stone Nullah Tavern, came over to our table toward the end of our meal to see what we thought of his New American Cuisine, I told him how I really felt. The dinner menu, which consists of one page, is divided into six sections. But instead of the usual starters, mains and desserts, there are categories like ...
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Lois Lerner refuses to resign
an update on the controversy over the irs targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny. lois lerner, the woman in charge of the office at the center of the scandal was asked to resign but has refused. she was placed on administrative leave with pay yesterday after pleading the 5th during ...
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Obama implores Navy grads to end sexual assault
President Obama spoke to more than 1000 U.S. Naval Academy graduates in Annapolis, Md., Friday, calling for higher standards of conduct in the military. NBC's Kristen Welker ...
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American Vanadium to sell Gildemeisters storage battery in N.A.
NEW YORK | Fri May 24, 2013 7:49pm EDT NEW YORK May 24 (Reuters) - American Vanadium Corp. announced this week a deal with Gildemeister AG to market and sell the German company's vanadium energy storage battery and create a new power storage market in North America. The CellCube redox flow battery, which is manufactured by Germany's Gildemeister and uses the little-known metal ...
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Judge Rules Against Arizona Sheriff in Racial Profiling Suit
PHOENIX -- A federal judge on Friday found hardline Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio had violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on ...
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Judge Arpaios Office Profiles Latinos
A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. The 142-page decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up allegations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's critics ...
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Watch Three Recover in Hospital Following Washington Bridge Collapse
Hello everyone I'm -- Hernandez and an ABC news digital special report three people and two cars hit the water after a truck hit a bridge and Washington State causing it. To collapse all ...
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Watch Police Force Attends Graduation of Fallen Officers Daughter 5
A bittersweet moment you may have missed during this busy work -- a moving a show of support in Phoenix for a little girl who had just lost her father. Five year old Tatum rates graduated from kindergarten just three days after her father was killed. In the line of duty but when -- Tatum. And her mom arrived at her graduation look at this they were greeted by this I see a -- nearly 300. ...
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Watch Missing College Student Found in North Carolina
A missing University of Rhode Island student was found unharmed eight states -- in North Carolina but how he got there. It's still a mystery 21 year old Matthew -- was supposed to come home ...
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Native American veterans memorial gets legislative push
WASHINGTON - Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced legislation Thursday to reauthorize the construction of a Native American veterans memorial on the national Mall. A quirk of the original legislation, passed in 1994, allowed for the construction of the memorial but did not allow the National Museum of the American Indian to raise funds - a predicament for a memorial required to be built with ...
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Corpus Christi couple embody Older Americans Month theme with compassion for patients
Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Wayne Atzenhoffer, a volunteer at Christus Spohn Hospital Shoreline, gets Tina Peña a cup of coffee while she gets an infusion at the Cancer Center on Tuesday. Since 1994 the couple has volunteered at Christus Spohn Hospital ...
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Trustee opposes $20M payout to American Air CEO
The Justice Department says a proposed $20 million severance payment for the CEO of American Airlines is too big and should be rejected.The proposed merger of US Airways Group Inc. and American calls for American's current CEO Tom Horton to lose that job and become chairman. American has proposed severance pay of almost $20 million, along with lifetime flight benefits.The objection filed ...
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I-5 bridge survivor I cant believe were alive
Dear Abby: In today's world, there are people who apparently cannot exist detached from their cellphones. In case you are wondering - yes, I do have one, but I use it only for emergencies, not idle ...
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University of Kentucky Symphony wows Chinese audiences with American music
UK Symphony Orchestra members at the Lingyinsi Monastery: Ally Corsaut, Leigh Dixon, Alison Ward, Nate Williams, Kristen Petty and Tyler Simms. Photo by Beverly Fortune | ...
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No bail for Philly parents in faith-healing death
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.But now they've lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. And instead of another ...
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