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Dead American researchers mother slams Singapore sham
The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed the island’s findings that he committed suicide as ';a sham and a cover-up'' for a murder. ';I am not surprised by the state's findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated suicide,'' Mary Todd, mother of the late electronics engineer Shane ...
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American navy footballers face rape charges
(37 mins ago) Several football players at the US Naval Academy are due to face criminal charges in connection with the alleged rape of a female midshipman, officials said. The Naval Criminal Investigation Service said in a statement that a preliminary hearing, known in the military courts as Article 32 proceedings, has been scheduled. Authorities were expected to release details of the ...
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Feds Dig Up Field in Search for Jimmy Hoffas Remains
Federal authorities are digging up a field in suburban Detroit as they search for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa, potentially ending one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, NBC 4 New York's I-Team has ...
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Insight FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law records show
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27 accused terrorists since 2007, according to a Reuters review of public ...
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Charitable giving grew in 2012 albeit modestly -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Individual charitable giving in the United States grew almost 4 percent last year, while corporate donations rose at triple that rate, according to a report that shows donations by Americans to nonprofit groups mirroring the slow recovery of the larger ...
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Rookie teachers woefully unprepared report says
(Reuters) - The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher ...
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Watch Fox News Sued for Airing Mans Suicide on Live TV
The mother of three children who watch their father commit suicide in a -- first aired live on Fox News. It's suing the network -- -- kids suffer extreme emotional distress now. -- on -- -- was ...
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Outside View As Federal Reserve meets folks should trim spending
Federal Reserve is expected Wednesday to indicate when and how quickly it will pull back from its easy money policies. Americans can expect mortgage rates to climb, selling homes to get tougher and interest rates to increase on credit cards, auto purchases and home equity loans. The Fed has been purchasing $85 billion in mortgage-backed securities and longer term Treasury bonds. Economists call ...
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Weiner As American as political redemption
ILLUSTRATION: Matt Mahurin All the past we leave behind. So insisted Americas poet, Walt Whitman, a man who would not be encompassed by any one identity who refused to be constrained by birth, by place, by experience. Americans, following Whitman, have long celebrated their nation as a redemptive land, a place where the past leaves few traces, where people possess almost infinite capacity to ...
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Chrysler expected to formally refuse governments request to recall older Jeeps for fire risk
DETROIT -- Chrysler is expected to file papers Tuesday explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs. The U.S. government asked Chrysler earlier this month to recall Grand Cherokees and Libertys because the position of the fuel tank leaves it susceptible to rupture in a rear-end crash. The ruptured tank can spill gasoline, which can ignite if an ignition source is present. The ...
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Photographer killed women with matching initials
Opening statements have been heard in the trial of a 79-year-old man charged with the decades-old killing of four women in northern California who had matching ...
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Gangster was heartbroken to hear Bulger worked for FBI
Bulger (83) was one of America's most-wanted fugitives for years until he was caught in 2011. He is charged in a racketeering indictment that accuses him of participating in 19 murders in the 1970s and 1980s.John Martorano was questioned about a string of murders he committed while he, Bulger and Stephen 'The Rifleman' Flemmi were members of the Winter Hill Gang."They were my ...
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Obama responds to NSA critcism
NSA leaker Ed Snowden answered questions in an online chat today and President Obama answered questions about Snowden and the NSA's programs in his first interview since the leak was exposed. MSNBC's Alex Wagner discusses with MSNBC.com's Richard Wolffe and The Huffington Post's Sam ...
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What Faith and Freedom confab says about Republicans
Republican Party chair Reince Priebus offers advice at the Faith & Freedom coalition convention while Governor Christie skips the event for a Clinton gathering. MSNBC's Alex Wagner discusses the state of the Republican Party makeover with MSNBC's Ryan Grim and the Washington Post's Nia-Malika ...
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Putin on the ring
Vladimir Putin, a Super Bowl ring, The New England Patriots and yet another international incident. MSNBC Executive Producer and VP Bill Wolff joins MSNBC's Alex ...
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House GOP follows states prioritizes war on women
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., member of the House Judiciary Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the House Republican anti-abortion bill that echoes the extremist bills being pushed by state-level Republicans, and why House Republicans under John Boehner prioritize passing dead-end bills against rights for women in America instead of concentrating on the nation's more pressing ...
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Wisconsin GOP doesnt trust women not to lie about rape
Rachel Maddow plays powerful video of Wisconsin State Representative Many Wright's personal disclosure about having been raped by a cousin at 8-years-old but not having filed a police report - a circumstance Wisconsin Republicans are hoping to use as an excuse to block access to a legal abortion for the victim should such abuse result in pregnancy, because they believe women lie about rape ...
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McDonnell awash in scandal sees conservative credibility eroded
virginia republican politics is that this calamity at one small part of the scandal does involve a very, very cute dog. hi. she's 14. she's a shelti terrier mix and she is the first dog of the commonwealth ...
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Obama on NSA programs Americans not getting the complete story
Americans outraged by leaked information about two top-secret government surveillance programs are "not getting the complete story," President ...
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SF Judge Considers Moving California Prisoners Over Valley Fever
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — An attorney representing inmates at two California state prisons told a federal judge on Monday that an airborne fungus occurring in the San Joaquin Valley presents the deadly threat of valley fever and that thousands should be transferred immediately. Warren George, of the Prison Law Office, said 18 inmates died in 2012 and January 2013 from complications ...
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6 Runs In 4th Inning Not Enough A’s Lose To Rangers
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Bill Clinton paid half million USD for speech in Israel
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton has been paid 500,000 U.S. dollars for a speech to be given at an event in honor of Israeli President Shimon Peres, sources confirmed to Xinhua Sunday. Clinton is scheduled to visit Israel on June 18 for the fifth annual Presidential Conference, to be attended by international political leaders, thinkers and artists. Clinton's 45-minute speech on ...
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Obama Iranian people want a different direction
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama says Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people "want to move in a different direction." But he says Tehran still needs to show the international community that it is not pursuing a nuclear ...
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NTSB stresses track safety after Conn. mans death
HARTFORD, Conn. -; The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation after a railroad track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in ...
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Obama Difference between spying and hacking
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama is drawing a distinction between China's alleged intellectual property theft and what he calls "standard fare" spying on other ...
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