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Brent hovers near 10-week high Federal Reserve meeting in focus
Some investments can offer very attractive returns, but they also carry very high risks. Find out if you have the stomach for these high-risk, high-reward ...
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Gold slips on weak physical demand Federal Reserve meet eyed
Physical demand is falling off in India and China, the top two consumers of bullion, from peak levels seen after the historical sell-off in ...
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Marin Coroner Says ‘Night Stalker’ Died From Lymphoma Hepatitis C
GREENBRAE (CBS SF) — Condemned San Quentin State Prison inmate Richard Ramirez, known as the ';Night Stalker,'; has been determined to have died from complications from B-cell lymphoma, according to a Marin County coroner’s report. Ramirez, ...
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US Senate begins debate on right-wing immigration legislation
Last week the Senate began debating the 844-page comprehensive immigration reform bill being spearheaded by a bipartisan group of four Democrats and four Republicans, known as the "Gang of Eight." The bill--officially titled "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act"--is being presented as a progressive solution to deal with the over 11 million ...
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New York school bus workers denounce layoffs
As the last day of classes approaches, bus drivers and attendants across the New York City public school system will say goodbye to their students. It's a familiar ritual, often tinged with sadness, given the bonds built up over the previous 10 months. This year is different, however. For approximately 2,000 of the nearly 9,000 drivers and matrons, the goodbye is not for merely two months. ...
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‘America The Great’ Maybe But These Five Graphs Beg To Differ
Although America has made a lot of progress on several important fronts and is considered to be a relatively advanced, progressive, and civilized nation, these shocking graphs paint a very different picture ...
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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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