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Cleveland hero Charles Ramsey gets hamburgers for life
Heroic Charles Ramsey could be in line for reward CLEVELAND - The man made famous for putting down his Big Mac to help free three women held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland house will never have to buy a hamburger in his hometown again. More than two weeks after Charles Ramsey became an instant folk hero after telling his story to television reporters, Cleveland food blogger Michelle ...
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Utah teen arrested in slayings of younger brothers
(Fotolia) Police in Utah have arrested a 15-year-old boy after his two brothers, four and 10 years old, were found stabbed to death Wednesday. The teen was in charge of watching the younger boys, while their mother and three sisters were at a dance recital, ...
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Issa IRS Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights
Insisting that she's "done nothing wrong," Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the division that targeted conservative nonprofit groups for additional scrutiny of their applications for tax-exempt status, invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional ...
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Cockroaches evolved to avoid sweetened poison
This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut butter. For 30 years, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out sweet-tasting bait mixed with poison. But in the early 1990s, a formerly effective product stopped working. Some cockroaches had lost their ...
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Third Calif. law student charged in Vegas bird killing
Three University of California-Berkeley law school students are accused in the Oct. 2012 killing and decapitation of a helmeted guinea-fowl, like the one seen above, that was part of a Las Vegas resort ...
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Forecasters warn Up to 6 major storms this season
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major ...
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Heartburn raises throat cancer risk but antacids may help
Having heartburn often may lead to cancers of the throat and vocal cord, according to a new study. The good news, though, is over-the-counter antacids may help reduce risk, the study authors said. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers of the head and neck have generated mixed results," study author Dr. Scott M. Langevin, a postdoctoral research fellow at Brown ...
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Teacher confronted terrorists
>Were you there? Send us your photos, videos(CNN) -- Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London. Thursday she was being hailed as one incredibly brave woman who confronted a man seconds after he hacked a British soldier to death in broad daylight. READ MORE: Cameron condemns brutal hacking death, says Britain stands ...
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More arrests
>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- British police have arrested two more people as part of the probe of the brutal cleaver attack that killed a British soldier. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, Metropolitan Police said. ...
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London attack
>Are you from the area affected, or London in general? What is your reaction to the incident? Send us your images, video and experiences. London (CNN) -- British police have arrested two more people as part of the probe of the brutal cleaver attack that killed a British soldier. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder, Metropolitan Police said. ...
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NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
PASADENA, Calif. -; The head of NASA is visiting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where engineers are working on a proposed mission to lasso a small asteroid and drag it closer to Earth for astronauts to ...
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Obama Rejects Global War on Terror
President Obama is using his national security address today to reject the "Global War on Terror." "Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless 'global war on terror' - but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America. In many cases, this will involve partnerships with ...
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Obama Heckled. Let Me Finish Maam President Responds.
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Full Text of Obamas Future of our Fight against Terrorism Address
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Obama Calls for Gitmo Inmates to Be Transfered to the United States
In a speech today, President Obama is calling for the transfer for Gitmo inmates to the United States. "The original premise for opening GTMO - that detainees would not be able to challenge their detention - was found unconstitutional five years ago. In the meantime, GTMO has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law. Our allies won't cooperate with ...
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Obama limits use of U.S. drone strikes offers steps to close Guantanamo
Reuters © U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a joint news conference in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, May 16, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin ...
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Obama Charts New Counterterrorism Course
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is delivering a major national security speech in which he is outlining a new course in U.S. counterterrorism efforts. Obama, in his remarks at the National Defense University, announced new limits on the use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists and a shift of control of lethal force operations from the CIA to the military. Obama signed a ...
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Obama Narrows Scope of Terror Fight
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Syrian refugee exodus to Jordan has slowed to trickle U.N. says
BAGHDAD - The flow of refugees crossing from Syria into Jordan has all but stopped in the last six days amid heavy fighting in the area and claims by Syrians that Jordanian border guards are preventing them from entering. The Jordanian foreign minister has denied that his government had closed the border, but Syrians said Jordanian soldiers had turned them back. A decision by the Jordanian ...
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Four killed in traffic accidents in North South
In the afternoon, two people, a woman aged 39 and a 42-year-old man, were killed in a head on collision between a truck and a private car on the road outside Kfar Mimon in the western Negev. The two killed were trapped inside the car and had to be evacuated from the mangled vehicles by rescue personnel.Another passenger was taken to Soroka Hospital in serious condition.Police said initial ...
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Police dismissed over conduct in murder case
after an internal police committee found them guilty of a dereliction of duty in ignoring a complaint issued Monday night by a woman whose two daughters were found murdered less than 24 hours later.The committee found "severe failures in the performance of all levels among the officers of the Arad station in every aspect of their handling of the mother's complaint," and ...
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Kerry to Peres This moment is critical for Israel region
In visit to president's residence in Jerusalem, US secretary of state says peace is a question of whether Israelis, Palestinians "make the choice" to compromise; Peres says Israel will stand by his side "all the ...
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Parshat Beha’alotecha Educational punishment
This lesson which we learn from the story of Miriam the Prophetess is a message which the Torah wants us to remember every day: Punishment should only be one which advances and educates the ...
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Woman who berated knifemen hailed
LONDON - A middle-aged cub scout mistress who gave two bloodied knifemen a stern talking to as a British soldier lay dead on the street was hailed as a hero for embodying the "spirit of ...
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Coburn No I dont oppose tornado aid
>Editor's note: Tom Coburn, a Republican, is a US senator from Oklahoma and the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.(CNN) -- Millions of Americans have been shocked by the devastation caused by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Having toured the area, it's impossible to put the scope of the damage ...
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New federal law will affect thousands of Fort Lauderdale homes
New federal law expected to increase prices and add time to renovations of homes across the country built before 1978, what impact will it have on Fort Lauderdale?
Renovations of any kind to most buildings in Fort Lauderdale are expected to go up in the wake of a new federal law, the Renovation, Repair and Painting law, which is intended to protect children from the damaging effects of toxic lead. Read more
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