Opinion: Pols Need to Back Off Their Love For Uber

It's another when a politician seeks out photo ops with a company operating under a currently illegal business model while actively helping grease the skids for that company's future expansion, all for political benefit in an election year. That's what's happening right now in Illinois with ride-sharing giant Uber.

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LIVE: Secret Service director questioned 10 mins ago

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson and Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection W. Ralph Basham are sworn in before testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the White House perimeter breach. WASHINGTON - Facing blistering criticism from Congress, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson acknowledged on Tuesday the agency failed in executing its plan to protect the White House when a man with a knife entered the mansion and ran through half the ground floor before being subdued.

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Secret Service director calls White House intrusion 'unacceptable'

U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson called an incident in which a man scaled a fence and entered the White House "unacceptable" and told a congressional committee Tuesday she takes "full responsibility." Omar Gonzalez, a 42-year-old, knife-wielding Iraq war veteran, entered an unlocked door to the executive mansion, Pierson told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which grilled her on the September 19 security breach.

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Three-course menu for Obama, but warm water only for Modi

Diners who attended President Barack Obama's evening meal Monday were treated to a three-course menu of fusion fare with hints of the subcontinent. Not partaking: the guest of honor, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is midway through a strict religious fast.

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Poll: Big swing for Democrats but not where they need it

Five weeks before the November midterm elections, voters give Democrats an edge over Republicans, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday. But the poll also indicates most of Democrats' gains are coming from the Northeast and not from the parts of the country where they're locked in tight contests that could give Republicans control of the Senate.

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Obama turns to economy with Illinois speech

Police arrested Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on a DUI charge early Tuesday, and officials say he was speeding and failed field sobriety tests when officers pulled him over. Police arrested Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on a DUI charge early Tuesday, and officials say he was speeding and failed field sobriety tests when officers pulled him over.

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Supreme Court early voting order draws praise, criticism: What they're saying

Monday's U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing a reduced early voting schedule to stand pending a court challenge drew mixed responses from Ohio politicians and others involved in the case. Democrats opposed Senate Bill 238, w hich eliminated a week-long period of early voting called Golden Week because voters could register to vote and cast a ballot at the same time .

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US debates APCs after Ferguson killing

ARMOURED vehicles similar to the Armoured Personnel Carriers destined for use in TT next year are currently at the centre of a debate in the United States over the increased militarisation of the police there, in the wake of their reported use during the events at Ferguson, where police force provoked a national discussion about State powers and race. On August 9, Michael Brown, a young black man, was shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St Louis.

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Savvy Utah lawmaker leads GOP on Secret Service

The night before Tuesday's congressional hearing on the White House break-in, bombshell news broke: The intruder had made it much farther into the executive mansion than previously known. Suspense surrounding the high-profile hearing was heightened.

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Jeb Bush campaigns for Arkansas GOP hopeful

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is praising education proposals from gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson in Arkansas despite differences between the Republicans on key school reforms, as the potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate steps up campaigning for Republicans in tight races ahead of the midterm elections. Hutchinson and Bush toured a charter school Tuesday and saw demonstrations of students' science projects.

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Politicians can be fast with the truth

Re "Ami Bera omits some facts in first campaign ad" : "Rep. Ami Bera of Elk Grove's second TV ad of the race ups the ante by attacking Republican rival Doug Ose on the subject of his personal wealth." His commercial indicating that Ose voted to loosen controls on banks is correct but doesn't mention that 80 percent of both parties in both houses also voted to pass the bill which was signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1999.

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Empricism, another victim of gun culture

The owner of a gun range in Hot Springs, Arkansas this week declared that her business was a "Muslim Free Zone." In a post on her website, Gun Cave Indoor Shooting Range owner Jan Morgan explained why she had decided to ban all Muslims.

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Staffer: Obama Knew About ISIS Before 2012 Elections

President Barack Obama's intelligence briefings have provided him with specific information since before he won re-election in 2012 about the growing threat of the terror group now known alternatively as ISIS and ISIL, an administration insider told MailOnline on Monday. 'Unless someone very senior has been shredding the president's daily briefings and telling him that the dog ate them, highly accurate predictions about ISIL have been showing up in the Oval Office since before the 2012 election,' said a national security staffer in the Obama administration who is familiar with the content of intelligence briefings.

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Congress grills Secret Service on White House breaches

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson is set to appear before a House committee today after mounting disclosures about dramatic White House security breaches. Congress grills Secret Service on White House breaches WASHINGTON--Secret Service Director Julia Pierson is set to appear before a House committee today after mounting disclosures about dramatic White House security breaches.

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After break-in, White House front door now locks automatically

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson says the front door to the White House now locks automatically in a security breach. Pierson told a House panel that the switch to automatic locks at the White House's north door was made after an Army veteran jumped the fence on Sept.

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How fans and rabbis reacted to the Natsa Yom Kippur game times

A certain segment of Jewish Nats fans has been worried about the Yom Kippur issue for week: How would the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar intersect with first two games of Washington's NLDS? There were lots of theoretical arguments , lots of glances at past playoff schedules and the time zones of potential opponents. There were people who decided they would choose services over the playoffs , and people who decided they would choose the playoffs over services .

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When the Same Actor Hires and Fires, Discrimination is Unlikely

If you are faced with a discrimination case in which the same actor is accused of firing after hiring, you will have a great defense to the claim. It seems to be common sense that if the decision maker accused of a discriminatory adverse action is also the individual responsible for earlier hiring that same person, it is unlikely that a discriminatory reason motivated the latter decision.

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Marathon bomber suspect's sister goes before judge

A sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was led away in handcuffs Tuesday after a brief court appearance on aggravated harassment charges, which her lawyer said were based on "an uncorroborated claim." Ailina Tsarnaeva, 24, who lives in North Bergen, New Jersey, is accused of threatening to bomb a woman who previously had a romantic relationship with her husband.

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Bill Clinton To Attend Lt. Gov. Brown's Gubernatorial Campaign Fundraiser

In a statement Tuesday, Brown says he respects Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision to cancel her appearance at his fundraiser to spend time with her daughter and new granddaughter, born Friday night. Brown also says he's grateful that Bill Clinton is changing his schedule to travel to Potomac for the event.

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NIH awards UC Berkeley $7.2 million to advance brain initiative

The National Institutes of Health today announced its first research grants through President Barack Obama's BRAIN Initiative , including three awards to the University of California, Berkeley, totaling nearly $7.2 million over three years. The projects are among 58 funded in this initial wave of NIH grants, involving 100 researchers and a total of $46 million in fiscal year 2014 dollars alone.

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Heidelberg Project's Cake House struck by suspected arson, 11th in 16 months

A home adopted by the Detroit Heidelberg Project founder Tyree Guyton last year was targeted by suspected arsonists early Tuesday. The two-block outdoor at project located near Mack and Gratiot in Detroit has suffered 11 suspected arson fires in 16 months, and law enforcement has made no arrests or named any suspects.

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White House Breach Investigation Is Ongoing, Director Says

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson says even 11 days after an Army veteran jumped the fence and burst into the White House, she still hasn't concluded why officers and agents failed to follow security rules. Testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Pierson acknowledged, "mistakes were made."

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Air Force reveals winners of the 2014 Design Awards

The Air Force has announced the winners of the 2014 Air Force Design Awards. Seven projects were recognized for achieving excellence in design.

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Economic growth and national security? Or taxes?

The Financial Times [subscription] is reporting that the US is poised to become the world's largest producer of liquid petroleum : US production of oil and related liquids such as ethane and propane was neck-and-neck with Saudi Arabia in June and again in August at about 11.5m barrels a day, according to the International Energy Agency, the watchdog backed by rich countries. With US production continuing to boom, its output is set to exceed Saudi Arabia's this month or next for the first time since 1991.

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Family of 7 rescued from sinking fishing boat had 2 life-jackets

The vessel capsized near the rapids at the entrance of Porlier Pass, located between Valdez and Galiano islands, on the east coast of Vancouver Island. A family of five children and two adults had only two life-jackets when they were plucked from the frigid waters of the Georgia Strait last night after their fishing boat overturned, the coast guard says.

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Apple could owe millions after Irish tax probe

Apple CEO Tim Cook had to defend Apple's tax practices in the U.S. last year. Now the company is facing a probe in the EU.

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4 Guv Candidates To Debate

Four candidates for governor have confirmed that they'll debate this Friday in Coeur d'Alene GOP Gov. Butch Otter, Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff, Libertarian candidate John Bujak and independent candidate "Pro-Life." Jimmy McAndrew of the Coeur Group, which is organizing the noon Friday debate at the Coeur d'Alene Library's downstairs community room, said the group invited all the candidates on the ballot; all but two, independent Jill Humble and Constitution Party candidate Steve Pankey, accepted.

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Chicago airports almost back to normal traffic

The Federal Aviation Administration says Chicago's airports are nearing normal activity after a fire at an air traffic control center last week brought flights to a halt. The FAA said Tuesday morning that data through midnight showed air traffic flow at O'Hare International Airport was at more than 80 percent of last Monday.

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3 Reasons Mitt Romney will run in 2016

Standing atop oil-rich land and before an active well, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama's policies on oil and gas energy in a speech near Denver in Fort Lupton, Colorado on Wednesday, May 9,... Mitt Romney walks in the Wolfeboro Fourth of July parade in New Hampshire on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. The Republican presidential candidate was joined by his wife, Ann, five sons and many of their 18 grandchildren, all of whom are staying at their... GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigns in Portsmouth, Ohio on Saturday, October 13, 2012 alongside debate prep partner Sen. Rob Portman.

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New Community Emergency Response Team class begins in South Windsor

Connecticut towns have experienced some rough few years weather-wise, with the unprecedented October 2011 snowstorm and hurricanes Irene and Sandy not that far behind us. Without heat or electricity, gas for vehicles, and, in many cases, water from the tap, and with roads impassable for days on end, residents confronted not just minor inconveniences, but sometimes life-threatening situations.

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EEOC Revives Nearly Half of Discrimination Cases Dismissed by Feds

Nearly half of federal agency rulings dismissing employee discrimination claims have been overturned under President Obama, costing American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars in settlements to keep with the administration's mission of operating a politically correct government. In one year alone this translated into an astounding $51.4 billion that federal agencies paid to settle discrimination claims that often had no merit, according to the government's figures.

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NFL: Muslim Player Shouldn't Have Been Penalized For Touchdown...

Referees flag Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah for celebration penalty after slide and prayer in endzone - Husain Abdullah is a devout Muslim. He's also a safety for the Chiefs, and he made a promise to himself if he ever did find himself in the end zone.

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Michael Phelps - Arrested for Dui ... Again

Michael Phelps - Arrested FOR DUI ... Again - BUSTED FOR DUI - ... Again - EXCLUSIVE - Michael Phelps was arrested for driving under the influence in Baltimore, Maryland early this morning ... TMZ Sports has learned. - Our sources tell us ... the USA Olympic legend was pulled

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Obama turns to economy with Illinois speech

President Barack Obama will deliver an economic address this week seeking to promote the recovery as the campaign season heads into its final weeks before midterm congressional elections. Obama plans to deliver a speech Thursday at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Illinois, drawing attention to economic advances since he took office.

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President Obama headed home to Chicago this week

President Barack Obama is headed home to Chicago to speak at Northwestern University and stump for Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. The White House said Tuesday that Obama would travel to Chicago on Wednesday and stay the night.

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Secret Service head takes heat for WH breach

Facing blistering criticism from Congress, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson acknowledged on Tuesday that her agency failed in executing its plan to protect the White House when a man with a knife entered the mansion and ran through half the ground floor before being subdued. "It's unacceptable," Pierson told lawmakers.

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Cuban defector exposes Castro regime's intelligence operations in Ecuador during Cold War

Former Direccion General De Inteligencia officer Enrique Garcia Diaz reports that prior to the 1979 re-establishment of diplomatic ties, Cuban intelligence maintained three positions in Quito. DGI officer Boris Castillo Barroso held a position in the Latin America Energy Organization , while Luis Enrique Benites Montero "Enrique" and Javier Buduen Martinez "Miguel Angel" served undercover with the Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicacion para America Latina .

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Democrats flood inboxes for last-minute campaign cash

The lyrics to a moody ballad? A depressing Facebook page? No, these are actual subject lines from a series of frantic e-mail messages sent to Democratic donors in recent days. To be blunt about it - as some of these fundraising pitches might say - the number of e-mails sent in recent days is SCARY.

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Secret Service head takes onus for WH breach

Most Washington scandals that end up on Capitol Hill tend to end the same way: with an apology. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson will face lawmakers Tuesday for the first public accounting of the details surrounding an embarrassing and worrisome security breach at the White House earlier this month that, according to a congressman, was worse than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged.

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Will ISIS help Republicans take the Senate?

In a weekend interview with 60 Minutes , President Barack Obama acknowledged the United States underestimated the threat ISIS-the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-posed to the world. The president's party may also have underestimated the role of ISIS in the midterm elections.

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Jersey City gets federal grant to hire 15 new cops

The city has been awarded a $1.875 million COPS grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to hire 15 new police officers. The fifteen officers will be part of a class of 60 new recruits expected to join the force in late December.

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Editorial: Could one Kansan decide which party controls Senate?

Republicans from coast to coast have been asking that question of late, as three-term Sen. Pat Roberts - a Republican running for re-election in a Republican year in a Republican state - is in danger of losing to a largely unknown independent . Nothing at all, many voters there would argue.

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Bahamas strikes tough tone on immigration at UN

The foreign minister of the Bahamas says his country is determined to control illegal immigration, saying allowing it to balloon would be a "recipe for civil strife." Frederick Mitchell struck a tough tone during his speech Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly, less than two weeks after his government announced a measure making it harder for migrants to work in the island chain.

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Battle of the Museums: OMSI v. PAM

Behind the inspiring exhibitions at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry lies a committed core of bicycle commuters. After making it through their state of the art planetarium and stationed U.S. Navy submarine, it's hard to spot the bike parking facilities underneath the stairs on the East side of the building.

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Rhode Island GOP to file complaint over Democratic campaign ad: Here's why

Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gina Raimondo and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., violated state campaign finance law by appearing in a pricey TV spot together, the state's Republican Party alleged this week. Reed, whose whose re-election is a virtual certainty, appears just briefly at the end of the 32-second ad to say he he approves of it.

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Drone Protester Faces Sentencing for Exercising His Rights

Jack Gilroy, 79, member of the Upstate Drone Coalition, will be sentenced by Judge Robert Jokl on Wednesday, October 1st at 4:30 PM at the DeWitt Court House, 5400 Butternut Drive, East Syracuse, NY 13057-8509. Gilroy was convicted of trespass and obstructing government administration.

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Feds Indict Spy App Maker

Hammad Akbar, CEO of a company called InvoCode Ltd., was named as "a leader of the criminal conspiracy responsible for StealthGenie," according to the indictment. InvoCode's StealthGenie app was described on the StealthGenie Web site as "the most powerful cell phone spy and tracking that lets you monitor all the activities of any iPhone, Blackberry or Android phone."

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REV Birmingham's Urban Food Project receives $100,000 grant to aid food deserts

Taylor Clark with REV Birmingham has started a program that delivers Alabama grown produce to area restaurants and reaches into some food deserts offering fresh vegetables and fruits. A farm to corner store market set up inside the City Meats location in Woodlawn.

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Foley Hobby Lobby in McKenzie Village to open on Oct. 13

Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts store synonymous with a hotly-debated U.S. Supreme Court case, will open its new store in Foley in about two weeks. Company officials said the 56,000 square-foot retail store located in McKenzie Village is slated to open its doors to the public on Oct. 13, according to a press release.

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USDA: Illinois Corn Harvest Lagging

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Illinois' corn harvest continues creeping along, though recently favorable weather enabled growers to spend more time bringing in the crop. The USDA said Monday in its weekly crop progress update that just 14 percent of the state's corn crop has been harvested, 2 percentage points higher than a year ago but down from 20 percentage points over the previous half decade.

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Constant Phone Calls Allowed on European Flights

European skies may soon be alive with the sound of small talk with new safety rules allowing the use of all portable electronics, including cell phones, at any time during flights. Under the guidelines issued Friday by the European Aviation Safety Agency, European airlines can allow passengers to use electronics during the entire flight, without putting them into "airplane mode."

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US Adviser: Afghanistan to Sign Troop Deal Tuesday

By Tuesday, an agreement will be in place allowing U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan past the end of the year. The country's new president, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, was sworn in on Monday, in Afghanistan's first transfer of power since the U.S.-led invasion swept the Taliban out of power.

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James Traficant, convicted ex-congressman, dies

James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the Civil War, died Saturday. He was 73. Traficant was seriously injured Tuesday after a vintage tractor flipped over on him as he tried to park it inside a barn on the family farm near Youngstown.

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GRAINS-Corn, soy rebound after multiyear lows on record U.S. harvest

U.S. corn and soybeans edged higher on Monday, rebounding from their multiyear lows reached earlier in the trading session amid the advancing harvest of record crops and a continuing dollar rally that dented export hopes. Wheat futures also were mostly higher at the Chicago Board of Trade after the dollar trimmed gains against a basket of other currencies.

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Appeals court affirms local decision in towing company lawsuit

The Fifth District Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by Guernsey County Common Pleas Court Judge David A. Ellwood to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Pine Tree Towing and Recovery Inc. and owner Ronald Myers against the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office. The court ruled the documents were properly provided to Pine Tree Towing and Recovery Inc. and Myers, and within a "reasonable period of time," which is not defined by the Ohio Revised Code.

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My upcoming speech at the University of Montana Symposium on a oeThe Future of Federalisma

This Thursday , I will give one of the keynote speeches at the University of Montana Law Review symposium on "The Future of Federalism." My talk is entitled "Democracy, Foot Voting, and the Case for Limiting Federal Power."

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Sports fans who want to see their local teams play on free, over-the-air television are often stopped in their tracks by a little-known rule that forces them to the stadium - or to not watch at all. It's colloquially called the "blackout rule," and if some federal regulators get their way Tuesday, this rule might be going the way of the dodo.

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In new book, Tom Menino raises concerns about FBI in wake of bombings

Former Mayor Thomas M. Menino says the FBI dragged its feet on releasing videos of the suspected Marathon bombers in the days after the horrific terrorist attacks, such that he "silently vowed" to go to President Obama if the feds waited any longer, he says in his new book about his 20 years in office. "Mayor for a New America," penned by Menino with WBUR analyst Jack Beatty and due out Oct. 14, devotes its introduction to the April 15, 2013, bombings when Menino, in a wheelchair, checked out of the hospital to address the city hours after the deadly blasts on Boylston Street.

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Erickson to Webcast its Presentation at the Deutsche Bank 22nd Annual Leveraged Finance Conference

Erickson Incorporated , a leading global provider of aviation services to a worldwide mix of commercial and government customers and the vertically integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful, heavy-lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, announced today that management will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 22nd Annual Leveraged Finance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Udo Rieder, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Eric Struik, Chief Financial Officer, will deliver the presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 10:10 a.m. local time, or 1:10 p.m. ET.

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Hamas and Islamic State 'branches of the same poisonous tree,' Israeli PM says

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a photograph as he addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 29, 2014.

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Frank Luntz Warns GOP: It's 'Stupid' to Attack Clinton Baby

Republican pollster Frank Luntz didn't see the humor in the New York Post 's Sunday front page headline that called Chelsea Clinton 's newborn "another liberal crybaby." He followed up, invoking the plight of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin : "I thought it was stupid when The Left attacked Trig Palin, and think it's stupid when The Right attack the Clinton baby.

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State: White House didn't drop the ball on ISIS threat

The Obama administration didn't overlook the threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria , State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki insisted Monday. Psaki spoke amid a brewing controversy over President Obama's assertion during an interview with "60 Minutes" on Sunday that the U.S. intelligence community underestimated the terror network's rise.

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Navy conducts strikes against ISIS targets

As military operations against ISIS continue, there is a less visible, but no less important, diplomatic front, as the United States seeks to recruit new international members and keep Arab nations committed and willing to help strike both within Iraq and Syria. U.S. officials acknowledge this next, nonmilitary phase will be in some ways harder to implement, and even harder to measure.

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FAA launches review after control center fire

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday launched a month-long review of its air traffic contingency plans after a fire at an Illinois center led to thousands of canceled flights in Chicago. The fire was allegedly set by a contract worker who then attempted to commit suicide in the Aurora, Ill., building, according to police.

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Democrat delusions for midterm dollars

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has sent embattled Democrat senators back to their states ahead of midterm election day. Before releasing them to their close campaigns, he required a show vote on a constitutional amendment that was merely the latest version of the cynicism and class warfare messages Reid has been driving from the Senate floor.

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The American Legion Announces The Oak Ridge Boys As National Spokespeople

The American Legion and the Grammy Award-winning Oak Ridge Boys are uniting to raise awareness and support for needs of U.S. military veterans, including better detection and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder , help with the VA benefits process, as well as education and career opportunities for those who served our nation in uniform. The American Legion is the country's largest veterans service organization, with 2.4 million members who work every day on behalf of the men and women who have served our nation in uniform.

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Obama: 'Contradictory' Syria policy helps Assad

President Barack Obama on Sunday gave voice to the conundrum at the heart of his Syria policy, acknowledging that the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's affiliate in Syria is helping Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a man the United Nations has accused of war crimes.

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Rep. Garrett a 'hypocrite' for claiming he led fight for Sandy aid, opponent Cho says

RIDGEWOOD - Congressman Scott Garrett's claim that he has been "leading the effort in Washington" to help victims of Sandy receive the money they desperately need is "the height of hypocrisy," according to his challenger, Roy Cho . The Democratic candidate slammed the Tea Party darling for distributing a mailing to Bergen County residents under the heading, "Scott Garrett worked to bring immediate relief to Sandy victims."

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FAA orders review in Chicago air traffic snarl

The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week's fire at a Chicago-area air traffic facility, agency administrator Michael Huerta said Monday. The fire brought flights at the city's two busy airports to a halt and disrupted air service across the country.

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Loden appeals death sentence; arguments scheduled

A federal judge in Mississippi erroneously denied Thomas Loden Jr.'s request to review the conduct of his defense attorneys, the lawyers for the death row inmate argue in briefs filed with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Loden, now 48, pleaded guilty in 2001 in the murder of teenager Leesa Gray.

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Next step: Keeping anti-ISIS coalition

As military operations against ISIS continue, there is a less visible, but no less important, diplomatic front, as the United States seeks to recruit new international members and keep Arab nations committed and willing to help strike both within Iraq and Syria. U.S. officials acknowledge this next, nonmilitary phase will be in some ways harder to implement, and even harder to measure.

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Nigeria's Commitment to the Future - Transparency and Security

During last week's United Nations General Assembly and Security Council meeting, and on the back of confirming Nigeria is free of the Ebola Virus Disease, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan focused attention on the country's commitment to democratic elections and reminded the world of his commitment to combatting terrorism. With the full force of his convictions and Administration, he assured the international community that next year's general elections in Nigeria will be conducted in accordance with global best practices to further strengthen the country's democratic institutions.

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The Penfield Building Committee is ready to start the process of trying to secure $4.9 million to rebuild the pavilion damaged by Superstorm Sandy and closed for the two intervening years. In an update to the Board of Selectmen last week, committee Chairman Jim Bradley said the panel will make its formal request for the repair money to the selectmen at the Oct. 1 meeting, and assuming that approval is granted, will appear before the Board of Finance on Oct. 7 and then the Representative Town Meeting on Oct. 27. "Last week, the committee voted on a funding request for option 7," Bradley said, and that option is now in design development.

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Kasich/Christie Should Discuss Dismal Job Growth At Rally In Independence

Chris Christie, the Republican Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the Republican Governors Association, will be romancing Ohio's RGA-designated "comeback" Gov. John Kasich Monday in Independence, site of an early vote rally. You may remember Christie as the guy who closed down the George Washington Bridge that connects New Jersey to New York City to spite the Mayor of Fort Lee, NJ for not endorsing him in his last election.

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Americans still confused by ObamaCare, poll says

Four years after its passage, most people in the United States believe ObamaCare is the most complicated political issue they face. Nearly 75 percent of people said the healthcare law is difficult to understand, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and GfK.

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Possibility of Flooding Today Prompts Nonprofit FLASH to Offer 6 Flood Safety Tips for Residents

Heavy rain could cause flooding in the area today. The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes reminds residents to Turn Around, Don't Drown ! More deaths occur due to flooding each year than from any other thunderstorm or hurricane-related hazard.

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NY State Counter Terrorism Bulletin Lists Oath Keepers As A Far-Right Extremist Group

On June 12, 2014, the New York State Intelligence Center issued a Counter Terrorism Bulletin in which they identified the New York State Oath Keepers organization, as well as other Liberty-type groups, as a far-right extremist group and/or a threat to law enforcement.

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Book: Presidential candidate John Kerry was touchy about Evian, tap water

Yahoo News columnist Matt Bai has written a look-back book on the demise of Democratic politician Gary Hart, " All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid ." It's all about a pivot point in the coverage of American politics that occurred when the media in 1987 went after this promising presidential candidate over his relationship with model Donna Rice.

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New Lt. Governor Appointed

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman has appointed State Senator John E. Nelson of Omaha to be the state's 40th Lieutenant Governor. It will be a short stint, given the fact that term limits will be ending Heineman's governorship in a few months.

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Base Acre and ARC-PLC Deadlines Reported

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters on Thursday that he didn't want to get into details on deadlines and dates for farm programs. However, the secretary also said that farmers could actually go into the local Farm Service Agency office as early as today and sign up for Agricultural Risk Coverage and/or Price Loss Coverage if they choose.

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Obama: U.S. 'underestimated' Islamic State threat

Washington a President Barack Obama is acknowledging that U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State militants in the Middle East and overestimated the ability and will of Iraq's army to fight such extremists. Obama described the U.S. intelligence assessments in response to a question during a CBS "60 Minutes" interview that aired Sunday, in which he also conceded that the U.S. led military campaign against that group and an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria was helping Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a man the U.N. has accused of war crimes.

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A gay Republican finds his party ruins friendships

Dear Civilities: I'm a gay Republican, and am often confronted by my gay friends during election season. They wonder how I could be part of a political party that, in their eyes, condemns homosexuality.

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CVS to pay $6M to settle Medicaid reimbursement case

Caremark LLC, a unit of CVS, will make the payments to settle allegations that it knowingly failed to reimburse Medicaid for prescription drug costs paid on behalf of patients who were also covered by private plans it administered. The company denied wrongdoing.

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2 Weeks Until Chicago Control Center Reopens: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration says it will take about two weeks to fully reopen a Chicago-area control center, where an act of sabotage brought the city's two international airports to a halt last week.

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World War II vets visit war memorials on inaugural Cherokee Warrior Flight

Dewey Alberty, Joeseph Leathers, Guy Wilson, Steve Downing Jr., Charles Carey, Eugene Fox and William Wood at the World War II Memorial. TAHLEQUAH , Okla.

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Candidates in tight Iowa Senate race clash over billionaire backers

Billionaire-backed Iowa U.S. Senate candidates fired shots at one another over connections to wealthy and heavily politically involved supporters during a Sunday night debate. Abortion, Obamacare, minimum wage, veteran affairs and Social Security were among the topics in the heated debate between Republican nominee Joni Ernst and Democratic Congressman Bruce Braley.

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Louisiana's gay marriage ruling stayed pending appeal

A RULING last week in the US state of Louisiana that declared the same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional has been stayed after a request by the state's Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. According to The Times-Picayune , Caldwell's office filed a motion for suspensive appeal last Thursday, which stays a judgement pending appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court.

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St. Louis challenge to gay marriage ban in court

An assistant Missouri attorney general argued Monday in a St. Louis courtroom that state law, backed by a vote of the people, makes it clear that marriage is defined as between a man and a woman. But St. Louis City Counselor Winston Calvert countered that the state has no business treating same-sex couples as "second-class citizens."

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McCain Rips Obama for Blaming ISIS Oversight on Intel Community

In an appearance on CNN's "New Day" on Monday, Sen. John McCain reacted to remarks from President Barack Obama that aired a day earlier on CBS in which the president blamed the intelligence community for missing the threat of ISIS. "I'm just puzzled by the president, some of his statements, for example, he left behind a stable Iraq, all of that," McCain said.

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Chicago flight woes spill into Monday

The fallout from Friday's fire at Federal Aviation Administration facility in Illinois is still creating headaches for air travelers headed through Chicago. More than 400 flights had been canceled at Chicago Chicago flight woes spill into Monday The fallout from Friday's fire at Federal Aviation Administration facility in Illinois is still creating headaches for air travelers headed through Chicago.

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Bridenstine: OK Beheading Proves Obama Wrong on Gun Control

Rep. Jim Bridenstine argued that gun control laws pushed by the Obama administration would have prevented Vaughan Foods C.O.O Mark Vaughan from stopping the beheading attack at the business on Monday's broadcast of "The Laura Ingraham Show."

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Afghanistan swears in Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as new president; bomb attacks kill at least a dozen

KABUL, Afghanistan - Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in Monday as Afghanistan's new president, replacing Hamid Karzai in the country's first transfer of power since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion toppled the Taliban. A senior adviser to President Barack Obama said the change in leadership would allow Kabul to sign a long-awaited security pact on Tuesday permitting U.S. forces to remain in the country past the end of the year.

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Midday Roundup: Flights still sluggish after sabotage in Chicago

Air traffic jam. Flights in and out of Chicago are still being cancelled or delayed after a worker set fire to an air-traffic control center there on Friday.

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The Comeback Kids | Library by Design

The natural disaster occurred at the start of the recession, causing the library's Board of Trustees to question whether it could find the funds to relocate and replace the building, says Susan Corrigan, a library board member. "You kind of forget what the dark days looked like, but we had some really dark days," says Corrigan.

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Chicago Flight Woes Continue

Thousands of flights into and out of Chicago's two airports have been delayed or canceled since a fire damaged a key Chicago air traffic control center Friday, creating flight problems that rippled across the nation. O'Hare was operating at 60% of its capacity Monday, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation, while Midway International Airport was at 75%.

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Obama subtly pushes back against Clinton, Panetta on Syria

President Barack Obama, over the last two years, has seen his top two former national security Cabinet officials critique his foreign policy decision in Syria. In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" that aired on Sunday, Obama said that arming Syrian rebels in 2012 in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad "would have been counterproductive."

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Poll shows runoff likely in Senate race

A CNN poll of Louisiana voters shows a runoff seems likely in the race for one of Louisiana's senate seats this November. Senator Mary Landrieu is in a tight re-election race against Rep. Bill Cassidy as well as retired Air Force Col.

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Flights canceled at O'Hare; delays at Midway after FAA fire

The ripple effects of Friday's total shutdown continued to be felt in Chicago, though the situation had drastically improved as of Monday morning. At O'Hare International Airport, airlines had cancelled 300 flights as of 8 a.m. Monday, with delays of varying length.

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Angels in Limbo: Congress and SEC Consider Regulatory Changes with...

Three events occurred during 2013 that have the potential to significantly affect angel investment around the country: the Securities and Exchange Commission lifted the prohibition on general solicitation for exempt offerings under certain circumstances; the definition of "accredited investor" was put up for debate; and at the end of the year, the 100% capital gains tax exemption for investments in qualified small businesses expired. This Alert provides a brief summary of the background of these events and an update on recent initiatives that relate to or address their consequences.

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North Carolina judge: 'Why does the state of North Carolina not want people to vote?'

North Carolina's sweeping voter suppression law, passed in August 2013 , may or may not be in effect for the 2014 election. Last month, a federal judge-a George W. Bush appointee- ruled that the law would be in effect in November, but an appeal of that decision to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit could prevent that.

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Report: Secret Service Bungled White House Shooting Response in 2011

The Secret Service badly bungled its response to a shooting outside the White House in 2011, according to a new report, taking four days to realize that shots had actually hit the presidential residence. A detailed report in the Washington Post chronicles the Secret Service's slow and inadequate response to a 2011 shooting outside the White House in which an Idaho man, Oscar R. Ortega-Hernandez, fired at least seven bullets into the house's upstairs residence 700 yards across the South Lawn, and to the attack.

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Boehner: US may need ground troops vs. militants

House Speaker John Boehner says the United States may have "no choice" but to send American troops to fight Islamic State group militants if President Barack Obama's strategy fails to destroy the extremist group. He says it will take more than airstrikes to destroy the Islamic State group, and he criticizes Obama for saying he won't send in American ground troops.

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The 'Inside Politics' forecast: Up to 30% of midterm votes could be cast early

CNN's John King and other top political reporters empty out their notebooks each Sunday on "Inside Politics" to reveal five things that will be in the headlines in the days, weeks and months ahead. Fallout from Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation, an intriguing new GOP 2016 trial balloon and two key 2014 crunch-time calculations made for a lively trip around the "Inside Politics" table Sunday.

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Ben Sasse

On this edition of KETV NewsWatch 7's Chronicle, we're focusing on the November election. Joining us for an hour-long discussion is Republican Ben Sasse.

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Jennifer Lawrence hit again in nude leak

Jennifer Lawrence has been targeted once more in the celebrity hacking scandal as more private images of the actress hit the Internet over the weekend. Intimates snaps of "The Hunger Games" star emerged in the first series of leaks last month and now 55 more images of the actress have surfaced on web, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.

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Obama Speaks At Black Caucus Dinner, Gives Holder Spotlight

President Barack Obama delivered the keynote at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's annual Phoenix Awards dinner Sunday. His speech touched on a number of issues domestic and international.

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U.S. Flight Delays Spread into Weekend After Control Center Fire

Airlines faced a second day of flight disruptions across the U.S. after authorities said an employee set a fire that damaged one of the nation's busiest air-traffic control facilities. More than 2,000 flights were canceled yesterday and delays spread to hubs including New York, Atlanta, Washington and Dallas, due to the incident at a Federal Aviation Administration center near Chicago.

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Man Accused Of Beheading Coworker 'Acted A Little Odd'

A man who was shot after authorities say he beheaded one woman and attacked another at an Oklahoma food processing plant from which he had just been fired has regained consciousness and was interviewed by detectives Saturday. Alton Nolen, 30, remains hospitalized in stable condition after Thursday's attack at the Vaughan Foods plant in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Police Sgt.

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As Tensions Rise, Two Police Officers Are Shot Near Ferguson

It's only been a few hours since two police officers were shot at in two separate instances in and around Ferguson, Missouri, and the search is on to find the suspects. As of now, police do not believe either incident was related to ongoing protests over the death of Mike Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in August.

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John Boehner: GOP Can Gain House Seats, Too

House Speaker John Boehner is not only hopeful that his Republican Party can take control of the Senate in November, he also believes they can add to their majority in the House. "We can gain seats in this election.

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Farmer, chef and doctor discuss the future of food

Chef Spike Gjerde's 14-ounce dry-aged rib-eye has been "a mainstay" on Woodberry Kitchen's menu over the years. The meat, which hails from a farm in Baltimore County, is prepared in a cast iron skillet and is basted with butter, garlic and herbs.

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Boehner: 'I'd Bring The Congress Back' If Obama Asks For War Authorization

House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that he would call the House back into session if President Barack Obama asked for war authorization for the military campaign against the Islamic State, also called ISIS. The House and Senate are currently in recess, with lawmakers campaigning for the midterm elections.

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Poll Shows Bruce Braley Trailing Joni Ernst In Iowa Senate Race

A Des Moines Register poll released Saturday shows Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Bruce Braley trailing GOP rival Joni Ernst by six points in Iowa's Senate race. The survey found that Ernst, a state senator, leads Braley 44 percent to 38 percent.

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Boehner: US may need ground troops vs. militants

A search for two suspects in a St. Louis suburb that's undergone racial unrest continued Sunday after a Ferguson police officer was shot in the arm following an encounter with two men at a community center who... Authorities were searching Sunday for two men suspected of shooting and wounding a police officer in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb where there have been angry protests since a white officer fatally shot an unarmed... A federal judge told the New York law firm of Fox Rothschild that its lawyers cannot represent a Russian man charged with hacking businesses across the U.S. A federal judge on Friday told the New York law firm of Fox Rothschild that its lawyers cannot represent a Russian man charged with hacking businesses across the U.S. Two parents and three of their children were found dead in a home near Provo, and authorities said early Sunday they were trying to determine the ... (more)

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1 killed, 1 hurt in crash of homebuilt Texas plane

One person has been killed and a second injured when a homebuilt, single-engine plane crashed at a private airfield in Southeast Texas. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford says it's not clear what caused the unregistered plane to crash late Saturday afternoon near Shepherd.

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Obama's assurances not so reassuring

Each time I hear US President Barack Obama assure us that there will be "no boots on the ground" in Iraq or Syria, I think of my husband's Army boots, lying in a heap in the corner of the downstairs study. They're covered in fine dust from his latest Middle East deployment, one that came nail-bitingly close to being extended by an unplanned stint in Iraq.

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East Side Access project receives $203M in federal funds

The MTA has scored $203 million in federal funds for the East Side Access project, which will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal, officials announced Saturday. The $10 billion project began construction in 2006 and is expected to open to passengers in 2022, according to the New York Post.

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'SNL' Adds Criminal Twist to NFL Player Intros

Obnoxious Boston Fan is long-time sports journalist Bill Speros and offers a fun, unique and biting perspective on the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Patriots and whatever else people are talking about in the world of sports. NBC's "Saturday Night Live" began its 40th season this week, with Chris Pratt as host.

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Fmr. Bush Strategist: 'Abysmal' We Keep Going to War Without Declaring It

Former George W Bush campaign director Matthew Dowd said on This Week Sunday morn that it was "abysmal" the U.S. kept going to war without declaring war. The comments came in the midst of a debate over whether the Obama administration should ask for a new Authorization for Use of Military Force or whether Congress should pass one on its own.

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Thousands of US air passengers hit by suicide-fire incident

Summary Thousands of air passengers in the US today continued to suffer from the effects of an employee's alleged... Thousands of air passengers in the US today continued to suffer from the effects of an employee's alleged sabotage of the Illinois air traffic control hub that has resulted in the cancellation of 780 flights during the weekend. Over 660 flights scheduled to either take off or land at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport were canceled yesterday, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton a over the moona about birth of granddaughter

Hillary and Bill Clinton have had many notable titles: senator and governor, secretary of State and president. Now they have a new one: grandparents.

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Former congressman James Traficant dead at 73

James Anthony Traficant, Jr., the former Democratic congressman from Ohio known for his colorful clothes and hair, and anti-establishment stance, died Saturday. He was 73. Traficant died from injuries he sustained after a tractor he was driving at his daughter's farm tipped over on him in Green Township, Ohio.

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Chicago Air Facility Fire Was Preceded by Facebook Rant

The man charged with setting fire to a Chicago-area air-traffic facility, paralyzing travel through the city's two major airports, was consumed by the U.S. government's "immoral and unethical acts," according to a Facebook message under his name. The posting, which includes references to being under the influence of drugs, calls government workers "lazy and useless," and said the government "would rather take care of itself and the money in the world, definitely not its people."

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Lets All Insult The Clinton's Grandchild

The cover of the New York Post this morning introduces the Clinton's new grandchild with the phrase "Another liberal cry-baby for Dem Clinton." Generally, I give very little regard to what I see on the front cover of the post, but this statement seemed a bit beyond the pale for me.

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Senator Barrasso: - The Constitution Is Clear,' Congress Must Debate Military Action

On Fox News Sunday , Senator Barrasso of Wyoming argued that Congress should come back into session to debate America's military action in Iraq and Syria. 'I r.

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Holland Residential is building Platform at Union Station, a 287-unit project touching the nexus of rail, light rail and bus lines. It will provide only 263 parking spaces, which works out to a ratio of 0.92.

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Sarah Palin gets White House address wrong

The former vice presidential candidate got the most famous address in the US wrong in a speech given in Washington DC about the abuse of truth in politics It is just as well Sarah Palin was not elected vice president of the US - otherwise she would have doubtless got lost on her way to work. Speaking at the Values Voter Summit in the US capital, Palin said: "Truth was an endangered species at 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue".

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"Values" Voters

The one thing I have with the people at the Value Voters Summit is that I'm praying Ted Cruz will be the GOP nominee too. #VVS14 Senator Ted Cruz of Texas invoked the redemptive story of his parents, both plagued by too much drinking, to show the role that faith has played in his life.

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Modi courts Indian-Americans at Madison Sq Garden

A day after addressing a hushed U.N. General Assembly, where headphone-wearing delegates rarely break into a smile, India's new prime minister is assured a raucous reception as he addresses a crowd from a rotating stage at Madison Square Garden. Exhibiting unusual glitz for a visiting leader, Narendra Modi takes a star turn at the famous New York auditorium as he courts the Indian-American community on his first U.S. visit since sweeping to power in May. Modi is no stranger to a big stage.

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Louisiana Senate race sets stage for runoff

As Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu defends her U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana, a new CNN/ORC International poll indicates the third-term incumbent carries a slim advantage over her closest GOP rival in the general election this November. But this is Louisiana, and the election system can be complicated.

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Poll: Libertarian could spoil N.C. race

In one of the most closely-watched Senate races of the year, incumbent Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina holds a narrow three-point advantage over her Republican challenger, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey. But the poll indicates that Thom Tillis, the GOP nominee, may be falling behind Hagan because a Libertarian candidate could be siphoning off Republican votes.

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Two Police Officers Shot in Ferguson, Mo.

A pair of police officers were shot Saturday evening in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb where the killing of an unarmed black man by a white police officer led to weeks of protests last month. The officers' injuries were not believed to be life threatening, and police were searching for suspects.

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Video: Russia's Lavrov Says Ties With Washington Need 'reset 2.0'

Moscow called on Sunday for a new "reset 2.0" in relations with Washington, saying the situation in Ukraine that had led to Western sanctions against Russia was improving thanks to Kremlin peace initiatives. Washington and Brussels accuse Moscow of supporting a pro-Russian rebellion in east Ukraine and have imposed sanctions, which they have repeatedly tightened since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March.

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Top Presidential Candidate Says Anarchy May Force Cancelation Of 2016 Election

Dr. Ben Carson, a popular Tea Party activist and Fox News contributor who says he will likely seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016, said on Sunday that he is seriously concerned that there will not be 2016 elections in the United States because the country could be in anarchy by that point. His reasons: the growing national debt, ISIS, and the U.S. Senate's refusal to consider legislation passed by the GOP-controlled House of Representatives.

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Boehner 'Absolutely' Confident GOP Would Back Immigration Overhaul

Speaker John A. Boehner says it's still time to do an immigration overhaul, and believes "absolutely" he can convince the GOP to do it. "I said the day after the 2012 election it was time to do immigration reform.

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Boehner Would Back Ground War to Destroy ISIS, Willing to Bring Congress Back for AUMF

Speaker John A. Boehner would back a ground war to destroy ISIS, and would bring Congress back to Washington to vote if President Barack Obama proposed a new Authorization to Use Military Force . Boehner, R-Ohio, who last week suggested an authorization vote wouldn't be held until 2015 , said in an interview with ABC's "This Week" that would change if Obama proposed a new war authorization.

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Blinken: U.S. military, Arab allies to foster Syrian rebels

The United States and its Arab allies will continue to foster rebel fighters in Syria to oust Islamic extremists and President Bashar Assad, Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said on Sunday. Blinken applauded the airstrikes in Syria by the U.S., with the help of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

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Time for reset 2.0 - Russia's Lavrov

The foreign minister of Russia has said it is time for a "reset 2.0" in ties with the US, while blaming the Obama administration for their poor state. Sergei Lavrov, who was minister during the 2010 "reset" of relations, said the current US administration had "wrecked much of the co-operation structures".

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Who Had It Easier, Reagan or Obama?

Who Had It Easier, Reagan or Obama? - OVER the past few weeks I've been reading Ken Adelman's fascinating history "Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War."

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With Savvy And New-Age Speeches, A First Couple Runs Nicaragua

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega celebrates with first lady Rosario Murillo a day before his re-inauguration in 2012. Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images hide caption Nicaragua's gigantic transoceanic canal, if it gets built, will dwarf the neighboring Panama Canal.

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McCaskill The Next AG? Or Governor?

With Thursday's resignation of US Attorney General Eric Holder, one of the names that has come up as a possible replacement is Missouri US Senator Claire McCaskill. Missouri Congressman Billy Long told the KZRG Morning Newswatch he hadn't heard about that, but there was something he did hear about McCaskill.

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Obama says mistrust of police corroding America

The widespread mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Missouri exists in too many other communities and is having a corrosive effect on the nation, particularly on its children, President Barack Obama says. He blames the feeling of wariness on persistent racial disparities in the administration of justice.

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Boehner Thinks 'Somebody's' Boots Should Be on the...

House Speaker John Boehner criticized President Barack Obama' s military strategy against ISIS, saying boots on the ground would be needed to defeat the Sunni militants, but was less forthcoming when This Week's George Stephanopoulos asked if he were willing to send Americans to be those boots on the ground. "At the end of the day, I think it's gonna take more than airstrikes to drive them outta there," Boehner said.

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Coast Guard, FWC searching for missing boater near Edgewater

Officials from the United States Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were out searching for a missing boater Sunday morning, several hours after Edgewater Fire Rescue officials responded to a report of an overturned boat in the Intracoastal Waterway. Just before midnight, Edgewater Fire Rescue crews responded to a report of a canoe-style boat that flipped near marker 52 in the ICW.

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Hartzler On Holder's Resignation

US Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to step down has Washington buzzing. News Talk KZRG caught up with Missouri 4th District Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler for her reaction to Holder's decision.

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US Navy outmaneuvers Congress foes, continues commercial scale biofuel

Sen. John McCain and other troglodytes in Congress tried to block the Navy from developing sources for biofuel. Happily, the Navy won and will be developing three biorefineries producing 100 million gallons a year of military grade biofuel.

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Bike-sharing expanding to Oak Park, Evanston

Gov. Pat Quinn said Sunday that the state will invest $3 million to help add 700 Divvy bikes and 70 docking stations in Evanston, Oak Park and more Chicago neighborhoods next year. The cities each will contribute a combined $750,000 toward the expansion.

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Secret Service bungled response to 2011 White House shooter - report

It took the US Secret Service five days before realizing a man had shot at the White House in 2011 while one of President Barack Obama's daughters were inside, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The report comes amid renewed scrutiny on the agency tasked with protecting the president after a series of recent security lapses, including one that saw an intruder armed with a knife jump over the fence and burst into the president's residence.

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9/28/2014

Perhaps it is not just a coincidence or a quirk of American policy-making that the words "innovation" and "reform" lately seem to attach themselves to ideas that drive more public money, public infrastructure, and public control into the hands of private investors. Nor that this meme is driven by lobbyists for public-private partnerships where corporations stand to rack up profits by privatizing the commons.

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Chattanooga's Live Music Scene - " Off To Nashville

As you read this, I am in the Music City, more commonly known as Nashville, TN. Dixie Fuller and I are going to the International Entertainment Buyers Association show to wrangle up some talent for next year's Riverbend.

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US struggles to blunt Syria rebel anger at strikes

25, 2014, Syrian soldiers recapture the Damascus suburb of Adra, Syria. . FILE -- In this Sept.

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Truck hits college softball team's bus, killing 4

27, 2014 in Davis, Okla. . Wrecker drivers pull the trailer of a semi from a ravine at the scene of a fatality accident just south of the Turner Falls area on Saturday, Sept.

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New mom Chelsea Clinton celebrates baby daughter

Chelsea Clinton announced the news on Twitter and Facebook early Saturday, saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky are "full of love, awe and gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky." Clinton spokesman Kamyl Bazbaz said the child was born Friday but did not immediately provide additional details.

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Wary of air strikes, ISIS militants change tactics

Militants of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants are changing tactics in the face of U.S. air strikes in northern Iraq, ditching conspicuous convoys in favor of motorcycles and planting their black flags on civilian homes, tribal sources and eyewitnesses say, Al Arabiya reported. They reported fewer militant checkpoints to weed out "apostates" and less cell phone use since the air strikes intensified and more U.S. allies pledged to join the campaign that began in August, saying the militants had also split up to limit casualties.

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Clinton skips Dem fundraiser after granddaughter's birth

New grandfather and former President Bill Clinton is reportedly skipping a fundraiser on Saturday, hours after his first grandchild was born. The Associated Press reported on Saturday morning that Clinton was canceling his scheduled stop in Denver, Colo., to support Sen. Mark Udall , who is locked in a tight race with Rep. Cory Gardner .

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Billionaire Tom Steyer targets Northwest; Monica Wehby bails on debate: Oregon election news

California billionaire Tom Steyer and U.S. Senate candidate Monica Wehby made this week's roundup of top elections news. Did you miss some of our top elections stories this week? We've got you covered with our weekly recap, complete with links.

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Gov. Nathan Deal taps unlikely partnership with rapper Ludacris

A campaign event without political chatter seems about as likely as Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and rapper Ludacris sharing a stage. But both happened Friday at a charter school outside Atlanta, where the unlikely campaign trail duo was a hit with a cheering crowd of more than 200.

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HK protesters brace for more police confrontations

27, 2014. . Riot policemen stand guard against protesters after young pro-democracy activists forced their way into Hong Kong government headquarters during a demonstration in Hong Kong, early Saturday, Sept.

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The Wall Street Journal: Chelsea Clinton gives birth to a girl

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, gave birth to her first child on Friday: a daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, her office said. "Marc and I are full of love, awe and gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky," Chelsea Clinton said in a tweet released at 12:32 a.m. Eastern on Saturday.

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This week at progressive state blogs: Jailed for abortion, NH secession, Duke bends on clean-up

Just as states with progressive lawmakers and activists have themselves initiated innovative programs over a wide range of issues, state-based progressive blogs have helped provide us with a point of view, inside information and often an edgy voice that we just don't get from the traditional media. This week in progressive state blogs is designed specifically to focus attention on the writing and analysis of people focused on their home turf.

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Britain's jets set for Iraq air strikes take-off

British warplanes are all set to launch missile attacks against Islamic State after the country's Parliament backed military action in Iraq. Six Tornado G4 fighters have been based in Cyprus since August but so far have been used only for reconnaissance.

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Re: Groupon Takes A Racist Jab At White House?

It seems never-ending that the presidential office continues to be blatantly disrespected as folks from the highest and lowest echelons of society continue to take racist jabs. Now the popular daily deal website Groupon has placed its spin on a fragrance by mocking the White House.

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Ludacris, Georgia Gov. Share an Unlikely Stage at School...

Ludacris performs during the welcome party for the 29th annual Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on March 24, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A campaign event without political chatter seems about as likely as Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and rapper Ludacris sharing a stage.

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Sen. Warren To Back Fellow Democrat Seth Moulton

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to formally endorse fellow Democrat Seth Moulton in the state's 6th Congressional District contest. Moulton - who is facing off against Republican Richard Tisei in the November election - will appear with Warren at Tatiana's Restaurant in Lynn on Saturday afternoon.

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FAA provides funds to Mississippi airports

The Federal Aviation Administration is making more than $2 million available to rehabilitate a taxiway at the Mid-Delta Regional Airport in Greenville and to purchase an emergency rescue vehicle. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., says in a news release that the taxiway had been closed due to existing pavement conditions.

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Radicalized religious Republicans wrong direction

Sen. Ted Cruz was interrupted by hecklers several times during his speech Friday at the annual Value Voters Summit in Washington D.C. Photo: AP The radicalized religious Republicans are the wrong direction for a more pluralistic democratic America. While American foreign policy is driving toward freedom, liberty, and tolerance for all, Republicans are retrenching into an ideological trap that is divisive and frankly not American.

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Condition Of Roads An Issue In Michigan Governor's Race

When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer took questions during a recent visit to a union hall in suburban Detroit, meat cutter Jim Mesich brought up a long source of frustration for Michigan drivers: crummy roads. Why not, he asked Schauer, repeal a business tax cut and put all the money toward improving roads? Better that, he said, than asking "common guys" to pay more at the pump.

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White House prepares drone policy for federal agencies

President Obama is preparing a new executive order that would require federal agencies and departments to detail the size and scope of their domestic drone fleets, and how they use the data collected by the unmanned planes. The order, reported by the Washington Post , would require federal agencies to turn over information about when they use drones to fly over the U.S. Currently, most federal agencies refuse to reveal information about how often and when they use the unmanned planes, or what purpose they serve.

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26, 2014. . Kanna Ortiz 4, waits in a line after her flight back home to New Jersey was delayed at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, Sept.

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Obama looking for partners on many fronts

On Tuesday, it was climate change. Wednesday, terrorists. And on Thursday, President Barack Obama confronted yet another emergency that threatens wide destruction overseas: the Ebola outbreak spreading in West Africa.

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Chelsea Clinton gives birth to baby girl

Two 14-year-old boys went on a vandalism spree that included trashing a restaurant and ransacking a cranberry warehouse, causing more than $100,000 in damage, Wood County Sheriff Thomas Reichert said Friday. The teenagers told investigators they were drinking at the time, the sheriff said.

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Brookdale Community College opens center to help veterans through college, life

Eleanor Glazewski, an associate registrar at Brookdale Community College, talks with Marine Corps veteran Daniel Haviland, 25, of Keansburg, at the opening of Brookdale Community College's new Veterans Center on Friday. building - will also serve as a home for Brookdale's Student Veterans Club.

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HK protesters brace for more police confrontations

27, 2014. . Riot policemen stand guard against protesters after young pro-democracy activists forced their way into Hong Kong government headquarters during a demonstration in Hong Kong, early Saturday, Sept.

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Jah'Keem Yisrael and Protecting Muslim Sensibilities

In Moore, Oklahoma a Muslim convert shouting Islamic utterances, on a rampage following getting fired, expressed his displeasure by beheading an innocent woman in a meatpacking plant. This wasn't Jihadi John in Syria, or south of the border where drug cartels remove heads with great regularity; this took place late afternoon in Oklahoma.

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Christians who support LGBT community say it's time for rest of religion to change

Christian leaders that support the LGBT community say it's time all Christians change their views on the subject. that he believes HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases are God's punishment for sexual immorality, which includes homosexual behavior.

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After sabotage, air travel system slowly recovers

The nation's air travel system began to slowly recover Saturday after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a large regional air traffic control center brought Chicago's two international airports to a halt. At the height of the travel misery Friday, more than 2,000 flights in and out of O'Hare and Midway airports had been canceled, sending waves of travel disruption rippling across the country.

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Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Daughter

Chelsea Clinton has given birth to a baby girl, according to a tweet she sent out early Saturday morning. Her name is Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky.

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High Impact Posts: September 27, 2014

Yesterday 126 Kogs posted 155 posts of which 152 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1784 recommending readers; 98 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 53 by 30 or more, and 17 by 100 or more. Commenters visited 154 posts; 84 had 10 or more commenters, 30 had 30 or more, and 4 had 100 or more.

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I'm Military Vet With MBA, No Criminal Record, Yet Can't Hold BB Gun in Store W/O Fear of Being Shot

A rash of young black males have been shot and killed by so-called law enforcement officers lately, but the case that really bothers me is the story of 22-year-old James Crawford III who was shot dead at Walmart by a cop--compounded by a grand jury's decision not to indict the cop who shot him. For those who aren't familiar with the story, Crawford was at Walmart looking at BB guns and when another customer saw him and called 911 telling a wildly inflated story about a black man waving a rifle and pointing it at people.

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Chelsea Clinton Announces Birth Of Her Daughter

Clinton married Marc Mezvinsky in July 2010.The two met while growing up in Washington and later attended Stanford University together. On Nov. 30, 2009, the two announced their engagement.

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Congressman Targeted In Ad Full of Nude Puns

Remember the time Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kansas, stripped off his clothes and went for a dip in the sea where the Bible says Jesus walked on water? If not, skinny-dipping pool party guests in an ad supporting his long-shot Democratic challenger want to remind you. Former state legislator Kelly Kultala, who's making a far-fetched bid for the Kansas seat, kicks off the pun-packed spot: "A while back, Congressman Yoder made news by skinny-dipping on the job," she says, followed by a man's "cannonball!" cry.

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Why global warming - usually under the radar - made headlines this week

A child holds up a sign as he takes part in the 'People's Climate March' down 6th Ave. in New York on September 21, 2014. The march drew hundreds of thousands of people who demanded action on climate change ahead of Tuesday's UN Climate Summit.

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Oa Malley is welcomed in N.H. but faces questions on future

The book , the chairman of the local Democratic party explained, was a token of appreciation for O'Malley's appearance, given with the assumption that there will be more trips to the nation's first presidential primary state. O'Malley, who is preparing for a possible 2016 White House bid , was making his fourth visit to New Hampshire over the past year.

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Trial to begin for Tsarnaev pal accused of lying

Two friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have already been convicted of impeding the investigation into the deadly attack. Next week, a third friend will go on trial for allegedly lying to authorities investigating the bombing.

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Former employee releases secret N.Y. Federal Reserve recordings

In 2012, Carmen Segarra, a former employee for the Federal Reserve in New York, started secretly recording her colleagues to find out first hand how the institution was being regulated. In this excerpt from NPR's This American Life, federal regulator Mike Silva questions Goldman Sachs about a deal it had just closed with Spanish Banco Santander.

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Church of Scientology Hosts Art Gilliam for 'One America' Book Signing

The recently published book "One America" by radio station owner Art Gilliam reflects his personal story of growing up in the segregated South of the 1950s. Gilliam will be coming to Nashville to deliver a talk and book signing during Black History Month in 2015.

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European countries commit to anti-Islamic State campaign in Iraq

American warplanes and drones hit Islamic State group tanks, Humvees, checkpoints and bunkers in airstrikes Friday targeting the extremists in Syria and Iraq, as the U.S.-led coalition expanded to include Britain, Denmark and Belgium. The European countries committed to take part only in the Iraq part of the military campaign, leaving the operation in Syria to the United States and five Arab allies who began conducting airstrikes there on Tuesday.

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600 more flights canceled

More than 600 more flights were canceled Saturday morning at Chicago's two major airports -- O'Hare and Midway -- as travel delays continued in the wake of an arson fire Friday that shut down an air-traffic control center serving Chicago, according to media reports. As of 7:35 a.m. Central, more than 60 flights had been canceled at O'Hare and more than 20 at the smaller Midway, Associated Press reported.

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Sen. Warren to back fellow Democrat Seth Moulton

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is planning to formally endorse fellow Democrat Seth Moulton in the state's 6th Congressional District contest. Moulton - who is facing off against Republican Richard Tisei in the November election - will appear with Warren at Tatiana's Restaurant in Lynn on Saturday afternoon.

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Chelsea Clinton Gives Birth to Baby Girl

Bill and Hillary Clinton are grandparents. The couple's daughter, Chelsea Clinton, has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Charlotte.

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Krauthammer: Our real Syria strategy: containment-plus

Late, hesitant and reluctant as he is, President Barack Obama has begun effecting a workable strategy against the Islamic State. True, he's been driven there by public opinion.

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Picture yourself riding a bucking bull at the fair

Residents of Brentwood Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation visited the Tehama District Fair Friday and posed in front of the bucking bull Top Gun. The Sunrise Rotary Club is offering Polaroid photos of fair goers atop a bull preserved by taxidermy in his full bucking glory.

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Three Bridges featured at concert

A southern gospel concert featuring Three Bridges is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the First Church of God, 1005 S. Jackson St. in Red Bluff. Three Bridges' music is rooted in traditional southern gospel and black gospel music.

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University Axes Art Class After Too Many Perverts Call About Appearances Of Nude Models

Due to numerous lewd calls from artists and Oregon residents about stark naked art models at the University of Oregon, the college decided to nix a figure drawing class to protect the models from a slew of seemingly pervy artisans. Known as the Saturday Figure Drawing Group, the free class offered to local artists and residents would meet once a week to workshop drawings of live nude models.

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Crackpot, Taxpayer-Funded Professor In Delaware Warns US Military Is Killing Liberians With Ebola

A tenured professor at a taxpayer-funded American university has written a screed published in a major Liberian newspaper, the Daily Observer , which suggests that U.S. Department of Defense bioterrorism experiments unleashed the Ebola virus epidemic currently sweeping West Africa. The Liberian-born professor is Cyril Broderick .

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Oklahoma beheading

A man fired from an Oklahoma food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official, police say. Moore Police Sgt.

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Who's a seaman? Supreme Court may chart the waters

In this photo taken Sept. 23, 2014, Jennifer Dize poses on a dock behind her home on Smith Island, Md.

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Police: Fired worker beheaded Okla. woman

Police: Fired worker beheaded Oklahoma woman Man beheaded woman with knife and was attacking another worker before he was shot. Check out this story on WFAA.com: http://usat.ly/1sC0XzB This Oct. 18, 2011 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Alton Nolen, of Moore, Okla.

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About 7,000 without power in Hanover area

Spokeswoman Kathy Seilhamer said a vehicle hit a utility pole in the 500 block of Baltimore Street in Hanover. As a result, about 5,000 customers in Hanover and about 2,000 in Penn Township lost power.

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After sabotage, air travel system slowly recovers

The nation's air travel system is beginning a slow recovery after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a control center brought Chicago's two international airports to a halt. At the height of the travel misery Friday, more than 2,000 flights in and out of O'Hare and Midway airports were cancelled.

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Erdogan signals more active Turkish role in anti-IS fight

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday signaled Turkey would take a more active role in the international coalition against Islamic State militants following the release of Turkish hostages held by the jihadists. Ankara has for months frustrated the West with its distinctly low-key role in the campaign against IS jihadists but has insisted its hands were tied by concerns over the fate of the hostages.

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Cancellations Reported At DIA After Flights Halted In Chicago

There have been several flight cancellations at Denver International Airport after a problem with flight operations emerged for Chicago's two main airports. Flights were halted at O'Hare and Midway at 8 a.m., due to an apparent fire at an FAA radar facility in nearby Aurora, Ill.

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Planes Grounded In Chicago Due To Possible...

Fire crews called to a fire at an FAA facility in Aurora, Illinois say they have found a man with self-inflicted wounds in the basement of the building. An Aurora Police Department spokesman says the man was not wounded by a gun.

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US says diseases like Ebola should be viewed as security threats

Actors parade on a street after performing at Anono school, during an awareness campaign against Ebola in Abidjan September 25, 2014. The tag on one of the actors read: "Red card to Ebola".

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All waters are connected

The purpose of the Clean Water Act is to restore and protect the health of our nation's waterways.

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Wake Up, Republicans: Hillary Clinton's Ma...

Over the last two years I have engaged in countless discussions with Republican friends and colleagues about whether Hillary Clinton would run for president in 2016. What I discovered were two distinct schools of thought: Republicans who were hopeful that she would not run, and Republicans who were confident that she would not run.

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WashPost NFL Writer: Hire Eric Holder Now To Help League's Image on Player Discipline

Washington Post NFL reporter Mark Maske smelled opportunity in Attorney General Eric Holder's announced resignation on Thursday. He wrote a commentary in the Sports section demanding Holder be hired as the NFL's czar of player discipline.

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Contract Employee Eyed in Fire That Grounded Chicago Flights

Aurora Fire and Police responded to the FAA Air Traffic Control Center, 619 W. Indian Trail, for a report of a fire in the basement of the facility. A contract employee apparently started the fire at a Federal Aviation Administration facility outside Chicago that has grounded hundreds of flights, according to the Aurora, Illinois, chief of police.

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US Court Summons Indian PM For 2002 Violence

The lawsuit in a New York court accuses Narendra Modi of failing to stop anti-Muslim rioting and casts a shadow on his US visit. A New York court has summoned India's prime minister to respond to a lawsuit accusing him of human rights abuses.

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Durbin presses to close corporate loopholes

Using a southwestern Illinois steel plant as a backdrop, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will lobby for legislation designed to reward companies that keep their headquarters in the U.S., his office said. The Illinois Democrat on Friday planned to tour Alton Steel northeast of St. Louis and speak publicly about the Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act he says he introduced in the Senate during the summer.

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Women's equality activist Lilly Ledbetter endorses Mark Lester in Alabama's 6th district race

Lilly Ledbetter, an Alabama native known for her fight for equal pay for women, has endorsed Mark Lester , a Democrat, in the race to represent Alabama's 6th Congressional district . "There is no doubt where Mark Lester stands on this issue," Ledbetter stated in a release referring to equal pay.

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Chicago flights stopped over FAA fire

Air travel for thousands of people across the country was thrown into disarray Friday morning after a fire closed a major Chicago-area air traffic control center that directs traffic across a large swath of the Midwest. Mystery surrounded the interruption, as authorities reported not only that a fire closed the Federal Aviation Administration control center in Aurora, Illinois, but also that a man was found with self-inflicted wounds there.

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A departing Obama friend leaves mixed legal legacy

25, 2014, in Washington. . President Barack Obama, right, looks on as Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Thursday, Sept.

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Passing bill with no quorum should be criminalized

The imperative need for a quorum to pass a bill in Congress was not placed in the Constitution for nothing nor to merely serve as a motherhood provision. Quorum or the number of legislators required to approve a bill is legally required to insure that the same has been properly and intelligently deliberated upon by a majority of our elected officials on behalf of their respective constituencies.

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Wake Up, Republicans: Hillary Clinton 's Machine Can Crush You

Over the last two years I have engaged in countless discussions with Republican friends and colleagues about whether Hillary Clinton would run for president in 2016. What I discovered were two distinct schools of thought: Republicans who were hopeful that she would not run, and Republicans who were confident that she would not run.

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Planes Grounded In Chicago Due To Possible Arson At FAA Outpost

Fire crews called to a fire at an FAA facility in Aurora, Illinois say they have found a man with self-inflicted wounds in the basement of the building. An Aurora Police Department spokesman says the man was not wounded by a gun.

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Both Parties Spend $80M In Final TV Ad Push To Win Senate Seats

After a summer spent chasing voters with millions of dollars in television ads, some of the biggest spenders in politics have settled on eight Senate races for a final flurry before Election Day. WASHINGTON - After a summer spent chasing voters with millions of dollars in television ads, some of the biggest spenders in politics have settled on eight Senate races for a final flurry before Election Day.

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23K pounds of beef trimmings recalled for possible E. coli

A Texas meat processing plant has recalled 23,100 pounds of beef trimmings products for possible contamination with the E.coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. USDA said Caviness Beef Packers in Hereford, Texas is recalling the 23,100 pounds of beef trimmings products with potential E.coli 0157:H7.

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Holder Says D.C. Should Have Voting Rights

Holder mentioned the District's lack of representation in prepared remarks for a speech Friday at a Congressional Black Caucus gathering on voting rights. Holder announced his resignation Thursday.

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2 FBI employees killed in Ohio River collision

Two off-duty FBI employees were killed in a collision between a barge and a boat on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, the agency said Friday. Cincinnati District Fire Chief Lou Arnold said the accident happened late Thursday when the men's pleasure boat hit a 600-foot barge in the river between Cincinnati and Newport, Kentucky.

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Police: Employee set fire at air traffic site

A fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility that shut down the city's two airports Friday was intentionally set by a contract employee, police said. The early morning fire forced the evacuation of the control center in Aurora, about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago.

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GOP congressman denies saying (on tape) that firing gay people is 'one of the freedoms we enjoy'

The Republican congressman who said he opposed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act like he opposed smoking bans, because "You need to respect the autonomy of somebody running their business" and "If you have a business, do you want the government to come in and tell you you need to hire somebody? Why should government be there to impose on the freedoms we enjoy?" initially stood by those statements. But now he's backing away in a fashion that's as ludicrous as his words.

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With Eric Holder's Exit, Obama Loses a Key Ally

One of Attorney General Eric Holder's major projects has been working to shorten prison sentences for certain offenders. But now Holder is taking a step to spring a different kind of figure from the justice system: himself.

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DoD proposes MLA cap expansion

The Department of Defense has issued a proposal that would expand the credit products which are covered by the Military Lending Act's 36-percent rate cap. "NAFCU strongly supports consumer protections and notes that credit unions are already subject to a cap on interest rates," said NAFCU Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and General Counsel Carrie Hunt.

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Sources: Milton Wolf weighs Greg Orman endorsement

Sources: Milton Wolf weighs Greg Orman endorsement - Milton Wolf, the tea party candidate who battled Sen. Pat Roberts in a bitter Republican primary fight, is considering some political payback: Endorsing Kansas independent Greg Orman, sources said Thursday night.

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Scaring Up Another War

In 2000, after a deranged man shot several people in a gay bar in Roanoke, Virginia, some suggested that everyone would have been safer had they all been carrying firearms. Jonathan Rauch made the case six months before the Roanoke incident in his article "Pink Pistols" in Salon.

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Fire grounds flights in and out of O'Hare, Midway; long delays expected

The skyline of Chicago stands behind an American Airlines Inc. Embraer EMB-145LR aircraft as it travels on the tarmac at O'Hare International Airport in this file photo. A fire at a radar facility in Aurora has caused a groundstop to flights in and out of both O'Hare and Midway Airports in Chicago.

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Remember before the Iraq War? Remember that?

Remember when there were just a few liberals on the left saying "Umm.... I dont think we should do this." Remember how Republicans said Democrats hated America and loved terrorists? Remember how even fellow Democrats were saying how could we tolerate people living under dictators and suffering massacres? Remember how they shouted "Holocaust!" and "Rwanda!" Outnumbered, liberals said "You'll regret it!" Then things began to change.

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Mayday PAC moves the needle (week of 9/25): Staci Who? Edition

With seven weeks of spending behind it and just six more to go before the election, anti-PAC Mayday PAC continues to look like a movement devoid of a strategy and overwhelmed with indecision. This past week saw the PAC spend just $74,000 , all on mailers and online ads for Carol Shea-Porter .

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In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses business leaders as he launches his "Make in India" initiative, in New Delhi, prior to his scheduled departure to the United States.

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Lawsuit accuses Indian PM of role in 2002 violence

A federal court in New York has summoned India's prime minister to respond to a lawsuit accusing him of human rights abuses, casting a shadow over the Indian leader's first trip to the U.S. on Friday as head of government. The lawsuit against Narendra Modi stems from long-standing allegations that he didn't do enough to stop devastating religious riots in his home state of Gujarat in 2002, when he served as chief minister there.

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A departing Obama friend leaves mixed legal legacy

It wasn't difficult for Barack Obama and Eric Holder to be in the same orbit. Both were sons of immigrants, Columbia Ivy Leaguers, basketball fans and prominent African-American political figures.

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Air Force band holds free concert: Tickets avialable through Foster's Daily Democrat

The United States Air Force Langley Winds of the USAF Heritage of America Band will perform a concert at the Rochester Opera House on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. The concert is free to the public, but tickets are required to attend due to a space limitation. Tickets can be picked up at Foster's Daily Democrat located at 150 Venture Drive in Dover between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting Oct. 20. Langley Winds features a diverse cast of talented professional musicians that has received worldwide acclaim and military distinction.

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Fire at control site stops O'Hare, Midway flights

A fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility Friday halted to all flights in and out of the city's two airports. All flights in and out of Chicago's two airports were halted Friday morning because of a fire at a suburban Chicago air traffic control facility.

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Film Friday: Stephen Gaghan's 'Syriana' starring...

The United States is addicted to oil. That's not news now and it wasn't news back in 2005, when Oscar winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan's Syriana was released.

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Chicago Traffic Control Center Fire Stops Flights

The... CHADRON - The Chadron State College volleyball team opened its first home match in exciting fashion by turning back Western New Mexico 25-18, 14-25, 25-18, 28-26 Thursday even... -- Nashville Predators general manager David Poile announced Thursday that the team agreed to a new deal with restricted free agent defenseman Ryan Ellis.Ac... Jason Aldean is letting his fans into his personal life like never before via Instagram, and it's all thanks to his new fiance, Brittany Kerr.

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Corporate questions bring about unusual times

On June 30 of this year the Supreme Court came to a controversial and potentially far-reaching decision. The for-profit, closely-held corporation Hobby Lobby was found to be a "person" capable of holding religious beliefs.

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Chicago flights stopped over FAA fire

Air travel for thousands of people across the country was thrown into disarray Friday morning after a fire closed a major Chicago-area air traffic control center that directs traffic across a large swath of the Midwest. Mystery surrounded the interruption, as authorities reported not only that a fire closed the Federal Aviation Administration control center in Aurora, Illinois, but also that a man was found with self-inflicted wounds there.

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