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Senate makes progress on farm bill

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate late Monday broke a deadlock that had threatened to bring down a half-trillion-dollar farm and food bill, setting the stage for expected passage of the measure later this week....
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David Cameron's Swede dreams

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
Is Sweden the big society blueprint David Cameron is looking for?
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Alcohol plays role in reports involving the Secret Service

One U.S. Secret Service special agent drank too much alcohol and got caught after a minor traffic accident. Another agent got nabbed after driving into a telephone pole. Yet another got arrested after getting stuck in a ditch.

As the Secret Service deals with the ongoing fallout from an embarrassing ...

Draft: G-20 will produce plan for global growth

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- The leaders of the world's largest economies have produced a coordinated global plan for job creation, which they call the top priority in fighting the effects of the European economic crisis, according to a draft of the statement to be released Tuesday at the end of the Group of 20 annual meeting....

Romney says a Michigan win gives him presidency

AP - Politics - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Mitt Romney says he thinks he can win Michigan - and that if he does, he'll win the presidency....

Is this the end of the composer?

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
De-composer - will a music machine kill off the composer?
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Roger Clemens acquitted on all charges

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
Baseball's Roger Clemens was found not guilty Monday of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use among major league players. "I put a lot of hard work into that career," he told reporters, choking up on the steps of the federal courthouse in Washington.
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The science of home advantage

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
England's crunch Euro 2012 group game is in Ukraine against Ukraine. Sadly for England, home advantage is real.
Categories: BBC, News

U.S. deserter surfaces 28 years later

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
28 years after going AWOL, fugitive David Hemler re-appears. His family thought he was dead. CNN's Mary Snow reports.
Categories: CNN, News

Early Obama backer defects to GOP

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
Ex-Rep. Artur Davis explains to CNN's Wolf Blitzer why he left the Democratic Party and plans to vote for Mitt Romney.
Categories: CNN, News

The re-re-re-rise of the corset

BBC - News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
Corset sales are booming. But what do the peaks and troughs of demand say about body image over the last 200 years?
Categories: BBC, News

Mongolia wants its Tyrannosaurus back

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
Federal authorities have filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of a stolen dinosaur skeleton and its return to Mongolia, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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Jail transcripts: Zimmerman, wife discuss finances in code

CNN - Top Stories - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
Despite telling the court they were indigent, George Zimmerman and his wife discussed -- in code, according to prosecutors -- money raised online to help in his defense on second-degree murder charges, transcripts of jailhouse phone calls show.
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Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Investigators conducted an autopsy Monday on Rodney King's body, but it was expected to take several weeks to determine what killed him, officials said....
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Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Investigators conducted an autopsy Monday on Rodney King's body, but it was expected to take several weeks to determine what killed him, officials said....
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Rodney King autopsy concluded; results weeks away

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
RIALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Investigators conducted an autopsy Monday on Rodney King's body, but it was expected to take several weeks to determine what killed him, officials said....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Asians to U.S. pass Hispanics

For the first time, the influx of Asians moving to the U.S. has surpassed that of Hispanics, reflecting a slowdown in illegal immigration while American employers increase their demand for high-skilled workers.

An expansive study by the Pew Research Center details what it describes as "the rise of Asian-Americans," a ...

Suspect in body parts case returns to Canada

AP - World News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
MIRABEL, Quebec (AP) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected in the dismemberment of a Chinese student arrived in Canada on Monday via military transport from Germany, where he was arrested this month....

Greg Palast and Ted Rall in Sag Harbor Live!

Greg Palast - Articles - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11

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US sues to force return of dinosaur to Mongolia

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-04-19 03:11
NEW YORK (AP) -- The fossil of a dinosaur that roamed the earth 70 million years ago should be turned over to the United States by an auction house so that it can be returned to its home in Mongolia, a lawsuit brought by the U.S. government demanded Monday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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