US HEADLINES 5/4/15: 200 Latest Breaking US and World News and Top Stories
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“Eight years is a different world.”
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Baltimore police say they arrested a man Monday for having a handgun, and denied reports that a shooting occurred.
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Legendary hedge fund activist investor Bill Ackman has made a lot of short calls. But his long pick late in the day at the Sohn Conference Foundation in New York sent one company's stock spiking. Jarden Corp. shares shot up more th...
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David Goldberg, the SurveyMonkey CEO who also was Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg's husband, was exercising at a gym in a Mexican resort when he collapsed before he died Friday, a person close to the family said. Goldberg died of seve...
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Happy Star Wars Day, or as true Star Wars fan say “May the Fourth be with you!”
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“It took heart, guts, determination, falling down and getting up, and a little motivation from the crowd to get across the finish line. Check this out.”
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Baltimore police: Man arrested on gun charge near scene of recent rioting, but no shooting
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The head of Iowa's economic development agency says she will try to facilitate communication between labor leaders and officials overseeing construction of a $1.8 billion fertilizer plant that recently issued layo...
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Testimony wraps up in Jamaican lottery scam trial in North Dakota; closing arguments are next
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Let's hope Arya Stark isn't adding Time Lords to her kill list. Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams has been hard at work, filming scenes from her guest appearance on the popular time-travel show Doctor Who . See also: Maisie Williams f...
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Glenn Ratkovich testified today in the Aurora theater shooting trial about the odd voicemail he received from the suspect regarding membership for the gun range.
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The second suspect in a shooting at a controversial art contest near Dallas, Texas, has been identified. CBS News' Paula Reid has more.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's "Match 6 Lotto" game were: 04-14-16-29-31-44 (four, fourteen, sixteen, twenty-nine, thirty-one, forty-four)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lauryn Hill is canceling a planned performance in Tel Aviv because she wasn't able to also schedule a concert in the nearby Palestinian city of Ramallah. The singer-songwriter said in a statement Monday that she origin...
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Given Fiorina’s background in the tech sector, one might expect that her campaign would have an impressive, well-thought-out digital roll-out.
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A Dutch police helicopter happened to snap this gorgeous shot of a newly married couple frolicking in a tulip field. Now, they're trying to track down the newlyweds on Twitter and give them the photo. Welk bruidspaar staat toevallig op f...
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Garrett Bonin was in the thrilling final stretch of high school, on the brink of prom, just weeks away from his Howard High School graduation and happily anticipating the “senior week” tradition of heading with friends to the beach in Oc...
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Debate over net neutrality has raged in the United States for years, but the controversy isn't just for developed countries with high connectivity rates. In countries like India, where Facebook has been offering its free Internet.org ser...
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's "Cash 5" game were: 06-09-10-29-34 (six, nine, ten, twenty-nine, thirty-four)
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Since at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
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While not binding, agreements on matters such as the Constitution and the presence of foreign troops raised hopes about the long deadlocked process.
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Foreign companies considering investment in Illinois are turned off by the state's high taxes, its aging infrastructure and its lack of vocational training for the next generation of skilled workers, according to a survey of countries re...
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The movie will also kick off a new bonanza in merchandising -- the real money-maker in the Star Wars business.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were: 2-2-3-9 (two, two, three, nine)
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Maya Plisetskaya, former prima ballerina assoluta at the Bolshoi Ballet, died Saturday at age 89. She stepped out from behind the Iron Curtain and onto a Western stage for the first time in 1959, and she dazzled New York in Swan Lake ’s ...
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A 25-year-old police officer shot in the head while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun died Monday from his injuries, the third New York City officer slain on duty in five months.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's "Pick 5 Evening" game were: 0-6-6-2-6 (zero, six, six, two, six)
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Relatives of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev traveled thousands of miles to help persuade a jury not to sentence him to death for the Boston Marathon bombing.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The number of New Mexico's teachers rated "effective" or better dropped slightly this year under a much-debated evaluation system, according to new numbers released Monday by the state's Public Education Departme...
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A school security guard was injured when the two gunmen opened fire on Sunday night at the inaugural Muhammad Art Exhibit.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two former political allies of Gov. Chris Christie pleaded not guilty Monday to charges they were involved in politically motivated lane closures of the George Washington Bridge, and the attorney for one vowed to subp...
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When Steve Easterbrook took over as McDonald’s chief executive in March, the chain was in crisis. Don Thompson, Easterbrook’s predecessor, had resigned in a blaze of spectacular failure : Five straight quarters of decline , the company’s...
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The grieving relatives of Freddie Gray, who died after a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody, spoke to NBC News in an exclusive interview.
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Baltimore prosecutor: There is no conflict of interest CNN's Sara Sidner sat down with Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and her husband, Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby. From: CNN Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:48 ...
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How much do you know about Dr. Ben Carson? Take the quiz.
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It's time for you to put whatever differences you may have with Anne Hathaway aside and show some respect for the elegant golden hoodie dress the actress wore to 2015's Met Gala . Hathaway looked like an Oscar statue on the way to the gy...
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The chemistry of a team — any team in any sport — is a profound mystery. In pro football, the ultimate team game in which virtually every player relies on another, building a team and creating chemistry can be downright confounding.
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Mobile home fire kills 3 women from same family; 4 relatives, including kids, escape
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Resources will be used to deliver help to remote areas hit by earthquake
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Officials here and in Arizona stepped up their investigation into a terrorist “wannabe” who along with another man opened fire with assault rifles and were shot dead by a hero police officer before they could invade a controversial Muham...
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Sometimes when you're on the run from the law, you still need to feel like you're still connected to your would-be captors on social media. That's pretty much the only way to explain why Levi Charles Reardon would add his Like to a pictu...
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Monday was a big day for officially launching presidential campaigns: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former HP executive Carly Fiorina both threw their hats into the GOP primary ring. In terms of memorability, Fiorina's appearance o...
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The competitive side of Jeff Samardzija feels the weight of his dreadful last start in Baltimore, dissecting every pitch in the Orioles' eight-run onslaught over five innings.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas moved Monday to ban its own cities from imposing prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas drilling activities within their boundaries — a major vict...
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How much do you know about Dr. Ben Carson? Take the quiz.
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Typically, red carpets are all about the ballgowns. But on Monday night's Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, headwear stole the spotlight. The theme of the night was China: Through the Looking Glass, an approac...
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were: 0-3-2 (zero, three, two)
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How much do you know about Dr. Ben Carson? Take the quiz.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, choosing a widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during ...
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The force be with... who, again?
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Star Wars Fans Celebrate May 4th 'Star Wars Day' | CNBC MayThe4thBeWithYou Star Wars most devoted fans around the world celebrate at parties such as the "Cantina at the end of the universe” hosted by super fans on May ...
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The federal government is pushing for U.S. companies to draw up workplace policies that consider the health and safety issues facing transgender workers, including, most prominently, restroom access. The Occupational Safety and Health Ad...
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Nigeria's military is battling a dangerous tribal militia that could grow into a terrorist group in central Nigeria and denies accusations its troops have killed dozens of civilians, the Defense Ministry spokesman said Monday. … Cl...
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A Florida couple accused of having sex on a public beach in front of families has been found guilty by a jury. … Click to Continue »
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DIRECTOR DAVID AYER DELIVERED THIS FIRST LOOK AT THE CAST IN COSTUME. TASK FORCE X" INCLUDES A BALD-HEADED WILL SMITH AS DEADSHOT, CARA DELEVINGNE AS ENCHANTRESS, AND MARGOT ROBBIE AS HARLEY QUINN. From: ABC News Views: 0 0 ratings ...
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Colombian police are investigating the theft of a valuable first edition copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude." … Click to Continue »
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President Barack Obama said Monday that recent urban protests show the United States needs to do more to make sure its youth – particularly black and Latino boys and young men – have an equal chance to succeed in America. "We cannot guar...
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A New York Times feature about the best and worst places to grow up offers some head-spinning conclusions
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“A waste bin is a jelled temporality.”
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Inside Air Force One: Cockpit The U.S. Air Force has 8 official presidential pilots on staff. The plane can fly 7800 miles fully-fueled at a top speed of 630 miles per hour. From: ABC News Views: 13 1 ratings Time: 02:19 More in News &am...
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Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle can't host Shell's offshore Arctic fleet until it gets a new land-use permit. … Click ...
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Israeli troops who served in last summer’s war in Gaza were ordered to shoot people on sight, shelled homes and reduced neighborhoods to rubble as part of a deliberate policy of force protection that cost the lives of Palestinian civilia...
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SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg died of severe head trauma in an exercise accident in the Mexican resort town of Punta Mita, a Mexican state official said Monday. … Click to Continue »
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Aldi supermarket employees in Germany found more than just fruit in shipments from Colombia: Workers in 14 different stores discovered a total of 850 pounds of cocaine in several boxes of bananas. Surprise: #Aldi supermarket workers find...
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According to the uploader, the animal he's holding is a species of marine ribbon worm. When threatened they're capable of secreting a large amount of mucus and boy does it look gross.
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday signed into law new anti-corruption legislation that was fast-tracked by his government, which is seeking to put a series of conflict of interest scandals behind it. But the new law, passed ...
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Last night's finale left the future of the show wide open
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Michael Savage: Civil War Is Here Alex Jones talks with fellow talk show host Michael Savage about his new book as well as Islam and how it is being used to take your liberties and destroy America. http://www.infowars.com/video-mo... Fro...
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In February UTA announced that it would be the first major Hollywood agency to launch a division dedicated to fine art, and last Thursday, to kick of Paris Photo Los Angeles, UTA Fine Arts, along with Barneys, celebrated the opening of t...
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A drug cartel that unleashed a wave of attacks in the western Mexican state of Jalisco used a rocket-propelled grenade to force down a military helicopter, a security official said Monday. … Click to Continue »
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Former President Bill Clinton says he is pleased to see Liberia's progress in the fight against the deadly Ebola disease, and is urging residents of the West African nation to support those who survived. … Click to Continue »
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Greece’s election of an anti-Europe government shows it wants out. Ukraine’s EuroMaidan revolution shows it was willing to risk iGts existence to become a part of Europe. Europe has showered recalcitrant Greece with hundreds of billions ...
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South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said Sunday that he and other fellow Republicans, including Rep. Trey Gowdy and Sen. Lindsey Graham, are part of a congressional working group that's eyeing sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system. "...
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The candidate's dad, a Federal judge and law professor, was tough on crime—and, having helped appoint Ken Starr, tough on the Clintons.
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Boots on the ground in Iraq | "Buck Brief" President Obama claims we're through with "boots on the ground" in Iraq, but a new development threatens to drag U.S. soldiers back into the bloody quagmire. Buck explain...
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Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Text THE DUO IS POSTING THEIR FRIENDLY TEXT MESSAGE EXCHANGE TO INSTAGRAM, SHOWING THE STARS' LATE NIGHT RHYMING SESSION. From: ABC News Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:38 More in News & Politics
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As protesters prepared to take to the streets of Baltimore for a 17th night Monday, President Barack Obama was in New York City, launching an initiative intended to provide grants for disadvantaged black and Hispanic youths and assistanc...
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If the Oscars are the Super Bowl of fashion, then the Met Costume Gala is more like the Olympics—if the Games occurred every year. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual celebration of fashion, chaired by Vogue editor Anna Wintour, draw...
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Star Wars Parody: ‘Paw Wars’ THE FOLKS AT 'PET COLLECTIVE' HAVE CREATED A BRAND NEW PARODY VIDEO CALLED 'PAW WARZ. From: ABC News Views: 117 10 ratings Time: 00:49 More in News & Politics
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The newly minted Republican presidential candidate doesn't sweat rehearsals or prepared speeches–and that's a strength and a weakness.
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A new homeless shelter called Casa Ruby is opening in Washington, DC that is specifically for the LGBT community - lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered young people. Janet Weinstein has this report.
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Elton Simpson, one of the Mohammed art-contest gunmen killed Sunday in Texas, dodged federal efforts to place him on the no-fly list and pin terrorism charges on him earlier this decade, receiving instead probation and a $500 fine. Simps...
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It's too expensive for their tastes. And experts doubt it would work.
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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will go to Moscow to attend Victory Day events this weekend, the world body announced Monday, amid criticism that Russia should not be rewarded after annexing Crimea from Ukraine. … Click to Continue »
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The author of a groundbreaking New York Times story on links between China's top leaders and a multi-billion-dollar company says he started his year-long investigation by looking first at the corporation, Wanda Commercial Properties, and...
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French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen was suspended Monday from the National Front party he built into a political force over four decades after a series of controversial remarks about Jews and Nazis put him on the fast track to disg...
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When Israel secretly airlifted waves of Ethiopian Jews in the 1980s and 1990s, saving them from war and famine in the Horn of Africa, it was celebrated as a triumphant show of unity for the Jewish people. … Click to Continue »
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78% of U.S. small businesses will have fully adopted cloud computing by 2020 more than doubling the current 37% as of today. The U.S. Small & Medium Business (SMB) cloud computing & services market will grow from $43B in 2015 to...
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A Washington state patrolman whose car struck two people crossing the street against a do-not-walk sign in December will face no punishment and the injured pair have been fined $112 each after a probe found them at fault, police said on ...
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Marky Ramone on Joey | "Cain Conversation" Will Cain sits down with Mary Ramone for a fascinating interview on "Cain Conversation." Watch full episodes of Cain Conversations on demand with a subscription to TheBlaze T...
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“Ex Machina” star Alicia Vikander tells WSJ about the challenges of playing a humanoid robot, how ballet helped her performance, and whether robot love is possible.
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Last year, four black parole officers driving on their way to arrest someone were blocked in by patrol cars at a busy intersection in the village of Airmont in Ramapo, New York (about 35 miles north of New York City). According to video ...
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Already the home of some two dozen U.S. military bases, including Fort Hood, the nation’s second largest, Texas has expressed concern that an exercise by special operations commandos scheduled for this summer is a threat to the state. &#...
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A reclusive tribe attacked a village last week in a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon and one member shot an arrow and killed a man, the government said on Monday. The 20-year-old man died from an arrow to his chest on Friday in the Mad...
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Lawyers representing 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Monday that she is willing to testify in front of a special panel on Capitol Hill about the Benghazi, Libya, attacks and the controversy surrounding her private
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he spends millions housing illegal immigrants the president won't deport.
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The State of Palestine’s ascension to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court offers the global tribunal a choice between two clear paths into the future. By launching a serious prosecution of Israel’s crimes against Palesti...
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Amid the latest case of poor police-community relations, critics are targeting N.Y.'s policing theory, which aims to crack down on minor offenses. But it's also praised for reducing the crime rate.
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"If you're standing for the freedom of expression, you can't be at one moment for this freedom of expression, and, two or three minutes later, against that," film critic Jean-Baptiste Thoret says.
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Nicola Sturgeon, The Scotsman This election is not about independence – it is about making sure Scots are truly heard.
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Warning: possible cuteness overload.
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In a speech Monday in the Bronx announcing the expansion of his My Brother's Keeper initiative for young men of color, President Obama directly addressed the ongoing strife in Baltimore in the wake of Freddie Gray's killing, MSNBC report...
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Alex Deane, RealClearWorld With days to go before voters take to the polls in Britain, the parties contesting our election are already looking past May 7, arguing heatedly over the theoretical coalitions they may or may not countenance i...
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'I’m Not Saying Your Mother is a Vampire' Watch Arielle Greenberg read her poem “I'm Not Saying Your Mother is a Vampire” at the 2015 AWP Conference and Bookfair in Minneapolis. From: PBS NewsHour Views: 0 0...
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Kate Middleton and Prince William named their newborn daughter Charlotte Elizabeth Diana following her birth on Saturday, May 2.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is willing to testify once on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and her...
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Marcy McGinnis, senior vice president of outreach at the network departure on Monday is the third executive to leave the network in two weeks.
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The former president says that criticism of the foundation is "political."
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By instigating more R&D, eliminating the trade deficit altogether would raise U.S. economic growth by one to two percentage points.
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The Capitol Hill appearance will test her 2016 presidential campaign.
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FBI investigates Muhammad cartoon contest attackers The FBI searched for terror ties to an attack in Texas by two gunmen. Both attackers were killed after they opened fire outside a contest of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Fed...
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PBS NewsHour full episode May 5, 2015 Monday on the NewsHour, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina join the 2016 presidential race. Also: How the people of Baltimore are moving beyond the unrest, how where you live dictates your economic... From...
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Baltimore officials have lifted a 10 p.m. curfew and National Guard troops have begun to withdraw as peaceful protests continue over the death of Freddie Gray. On Friday, Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced a range of...
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The McDonald's turnaround plan is staking its future on being a "progressive burger company." But what does that mean?
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Molly Redden at Mother Jones writes Want an Abortion This Year? Get Ready to Wait : For women seeking an abortion, 2015 is shaping up to be the year of the long wait. Since the beginning of the year, six states have proposed or passed la...
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Residents in the state generally do not approve of the job he is doing.
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Ma'an reports: "A number of Palestinian journalists were injured on Saturday when Israeli forces suppressed a peaceful march organised by journalists to mark World Press Freedom Day. Israeli forces fired tear-gas canisters and stun grena...
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Will 2016 be the year of the political outsider? The field of Republican contenders for 2016 has grown by two: retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO, have both announced their candidacies. Gwen I...
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The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has sent out pastoral letters insisting that opposing gay marriage is not homophobic, as the country prepares for a national referendum on whether to legalize the practice on May 22.
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___McDonald's challenge: Make it simpler, but add choicesNEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's wants to simplify, simplify, simplify — but also add a bunch...
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The Pew poll showed only 12 percent of Democrats thought it was the wrong call.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Michael Blake, the writer whose novel "Dances With Wolves" became a major hit movie and earned him an Academy Award for the...
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NEW YORK (AP) — An NYPD police officer was in critical but stable condition early Monday, two days after being shot in the head while sitting in an unmarked car in Queens. Officer Brian Moore, 25, was in a coma and "fighting for his life...
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We're pleased to announce that we're the only show embedded with the troops for the federal invasion of Texas! Remember the à la mode! Listen LIVE at 9:00 ET, here: Click this Link to Listen on your iTunes, Winamp or Windows Media Player...
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The six Baltimore police officers charged in Freddie Gray's death have been released after posting bonds of $250,000 to $350,000. Meanwhile, Alan Bullock, an 18-year-old who turned himself in for participating in riots, is facing a bond ...
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Sit back and relax this Star Wars Day with these great webcomics set in a galaxy far, far away.
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Two more candidates got in on the Republican side Monday, including Ben Carson, who is black, and Carly Fiorina. It's the most diverse GOP field anyone can remember. But will it make a difference?
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Singer Chris Brown faces another battery accusation just days after he performed at an after-party to the weekend's much hyped...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Simpsons" will keep the satire coming for at least two more seasons.Fox said Monday it has renewed the animated series for...
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Baltimore Lifts Curfew After 6 Cops Charged for Death of Freddie Gray, Man Who Filmed Freddie Gray Video Arrested, Alleges Police Harassment, Freddie Gray Honored as May Day Marked Worldwide, Israel: Thousands Protest Police Violence in ...
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Some of the nearly 700 hostages rescued from terror group Boko Haram last week following raids by the Nigerian army have spoken out about the horrific treatment they received. The captives revealed the Islamic militants stoned women to d...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appeared to tear up as his relatives from Russia testified Monday.
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5 p.m. CDTThe U.N. secretary-general's office says Ban Ki-moon condemns the attack outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas.Ban's...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Since at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas...
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David M. Drucker Carly Fiornia on Monday declared her bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, making her the fifth candidate and fourth Republican to make the race. I'm in and I'm excited to hear from you on @per...
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Detroit erved as the backdrop for Carson's presidential announcement but his candidacy hasn't exactly been welcomed in his hometown.
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Shia militias answer the call to fight Islamic State in Iraq When the Islamic State group took over parts of Iraq, the government turned to Iran and Iraqi citizens for help. Special correspondent Jane Arraf visits a training center of vo...
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House Democrats are turning their backs on President Barack Obama's plan to pass legislation that allows him to send trade deals to Congress for fast-tracking, according to Politico.
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Dan Hannan, Washington Examiner My MEP friends from other countries can't understand it. "Please explain what's happening in Britain," they say. "One party wrecks the economy and the other party fixes it. Why isn't the second party ten p...
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A. Adebajo, Business Day As a new world is born out of the ashes of the old, the games that the Great Powers play will shape this evolving order.
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Prospective online students may encounter project-based learning, gamification and live course sessions.
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After months of talking about likely 2016 presidential hopefuls, the Republican field is suddenly growing fast. Three more candidates will enter the race Monday and Tuesday, including a neurosurgeon, a business executive and a one-time g...
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NYT and MSNBC should be a little bit more careful about who they're jumping to defend. Pamela Geller is not attacking jihadists. She is attacking Islam, a world religion, with more than 1 billion adherents, and saying that that religion ...
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From automobiles to toaster ovens, everything these days is being built to go online. The problem: The technology may not be available to accommodate them all. … Click to Continue »
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Due to contractors fixing the street, the front lawns and driveways of more than a dozen homes on Brynmor Avenue in Montreal West have badly damaged.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - A Missouri man was charged on Monday in connection with allegations he held his girlfriend captive in a wooden box in their home, and is being sought by police, authorities said.
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The damage to a northwest Calgary home trashed by Airbnb renters will likely be twice as high as the original estimate at $150,000, according to the homeowners.
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The Manitoba government is following through on a promise to rename a holiday in honour of Terry Fox.
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5:30 p.m. CDT Texas police now say SWAT team officers were involved in the shooting that left two gunmen dead outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas. Garland police spokesman Joe Harn said Monday that a single poli...
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OTTAWA – Linda Duncan’s phone is ringing off the hook. For just over six years, she’s been the lone Alberta New Democrat in the House of Commons, having taken the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona away from the Conservative...
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OTTAWA - Canada's disaster-relief team is now setting up operations in earnest in Nepal, but aid agencies and the Nepalese government warned Monday that a long road of rebuilding after the devastating earthquake lies ahead. "It's far awa...
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OTTAWA – Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos of Quebec has been named Speaker of the upper chamber, replacing Pierre Claude Nolin who died last month. Housakos, 47, was unanimously elected Speaker on a temporary basis last December, to ...
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An inmate in the jail at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent died in his cell Friday night.
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Let’s be frank: This Major League Soccer season has, to this point, been a bit of a drag. The last few weekends have been better, and play will hopefully continue to improve. But goals have been down, most of the contenders have di...
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Singer Chris Brown faces another battery accusation just days after he performed at an after-party to the weekend’s much hyped boxing match, which was also billed as the kickoff to his residency at the Drai&...
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A nearly two-decade legal fight by a convicted murderer in Massachusetts to get taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery ended in failure Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her final appeal.
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Quebec is bringing in laws to regulate and tax popular home-sharing services like Airbnb. What that means for participating homeowner’s isn’t yet clear.
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Based on the two major fiscal planks Justin Trudeau unveiled on Monday, the plan he has built for his upcoming campaign is more a departure from that of his immediate predecessors than a continuation.
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National Whistleblowers Center Executive Director Stephen Kohn says that US intelligence agencies have failed to utilize the skills of Arab-American employees in the War on Terror because of existing prejudices and discrimination.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Singer Chris Brown faces another battery accusation just days after he performed at an after-party to the weekend's much hyped boxing match, which was also billed as the kickoff to his residency at the Drai's nightclub....
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May the fourth be with you and all those on Parliament Hill treated to the noon-hour nod to Star Wars performed by the Dominion carillonneur
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Two outside candidates could help GOP win over more diverse group of supporters in 2016.
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The Manitoba government is following through on a promise to rename a holiday in honour of Terry Fox.
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Clinton’s attorney David Kendall said that former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is willing to publically testify to the US House Select Committee on Benghazi in May 2015 but only once.
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The Alberta Party candidate in Calgary-Glenmore resigned from the party on Monday afternoon, for what he described as an “inappropriate” joke he posted online.
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It was a “pink” protest the likes of which the Pink Palace has never seen. Most of the Progressive Conservative caucus wore pink Monday at Queen’s Park to demonstrate their displeasure with one of their colleagues for attacking leadershi...
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The second gunman in Sunday's shooting in Garland, Texas has been identified as a small business owner from Phoenix not previously known to law enforcement authorities.
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For the first time in court, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dropped his blank, impassive demeanor and cried as his sobbing aunt briefly took the stand Monday in his federal death penalty trial.
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Each year – and particularly every 10th year – Canadian veterans have visited to commemorate the enormous sacrifice during the Second World War and receive the gratitude of the Dutch people
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BALTIMORE - Officers arrested a man who appeared to be armed with a handgun in the same neighbourhood where riots have broken out over the death of a man injured in police custody, but no one was hurt during the confrontation, authoritie...
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Obama announces that the new private sector non-profit My Brother’s Keeper Alliance seeks to help young minority Americans gain equal opportunities in the US job market.
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Health officials are warning patients who were treated by a man posing as a dentist in Surrey, B.C., that they may have been exposed to hepatitis B and C, HIV and blood-borne infections.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Big waves have been lashing Southern California, attracting surfers and thousands of gawkers to south-facing beaches. Beach patrols were stepped up Monday after lifeguards rescued 17 people off Newport Beach over the w...
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A drug cartel that unleashed a wave of attacks in the western Mexican state of Jalisco used a rocket-propelled grenade to force down a military helicopter, a security official said Monday.
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ROME – Italian rescue ships brought migrants by the thousands to the country’s southern ports, including a baby born aboard a navy vessel, as crowded shelters in Sicily and on the mainland struggled Monday to find room for th...
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On Monday afternoon local time, Fox News reported a man was shot several times - later denied by Baltimore police on Twitter
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Al-Jazeera America news network, sued by a former employee who said he was fired for complaining about a colleague’s anti-Semitic and sexist behavior, is losing one of its top U.S. news executives. Marcy McGinni...
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Organizers of the Muhammad Art Exhibit in Garland, Texas, knew violence was a possibility. … Click to Continue »
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MONTREAL - Montreal police say they are investigating after a video surfaced showing a man seemingly being hit in the face by officers during Friday's May Day protest. The video, obtained by CBC News and only a few seconds long, shows an...
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The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles will display the collection of art — that had been up for auction — done by people of Japanese descent who were imprisoned after Dec. 7, 1941.
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Since at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
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Deputies arrested two teenage brothers Friday accused of robbing people responding to Craigslist ad at gunpoint, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
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It didn’t come as a surprise considering the numbers he’d amassed, but it’s still a nice honor for any player. On Monday. Nelson Cruz was selected as the American League player of the month for April by Major League B...
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The uproar over the US Department of Homeland Security’s license plate-scanning campaign has led the agency to scale back its operation. Yet even with modifications to the program, the agency will still record plates from at least half o...
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REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democrats are criticizing the government for travel expenses from trips made in advance of Premier Brad Wall's trade missions to Asia. Documents released by the Opposition show itineraries for two government off...
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(Reuters) - Clayton State University was reopened Monday evening, hours after a bomb threat triggered an evacuation of the Atlanta-area school's main campus.
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WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has agreed to testify on Capitol Hill later this month about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and about her email practices. Her lawyer David Kendall wrote to lawmakers Monday telling them she would agr...
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US Attorney General Loretta Lynch condemned the violence that erupted in Baltimore and said the Justice Department would provide any assistance needed.
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The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and SurveyMonkey Chief Executive Dave Goldberg died of severe head trauma, according to local officials.
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Notley’s campaign caught fire because of her impressive debate performance, because she sounds reasonable and she does not present as an ideologue
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City plainclothes police officer who was shot in the head died on Monday, the fifth officer gunned down in as many months amid anti-law enforcement sentiment not seen since the turbulent 1960s, Police Comm...
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After a month-long campaign, the polls are open and voters are deciding whether to give the Liberals led by Wade MacLauchlan a third term.
