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Egypt’s Interior Minister survives assassination effort that injures 7 others
Egypt’s Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim on Thursday survived a bomb attack on his convoy, warning shortly afterwards the country faced a “wave of terrorism” amid a sweeping police crackdown on...
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Colorado youth pastor charged for sexually assaulting minor for more than 7...
A youth pastor in Colorado is facing charges of sexual assault after a young woman accused him of an “inappropriate” relationship that lasted seven years. Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said in a...
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Obama tells Russian activists he is proud of their work
President Barack Obama on Friday told Russian rights activists that he is “proud of their work,” saying Russia must remember to let civil society function freely. Meeting with nine activists, including...
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New York man killed in remote-controlled helicopter mishap
A Queens, NY family received word Thursday night that their 19-year-old son and brother was killed when a remote-controlled helicopter he was flying struck him in the head. According to New York City’s...
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U.S. spy chief criticizes journalists for publishing leaks about...
The Obama administration has responded to revelations on the NSA’s successes in defeating online security and privacy published on Thursday by the Guardian, New York Times and ProPublica. In a...
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Tiny brother cheetah cubs make Dallas zoo debut
Amid all of the grim news from around the world, it is important to take a moment from time to time (particularly on a Friday afternoon) to hit your brain’s “refresh” button by watching something...
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Talks underway to unionize Volkswagen’s U.S. plant
The United Auto Workers said Friday it is in talks with Volkswagen to unionize the German automaker’s US plant and grant workers there a seat on the global works council. The UAW has been making a...
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Tokyo Governor slams Fukushima coverage on eve of 2020 Olympics vote
Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose blasted the media coverage of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday and said that people should not believe in scare stories but on basis and facts. The 66-year-old...
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Benedict Cumberbatch launches defense of Julian Assange
Catherine Shoard, The Guardian Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor whose high-profile portrayal of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is generating Oscar buzz, has launched a defence of the man he...
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Creationist: Big Bang theory ‘bad science’ because it contradicts the Bible
The Big Bang theory is “bad science” because it contradicts the story of the creation of the world found in Genesis, according to World Net Daily contributor David Rives. “If you look at the science...
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Republican Senator says Syria wouldn’t be a problem if Bush was still president
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama believes the country wouldn’t be facing the decision of whether to attack Syria if George W. Bush was still in the White House. At a town hall meeting on...
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Texas newspaper refuses to run same sex wedding announcement
A lesbian couple in Texarkana, TX said that their local newspaper refused to run an announcement of their wedding. KSLA reported that Michelle Cooks and her partner Patricia Wrightener were told by the...
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Do Americans love their dogs too much?
Every few years it seems there’s a new study that shows how smart dogs are. Three or four years ago, it was revealed that the smartest dogs had a vocabulary of up to 500 words.;
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String of HIV infections brings porn industry to a standstill
After a third pornographic performer tested positive this week for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the erotic film industry issued a nationwide moratorium on production. According to Reuters,...
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Pat Robertson threatens documentary team over film that says his Africa...
Christian televangelist Pat Robertson is threatening legal action against a Canadian documentary team over their film alleging that Robertson used a bogus charity as a supply line for his diamond...
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David Letterman points out major flaw in U.S. Syria strategy
Friday night on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman,” host David Letterman devoted a portion of his opening monologue to the unfolding crisis in Syria under the leadership of “evil weasel” Bashar...
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McCain: ‘Boots on the ground’ in Syria would lead to Obama’s impeachment
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) offered a curious justification for U.S. military intervention in Syria on Friday. According to Talking Points Memo, the pro-interventionist Republican and former presidential...
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Hundreds gather in Taiwan to support same sex marriage bill
More than 1,200 Taiwanese people joined a mock “wedding banquet” on Saturday aiming to drum up support for a same-sex marriage bill due to be sent to parliament soon, organisers said. Participants sat...
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Federal Reserve bracing for 2014 change-over
There’s never a good time to change the head of the US central bank, according to Ethan Harris, who wrote “Ben Bernanke’s Fed” about the chairman of the Federal Reserve. But it’s even more the case...
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Thousands party in Madrid ahead of 2020 Olympics announcement
Thousands of hopeful, recession-hit Spaniards packed around giant screens in Madrid on Saturday to watch Olympic chiefs in Buenos Aires decide the fate of their city’s bid to host the 2020 Games....
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