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Colleges suing impoverished recent grads over unpaid Perkins loans
Three of the highest-profile colleges in America are suing students over unpaid student loans, according to a Tuesday report in Bloomberg News. Yale University, George Washington University and the...
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Kerry: North Korea’s nuclear tests increase potential for conflict
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Thursday that North Korea’s expected nuclear tests only increase the risk of conflict and would do nothing to help the country’s stricken people. Kerry made...
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Lance Armstrong faces lawsuit over bonus money
A US insurance firm filed a lawsuit against disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong on Thursday, demanding he return $12 million in bonus money paid for his Tour de France triumphs. Texas-based SCA...
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ACLU sues Ohio school district over Jesus portrait
The American Civil Liberties Union and Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit against the Jackson City School District in Ohio on Thursday over a portrait of Jesus. The lawsuit was filed on...
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North Dakota Senate approves ‘fetal personhood’ amendment
The Senate of North Dakota approved a measure on Thursday that would outlaw abortion by defining a fetus as a person. “North Dakota is leading the way for equal rights and protections for all human...
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Brennan denies involvement in CIA ‘enhanced interrogation’ program
John Brennan denied at his Senate confirmation hearing as CIA director accusations that he played a central role in the agency’s torture of suspected terrorists, and suggested he was misled as a CIA...
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Northeast U.S. braces for snowmageddon
Residents of the US north-east are bracing themselves for a major winter storm that could deliver up to 2ft of snow in areas including New York City and Boston on Friday and Saturday. A blizzard...
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Bernie Sanders seeks to crackdown on corporate tax havens
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday announced new legislation aimed at preventing corporations from using offshore havens to lower their taxes. “If we are going to be serious about...
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NASA: Asteroid to zoom just 17,200 miles above Earth’s surface
Hold on to your hats: an asteroid will zoom within spitting distance of Earth next week, in what NASA said is the closest flyby ever predicted for an object this large. The 2012 DA 14, discovered by...
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Police swarm Big Bear ski resorts in search for fugitive who declared ‘war’...
Police have swarmed through the ski resorts of Big Bear after reportedly finding a burning pick-up truck belonging to the former colleague who has terrorised southern California’s police in a bloody...
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Conservative warns The Daily Show: U.S. will invade ‘entire continent of...
Al Madrigal of The Daily Show mocked an anti-Islam conservative activist on Thursday night amid a report on the M1 Abrams tank. More than 100 members of Congress have called on the Pentagon to build...
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Bulgarian Roma face division between Christians and Muslims
Nothing illustrates better the arrival of a new wave of Islam among Roma in Bulgaria’s southern town of Pazardzhik, whose imam Ahmed Mussa is on trial for spreading radical ideology, than the...
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Tea Party group pushes back against Rove’s ‘big spending’ super PAC
Competing war chests could lead to well-financed and bitter Republican primaries in next year’s congressional campaigns A leading Tea Party group has launched a new fund to oppose “big spending”...
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New Iraqi Christian leader accuses Arab Spring of ‘promoting bloodshed’
The newly appointed patriarch of Iraq’s largest Christian community said on Saturday that the Arab Spring had been hijacked by narrow interests and had promoted tension and bloodshed. Asked about the...
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Bereaved son billed for ambulance that failed to save his father
A Washington D.C. man is complaining after being sent a bill for nearly $800 for ambulance services that failed to save his father’s life. “I feel angry. Upset,” Durand Ford Jr. told WRC-TV on Friday....
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LAPD takes aim at wave of Asian ‘maternity tourists’
Six pregnant Asian-looking women cross the road. Two others cross in the opposite direction. In a nearby store, about 10 compare baby clothing. Something is happening in the suburbs of Los Angeles....
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Boeing tests troubled ‘Dreamliner’ following battery fires
Boeing on Saturday was carrying out a test flight of its 787 Dreamliner as part of investigations into recent battery fires that grounded the aircraft. Boeing said the flight took off from Seattle,...
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Gingrich warns GOP: Don’t appear to ‘ignore people’ in immigration debate
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) delivered a warning to his Republican party mates in a letter to his supporters, urging them to come around when it came to immigration reform as part of its...
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Astronaut teams up with ‘Barenaked Ladies’ for interstellar duet
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield took one small step into the record books on Friday, taking part in the first real-time musical duet from space from the observation deck onboard the International...
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Steven Seagal joins Arpaio’s ‘posse’ for training on school shootings
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s volunteer “posse” had a special guest on Saturday, as actor and reality show “Lawman” Steven Seagal joined in as it tackled training scenarios in the event of a school...
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