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Liberal Super PAC: Death to Super PACs!
A liberal group hopes to convince voters in California to rebuke the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United ruling, which paved the way for the outside campaign spending groups known as Super...
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Rwandan woman stripped of U.S. citizenship after lying about role in genocide
Beatrice Munyenyezi had been given asylum but now faces up to 10 years in prison and deportation for making false statements A Rwandan woman who won political asylum in the US after hiding her family’s...
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Dead mice to be dropped on Guam from helicopters to fight invasive snake
If the image of dead mice falling from the sky makes you squeamish, you might want to skip a spring trip to Guam this year. The U.S. plans to drop dead mice on Guam in April or May, in order to help...
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Experts urge Arab nations to train in crowd control
Defence experts who say many lives could have been saved during Arab uprisings if states used proper crowd control measures sought to tap into a growing market at an Abu Dhabi arms fair. Anti-riot...
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FDA approves breast cancer drug that avoids healthy cells
The FDA has approved a new breast cancer drug that avoids healthy cells while it targets tumors, reported the Associated Press. The drug, Kadcyla, is a combination of a chemotherapy drug, another drug...
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British cardinal: Next pope should review marriage ban since ‘Jesus didn’t...
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Catholic figure, points to ecclesiastical celibacy as having no ‘divine origin’ Britain’s most senior Catholic has suggested Catholic priests should be...
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Armstrong says Postal Service reaped financial benefits from sponsorship
Lance Armstrong’s legal team released studies on Friday conducted by the US Postal Service saying the US government sponsorship of his Tour de France team produced a triple return on investment. The...
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‘Spider-sense’ suit exerts pressure when objects approach
If you thought that the tingling feeling, or “spider-sense,” that alerts Spiderman to threats was confined to the realm of comics, you might want to check out a new suit being created by a scientist in...
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At least six tanks leaking at nuclear waste site in Washington state
At least six underground tanks containing nuclear waste in the northwestern US state of Washington are leaking, but there is no imminent threat to public health, a spokeswoman said Friday. The US...
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Orlando teen fatally stabbed with a sword by half-brother
A Florida man stabbed his teenage half-brother to death with a sword on Thursday afternoon, reported 13 News in Orlando. The two were reportedly arguing about dog feces and a drug deal at a home when...
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Nevada state senator to push dispensary bill amid confusing medical marijuana...
A Nevada state senator announced that he would push legislation to create a system to regulate for-profit medical marijuana dispensaries, reported the Las Vegas Sun. His announcement came after a...
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Lawyer objects to accidental imprisonment while visiting client
A San Diego lawyer is filing a complaint after being stuck inside a waiting room at a local jail for hours during a visit to a client on Tuesday. Attorney Erubey López told KNSD-TV on Friday that he...
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GOProud leader: Hayes’ appeal to include them in CPAC ‘the right thing’
The executive director of conservative LGBT group GOProud told The Raw Story on Saturday that MSNBC host Chris Hayes had contacted the group before calling for their inclusion in a leading conservative...
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Cuban president touts ‘a good visit’ with Russian PM Medvedev
Cuban President Raul Castro expressed satisfaction with his talks this week with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the daily Granma newspaper reported on Saturday. “It has been a good visit,”...
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28 people injured after crash in final lap of NASCAR event
Nearly 30 people were injured during a NASCAR event in Daytona Beach, Florida on Saturday when a multi-car collision in the race’s final lap hurled debris and a participant’s car hurtling toward the...
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Scientists attacked for saying ‘junk DNA’ is vital to life
Rivals accuse team of knowing nothing about evolutionary biology It was the scientific surprise of 2012. Researchers announced they had found that long stretches of human DNA – previously dismissed as...
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Ecuador’s president vows to push large-scale mining despite indigenous protest
Ecuador’s re-elected President Rafael Correa said Saturday he will push large-scale mining projects during his next four years in office, despite opposition from some indigenous groups. “The Ecuadoran...
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Palestinian PM Fayyad ‘shocked’ by death of ‘Prisoner X’
Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad expressed shock at the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail Saturday and called for full details of what happened. Fayyad “expresses his deep sorrow and...
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MC Hammer protests mall arrest by ‘chubby Elvis looking dude’
Rapper MC Hammer took to social media on Saturday to suggest that his arrest earlier this week by a “chubby Elvis looking dude” was instigated by racial profiling. KGO-TV reported on Saturday that...
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Homeless New Yorker sues parents for making him feel ‘unloved and beaten by...
A homeless New York man is suing his parents for $200,000 for allegedly not loving him enough. “They aren’t supportive, they’re emotionally abusive, verbally abusive,” 32-year-old Bernard Bey told...
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