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Stephen Colbert inspires U.S. students to launch satirical election funding groups
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Michael Woods
Satirical TV host Stephen Colbert has inspired a new fad on college campuses across the United States: super PACs.
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India train crash kills 25, injures dozens
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Omer Farooq
A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people a…
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SpaceX launches first commercial cargo spacecraft
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Marcia Dunn
A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday,…
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Canadian tourists fatally stabbed in botched Atlantic City robbery
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page
A woman fatally stabbed two Canadian tourists, one of them an 80-year-old woman, during a botched robbery Monday in what apparently was a chance meeting on an Atlantic City street, authorities said.
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Chicago NATO Summit protesters turn anger on Obama
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Mitch Potter
As U.S. President Barack Obama took to the NATO Summit podium to confirm an “irreversible” course to end the Afghan war, dem…
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Yemen suicide bomb massacre ‘beginning of Jihad,’ says Al Qaeda
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Ahmed Al-Haj
Al Qaeda has taken responsibility for the attack in Yemen’s capital city, Sanaa, that killed a reported 96 soldiers and injured at lea…
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Two Canadian women fatally stabbed during Atlantic City robbery: Reports
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page
Forty-four-year-old Antoinette Pelzer initially was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and weapons offences after being arrested at the scene Monday morning. But Atlantic County Prosecutor …
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Canadian man drowns off Cayman Islands
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page
Police in the Cayman Islands say they have recovered the body of a Canadian man who apparently drowned after jumping off a boat.
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Georgia woman battling flesh-eating bacteria now breathing on her own, father says
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by JEFF MARTIN
Aimee Copeland, who is fighting a flesh-eating disease, is now able to breathe on her own, a milestone that sent the family’s spirits soaring, her father said Monday.
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Jerry Sandusky trial to begin June 5
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Reuters
No trial delay for ex-Penn State assistant coach Sandusky, who faces 52 counts of child molestation involving 10 boys over a period of 1…
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At least 45 arrests, some injuries in Chicago anti-NATO clashes
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Kyle Peterson and Nick Carey
Four police officers were injured and 45 demonstrators arrested after baton-wielding police clashed with anti-war protesters marching on…
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Pakistan blocks Twitter over links considered offensive to Islam
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Zarar Khan
Pakistan temporarily blocked Twitter Sunday, accusing it of promoting what it called a blasphemous cartoon contest on Facebook.
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NATO Summit protest greeted by calm, but resolute police
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Mitch Potter
There were clowns and jesters, peaceniks and hippies. And more than a few everyday moms and dads who’ve had it to here with war.
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Earthquake in Italy kills at least four
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Luca Bruno
A magnitude-6 earthquake shook the region north of Bologna early Sunday, killing four people as chunks of church facades fell off and pa…
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Libyan intelligence officer convicted of 1988 Lockerbie bombing dies
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Lee Keath and Rami Al-Shaheibi
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died Sunday …
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Jerusalem must be partitioned former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Amy Teibel
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contendi…
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G8: Camp David meeting issues pledge to keep global oil supply stable
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Mitch Potter
In a bold gesture of unity on Iran, G8 leaders at Camp David in Maryland pledge to keep global economy “fully and adequately suppl…
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg marries longtime girlfriend
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Thestar.com - Home Page
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update …
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NATO summit in Chicago: Protesters face terrorism charges as summit nears kickoff
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Annie Gowen
As protesters marched by the hundreds to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house, three others were in court Saturday facing terrorism char…
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Italian school bombing that kills girl, 16, triggers protests
Posted May 23rd, 2012 by Peter Mayer and Sabine Dobel
Italians demonstrated in towns around the country late Saturday in outrage over the death of a 16-year-old girl from a school bombing in…