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Sure, serious-minded folks from the White House on down have taken to Tumblr, the popular blogging platform that Yahoo announced it had purchased this week.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 13:34 |
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As survivors of the Category 5 tornado in Oklahoma search for loved ones, the mayor of the town devastated by the twister calls for new safety laws.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 13:56 |
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The attack on a serving soldier in southeast London has chilling echoes of a group`s plot to kidnap a British Muslim soldier and behead him in a Birmingham garage -- before releasing footage of the killing online.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:41 |
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Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, the U.S. government acknowledged on Wednesday, one day before President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on his administration`s counterterrorism policy.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 00:41 |
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Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, the U.S. government acknowledged on Wednesday, one day before President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on his administration`s counterterrorism policy.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 23:51 |
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BOSTON (Reuters) - The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75 percent since the stock market`s nadir in March 2009, Fidelity Investments said on Thursday based on a survey of its accounts. Most of the recovery is linked to a stock market rally that has lifted the broad S&P 500 Index 145 percent since the close of trading on March 9, 2009. The 401(k) recovery looks even better for workers 55 and older, according to Boston-based Fidelity, the largest U.S. administrator of 401(k) retirement plans. ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 05:26 |
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By Mark Lamport-Stokes May 22 (Reuters) - The royal and ancient game of golf, renowned for its etiquette and self-imposed penalties, has undergone many changes to the rules over its 600-year history but few issues have triggered as much debate as the proposal to outlaw the anchoring of putters. In a genteel sport where an inadvertent cough on a downswing can create controversy, the announcement by golf`s rule-makers on Tuesday that anchoring would be banned from 2016 has sparked fiery, impassioned division. ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 07:52 |
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By Marcus George and Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran`s leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday. Rafsanjani`s comments appeared to add to the political conflict between those loyal to the leadership and opposition groups who have been marginalized since post-election unrest in 2009. ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:54 |
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The attack on what is believed to be a serving soldier in southeast London has chilling echoes of a 2007 plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:04 |
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Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has added his name to May`s managerial merry-go-round by announcing he is leaving the Spanish club at the end of this season.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:10 |
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