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Chinese premier criticizes EU move on trade measures
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang criticized the European Union over its plans to investigate alleged anti-competitive behavior by Chinese mobile telecom equipment makers and to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China, state media reported. The official Xinhua news agency reported late...
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Police: Man sexually assaulted teen in North Austin
Two 15-year-old girls told police a man sexually assaulted one of them after they got ...
statesman.com (1 hour ago)
Ferber leaving Clatsop Community Bank for new role in Bend
The president of Clatsop Community Bank, Steve Ferber, has told Astoria business and non-profit colleagues that he is leaving his job within two weeks to take a banking position in Bend.
dailyastorian.com (1 hour ago)
N. Korea courts nuke talks
BEIJING - A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing’s efforts to co...
yoursun.com (1 hour ago)
Suspects in Denver bar murders plead not guilty
Three men accused of fatally stabbing five people at a Denver bar that authorities say was set on fire to cover up the killings have pleaded not guilty. Dexter Lewis and brothers Joseph and Lynell Hill each face multiple counts, including first-degree murder, felony murder, robbery and arson stemming from the attack...
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President charged with swindling Bethel Park parent/teacher organization
Heidi L. Schnupp, told police she swiped thousands of dollars from the group, including money that was to be donated to charities.
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Engine fire terror for BA passengers
PASSENGERS on board a plane forced to make an emergency landing yesterday told of “big flames” pouring from an engine on their British Airways jet.
dailyexpress.co.uk (1 hour ago)
'Unusual condition' seen before Connecticut train collision
The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash. The National Transportation...
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Friends reunited...by pal they thought died in 1980
A WOMAN organising a school reunion was stunned when she was told by friends they thought she had passed away more than 30 years ago after her death notice was printed in their local paper.
dailyexpress.co.uk (1 hour ago)
New 'Arbitrary' AT&T Fee Upsets Customers
AT&T must be run by magicians. The company is turning a mere 61 cent monthly fee into hundreds of millions of dollars. But instead of delighting an enchanted audience, AT&T has mostly angered its customers with its new "Mobility Administrative Fee," which went into effect for all monthly cellphone contracts...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Julie Kantor: What's STEM Got to Do With It?
Four weeks ago I joined STEMconnector, 'The One Stop Shop' and powerhouse convener on all things STEM. An organization poised to move the needle on the big issues impacting our country and workforce. I knew it would be a new career that builds on my 20 years in education teaching entrepreneurship nationally and...
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Effort to fix the national debt spreads to Ohio
"The time to act is now," Eaton Corp. CEO Alexander Cutler told Cleveland's City Club at a Friday luncheon, where he said that spending cuts will be tough in the short term, but make the U.S. stronger in the future. "The person to act is you. The power comes from all of us."
cleveland.com (1 hour ago)
Principal Recounts Tornado Hitting Oklahoma School
Principal recounts storm hitting Oklahoma school where 7 kids died, told students 'It's here'
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Man Accused Of Killing 5 People Takes Stand
PEORIA, Ill. — A 34-year-old man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron took the witness stand Friday, wiping away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene. Christopher Harris also insisted it wasn't him, but one of the children, who slaughtered the family...
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'In Fantasy Land, We Teach Our Kids Abstinence -- And They Listen'
Illinois state Sen. Linda Holmes (D) on Thursday trumpeted the passage of HB 2675 -- a bill to mandate that state public schools offering sex education include information on contraception and STDs -- claiming that the current emphasis on an abstinence-only curriculum doesn't comport with reality. “In fantasy land,...
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Superintendent Burke highlights Lee schools, students during last speech before retirement
"We have a fantastic school system, and we're poised to take it to the next level," Burke told the audience at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, predicting the district could become No. 1 in the state.
naplesnews.com (1 hour ago)
Lobbying in American-US Airways deal focuses on small cities
By Karen Jacobs (Reuters) - US Airways Group and American Airlines , seeking approval for a merger that would create the world's largest airline, are warning lawmakers that a requirement to divest certain airport slots would lead to less service for small and medium-sized cities, sources close to the effort told...
yahoo.com (2 hours ago)
Alan Elsner: Best Music for One's Own Funeral
Every so often one reads about someone staging their own funeral, sometimes so they could hear themselves being eulogized, sometimes for more illicit reasons. The phenomenon seems to be fairly universal. One recent case, which made headlines worldwide, happened in March in China when a student, Zeng Jia, hired a...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Is The New 'Bachelorette' Engaged?
NEW YORK — ABC's newest "Bachelorette," Desiree Hartsock, says it's not hard to keep the details of her experience on the show a secret from her friends. "Ironically, I'm kind of a private person anyway, so my friends know not to ask," she said in a recent interview. Hartsock has some experience with the matter,...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Lobbying in American-US Airways deal focuses on small cities
(Reuters) - US Airways Group and American Airlines , seeking approval for a merger that would create the world's largest airline, are warning lawmakers that a requirement to divest certain airport slots would lead to less service for small and medium-sized cities, sources close to the effort told Reuters.
reuters.com (2 hours ago)
Software helps sheriff solve property crimes
A white mask in a black box popped up in a crop of other masks on a computerized map of Henderson County Thursday afternoon. It marked the scene of yet another burglary. “As I returned home, I drove in my driveway and this young guy was going around the back, and he's been in my house. He had a whole bag of stuff,”...
blueridgenow.com (2 hours ago)
No Reprieve For Boy Scouts Despite Gay Youth Vote
-- The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Dismayed conservatives are already looking at alternative youth groups as they predict a mass exodus from the BSA. Gay-rights supporters vowed Friday to maintain pressure on the Scouts to...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Jeryl Brunner: A Peek Inside This Year's Race to Erase MS Gala
When she was 33, Nancy Davis was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. It was 1991, Davis had three young sons. There was no cure and no available drugs on the market. She went to a doctor and the only advice he could offer was to "go home, go to bed and expect to stop walking," says Davis who has black belt in karate,...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Edit Schlaffer: Terrorism... Again: Old Threats, Alternative Solutions
Terrorism just got a new haunting image, a Muslim man with bloody hands stands in the streets of London holding a meat cleaver that he used to butcher a Royal infantry soldier only moments earlier. This fateful incident connects two young men from very different walks of life. The attacker Michael Adebolajo,...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
WATCH: Brave Mom, Daughter Comfort Soldier Killed On Street
Determined not to let a British soldier who had been violently attacked die alone on a London street Wednesday, a mother and daughter braved the suspected killers still standing nearby in order to stay by his side, the Daily Mirror reported. Gemini Donnelly-Martin, 20, and mother Amanda Donnelly, 44, talked to one...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Adorable Viral Video Filmed At Zoo With Troubled History
A viral video of a dog playing dentist to a huge Barbary lion was filmed at a zoo that has a troubled history. The video shows a 5-year-old dachshund licking the teeth of a male lion that zoo staff say it lives with. Published on a wide range of news sites around the world, the video has been promoted as an...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Rabbi Set To Open D.C.'s Second Medical Marijuana Dispensary
WASHINGTON -- When you think of a rabbi, several words and phrases may come to mind, but "medical marijuana dispensary owner" is perhaps not one of them. That, however, is exactly what former Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn is. Kahn and his wife, Stephanie Reifkind Kahn, hope to open the Takoma Wellness Center after Memorial Day...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
'Idiot' Baz Luhrmann Turned Down 'Harry Potter'
Baz Luhrmann has learned first hand that you can't repeat the past. Luhrmann, whose adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" just crossed the $100 million barrier at the North American box office and continues to chug toward $200 million in global grosses, told talk show host Graham Norton that he turned down a chance to...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Eleni Gage: The Littlest Critic -- What My Toddler Taught Me About Writing
When I wrote my first novel, Other Waters, I was a graduate student in the Writing Division of Columbia University's School of the Arts, so I had the benefit of hearing lots and lots of other people's opinions about my work. The core of the program was the workshop, a weekly seminar in which you and your colleagues...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Michael Douglas: Liberace role was lure to beat cancer
FILM star Michael Douglas told last night how movie bosses waited for two years for him to recover from cancer so he could play gay pianist Liberace.
dailyexpress.co.uk (2 hours ago)
