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Senior Pakistani politician killed in Karachi
A senior member of Pakistani politician Imran Khan's party has been shot dead in Karachi, just hours before re-elections were scheduled to begin in the city. Zahra Shahid Hussain, the central vice president of the Tehreek-i-Insaf party and one of its founding members, was killed late on Saturday. The motives behind the attack are currently unclear. Khan and a party spokesperson condemned ...
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Its going to be a traumatic time
>Are you in the affected area? Send us your images and videos, but please stay safe. Granbury, Texas (CNN) -- Scores of people stood outside a north Texas church Saturday morning, waiting to be escorted to their neighborhood for the first time since tornadoes devastated it three days earlier. They weren't going to like what they were about to see, Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds told ...
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Livni No chance Israel can reach peace deal with Hamas
In an interview with Army Radio, the justice minister, who is also responsible for peace talks, responds to Erdogan's call for Palestinian unity saying that the Turkish PM's perception of Hamas is ...
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Stations under siege
>"Do you remember lying in bedWith your covers pulled up over your headRadio playing so no one can see "-- The Ramones, "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"Columbus, Ohio (CNN) -- In this capital city and college town, there is a shrine to a disc jockey. His name was Andy Davis, better known as "Andyman," and he manned the evening drive-time shift at WWCD-FM. He was a bear of a man, a ...
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North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles Says The South
After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ...
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Who needs radio Ill take the Web
>Editor's note: Jordan Valinsky is a staff writer for Betabeat, the tech blog for the New York Observer.(CNN) -- Listening to the radio was something I did -- when I was a teenager. Just take my middle and high school years where every morning, at 6:55, I flipped on my Walkman and began the trudge down the hill to the bus stop. It was tuned to B94, which was Pittsburgh's "Today's Hit Music" ...
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Thirteen killed 10 police kidnapped in Iraq violence
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian ...
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Powerball frenzy locks down most possible number combos
DES MOINES, Iowa It's all about the odds. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars -; and that's after taxes. The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won't be you. The chances of ...
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Inside the analysts office
--> Preview: Don't miss a special edition of "Sunday Morning" about design -- in fashion, architecture, at home and the workplace -- on Sunday May 19! For more than 10 years psychoanalyst-photographer Mark Gerald has documented analysts' offices -- the decor, artwork and furnishings that help define the space in which analyst and analysand share the work of therapy and ...
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Orbs Family Tree Is Linked to His Owners
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At I.R.S. Unprepared Office Seemed Unclear About the Rules
During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager. A growing number of organizations identifying themselves as part of the Tea Party had begun applying for tax exemptions, the manager said, advising the workers to be on the lookout for them and other groups planning to get ...
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Amos Gilad S-300 can reach Hezbollah via Syria
The advanced S-300 Russian air defense system, which Moscow has pledged to deliver to Syria, could reach Hezbollah and beyond, a senior defense official warned on Saturday.Amos Gilad, head of the security-diplomatic branch of the Defense Ministry, told Channel 2, "These weapons are dangerous. If Hezbollah and Iran support Syria, why shouldn't they [the Syrians] transfer these ...
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Klitschko leads 15000 in rally for Ukraines jailed ex-PM
Ukrainian world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko led 15,000 protesters through the streets of Kiev on Saturday demanding the immediate release of jailed former prime minister Yulia ...
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US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport
(Fotolia) NEWARK, N.J. - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said. Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 ...
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Incurable bacteria destroying Fla. citrus industry
(CBS News) For millions of Americans, part of the morning ritual is a glass of orange juice, but that sweet start to the day is now threatened. There's a disease spreading through Florida's multi-billion-dollar citrus crop. The malady is called citrus greening, and it is making it harder for area businesses to stock Florida's best known fruit. "My concern is we won't ...
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Somaliland marks 22 years of independence
People in Somaliland are marking 22 years of self-declared independence from Somalia, but they are still waiting for the world to recognise their region as a country. Celebrations were held in the capital, Hargeisa, on Saturday, with people holding rallies, waving flags from their vehicles and staging shows in various stadiums. Somaliland, which is more tribally homogeneous than the rest of ...
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Serena Williams nears Italian Open win
A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year. The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to ease past Romanian qualifier Simona Halep 6-3, 6-0 Saturday and reach the Italian Open final, extending her career-best winning run to 23 matches. Williams is coming off consecutive titles in Miami, Charleston, ...
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Brazile Pointing a gun at democracy
>Editor's note: Donna Brazile, a CNN contributor and a Democratic strategist, is vice chairwoman for voter registration and participation at the Democratic National Committee. She is a nationally syndicated columnist, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and author of "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pot in America. " She was manager for the Gore-Lieberman presidential campaign in ...
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Its not voyeurism its art
>Editor's note: Arne Svenson is a fine art photographer and a former therapist/educator working with severely disabled children. (CNN) -- Photographer Arne Svenson's show, "Neighbors," consists of photographs taken of the residents of a building near his studio in New York through the windows of their apartments. A few residents, unaware they were being photographed, have raised objections. ...
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Damage to tracks trains staggering
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said Saturday. Officials from the federal National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the site ...
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Assad accuses Israel of supporting terror groups in Syria
In an interview with an Argentinian newspaper, Syrian president says the West sent Israel to strike Syria "to raise the morale of the terrorist groups"; says international intervention is ...
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Family of British girl 5 who drowned in Egyptian hotel pool say they are angry and hurt lifeguards did not help and ambulance took FOUR hours to arrive
The grandmother of a five-year-old who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt told today of her family's 'anger and hurt' that more wasn't done to save ...
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Scotland Yard sifts Maddie case clues
Madeleine McCann at 3 and as she may look now, aged 9. Photo / AP Kate and Gerry McCann have welcomed news that Scotland Yard detectives have identified a number of suspects who could be responsible for their daughter's abduction six years ago. Madeleine McCann, who disappeared aged 3 while on holiday with her British family in Portugal, "could be alive" say detectives. They have ...
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OJ Simpson lawyer deals a blow to football star in court
OJ Simpson in court. Photo / AP The lawyer who defended OJ Simpson on armed robbery charges delivered a potentially heavy blow to the former football star's bid for a new trial yesterday, testifying that Simpson knew his buddies had guns on them when he went to a hotel room to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Attorney Yale Galanter took the stand in a combative hearing over Simpson's ...
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U.S. Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600 million
AUSTIN, Texas - The Powerball jackpot being drawn on Saturday night could be even higher than the record $600 million being advertised, pushing it near or above the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. "Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being," said Kelly Cripe, a spokeswoman for the Texas ...
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St Louis high-speed rail link to Chicago breaks ground
St Louis, Chicago and the state governments of Missouri and Illinois have taken the first step in constructing the Mid West Hub of high-speed rail connections with the building of a high-speed line between the two cities which will quadruple capacity and spur economic development, according to proponents of the high-speed rail line.
Work on the high-speed rail link between St Louis and Chicago has begun, signalling the first step of a mammoth project that is intended to ultimately see Chicago become the hub of a national high-speed railway network that will change the nature of overland transport in the country. Read more
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