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Rebuilding Rules as Rain Soaks Jersey Shore
Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues -- under covered porches -- as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through. Seven months after the devastating storm pummeled large swaths of the shore, the tourists made their way back, though many substituted porch parties for a day at the beach on Saturday due to rain that has ...
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News Corp. approves poison pill buyback before split
LOS ANGELES -- News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is ...
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Obamas drone rules provide limits ambiguity
President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be ...
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Tuscaloosa homes hit by tornado being demolished
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Demolition has begun on some of the last buildings in Tuscaloosa slated to be torn down after being damaged by a massive tornado in April ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Haynes Johnson dies at age 81
This undated photo shows journalist Haynes Johnson. Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday, May 24, 2013. He was 81. (AP Photo/The Washington Post) WASHINGTON TIMES OUT; NEW YORK TIMES OUT;THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER AND USA TODAY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO ...
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Graduates in tornado-raked Okla. town vow to stay
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to ...
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Police Ala. man shot dead after traffic collision
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Montgomery say they suspect car crash played a role in a fatal shooting that is the city's 26th homicide of the ...
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Egypt top court rules against Islamist-backed election law that lifts ban on religious slogans
CAIRO - Egypt's Supreme constitutional Court has ruled against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning. The court on Saturday said in its decision that not explicitly banning religious slogans in campaigns runs counter to national unity and principles of citizenship. The court ...
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Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina mulls what could be tough national battle
RALEIGH, N.C. - Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online. It's the latest such battle for California-based Tesla, which like other car manufacturers must navigate a patchwork of state ...
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Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ...
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UK police question alleged soldier killers friend
FILE - In this Friday, May 24, 2013 file photo, military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu ...
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Protesters march against Monsanto in 250 cities
LOS ANGELES -- Protests against seed giant Monsanto are getting under way across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries."March Against Monsanto" organizers say they're calling attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the companies that produce it. Protests are planned in more than 250 cities Saturday.Genetically modified plants are grown from seeds ...
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Ohatchee man charged in 2009 Christmas slaying
OHATCHEE, Ala. (AP) - Prosecutors have charged an Ohatchee man with capital murder in the 2009 slaying of a man whose body was found the day after Christmas. Al.com reports ...
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Ala. man OK after train pushes his truck 500 feet
GLENCOE, Ala. (AP) -- The police chief called it an "absolute miracle" after a northeast Alabama man walked away with minor injuries after a train smashed into his pickup truck and pushed it more than 500 feet along the ...
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Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ...
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Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668000
German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family ...
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Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse
The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...
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From cocaine and stabbing to Cannes film director HE ESCAPES HANDSWORTH GANGS TO JOIN RICH FAMOUS Birmingham Mail
But there was a new name on the scene at this year's Cannes Film Festival with a background far removed from the bright lights of the French Riviera. Handsworth director M.A Double's real life story is itself worthy of a film script. His gangster-themed production, Ready 4 Whatever, was shot after he claimed to have spent 16 months on bail awaiting trial for importing Pounds ...
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Gay soccer player Robbie Rogers joins LA Galaxy
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File). FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 file photo, Columbus Crew's Robbie Rogers celebrates after scoring against the San Jose Earthquakes during the second half of an MLS soccer match in San ...
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Russian police detain activists foes at gay rally
Police detain a gay rights supporter, left, and an opponent, right, who scuffle during an unsanctioned gay rally near the City Hall in Moscow, Saturday, May 25, 2013. The Kremlin initiated a bill banning "propaganda of homosexuality" and routinely banned gay rallies and parade. Russian police say they detained at least 30 gay rights campaigners and their opponents at an unsanctioned ...
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Tornado upon them quick choices decided fate
After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their ...
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Hagel Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. Speaking a day after President Barack Obama delivered a similar edict to U.S. Naval Academy graduates, Hagel's message comes amid a series of widespread incidents of ...
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Friend of alleged soldier killer arrested at BBC
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier, a savage attack that has horrified ...
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Ala Gov. Bentley looks at options for state boards
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Gov. Robert Bentley repeated himself this week when he signed nomination letters for trustees at Alabama State University and the University of North ...
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Palme dOr race wide open at Cannes Film Festival
From left, director James Gray, actors Marion Cotillard and Jeremy Renner arrive for the screening of The Immigrant at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ...
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Redevelopment of Fair Park at the heart of the budget mess
The city council of Birmingham is facing the difficult task of trying to redevelop a badly run-down part of the city with money that is short, and transforming the local economy to a cleaner one at a time of great recession, yet this must be done if we are to plan for the future.
Birmingham is a city that grew up as a manufacturing hub in the American south. The city was hit badly by the Great Depression, and it wasn’t until after the Second World War that things started to look up. The current situation in Birmingham is no different, although the local economy has diversified considerably since back then, it is still heavily reliant on manufacturing activities. Read more
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