NATO Protestors Being Pushed Back During Clash With Police
(Chicago, IL) -- NATO summit protestors are being pushed back against a metal barricade in the first major clash with police in Chicago. Police in riot gear and blue helmets are using baton to push the demonstrators away from McCormick Place ...Read More
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Obama: Afghan War Will End Soon, NATO Security Better
(Chicago, IL) -- President Obama is kicking off the NATO summit in Chicago by promising delegates will agree to a plan on Afghanistan. Obama says the Afghanistan War should be over by the end of 2014 ...Read More
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Blind Chinese Activist Arrives In U.S.
(Newark, NJ) -- The blind Chinese human rights activist who strained relations between the U.S. and China earlier this month is now in America. Chen Guangcheng arrived in Newark, New Jersey last night after a long flight from Beijing ...Read More
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Jackson: We Spend Too Much On War
(Chicago, IL) -- The Reverend Jesse Jackson says the U.S. is spending too much money on war. Speaking at a protest outside the NATO summit in Chicago, Jackson says a portion of the money spent on wars could drastically improve American culture and public safety ...Read & Hear More
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Lockerbie Bomber Dies In Libya
(Tripoli) -- The man known as the Lockerbie Bomber is dead. Abdel Basset al-Megrahi succumbed to prostate cancer today in Tripoli. The former Libyan intelligence officer was sentenced to life in prison in Scotland for his part in planting a bomb onboard Pan Am Flight 103, which blew up over Scotland on December 21st, 1988 ...Read More
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Forecasters: Tropical Storm Alberto Not Gaining Strength
(Nashua, NH) -- Tropical Storm Alberto is slowly churning toward the South Carolina coast. Meteorologist Bill Leatham says it's getting close to Charleston. The National Hurricane Center says heavy rain and dangerous surf are forecast through tomorrow from Myrtle Beach south to Savannah, Georgia ...Read & Hear More
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Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Dies In London
(London) -- Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb is dead. The 62-year-old Gibb died today of complications from colon cancer at a London hospital. He was hospitalized last month for intestinal surgery. The Bee Gees were one of the supergroups of the late 1970s ...Read More
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Missing Actor Stahl Checks Into Rehab
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Missing "Terminator 3" actor Nick Stahl has resurfaced -- in rehab. The actor's wife, Rose Murphy, tells E! News her husband checked in to a treatment facility Saturday night, a day after Stahl reportedly reached out to friends via e-mail to say he was okay ...Read More
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NAACP Backs Same-Sex Marriage
(Baltimore, MD) -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is announcing its backing of same-sex marriage. At a meeting yesterday of the 103-year old civil rights group's board of directors, the organization voted to support marriage equality ...Read More
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Deliberations To Begin Again Monday In John Edwards' Trial
(Greensboro, NC) -- Jurors are taking a weekend break from their deliberations about the fate of former presidential hopeful John Edwards. The North Carolina panel is deciding whether Edwards broke federal campaign finance laws ...Read More
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