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10 hrs ago | Wisconsin Gazette

Right-wing Web radio host says he wants 'to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina'

Right-wing Web radio host Pete Santilli told listeners he wants "to shoot in the vagina and I don't want her to die right away.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Ted Nugent, Pop/Rock

14 hrs ago | Watersblogged

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Source: www.irishhealth.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin is likely to have his role as chairman of the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street ended as a result of Health Minister James Reilly's recently announced hospital reorganisation plan.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Indiana, Medicine, Nursing

19 hrs ago | WVNY

Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested... Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Electronic, Syrian, Blog News, Train Disaster, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Entertainment, Television

23 hrs ago | KCTV5

Supercells possible in the Midwest on Sunday

The National Weather Service says there is a slight risk for severe weather on Sunday, and isolated tornadoes and supercell storms are possible.

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Related Topix: Weather, Entertainment, Television, Harrisonville, MO, Cass County, MO, Rachael Ray, Kansas City, MO

Yesterday | Earth & Sky

Two months aboard Antarctic icebreaker in less than five minutes

Time-lapse video of icebreaker traveling through Antarctic seas. Two months of sequences, condensed into less than five minutes.

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Related Topix: Stanford University, Entertainment, Television, Blog News

Fri May 17, 2013

National Post

Mike Duffy Dear Diary: 'I will outlast you, Harper, and I will outlast you, Canada'

The National Post re-imagines a week in the life of a newsmaker. Today, Tristin Hopper looks at the week through the eyes of Mike Duffy, the newly independent Senator from P.E.I. Monday My plane has just touched down at the Charlottetown airport and I was en route to a very important keynote at the Prince Edward Island Dairy Farmers' Advancement ... (more)

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Related Topix: Diary, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Canada, World News, Drama, Children TV,

NewsChannel 9 WSYR

Ride for Missing Children raises money and awareness

Earlier this month three Ohio women were rescued after being held captive for 10 years, reigniting hope for thousands of families, who have a missing child.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Utica, NY, Family, Kids

The Miami Herald

Ex-warlord Johnson in Liberia quits his own party

Prince Johnson, a former warlord-turned-politician who is best known for having videotaped himself overseeing the torture of Liberia's ex-president, announced Friday he is quitting the political party he founded.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa, Entertainment, Television, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

MacLeans

The line from Harper's office on Wright and Duffy

Here at Maclean's, we appreciate the written word. And we appreciate you, the reader.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Entertainment, Television, North America, Canada, World News

GhanaWeb

Asantehene to address NCCE democracy lecture

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will today deliver the democracy lecture of the National Commission for Civic Education.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

Spirit of Jefferson Advocate

Of rain and merriment

While preparing for the North River Mills/Ice Mountain festival, I kept half expecting a phone call from our fearless leader, Steve Bailes, announcing a cancellation.

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Related Topix: Frostburg State University, Weather, Entertainment, Television, Charleston, WV, Tornado, Natural Disasters

Thu May 16, 2013

Insurance Journal West

Report: Ship Crew Ignored Warnings Before Hitting Kentucky Bridge

The pilot and crew members aboard a cargo ship had reservations about the boat's course shortly before it struck a bridge over the Tennessee River, but no one stepped up to check written or electronic charts against what they were seeing, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded this week.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

Myrtle Beach Online

Kennedy Center revises way honorees are selected

Under the revised process, the Kennedy Center will begin seeking recommendations from the public for the first time in the award's 35-year history.

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Related Topix: Theater, Entertainment, Television

KSTP

Texas Tornado Winds Believed to be up to 200 mph

Forecasters say the tornado that claimed six lives and destroyed dozens of homes in North Texas is believed to have had winds up to 200 mph.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Entertainment, Television, Weather, Granbury, TX

Accountancy Age

Court strikes down HMRC/Goldman Sachs - sweetheart' deal challenge

THE HIGH COURT has dismissed claims by activism group UK Uncut that HM Revenue & Customs entered into a 'sweetheart' deal with investment bank Goldman Sachs, costing the public purse 20m.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Vietnam provider drops foreign news TV channels

Authorities investigating the disappearance of Utah mother Susan Powell spent two days this week searching a rural Oregon property for her remains, Powell's father said.

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Related Topix: Prison, Entertainment, Television, Agriculture, Science

KKLA-FM Glendale

Chronic Fatigue in Teens May Be Sign of Depression

Teens falling asleep in class are a staple of stereotypical movie scenes about high school.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

Wed May 15, 2013

The Nation

Broadcasters, content-providers fret over digital licence payment plans

Broadcasters and major content providers are generally in favour of the planned methodology of the upcoming licence auction for commercial digital TV channels, but some have concerns over the proposed payment terms.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

National Geographic

The Spies Who Blundered

With all the grace of a SoCal surfer being tackled during an episode of Cops, Ryan C. Fogle was arrested yesterday in Moscow for spying during an apparent sting operation by the FSB, the Russian foreign intelligence service.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

CBS News

Debate over psychiatry bible DSM-5 grows days before release

With the release of the fifth edition of the so-called psychiatrist's bible -- the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ," days away, the controversy surrounding the new publication is heating up.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Genetics, Medicine