April 2011
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Family of Doctor Who Delivered Obama 'Blown Away'.
HONOLULU - The family of a Honolulu doctor whose signature appears on President Barack Obama’s birth certificate woke up to the news Wednesday that the late obstetrician had delivered Obama. Relatives of Dr. David Sinclair told The Associated Press that they were “blown away” and “honored.” So-called “birthers” have questioned Obama’s birthplace,...
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Facebook To Hire 9,400 Over Next 6 Years At Menlo...
Facebook apparently expects to grow to nearly five times its current size in the next six years.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, the social networking company will redevelop its new Menlo Park space, and future headquarters, to fit 9,400 employees. Documents reveal that Facebook believes it will be at capacity by 2017.
“We’re just preparing for the future,” Larry Yu,...
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Fatah, Hamas Agree To Form Interim Government.
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement and its bitter rival, the Islamist Hamas, struck a deal on Wednesday to form an interim unity government and fix a date for general election, both sides said.
The deal, which took many officials by surprise because of profound Fatah-Hamas divisions over how to resolve generations of conflict with Israel, was thrashed...
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Watch Donald Trump reacted to the release of President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate by the White House on Wednesday morning.
Speaking at a press conference in New Hampshire, the potential presidential contender said that he’s “proud” in light of the disclosure. He added, however, “it is rather amazing that all of the sudden” the document surfaces. He...
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Obama’s Birth Certificate Released.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House released the long form of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate Wednesday in response to questions about whether he was really born in the U.S.
The certificate says Obama was born in Hawaii, which makes him eligible to hold the office of president. Obama had earlier released a standard short form, but requested copies of his original birth certificate from...
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WatchTUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Fierce storms obliterated large swaths of land from Mississippi to Georgia, wiping out homes and businesses, causing a nuclear power plant to use backup generators and even forcing the evacuation of a National Weather Service office.
The death toll was staggering - at least 85 people killed in five states, including 61 in Alabama alone, a number that was likely to increase.One...
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Father Criticized for NY Mother Killing Kids in...
SPRING VALLEY, N.Y. - Jean Pierre didn’t kill his kids. It was their mother, not their father, who took the three little children with her in a suicide plunge into the Hudson River this month. But Pierre, 26, has come under constant criticism. He’s been vilified for cheating on Lashanda Armstrong, labeled a deadbeat on child support and charged with being a danger to children, all of...
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Veteran Afghan Pilot Fires on NATO Troops, Killing...
KABUL, Afghanistan - A veteran Afghan military officer opened fire on foreign forces Wednesday after a dispute at the Kabul airport, killing several NATO troops, Afghan and coalition officials said. It was the latest in a spate of deadly incidents that have occurred inside government or military installations, a favorite target of Taliban insurgents. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the...
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'Poetry Man' Singer Phoebe Snow Dies at 60.
Bluesy pop singer and songwriter, Phoebe Snow, died Tuesday morning due to complications from a brain hemorrhage, according to the AP. Snow found fame with her 1970s smooth hit, ‘Poetry Man’ and released her first eponymous record in 1974, for which received a 1975 Grammy nomination for best new artist. But the soulful singer and guitarist fell out of the spotlight soon after to take...
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Trump Bashes Obama, Questions Qualifications for...
NEW YORK — Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended. Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, offered no proof for his claim but said he would continue to press the matter as he has the legitimacy of the...
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Dingoes Maul 3-Year-Old Girl on Australia Beach.
BRISBANE, Australia - Two dingoes that mauled a 3-year-old girl on an Australian beach have been caught and destroyed, officials said Tuesday. The girl suffered bites to her legs when the native wild dogs attacked her Monday after she wandered away from her family and into sand dunes on Fraser Island in northeastern Queensland state. The two dogs blamed for the attack were trapped Tuesday and...
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Watson Admits Marijuana Found In His Car.
The East Greenwich Republican, minority leader for the state House of Representatives, was charged in Connecticut with DUI, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Republican state Rep. Bob Watson acknowledged in a statement that marijuana was found in his car. Watson was arrested for possession of marijuana and driving under the influence Friday in East Haven, Conn....
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Former Destiny's Child Member Arrested for...
Although former Destiny’s Child members Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland have continued to manufacture their success, Farrah Franklin has found her destiny behind bars in Culver City, California. Franklin, who was a member of the all girl pop group in 2000, was arrested for disorderly conduct, according to TMZ. Alcohol was reported to be involved in Franklin’s arrest that took place...
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6 Dead in Early Easter Fire in Washington.
VANCOUVER, Wash. - A fire that awakened neighbors with a blast as it tore through a Vancouver, Wash., home early Sunday has killed six people, officials and area residents said. After the flames were brought under control around 2 a.m., firefighters initially said two people died in the blaze. But authorities said at nightfall, after a day of picking through the charred debris, that four more...
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WatchThe half-brother of a missing North Carolina girl said she had never gone to the area in northeastern Maryland near the Conowingo Dam where her body was found last week and said he hopes an arrest is made soon. Authorities confirmed on Thursday they had found the body of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, who vanished late last year while visiting her older half-siblings in Baltimore for the holidays....
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Taliban Break More Than 450 Out of Afghan Prison.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters, officials and the insurgents said Monday. The massive jailbreak overnight in Afghanistan’s second-largest city serves as a reminder of the Afghan government’s...
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500-Year-Old Book Surfaces in Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY - Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising “rare” finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets. Sanders, who occasionally appraises items for PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, often employs “the fine art of letting people down gently.” But on a recent Saturday while volunteering at a fundraiser for the...
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Texas Deputy Killed in Shootout; Suspect Fatally...
VENUS, Texas — A North Texas deputy has died after being shot in the line of duty in a small town south of Dallas-Fort Worth and a suspect also was fatally shot, authorities said. Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said in a statement that the shooting erupted Saturday afternoon near Venus and that a suspect was shot dead by deputies.Alford didn’t identify the suspect or the officer...
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Capitals eliminate Rangers from Stanley Cup...
Michal Neuvirth stopped the first 26 shots he saw in Game 5, getting within 32 seconds of a shutout. Wojtek Wolski broke the Rangers’ drought.
Mike Green had a power-play goal in the first period, Alex Ovechkin got what proved to be the winner and Alexander Semin also scored for the Capitals.
Washington now awaits its second-round opponent. As the top seed in the East, it will again have...
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WatchST. LOUIS — Debris from splintered homes covered the ground in neighborhoods around St. Louis, while topped trees and overturned cars littered lawns and driveways. From the air, one home looked like a dollhouse that had had its roof lifted off. Looking down, the dining room table and other contents could be seen, damp in lingering rain. Amid such damage, officials appeared awed that a...
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Report: Marshall stabbed by wife, injuries not...
Miami receiver Brandon Marshall is in intensive care after being stabbed by his wife, Michi Nogami-Marshall, Friday night.
On Saturday morning, Andrew Carter of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported on Twitter that “Marshall’s wife was arrested last night on one charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.”
Carter reported that according to the incident report, Marshall “claimed he fell...
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Obama Pumps Plan to Develop Renewable Energy.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says one answer to high gasoline prices is to spend money developing renewable energy sources. “That’s the key to helping families at the pump and reducing our dependence on foreign oil” in the long term, he said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. Obama raises the issue of rising fuel prices during almost every public...
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Officials: Illegal Immigrant Became a Popular Cop...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For years, the man known as Rafael Espinoza was widely respected as an exemplary police officer who was popular among his peers in Alaska’s largest city. All that ended this week when authorities discovered he was really Mexican national Rafael Mora-Lopez, who was in the U.S. illegally and stole another man’s identity, officials charged.”His reputation...
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FAA Fires Two Air Traffic Controllers.
The hits just keep on coming, don’t they? The Obama administration dispatched Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to PBS’ “News Hour” to reassure the flying public of the capabilities of existing air traffic controllers.
While there, LaHood said that two controllers were fired due to their actions. The controllers in question worked in Miami and Knoxville. The Miami...
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Michael Jackson Autopsy Photos Given the Green...
Photos of Michael Jackson’s dead body will be allowed as evidence in the manslaughter trial against the late pop icon’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor ruled Thursday (April 21) that jurors would be allowed to view photos from Jackson’s autopsy, despite prosecutors claims that it would create an emotional bias in the trial. Only two...
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Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to JAIL!!!
Lindsay has been remanded into custody and taken to the basement of the courthouse for booking. Lindsay’s lawyer has said she’ll appeal, which means Lindsay is entitled to post bail.
Lohan was also ordered to complete 480 hours of community service — 360 of those hours must be performed at the Downtown Women’s Center, so Lindsay can see how needy women have to live. The...
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Bullied Middle Schoolers, Paige Moravetz and...
Family members admit that the signs were there.
After repeatedly indicating that they were bullied and felt ostracized, Paige Moravetz and Haylee Fentress took their lives at a sleepover in what family members believe was a suicide pact.
Moravetz’s cousin Hillary Settle tells the TODAY Show that Fentress had posted a telling status update directed at Moravetz on Facebook shortly before...
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Search begins for Phylicia Barnes' killer.
The search for Phylicia Barnes, a missing teenager with metro Atlanta ties, came to a tragic conclusion Thursday when her body was found in a Maryland River. The discovery ends the search phase of the case and begins the investigation into who killed her.
The chief medical examiner’s office confirmed that the body, found floating in the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, is...
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WatchWASHINGTON — Attendees at a high-ticket fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee on Thursday burst into song in the middle of a speech by President Barack Obama, protesting the government’s treatment of alleged Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning.
Obama was delivering remarks at San Francisco’s St. Regis Hotel to a crowd of about 200 donors—some of whom paid $35,800...
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John Ensign Announces Resignation.
WASHINGTON — Embattled Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) confirmed Thursday night that he will resign his seat amid an ethics probe.
“It is with tremendous sadness that I officially hand over the Senate seat that I have held for eleven years,” Ensign said in a statement. “The turbulence of these last few years is greatly surpassed by the incredible privilege that I feel to have...
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Oklahoma Abortion Bills Signed Into Law By...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a pair of bills intended to further restrict abortion in Oklahoma.
Fallin on Wednesday signed a bill that makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions after a woman reaches 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” presumes a fetus can experience pain after 20 weeks. It includes an exemption...
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Racist Obama Email: California NAACP Demands...
***UPDATE 4/19*** Tea activist and OC County GOP official Marilyn Davenport has apologized for sending out a racist image of President Obama.
According to KABC, Davenport issued a statement late Monday in which she apologized, but stopped short of addressing her future on the committee.
“I humbly apologize and ask for your forgiveness of my unwise behavior,” the statement said....
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Japan Earthquake : 6.3 Magnitude Temblor Hits Off...
TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 hit eastern Japan on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning was issued. The epicentre of the earthquake, which shook buildings in Tokyo, was at Chiba prefecture, near the coast east of the capital, the agency added.
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Illinois Man Accused of Killing 3 Women, Taping...
CHICAGO - Prosecutors said Wednesday that a suburban Chicago man charged with killing three young women, including two whom he met on telephone chat lines and a neighborhood teen he’s accused of having videotaped sex with after her death, may have more victims. Sonny Pierce, 27, of the Chicago suburb of Blue Island, faces three counts of first-degree murder. A judge ordered him held...
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Bomb, Propane Tanks Found at Colorado Mall.
LITTLETON, Colo. - Investigators want to question a person of interest about a pipe bomb and propane tanks found after a fire at a Littleton mall, a discovery that raised the possibility of a connection to the Columbine massacre anniversary. Firefighters found two propane tanks and the bomb near the Southwest Plaza Mall’s food court after a small fire broke out Wednesday that was quickly...
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WatchThe chaos and terror of a deadly shootout in a Florida Internet cafe were captured on camera, where one of the suspects can be seen getting shot. Customers scrambled for cover in the early hours of Tuesday morning as two armed robbers rushed into a cafe near Orlando and appeared to exchange gunfire with a security guard. On the video, obtained by WABC Orlando, a loud blast can be heard when the...
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Former NBA bigman Oliver Miller charged with...
Former NBA player Oliver Miller was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with assault and numerous other crimes, after allegedly pistol whipping a man at a barbecue, Washington, DC, television station WUSA reports on its website.
Police said that Miller was not at the home in Edgewater, Md., where the alleged incident occurred, and that they had to track him down based on eye witness accounts...
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Tim Hetherington, Oscar-Nominated Journalist,...
A highly acclaimed journalist and filmmaker has been killed in Libya, it was reported Wednesday.
Tim Hetherington, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and photographer, was killed in the city of Misrata while covering fighting between Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and Libyan rebels. Agence France Press reported that Hetherington and three colleagues were hit by mortar fire. Andre Liohn, a fellow...
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William Donald Schaefer, governor and mayor, dies.
William Donald Schaefer, the dominant political figure of the last half-century of Maryland history, died Monday after a “do-it-now” career that changed the face of Baltimore while bringing a new burst of energy to the city he loved.
Mr. Schaefer was 89.
In four terms as mayor and two as governor, he was a champion of big projects that transformed Baltimore: Harborplace, Camden...
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Plane With First Lady Came Too Close to Cargo Jet.
WASHINGTON — Air traffic controllers directed a plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama to abort a landing at Andrews Air Force Base because it was too close to a military cargo jet, officials said Tuesday, in yet another embarrassment for the Federal Aviation Administration. While there apparently was little risk to Mrs. Obama, the episode puts the FAA back into the spotlight as...
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WatchPresident Obama sat down for a series of interviews with local television outlets Monday, one of which ended with some presidential scorn for a Texas reporter.
Brad Watson of WFAA-TV in Dallas met with Obama in the White House to discuss the president’s deficit plan and Texas politics. During their sitdown, he pressed Obama on his standing in the Lone Star State.
“Why are you so...
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'Happy Days' Actors Sue CBS Over Merchandising...
The cast of ‘Happy Days’ isn’t too, well, happy, with CBS. Anson Williams, Don Most, Marion Ross, Erin Moran and the estate of the late Tom Bosley are suing CBS over merchandising revenues. According to CNN, the actors claim CBS has cut them out of money they are owed for products such as T-shirts, comic books, dolls and DVDs. The cast is suing for $10 million, according to the...
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FAA Suspends Air Traffic Controller For Watching...
Apparently sleeping on the job isn’t the only problem the FAA has to deal with. Last week, a slew of air traffic controllers were fired for falling asleep on the job. On Thursday, a senior FAA official resigned in the wake of the scandal. Now comes news that an air traffic controller was watching a movie while on the job.
The New York Post reports that a Cleveland-area air traffic...
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Girl Survives Golden Gate Bridge Jump; Good...
Few have ever survived a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge.
But Sunday a 16-year-old girl defied the odds, despite an apparent suicide attempt from the bridge, according to MSNBC. The first call to fire dispatchers arrived at 10:53 a.m. PST, and rescuers were on the scene 20 minutes later.
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It was not clear early on if the girl jumped on purpose or somehow fell from the mid-span...
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Belly Dancing Sinks NYC Woman's Disability Claim.
A New York City woman who was getting $850 a month in alimony because she was supposedly disabled and unable to work had her payments slashed after her ex-husband spotted online photos of her belly dancing.Dorothy McGurk told the court that the dancing was physical therapy for injuries she suffered in a car accident in the mid-1990s.
A judge didn’t buy it — and reduced her payments...
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What's the White Stuff on Vanessa Hudgens' Finger?
A scantily clad Vanessa Hudgens went to Coachella with boyfriend Josh Hutcherson this weekend and photographers snapped the camera-friendly star having a good time. How good of a time, we may not know exactly. But pics show the Disney starlet’s finger covered in what appears to be a white powder and then sticking that finger into her mouth. But don’t worry, Baby V fans! PopEater has...
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New Zealand Women Set Off Airport Metal Detectors...
File this under “how stupid can you be?” of the day: Two women are facing drug possession charges after one was caught with marijuana in her bra. OK that’s bad but the reason the marijuana was found was that it was wrapped in foil, which set off the metal detectors at the New Zealand airport where they were attempting to board their flight.The women, from Christchurch, New...
