Category Archives: America

Report: 1 in 5 U.S. children at risk of hunger

By doris | Published: November 23, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Students gathered as the chef sliced tomatoes with a plastic knife in a Brooklyn public school cafeteria. Their eyes followed as she held up a slender green cylinder before the crowd of parents and kids in plastic aprons and hairnets. “What’s that?” kids shouted. “It’s a scallion. [...]

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Did You Know Feds Will Temporarily Cut Off All TV and Radio Broadcasts on Nov. 9?

By doris | Published: October 24, 2011

Full Story at TheBlaze.com If you have ever wondered about the government’s ability to control the civilian airwaves, you will have your answer on November 9th. On that day, federal authorities are going to shut off all television and radio communications simultaneously at 2:00PM EST to complete the first ever test of the national Emergency [...]

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German satellite to fall to Earth this weekend

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com A defunct German satellite is expected to fall to Earth this weekend, with experts predicting that up to 30 big pieces of the junked spacecraft could hit the planet. But exactly when and where the satellite will fall remains a mystery. The 2.7-ton Roentgen Satellite, or ROSAT, will likely plummet to [...]

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Dirty equipment blamed for deadly outbreak in cantaloupe

By doris | Published: October 19, 2011

Full Story a tmsnbc.msn.com Potentially contaminated processing equipment and problems with packing and storage of whole cantaloupes at a Colorado farm likely led to the deadliest listeria outbreak in the United States in 25 years, which has so far claimed 25 lives in a dozen states, federal health regulators said Wednesday. Pools of water on [...]

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Americans urged to live MLK’s ideals at memorial dedication

By doris | Published: October 16, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — As the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial was officially dedicated Sunday, speakers called for carrying on King’s ideals and values and confronting issues including bullying and social and economic justice for all Americans. “Nearly 50 years after the March on Washington, our work — Dr. King’s work [...]

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Twisted government accounting behind Postal Service woes

By doris | Published: October 10, 2011

Full Story at RedTape.msnbc.msn.com You might have heard that the United States Postal Service is in trouble: that it’s losing billions, that it will have to end Saturday service and close branches — and most inflammatory, that it might need a government bailout. Perhaps you heard that the Postal Service couldn’t pay $5.5 billion bill [...]

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Pepper spray used on demonstrators at Air and Space Museum

By doris | Published: October 9, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Authorities used pepper spray on a group of protesters trying to enter the National Air and Space Museum on Saturday, forcing the building to close about two hours early. One person was arrested, according to Linda St. Thomas, a spokeswoman for the Smithsonian Institution, which runs that and [...]

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1 dead in shooting as motorcycle club members brawl inside Nevada casino

By doris | Published: October 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles (CNN) — A brawl between motorcycle club members at a western Nevada casino devolved into a gunfight that left one person dead and two wounded, police said Saturday. Around 11:25 p.m. Friday, a fight broke out among members of the Hell’s Angels and Vagos clubs in front of the [...]

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Cantaloupe illnesses and deaths expected to rise

By doris | Published: September 29, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Wednesday more illnesses and possibly more deaths may be linked to an outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe in coming weeks. So far, the outbreak has caused at least 72 illnesses — including up to 16 deaths — in 18 states, making it the deadliest [...]

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Officials: Freed hikers heading for U.S.

By doris | Published: September 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Muscat, Oman (CNN) — Two American hikers freed this week from an Iranian prison will leave Oman for the United States late Saturday, American and Omani officials said. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were released by Iran on Wednesday and were flown to Muscat, Oman’s capital, where they enjoyed several days [...]

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After a decade of grief and recovery, nation remembers 9/11

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Thousands gathered Sunday morning at New York’s Ground Zero, stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were read aloud. “They were our neighbors, our friends, our wives, children and parents,” said New York Mayor [...]

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After 9/11: A decade of deaths, marriages, war and peace

By doris | Published: September 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Six-year-olds often times forget their own last names, but I remember Tuesday, September 11, 2001, like it was last week. I remember wearing my favorite jumper and my mother braiding my hair. I remember eating scrambled eggs off a yellow plate. And then I remember the radio anchor said, ‘Wow! Have [...]

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US, Europe switch roles in world banking crisis

By doris | Published: September 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Budget bickering and brinkmanship in Washington this summer are getting much of the blame for the recent slowdown in an already weak U.S. economy. Now, the two-year-old stalemate over Europe’s debt problems threatens to bring on another recession. The crisis in Europe has already sapped the confidence of consumers there and [...]

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Postal Service may default on a $5.5 billion trust fund payment

By doris | Published: September 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Postal Service does not have the money to meet an obligation to a retiree health care trust fund coming due at the end of the month, but if there’s a default, officials promise no interruption in the mail, the payroll or payments to suppliers. Commenting in [...]

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Vet: Honor WWII survivors while we still live

By doris | Published: September 3, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A Marine who fought in the Battle of Okinawa urged Americans on Friday to honor those who served in World War II now, while veterans from that conflict are still alive. E. Bruce Heilman, speaking at a ceremony marking the 66th year since the end of the [...]

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Sept. 11 exhibits go beyond Ground Zero

By doris | Published: September 1, 2011

Full Story at Overhead Bin.msnbc.msn.com As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks nears, there will be gatherings at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City, at the Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C., and at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. Many museums around the country also are [...]

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DOJ files antitrust suit to block AT&T merger with T-Mobile

By doris | Published: August 31, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T on Wednesday seeking to block its $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. The merger would create the largest wireless company in the United States, combining AT&T’s 98 million customers with T-Mobile’s 34 million users, for a total [...]

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U.S. hikers in Iran get 8 years in prison, state media reports

By doris | Published: August 20, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Tehran, Iran (CNN) — The two U.S. hikers detained for two grueling years in Iran on spying charges have been sentenced to eight years in prison, Iran’s state-run TV reported Saturday. Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer each received five years for espionage — specifically “cooperating with the American intelligence service” — [...]

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Stage rigging collapse kills 5 at Indiana State Fair

By doris | Published: August 14, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com INDIANAPOLIS — A fifth person has died and others were injured Saturday night when stage rigging collapsed after an unexpected wind gust, trapping and injuring fans awaiting a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair, officials said. The fifth death was confirmed Sunday, NBC station WTHR.com reported. The person was believed [...]

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Al Qaeda trying to harness toxin for bombs, U.S. officials fear

By doris | Published: August 13, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — American counterterrorism officials are increasingly concerned that the most dangerous regional arm of Al Qaeda is trying to produce the lethal poison ricin, to be packed around small explosives for attacks against the United States. For more than a year, according to classified intelligence reports, Al Qaeda’s affiliate in [...]

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