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New York City to pay Occupy Wall Street protesters for damaged property

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 03:53

New York City has agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street protesters more than $100,000 for property damaged or lost when police cleared out their encampment in a downtown Manhattan park in 2011, according to court documents signed on Tuesday.

The settlement includes $47,000 for books and library equipment lost or damaged in the raid on Zuccotti Park, where the protesters, campaigning against economic inequality, had camped for nearly two months, setting up tents and a ramshackle library.

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American Eagle pilot charged with attempting to fly while intoxicated

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 03:52

A pilot has been charged with being under the influence of alcohol while getting ready to fly an American Eagle plane from Minneapolis to New York City in January, a spokesman for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said on Tuesday.

Kolbjorn Kristiansen had been doing pre-flight checks ahead of a morning flight to New York when airport police took him into custody and administered a breath test, which he failed.

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Cuba to hand over U.S. couple accused of snatching their sons

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 03:51

Cuba on Tuesday said an American accused of kidnapping his two young sons in Florida and fleeing with them by boat to the communist-led island would be turned over to U.S. authorities.

The foreign ministry announced the decision in a terse statement saying Joshua Michael Hakken, a fugitive from U.S. justice, would be handed over with wife Sharyn and their children.

Hakken had surfaced in Cuba on Tuesday and was holed up with his family at the Hemingway Marina near Havana.

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Arkansas Senate aims to cut off state funds to abortion providers

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 03:51

The Republican-led Arkansas Senate, in the latest statehouse swipe at abortion providers around the country, approved a bill on Tuesday that sponsors said was aimed at cutting off the last vestiges of state funding to groups such as Planned Parenthood.

While it does not explicitly name Planned Parenthood or any other organization, the bill would bar all Arkansas state funds from going to any entity that provides abortions, refers patients to abortion providers or contracts with any group that does so.

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China detains 10 for bird flu rumors, death toll at nine

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 03:13

Chinese police detained at least 10 people for spreading rumors about the H7N9 bird flu, state media said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the new strain of the virus rose to nine.

Authorities detained the people in six provinces -- Shaanxi, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Fujian -- some of whom had posted "fake information" online about new cases of the virus in their areas, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The death toll and number of infections in China from the strain of bird flu first found in humans last month has ticked up daily.

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Paraphysique de l'engrammation

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/09/2013 - 08:58

"J'ai tout piqué, je n'ai rien inventé, j'ai pas le temps, dans les bistrots, avec les chauffeurs de taxi."

Michel Audiard ( 1920 - 1985 )

Le tempo pamphlétaire
Est plus que jamais, nécessaire
En 2013, meurt du diabète
Toutes les 8 secondes, une personne, comme c'est bête
En 1455, même les canonistes
Et donc aussi les civilistes
Ne condamnaient les pratiques abortives
Qu'après une période de 56 à 70 jours
En 2013, les fascismes crient au four

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Fashion designer Lily Pulitzer dies in Florida

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 02:28

Fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer died on Sunday in Palm Beach, Florida, at age 81, her company said.

Pulitzer was known for her bright, cheerful print shift dresses that were popular with socialites and evoked a lifestyle of affluence in Florida and New York's Hamptons resorts.

Her company, named Lilly Pulitzer, also made children's wear, men's wear and household goods, often based on the same prints and bright colors.

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Afghan officials: Bomb kills at least 9

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 02:27

Afghan officials say a roadside bomb has hit a public bus in a restive province bordering Kabul, killing at least nine civilians and wounding 22.

Deputy Wardak provincial chief police Gen. Abdul Razaq Quraishi said Monday's explosion took place in the Sayed Abad district.

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Analysis: Illinois pension fix faces political, legal hurdles

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 02:27

Illinois lawmakers begin a two-month push on Monday to enact major pension reform, under pressure from taxpayers, workers, business groups and bond investors to fix the worst-funded state pension system in the United States.

The key objective: To put together a package of reform measures that are capable of addressing a nearly $100 billion unfunded pension liability, while still standing up to anticipated court challenges.

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US preparing for possible further NKorea actions

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 02:23

The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" that North Korea won't soon engage in some military action.

Heightened tensions with North Korea led the United States to postpone congressional testimony by the chief U.S. commander in South Korea and delay an intercontinental ballistic missile test from a West Coast base.

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Syrian regime launches counteroffensive on rebels

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 02:22

After weeks of rebel gains in the south, the Syrian regime launched a counteroffensive on Sunday with widespread airstrikes and an operation that reclaimed a northern village on a strategically important route.

At least 20 people were killed in heavy airstrikes that targeted rebels trying to topple the regime in at least seven cities and regions. To underline their resolve, the government called on opposition fighters to surrender their arms and warned in cellphone text messages that the army is "coming to get you."

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Egypt: Clashes outside Copt cathedral leave 1 dead

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 02:21

Christians angered by the killing of four Christians in weekend sectarian violence clashed Sunday with a mob throwing rocks and firebombs, killing one and turning Cairo's main Coptic cathedral into a battleground.

The clashes raised tempers in an already tense political atmosphere, as workers shut down the country's trains in a strike over wages and a dispute over the nation's chief prosecutor entered a new phase — all signs of two years of unending turmoil.

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China's bird flu outbreak not cause for panic

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 01:36

A strain of bird flu that has been found in humans for the first time in eastern China is not a cause for panic, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as the number of people infected rose to 21, with six deaths.

The WHO praised China for mobilizing resources nationwide to combat the H7N9 flu strain by culling tens of thousands of birds and monitoring hundreds of people close to those infected.

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"We are broke," U.N. says as Syria refugee funds dry up

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 08:03

The United Nations gave its starkest warning yet on Friday that it would soon run out of cash to cope with the vast influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan and other neighboring countries.

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Italy's Berlusconi calls for broad government or early vote

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 08:03

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, buoyed by new opinion polls showing a lead for his center-right coalition, said on Friday Italy must return to the polls quickly unless the center left agrees to govern with him.

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Pork chops are now ribeyes as U.S. meat industry renames cuts

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 02:35

BBQ fans, brace yourselves: "Pork butt" will soon be a thing of the past.

In an effort to boost sales just ahead of the U.S. grilling season, and make shopping at the meat counter a bit easier, the pork and beef industries are retooling more than 350 names of meat cuts to give them more sizzle and consumer appeal.

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Manatee death toll rises in Florida even as toxic algae ebbs

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 02:34

A deadly algae bloom that killed a record number of manatees has dissipated, though the death toll for the endangered sea mammals continues to rise, Florida wildlife officials said on Thursday.

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Students help Michelle Obama plant White House vegetable garden

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 02:34

First Lady Michelle Obama shared what has become a rite of spring in Washington with a small group of fifth-grade students on Thursday, planting vegetables in the White House garden.

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Influential U.S. film critic Roger Ebert dies at 70

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 04/05/2013 - 02:33

Roger Ebert, who was the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize and became an unlikely TV star while hosting a movie review show with fellow critic Gene Siskel, died in Chicago on Thursday, two days after he disclosed his cancer had returned.

"It is with a heavy heart we report that legendary film critic Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) has passed away," the Chicago Sun-Times, the newspaper where Ebert, 70, worked for decades, said on Twitter.

"There is a hole that can't be filled. One of the greats has left us," the newspaper added.

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