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Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:15PM May 22, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.
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House committee passes Iran sanctions legislation
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:00PM May 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A new push to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by crippling the country's economy is gathering momentum on Capitol Hill.
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One block: How neighbors saw twister's deadly path
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:59PM May 22, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. It was as if the storm outside were a living, breathing thing — and it was trying desperately to get in.
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Complaint accuses Exxon Mobil of anti-gay bias
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:47PM May 22, 2013 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp.
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2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:28PM May 22, 2013 CommentOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week, the Oklahoma medical examiner's office said Wednesday.
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Feds open special inspection into NC nuke plant
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:59AM May 22, 2013 CommentRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering.
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Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:23AM May 22, 2013 CommentMOORE, Okla. (AP) — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.
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US test-launches intercontinental missile
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:20AM May 22, 2013 CommentVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:01AM May 22, 2013 CommentAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage in peace talks in good faith.
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NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:25AM May 22, 2013 CommentSLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) — Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.
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FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:50AM May 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation.
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Garcetti elected Los Angeles mayor over Greuel
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:41AM May 22, 2013 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Eric Garcetti has defeated Wendy Greuel (Grool) in the race to become next mayor of Los Angeles.
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Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:50AM May 22, 2013 CommentGRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban openly gay boys belonging to the scouting movement.
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Conn. rail service returns to normal
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:28AM May 22, 2013 CommentNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.
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600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene released
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:15AM May 22, 2013 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation.
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Amid immigration reform, calls to change asylums
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:02AM May 22, 2013 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — While Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands more people who flee persecution in their home countries.
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Susan Powell's dad gets private eye to review file
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55AM May 22, 2013 CommentSEATTLE (AP) — Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file — containing tens of thousands of pages — might turn up something the investigators missed.
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Star witness to be mum during House hearing on IRS
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:54AM May 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently hold its hearing without input from its star witness.
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Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:23AM May 22, 2013 CommentPHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona restaurateur's online rants against unhappy customers has become an Internet sensation — and taught small businesses an important lesson about keeping customers happy.
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Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:22AM May 22, 2013 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.
