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- Plain Talk: No greed? Paul Ryan should open his eyes May 19, 2013It's ridiculous for Paul Ryan to contend our free enterprise system stifles greed. Indeed, it's the opposite.
- Matt Pommer: Religious leaders call on Scott Walker to take Medicaid money May 19, 2013The Rev. Scott Anderson, director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches, and three other religious leaders have called on Gov. Scott Walker to accept millions of federal Medicaid dollars to pro…
- Richard Vedder: How to tell if college presidents are overpaid May 19, 2013If higher education wishes to maintain its privileged position in American society, it needs to contain its spending. A good place to start is at the top.
- Gary R. Balgord and William D. Balgord: Recession origins go back decades May 19, 2013The recession wasn't prolonged by tax cuts for the rich, but by Obama policies that created uncertainty.
- Ralph Dillon: Obama is no better than Nixon May 19, 2013Dear Editor: A political cartoon depicting a long Nixon-sloped nose with President Obama roller-boarding on the three segments of the slope identified as IRS harassment, press intimidation and…
- Kim Diaz: WEDC loan to Brown County firm should be returned May 19, 2013Dear Editor: I'd like someone to look into the substantial loans that were given to the Oneida Seven Generations Corp. by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. to create jobs in Brown Count…
- Bob Martin: FairTax would get rid of IRS intrusions May 19, 2013Dear Editor: The IRS targeting of tea party and other conservative groups is not surprising or even something new. The agency has also gone after liberal and left-leaning groups during conserv…
- Capital Times wins 10 Milwaukee Press Club awards May 18, 2013The honors including a gold medal in the best investigative story category.
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- Powerball numbers announced May 19, 2013Powerball numbers have been drawn for the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history and at least one winning ticket was sold.
- Police arrest 12 after large group converges on Gold Coast May 19, 2013Eleven juveniles and one adult were arrested this evening after a large group converged near the Gold Coast and were blocking traffic, police said.
- Oxbow dashes Triple Crown hopes May 19, 2013Oxbow, a 15-1 longshot, cruised to victory in the $1 million Preakness Stakes Saturday. Gary Stevens, a 50-year-old grandfather who came out of a seven-year retirement this year, clinched an anti-climatic second leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course.
- Oxbow wins the Preakness May 18, 2013'Really, it always comes down to the horse,' co-owner Janney saysOrb didn't make it win number two. Instead Oxbow takes the win at this year's Preakness race.
- CTU teachers, parents protest school closings May 18, 2013About 100 people, including local teachers, parents and students, marched Saturday morning on the South Side in protest of the proposed closing of 54 schools.
- Bill allows tougher penalties in social media based mob attacks May 18, 2013A bill signed into law Saturday allows judges to impose stiffer penalties on people who use social media or other methods of electronic communication to organize mob attacks.
- CTA Red Line Dan Ryan closure starts early Sunday May 18, 2013CTA Red Line riders who use the south leg of the north-south 'L' line will have to find alternate transportation starting 2 a.m. Sunday.
- 11 shot, 3 fatally, in city overnight May 18, 2013A teenaged boy and two men were shot and killed in three separate shootings overnight, according to authorities.
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- Suspect in Hofstra Home Invasion Had Extensive Criminal Record May 19, 2013A 21-year-old student who was killed in a home invasion on Friday was mistakenly shot in the head by an officer firing at an armed suspect holding her hostage, the police said.
- Kenneth N. Waltz, Who Helped Shape International Relations as a Discipline, Dies at 88 May 19, 2013Mr. Waltz, who was a senior research scholar at Columbia, was a pre-eminent thinker who was known for his contrarian, debate-provoking ideas.
- Marijuana Bill Advances in Illinois May 19, 2013The Illinois Senate has voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would make it the second-most-populous state after California to do so.
- FiveThirtyEight: Audit Allegations Show a Flawed Statistical Thinking May 19, 2013Some conservatives allege that the I.R.S. also targeted individual taxpayers, but a handful of anecdotal data points are not worth much in a country of 300 million.
- Shinseki Faces Mounting Criticism Over Backlog of Benefit Claims May 19, 2013The secretary, Eric Shinseki, is being held accountable for his overwhelmed agency’s problems dealing with claims for disability compensation.
- Dozens Injured as Car Plows Into Parade in Virginia May 19, 2013A driver described as an elderly man struck hikers marching in a parade in Damascus, a small Virginia mountain town, with more than a dozen suffering serious injuries.
- Car Drives Into Virginia Parade May 19, 2013About 50 to 60 people were injured when a driver drove into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small mountain town.
- The Health Toll of Immigration May 18, 2013A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in the United States, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
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- News Of the Day From Across the Globe, May 19News Of the Day From Across the Globe, May 19 South Korean and U.S. officials have worried that North Korea would cap weeks of bluster after the nuclear blast with the test of a longer-range missile that might show worrisome improvements in Pyongyang's arsenal. The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that killed 130 people in both Shiite […]
- Dolphins discover rare torpedo for NavyDolphins discover rare torpedo for Navy Los Angeles Times Copyright 2013 Los Angeles Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:12 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 The Howell torpedo was discovered by bottlenose dolphins being trained by the Navy to find undersea objects, including mines, that n […]
- Yahoo reportedly buying TumblrYahoo reportedly buying Tumblr Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:13 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffi […]
- Connecticut train route closed in probeConnecticut train route closed in probe New York Times Copyright 2013 New York Times. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:12 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 Metro-North and Amtrak train service through New Haven, Conn., will remain suspended, perhaps for several days, authorities said Saturday, […]
- Car hits Virginia parade - dozens hurtCar hits Virginia parade - dozens hurt Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:12 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 Up to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers march […]
- News of the Day From Across The Nation, May 19News of the Day From Across The Nation, May 19 Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched an apartment in Spokane, Wash., on Saturday as part of an investigation into the recent discovery of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. The Tea Party favorite is an abortion foe who was the first state attorney general to challenge President Obama's […]
- IRS probe ignored big, influential groupsIRS probe ignored big, influential groups Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 9:12 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller Tea Party organizations that applied for tax-exemp […]
- Powerball fans lured by elusive $600 millionPowerball fans lured by elusive $600 million Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:18 pm, Saturday, May 18, 2013 With 4 out of every 5 possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play for Saturday's drawing, someone is likely to have […]
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- $590 million Powerball jackpot: 1 winning ticket sold in Florida May 19, 2013It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials disclosed Sunday.
- Purdy: San Jose Sharks pull off overtime win in 'Survivor' game May 19, 2013
- Logan Couture goal gives San Jose Sharks overtime win May 19, 2013Couture's score on the power play allows Sharks to get back into their playoff series with the Los Angeles Kings
- San Jose Earthquakes tie Colorado Rapids 1-1 May 19, 2013Honduran midfielder Marvin Chavez scored on a free kick in the 78th minute to help Quakes forge tie
- A's 2, Royals 1: Tommy Milone makes like 'Houdini' in victory May 19, 2013Starter gets out of jams while allowing just one run over six innings as Oakland emerges with second straight win by the same score
- Powerball: So close -- San Jose ticket misses jackpot by one May 19, 2013SAN JOSE -- Someone who bought a ticket at a San Jose convenience store came very close to winning a portion of Powerball's record $600 million jackpot, but missed the Powerball number, lottery officials said Saturday night.
- Federal judge dismisses lawsuit from deputy district attorney Michael Gressett May 19, 2013The Martinez resident failed to back up claims attorneys and police officers were in on what he believed was a conspiracy that led to malicious prosecution and defamation, according to a federal judge.
- San Francisco Giants routed 10-2 by Colorado Rockies May 19, 2013Pitching and defense fail again as the San Francisco Giants fall 10-2 to the Colorado Rockies. The Giants fell to 1-4 on their trip, with 12 errors.
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- Crime experts question NOPD stats that paint New Orleans as a safe city with a murder problem May 19, 2013It's a favorite talking point of Mayor Mitch Landrieu and NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas when they're discussing crime in the Crescent City: Yes, New Orleans is the nation's murder capital, but other than that, it's a reasonably safe place. In...
- 1 winning ticket sold in Florida on Powerball May 19, 2013A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.
- Our Lady of Holy Cross College will award 191 degrees Sunday May 19, 2013Our Lady of Holy Cross College will confer degrees on 191 students Sunday at its commencement in the Alario Center in Westwego. The ceremony, which is open to the public, will start at noon.Deacon Larry Olney, the president of the...
- New Orleans police seeking man who sold allegedly stolen iPhone May 19, 2013New Orleans police are searching for a man caught on a surveillance camera while selling an allegedly stolen iPhone 5. On May 14 at 10 a.m., the owner of the phone noticed it was missing. Police said she tracked the...
- How crimes are categorized can have a major impact on a city's crime rate May 19, 2013When police agencies across the country report serious crimes to the FBI, they do it using the Uniform Crime Reporting program - a label that criminologists and even police acknowledge is an oxymoron.Despite a 157-page handbook that defines types of...
- New Orleans and Orlando crime rates: a Department of Justice comparison May 19, 2013Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas did not invent the notion that New Orleans is safer than Orlando, Fla. That premise is a major thesis of a 2011 report, funded by the Department of Justice, called "Crime in...
- Winning Powerball numbers from Saturday's drawing May 19, 2013With almost every possible combination of numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win a record-setting Powerball drawing that will pay out hundreds of millions of cash.
- Marrero teen, abused and abandoned as a child, perseveres to earn his high school diploma May 19, 2013Stephen Crawford didn't attend school until he was 8, and was well behind his peers in almost every way
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- 'We can't negotiate with fragmented rebels' May 18, 2013In a rare interview, the Syrian president says a divided opposition could not uphold a peace deal and that he has no intention of stepping downSyria's embattled leader Bashar al-Assad has used a rare interview – carried out amid the sound of artillery fire resounding through his presidential palace in Damascus – to warn the United States and Russia that […]
- Western leaders study 'gamechanging' report on global drugs trade May 18, 2013Review by Organisation of American States on illicit drugs 'could mark beginning of the end' of prohibitionEuropean governments and the Obama administration are this weekend studying a "gamechanging" report on global drugs policy that is being seen in some quarters as the beginning of the end for blanket prohibition.Publication of the Org […]
- Leading Pakistan politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed outside home May 18, 2013Police say member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party ambushed by two bikersA senior female member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party (PTI) was shot dead outside her home in Karachi on Saturday.Reports suggested that Zahra Shahid Hussain, who was senior vice-president of the PTI, was killed while resisting an attempted robbery in the […]
- Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being? May 19, 2013Throughout history, economic upheaval has destroyed whole industries – and created new ones. But now, some fear automation may mean the death of mass employmentSuddenly a robotised, automated economic reality is moving off the science fiction pages and into daily life. The growing use of unmanned battlefield drones is encouraging the growth of pilotless comm […]
- Paul Kagame: I asked America to kill Congo rebel leader with drone May 19, 2013In an exclusive interview with Chris McGreal in Kigali, Rwanda's president denies backing an accused Congolese war criminal and says challenge to senior US official proves his innocenceRwanda's president, Paul Kagame, has rejected accusations from Washington that he was supporting a rebel leader and accused war criminal in the Democratic Republic o […]
- Is Kagame Africa's Lincoln or a tyrant exploiting Rwanda's tragic history? May 19, 2013In the second part of his special report, Chris McGreal meets President Paul Kagame in Kigali – and finds him angryPaul Kagame is angrier than I've ever seen him. Rwanda's president is famously direct with his critics. His contempt for governments he's crossed swords with, led by the French, is only marginally less vitriolic than his view of h […]
- Working conditions in the fashion industry: news and teaching resources round up May 19, 2013The collapse of a factory in Bangladesh has put sustainability in the fashion industry back on the agenda. Here are the best news stories and teaching resources to deal with the issues in classThe deaths of more than 1,100 garment workers when the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed last month, as well as those at a Cambodian shoe factory on Thursday […]
- Eurovision prize goes to Denmark, but real winner is Swedish host May 19, 2013Emmelie de Forest amasses 281 points, well ahead of runners-up Azerbaijan, while Bonnie Tyler limps home in 19thIt wouldn't be Saturday night without a Scandinavian crime drama. This weekend the action moved to Malmö in southern Sweden. The sensible knitwear was replaced by glittering spandex and the only thing murdered were pop songs.The 58th instalmen […]
The BBC
- Imran Khan blames rival for killing May 19, 2013Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, is blaming one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI official Zahra Shahid Hussain.
- Syria army 'storms' rebel-held town May 19, 2013Syrian government forces surround the rebel town of Qusair with opposition activists saying at least 16 people have been killed.
- Denmark crowned Eurovision winners May 19, 2013Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the Eurovision Song Contest, with the UK's Bonnie Tyler finishing 19th out of 26 countries.
- Nigeria army says crackdown to go on May 19, 2013Nigeria's army vows to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes", as a 24-hour curfew is imposed in Maiduguri.
- China Premier Li Keqiang in India May 19, 2013China's Premier Li Keqiang travels to India for his first foreign visit since taking office, with border tensions and trade topping the agenda.
- N Korea urged to end missile tests May 19, 2013UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges North Korea to end its missile tests after test firing three short-range missiles on Saturday.
- Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast May 18, 2013The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.
- Car hits crowd at Virginia parade May 19, 2013Up to 60 people were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd during a parade in a small town in the US state of Virginia, officials say.
The Independent, UK
- US college student being held hostage was shot and killed by police officer May 19, 2013A US college student being held hostage in her home by an armed man was shot and killed by a police officer.
- Single ticket scoops $590m jackpot in Florida lottery May 19, 2013A single ticket in Florida has matched all the numbers to win the highest Powerball lottery jackpot in history at an estimated 590.5 million dollars (£389.2m), officials said today.
- Up to 60 people injured after elderly driver ploughs into Virginia parade May 19, 2013Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.
- B-list scandals begin to take the shine off Barack Obama's halo May 18, 2013Washington is in full scandal mode, and we'd almost forgotten what it was like. A president besieged, congressional hearings, subpoenas flying, an FBI investigation, dark murmurings about "what did he know and when did he know it", and the familiar admonition that what matters is not the crime but the cover-up. On the farthest fringes, even th […]
- New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut: Five people critically injured and 60 more in hospital May 18, 2013Two commuter trains collided in Connecticut last night, sending 60 people to hospital, including five with critical injuries.
- Five people critically injured and sixty more hospitalized after two New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut May 18, 2013Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
- Five people critically injured and sixty hospitalized after two New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut May 18, 2013Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
- US news website Gawker launches crowdsourcing campaign to raise money to buy video allegedly showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack May 17, 2013The US online news website Gawker is attempting to raise $200,000 (£132,000) to buy and publish a tape which they allege shows the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, smoking crack cocaine.
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