Friday, November 18, 2011

White House suspect thought he was Jesus - WTOP.com

White House suspect thought he was Jesus - WTOP.com: "BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought President Barack Obama was the Antichrist, according to court documents and those who knew him."

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L.A. County Sheriff to reopen Natalie Wood case - latimes.com

L.A. County Sheriff to reopen Natalie Wood case - latimes.com: "Thirty years after Natalie Wood died off Santa Catalina Island, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday that it was reopening the investigation into one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries."

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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Record Fairbanks cold continues air quality warnings issued

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Record Fairbanks cold continues air quality warnings issued: "For the second time in three days, Fairbanks set a new low temperature record on Thursday. A temperature of 41 degrees below zero — the first 40 below temperature of the season — was recorded at Fairbanks International Airport at 6:29 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. That broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969."

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Eleven killed in Syria on eve of Arab deadline - Yahoo! News

Eleven killed in Syria on eve of Arab deadline - Yahoo! News: "AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria is seeking changes to a plan for monitoring its implementation of an Arab League peace initiative, the group's chief said on Friday, on the eve of a deadline for Damascus to carry out steps to end eight months of bloodshed."

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GE Filed 57,000-Page Tax Return, Paid No Taxes on $14 Billion in Profits | The Weekly Standard

GE Filed 57,000-Page Tax Return, Paid No Taxes on $14 Billion in Profits | The Weekly Standard: "General Electric, one of the largest corporations in America, filed a whopping 57,000-page federal tax return earlier this year but didn't pay taxes on $14 billion in profits. The return, which was filed electronically, would have been 19 feet high if printed out and stacked."

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2nd test affirms faster-than-light particles - CBS News

2nd test affirms faster-than-light particles - CBS News: "A second experiment at the European facility that reported subatomic particles zooming faster than the speed of light -- stunning the world of physics -- has reached the same result, scientists said late Thursday."

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Pay to play, brought to you by Washington - The Washington Post

Pay to play, brought to you by Washington - The Washington Post: "Almost exactly a year ago, members of Congress voted overwhelmingly to censure their colleague Rep. Charlie Rangel for bringing dishonor on the House. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi summoned the New York Democrat to the well and chastised him for his 11 ethics violations, which included improper fundraising."

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Egyptians back in Tahrir for anti-military protests, 10 months after Mubarak’s ouster

Egyptians back in Tahrir for anti-military protests, 10 months after Mubarak’s ouster: "Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians rallied Friday in Cairo’s Tahrir square with Islamists in the forefront to protest against what they say are attempts by the country’s military rulers to designate themselves as the guardians of a new Egypt. It was one of the largest rallied in Egypt in recent months."

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New Child Molestation Claims at Syracuse Rock College Sports | NBC New York

New Child Molestation Claims at Syracuse Rock College Sports | NBC New York: "A longtime assistant basketball coach at Syracuse has been accused by two former ballboys of molesting them while they were children and teenagers."

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Antibiotic-resistant infections spread through Europe - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent

Antibiotic-resistant infections spread through Europe - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent: "The world is being driven towards the "unthinkable scenario of untreatable infections", experts are warning, because of the growth of superbugs resistant to all antibiotics and the dwindling interest in developing new drugs to combat them."

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U.S.-China tension spills over into Asia summit | Reuters

U.S.-China tension spills over into Asia summit | Reuters: "Tension between the United States and China spilled over into meetings of Asia-Pacific leaders on Friday as the two countries jostled over how to handle competing claims to the South China Sea."

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Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb - Yahoo! News

Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic flying bomb - Yahoo! News: "The Pentagon on Thursday held a successful test flight of a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour."

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Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

Obama USDA delays shale drilling, up to 200k jobs | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner: "President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing."

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