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Who's Obama sneering at?

Our lesson for today comes from George and Ira Gershwin.

6 months later, what has Occupy protest achieved?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
NEW YORK (AP) -- As spring approaches, Occupy Wall Street protesters who mostly hibernated all winter are beginning to stir with plans for renewed demonstrations six months after the movement was born....
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'Pink slime' sounds gross, but how does it taste?

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
The federal government says schools can opt out of ground beef containing a filler derided by critics as "pink slime," but consumers will have more trouble avoiding it....
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Freeman wins monthly League award

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
Notts County boss Keith Curle tips Kieron Freeman to play in the Premier League after the defender wins a Football League award.
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Pisa's leaning tower to go green

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
One of Italy's iconic sites will be turned a shade of green on Saturday to mark St Patrick's Day.
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Miss. House passes immigration bill

CNN - Top Stories - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
Mississippi's GOP-dominated House of Representatives has passed an immigration bill that calls for status checks of people arrested by police.
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Independence 'could come by 2016'

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
A senior Scottish government minister says independence for Scotland could be negotiated in a "single year" following the 2014 referendum.
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Money lenders under investigation

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
A number of payday lenders in Northern Ireland are facing investigation for unfair practices following undercover visits by Trading Standards.
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Warning of business funding gap

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
A government-appointed committee says access to finance for businesses needs to be improved and warns of a £190bn funding gap by 2016.
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Man arrested over city body find

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
A 24-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man's body was discovered at a house in north Belfast.
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North Korea says it will launch long-range rocket

AP - World News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea announced plans Friday to launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite next month, a provocative move just weeks after it agreed to nuclear concessions including a moratorium on long-range missile tests....

Let's call Obama's health plan 'The Unaffordable Care Act'

Precisely as ObamaCare's critics predicted, the officially titled Affordable Care Act is no bargain for taxpayers or patients.

Search on after NZ boat accident

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
A fishing boat capsizes off New Zealand's southern coast and rescue operations are still ongoing for the missing passengers, local media report.
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Police fitness test fun in press

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
Papers find fun to be had with police fitness test
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Hungary premier Orban lambasts EU

BBC - News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban launches a scathing attack on the European Union, accusing it of treating the country as a colony.
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Ariz. bill could require reason for birth control

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
PHOENIX (AP) -- Women in Arizona trying to get reimbursed for birth control drugs through their employer-provided health plan could be required to prove that they are taking it for a medical reason such as acne, rather than to prevent pregnancy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Ariz. bill could require reason for birth control

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
PHOENIX (AP) -- Women in Arizona trying to get reimbursed for birth control drugs through their employer-provided health plan could be required to prove that they are taking it for a medical reason such as acne, rather than to prevent pregnancy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Ariz. bill could require reason for birth control

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
PHOENIX (AP) -- Women in Arizona trying to get reimbursed for birth control drugs through their employer-provided health plan could be required to prove that they are taking it for a medical reason such as acne, rather than to prevent pregnancy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Ariz. bill could require reason for birth control

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 23:03
PHOENIX (AP) -- Women in Arizona trying to get reimbursed for birth control drugs through their employer-provided health plan could be required to prove that they are taking it for a medical reason such as acne, rather than to prevent pregnancy....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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