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Census Figures Show Cities Surging

CNBC - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:05pm
New estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities posted strong population growth for a second straight year.
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Record High New Home Prices to Grow

CNBC - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:00pm
Supplies are at levels not seen since the frenzy of the last housing boom.
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SEC: Proxy Advisor ISS Employee Shared Secrets

CNBC - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 12:00pm
The SEC says an employee at ISS provided proxy solicitor with material, nonpublic information, reports CNBC's Mary Thompson.
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Friends, family attend funeral of 9-year-old killed in Oklahoma tornado

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:59am

Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were children.

Relatives and friends huddling under umbrellas amid a downpour hurried into a chapel where mournful country songs played. The front of the chapel was filled with photos of a smiling Antonia.

Candelaria was one of seven children who perished when the tornado flattened an elementary school in the city of Moore.

A family photo released by her mother shows the girl beaming with a big smile and wearing a white sun hat.

Authorities say the tornado caused $2 billion in damage and destroyed or damaged up to 13,000 homes.

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McCain hits GOP on budget, again

POLITICO - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:59am
He says that objections to moving on with the budget carry dramatic implications for future bills.


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Media take gloves off with Obama

CNN - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:56am
Howard Kurtz says with scandals over IRS, Benghazi and, especially, the administration's scrutiny of AP phone records, the press has turned on the president.
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Exaggerate terror threats

CNN - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:55am
Bruce Schneier says our government has lots of unneeded and ineffective security measures.
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84-year-old New Mexico woman indicted for drug trafficking

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:50am

An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman on an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.

KRQE-TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.

Court documents show the charges stem from a warrant served at her apartment in 2011.

Deputies suspected that the woman's son, Nathan Jones, was running a small drug operation out of her home. But the sheriff's office says deputies found cocaine and marijuana on Smith and she tried to stash the drugs during the investigation.

Court records show that Smith was arrested and has been released. Her son was also arrested. It was not known if either of them has a lawyer.

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84-year-old NM woman indicted for drug trafficking

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:49am

An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman on an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.

KRQE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/10pHzTh ) that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.

Court documents show the charges stem from a warrant served at her apartment in 2011.

Deputies suspected that the woman's son, Nathan Jones, was running a small drug operation out of her home. But the sheriff's office says deputies found cocaine and marijuana on Smith and she tried to stash the drugs during the investigation.

Court records show that Smith was arrested and has been released. Her son was also arrested. It was not known if either of them has a lawyer.

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GOP pols want more info in AP case

POLITICO - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:45am
House Judiciary Committee Republicans' letter seeks more information about the AP investigation.


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Mourners remember girl, 9, killed in Okla. tornado

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:32am

Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were children.

Relatives and friends huddling under umbrellas amid a downpour hurried into a chapel where mournful country songs played. The front of the chapel was filled with photos of a smiling Antonia.

Candelaria was one of seven children who perished when the tornado flattened an elementary school in the city of Moore.

A family photo released by her mother shows the girl beaming with a big smile and wearing a white sun hat.

Authorities say the tornado caused $2 billion in damage and destroyed or damaged up to 13,000 homes.

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Cuomo on Weiner: 'Shame on us'

POLITICO - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:29am
The governor responds to the possibility of a Weiner win.


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HP's Whitman: 'We Feel Good' on Growth

CNBC - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:28am
Hewlett-Packard is on its way to becoming a growth company again, CEO Meg Whitman tells CNBC.
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London Attackers Known to Security Services

CNBC - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:26am
Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street were known to security services.
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California man arrested for more than 100 calls to 911 claiming satellites control him

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:12am

A Sacramento man arrested for calling 911 more than 100 times in the last month -- because he believes his body is controlled by satellites -- says he won't stop until lawmakers launch an investigation.

"My brain, I can feel it starting. I'm blasted by the signals, every couple of minutes," Jimmy Shao told CBS Sacramento. "I yell and I scream, 'Stop it, I don't need this,' but they never listen."

Shao says he thinks he's being watched by shadowy government figures.

The 56-year-old was arrested late Monday night, according to Fox 40, and faces charges of falsely reporting emergencies and making harassing 911 calls.

Police say 60 of the 911 calls he made went to the Sacramento Police dispatcher.

Click for more from CBS Sacramento.

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Council members abstain from vote on abstaining

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 11:09am

Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.

AnnArbor.com reports (http://bit.ly/13JeOBH ) that Ypsilanti City Council member Pete Murdock proposed a resolution Tuesday that would have required council members to only vote "yes" or "no" on each issue unless they had a financial or professional conflict.

Mayor Paul Schreiber and council members Susan Moeller and Brian Robb abstained from the vote to show their disapproval of the resolution.

The resolution failed, with Murdock and another City Council member voting "yes" while two other council members voted "no."

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Information from: AnnArbor.com, http://www.annarbor.com

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9 myths about drones, Gitmo

CNN - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:47am
Peter Bergen says there's a great deal of misinformation about the counterterrorism policies President Obama will address in a speech Thursday.
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The Warning Signs Ahead of Nikkei Sell-Off

CNBC - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:43am
A plunge in Japan's small cap index should have prepared investors for the Nikkei slide, one asset manager told CNBC.
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California police arrest man for alleged Disneyland scam

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:26am

Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes.

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say the man called himself "Stephen Disney" and had a fake driver's license and tax forms that falsely claimed income from the Walt Disney Corp.

The statement says he gave Disneyland passes to a woman for a raffle. When the winner took the passes to Disneyland, she learned they hadn't been activated.

Deputies determined the man's name is 51-year-old Stephen David Urquidez and the passes were stolen from a store.

He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and having a driver's license with a forged state seal, a felony.

Urquidez was released after posting $20,000 bond.

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Deputies arrest man they say posed as a Disney

FOX News - Thu, 05/23/2013 - 10:11am

Authorities say a man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes.

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say the man called himself "Stephen Disney" and had a fake driver's license and tax forms that falsely claimed income from the Walt Disney Corp.

The statement says he gave Disneyland passes to a woman for a raffle. When the winner took the passes to Disneyland, she learned they hadn't been activated.

Deputies determined the man's name is 51-year-old Stephen David Urquidez and the passes were stolen from a store.

He was arrested on suspicion of burglary and having a driver's license with a forged state seal, a felony.

Urquidez was released after posting $20,000 bond.

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