NPR 2009-6-26

Singer Michael Jackson has reportedly been rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles. A fire department official tells the Los Angeles Times that paramedics had performed CPR when they arrived at his home because Jackson wasn't breathing. Civil liberties

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Tokyo told CNN that it found traces of plutonium in five different locations at the Fukushima nuclear facility,three different types of plutonium.in the mean time there were other developments today.Large quantities of water highly radioactive water.

NPR 2010-03-26

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. Leaders on Capitol Hill are condemning threats and vandalism against lawmakers. Most of the threats have centered around those who voted for health care overhaul. NPRs Sonari Glinton reports a prominent

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AP 2011-06-30

1. A jury has convicted the former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of nearly all the corruption charges against him that includes trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama's old senate seat. The jurors delivered their verdicts after deliberati

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IN THE NEWS - California Ruling Opens New Front in Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage A ban is overturned in the nation's largest state. Also, in another civil rights case, a federal court rules that America's paper money discriminates against the blind.

NPR 2010-02-18

From NPR News in Washington, Im Barbara Klein. The supreme leader of Iran has accused Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of spreading lies about Iran on her trip to the Persian Gulf earlier this week. NPRs Mike Shuster has details. Iranian state tele

NPR 2009-6-20

Supporters of Iranian moderate candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, according to one individual, are feeling angry, worried and disappointed after a speech by Iran's supreme leader in which he called for an end to street demonstrations. Comments come in t

NPR 2012-02-10

President Obama says the big mortgage settlement reached today with major banks helps turn the page on an era of recklessness. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the 26-billion-dollar deal will settle claims stemming from fraudulent foreclosures. President

NPR 2012-04-19

The Pentagon says it is disturbed by newly released photos in the Los Angeles Times today purported to show American troops in Afghanistan posing near the bodies of insurgents back in 2010. NPR's Tom Bowman reports the paper was warned that publishin

NPR 2011-10-03

In the grips of a deep recession and an unrelenting debt crisis, the Greek cabinet has approved a budget for parliamentary consideration. The spending plan includes a decision to cut civil service staff by 30,000 by the end of the year. The next inst

CNN 2009-05-27

Hello, everyone from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I'm Catherine Callaway. So glad you are with us. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The California State Supreme Court has decided to uphold Proposition 8--the ban on same sex marr

CNN 2010-05-22

People of a certain age sort of remember times of great racial conflict in this country, and divide that seemed pretty much impossible to bridge. And 60 years ago, researchers used the simple doll test to see how children view race, seeing their reac

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Aim for the court behind me, for the White House said especially, for millions of Americans without health in church, we are not losing track of them tonight. But because Health Care reform, which is Supreme Court to firm today, was President Obama's

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