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Capitol Police investigating threat against Rubio - Yahoo! News (yahoo.com)
The U.S. Capitol Police force is investigating a reported threat against U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is often mentioned as a possible vice presidential pick for likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
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N. Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking US - Yahoo! News (yahoo.com)
A senior North Korean army official says his country is armed with "powerful mobile weapons" capable of striking America.
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Jailed for $280: The Return of Debtors' Prisons - Yahoo! Finance (yahoo.com)
Although the U.S. abolished debtors' prisons in the 1830s, more than a third of U.S. states allow the police to haul people in who don't pay all manner of debts.
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Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged 'ugly visuals' - Yahoo! News (yahoo.com)
The retired top CIA officer who ordered the destruction of videos showing waterboarding says in a new book that he was tired of waiting for Washington's bureaucracy to make a decision that protected American lives.
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U.S. refuses request to probe 1970 Kent State shooting - Yahoo! News (yahoo.com)
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department refused to reopen an investigation into the deadly 1970 shooting of student protesters at Kent State University, one of the seminal moments of the anti-Vietnam war movement, saying new audio evidence of...
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USDA confirms case of mad cow disease, nation's fourth - Yahoo! News (yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department confirmed on Tuesday that it found a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in a dairy cow in central California though no parts of the animal entered the nation's food suppl...
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1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed - Yahoo! Finance (yahoo.com)
The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work.
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Tiger Stadium opened 100 years ago just like Fenway Park, but it's ignored in Detroit - Yahoo! Sports (yahoo.com)
The iconic stadium was demolished in 2009, and the lot is empty except for the love of a few fans.
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Mysterious Particle Found After Decades of Searching - Yahoo! News (yahoo.com)
An elusive particle that is its own antiparticle may have been found, and, if confirmed, would be the first time a phenomenon predicted decades ago has been seen in a real system.
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Is Argentina Becoming the New Venezuela? - Yahoo! Finance (yahoo.com)
As the dust settles on the announcement that Argentina would seize control of assets owned by Repsol-backed energy company YPF, many are worried that other companies will shy away from investment in the ...