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Immigration reform bill: Top 8 changes GOP senators want
More than 300 amendments were submitted for possible inclusion in a sweeping immigration reform package – at least 100 of them from two Republicans, Sens. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Jeff Sessions of Alabama. Here are eight notable changes GOP lawmakers want to see in bill, as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up amendments between now and Memorial Day.
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World's five largest companies
For the first time in nearly a decade, the world’s five largest public companies are all American affair These are the Top 5, as of mid-April 2013.
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Earth Day 2013: 10 quotes about planet Earth
Earth Day is April 22. There is no shortage of famous musings on what Carl Sagan once called our 'pale blue dot.' Here are 10 of our favorite things said about planet Earth.
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Who handled Major League Baseball’s ceremonial first-pitch honors in 2013?
One of the most anticipated moments of any baseball season occurs when ceremonial first pitches are thrown at each of 30 major-league ballparks. Often the identity of the persons or persons doing the honors is kept a secret until the last minute. Here’s the lineup of the 2013 VIPs:
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Five ways Americans can save water through food choices
As eaters and consumers, Americans can profoundly reduce water waste and water consumption through the food choices they make. Here are five ways American food consumers can help save water.
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Flash floods kill 16 in Arkansas floods; dozens missing
More than 40 people are unaccounted for after two rivers rose quickly overnight.
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Empire of the Summer Moon
The remarkable life of Quanah Parker – half Commanche, half white – provides a backdrop for astounding tales of hardscrabble and bloody life on the Texas frontier.
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US Border Patrol shooting (new video) threatens Mexico drug war cooperation
As the US and Mexico arrested 400 people Thursday in a major operation against Mexico's drug war, a new cellphone video emerged of a Mexican teen shot by the US Border Patrol.
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Hispanics abandon Arizona, fleeing economy, immigration law
The bad economy was already leading thousands of Hispanics to leave Arizona. Now, anecdotal evidence suggests that more are leaving before the Arizona immigration law takes effect.
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When taxes rise next year, will the rich avoid them?
Extreme tax avoidance could frustrate Obama's plans to trim the deficit.
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Graduation rate for US high-schoolers falls for second straight year
The graduation rate was 68.8 percent in 2007, according to a new study. But the report also identifies 21 big-city 'overachievers' that posted higher-than-expected graduation rates.
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Arrests in US, Yemen sharpen focus on 'homegrown terrorism'
Recent arrests in New York, Texas, and Yemen could support the trend of Americans heading abroad for terrorism training. But do the US and Yemen have conflicting security interests?
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Americans sleepier than Europeans
A recent study concluded that Americans are sleepier than Europeans, raising concerns for public health and safety.
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New Jersey men arrested at JFK on way to join Al Shabab in Somalia
The two New Jersey men arrested en route to Somalia to join the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab insurgency share at least one trait with other American jihadis: inspiration from Yemen-based US cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Enuf is enuf: DC spelling bee draws protests
Four protesters demonstrated outside the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday, demanding simplified spelling for the English language.
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Six private enterprises that could launch humans into orbit
Private spaceflight is entering a new era with the first test launch of the new Falcon 9 rocket Friday. Here are six companies vying to build a vessel that will carry civilians into space.
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California advances grocery store plastic bag ban
The California Assembly on Wednesday approved a bill that would ban stores from providing plastic bags, and require them to charge for paper ones. Similar bans are in place in China and Bangladesh.
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Janiva Magness: She's earned the right to sing the blues
Heralded blues singer draws on a troubled childhood in foster homes to bring truth to her songs.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
This biography of LBJ is the latest in the well-received American Presidents Series.
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New public school 'core standards': Which states might not sign on?
The core standards unveiled Wednesday would establish a national bar for what students in any state should know when they graduate from high school. But some states are wary.
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Will US revoke the right of American citizenship to foreigners born here?
A bill in the House of Representatives would change the 14th amendment to the US Constitution that grants anyone who is born on US soil the right of American citizenship. Efforts to revoke birthright citizenship could make it the new flashpoint in the debate over immigration.
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New weapon against BP oil spill: A jumbo jet
A Boeing 747 supertanker specially outfitted to spray oil dispersant is ready to fly over the BP oil spill.
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Oil spill cleanup: BP spill's effect on endangered marine species potentially 'mind-boggling'
Oil spill cleanup: The growing BP oil spill threatens a critically endangered sawfish with extinction, as well as many other threatened species.
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'Grandad Bandit' wanted for robbing 21 banks in 12 states
The FBI has dubbed the elusive bank robber, who is described as bald, heavyset, and between 50 and 60 years old, as the 'Granddad Bandit' and is offering a $10,000 reward for a tip leading to his arrest and conviction.
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Before BP oil spill, Big Oil-led study urged feds to cut safety testing
The 2009 study intensifies suspicions that Big Oil interests trumped US safety regulations, a concern that has been growing since the BP oil spill.
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The Monitor's View: Gulf oil spill as a lesson on humans in nature
Save tourist beaches or marine life? Protect coastal homes or marshes for birds? Such choices during the Gulf oil spill point to a need to rethink human life on the planet -- just as the spill itself does.
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BP oil spill: Will the 'sweeping arm system' from the Dutch help?
The Dutch government is supplying six sweeping arm systems for the BP oil spill. The technology involves a skimmer that picks up oil and water and then separates the two.
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What exactly is a sinkhole anyway?
In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Agatha, a 330-foot-deep sinkhole opened up in the middle of Guatemala City. How do sinkholes form in the first place?
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Memorial Day in Iraq: Sacrifices remembered
American servicemen and women honored their fallen comrades on Memorial Day in Iraq, as the war winds down there.
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