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“Zombie” outbreak in Miami May 26 Miami native Rudy Eugene was fatally shot by police after being found eating the face of another man on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami, Fla. It was believed that bath salts were the cause of Eugene’s unusual behavior; however, toxicology reports ruled them out. Freeh Report implicates Penn State [...]

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National/Global: 11 Secret Service agents relieved of duty after scandal: 11 agents of the Secret Service were relieved of duty after accusations of misconduct involving prostitutes. The misconduct was alleged to have occurred in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to President Barack Obama’s arrival for the Summit of the Americas. Secret Service spokesman Edwin M. Donovan said [...]

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  Social media highlights Fla. teenager’s death Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, 28, on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., yet his death did not reach the national stage until several weeks later.  Social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter spread details of the shooting in the following weeks. [...]

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Many mourn, remember those lost in Japan Grieving families across Japan gathered to mark the oneyear anniversary of the major disasters that ravished the island nation. The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami affected the Northeastern Coast, killing almost 20,000 people and causing a massive nuclear radiation leak at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.  To [...]

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Syria posed to reconstruct constitution   On Sunday, Feb. 26, a referendum on a new constitution was held by Syrian officials whose promises of governmental reform have been deemed “too little, too late.”   An attempt at offsetting the increased instances of domestic violence, the referendum also called attention to the views of allies like [...]

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Republicans fueled to attack Obama as gas prices rise Rising gasoline prices may allow Republicans to call out President Obama on a faultering economic recovery as the United States continues into another general election cycle. House Speaker John Boehner instructed his fellow Republicans to “embrace the gas-pump anger” that exists among their constituents as they [...]

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Queen of Pop passes away in L.A. Whitney Houston, successful pop superstar, died on Saturday, Feb. 11 in Beverly Hills, Calif. She was 48 years old. Paramedics spent close to 20 minutes trying to revive Houston, the authorities said. There was no immediate word on the cause of her death. Houston was staying at the [...]

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European sovereign debt crisis spreads Businesses accross the world could now be threatened by Europe’s worsening debt crisis.  All kinds of companies are now feeling the strain as European banks pull back on lending in an effort to hoard capital and shore up their balance sheets. American money market funds have now stopped lending to European [...]

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The Lastest News Briefs from this week.

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U.S. urge inspectors to release classified intel to isolate Iran The Obama administration is now pressing United Nations nuclear inspectors to release classified intelligence information showing that Iran is experimenting with nuclear weapons.There is an evident American effort to isolate and increase pressure on Iran after accusing them of a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s [...]

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Memorandum makes legal case to kill a US citizen The Obama administration drafted a legal memo last year which allowed the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, but opened the door to the killing of an American citizen without a trial. Despite an executive order banning assassinations and protections in the U.S. Bill of Rights, the 50-page [...]

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Occupy Wall Street protests fight for economic equality A group of activists stood up against greed, corporate influence and social inequality during late September. A large number of police officers were sent to the streets near Zuccotti Park, at Broadway and Liberty Street, where protestors had been camping during their protest. The “leaderless resistance movement” [...]

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News breifs from Sept. 15

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Issue 26 News Briefs

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Global to National to Regional to Campus news

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Global to National to Regional to Campus news

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Global – National – Regional – Campus news

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Aug. 19, 2010 The Obama administration has implemented plans that involve a group of private military contractors to take over tasks now carried out by military, such as to defuse potential confrontations between the Iraqi Army and Kurdish forces. The estimated number of U.S. contractors range from 2,400 to 10,000, although some say more will [...]

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