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EDITORIAL: Free press guaranteed for a reason
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.Newspapers and media outlets have become used to governments withholding and blocking information. What we're not accustomed to is a government spying on us and taking reporter records without consent. But with the revelation that the U.S. Justice...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Freedom of the Press, National Government, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Justice System
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NPR's Ira Flatow - 'America loves science'
Star-News, Wilmington, N.C."America loves science," said National Public Radio personality Ira Flatow. The trouble is, some of its leaders haven't gotten the message. Flatow, the host of NPR's "Science Friday" series, is coming to Wilmington on Monday and Tuesday to make...Tags: Television, Radio Industry, Hurricane Sandy (2012), NPR, Environmental Issues
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Deborah Turness Named NBC News President
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - Former ITV News editor Deborah Turness has been named the president of NBC News. More to come. Here's the release... Deborah Turness, former editor of ITV News, the United Kingdom's most-watched commercial network news service,...Tags: NBC (tv network), Television, Imperial and Royal Matters, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, White House
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Syria's government presses battle in key rebel city of Qusair
BEIRUT -- Renewed clashes were reported Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusair, where government forces pressed an offensive aimed at chasing rebels from the supply and logistics hub. There were conflicting accounts from the government and the...
Tags: Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Tripoli (Libya), Human Rights, Explosions
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NBC News looks to Britain for its new president
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker May 20 (Reuters) - Deborah Turness, a former top news editor in Britain, will take over as NBC News' president in August, replacing Steve Capus who left the network in February after eight years. She will report to Pat Fili-Krushel,...Tags: Television, NBC (tv network), Comcast Corporation, News Corp., MSNBC (tv network)
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Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection
ReutersBy Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...Tags: Elections, Iran, Religion and Belief, Islam, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Idiots on the loose
Has the administration gone completely off the rails in Washington? I write here of the IRS taking aim for "extra scrutiny" of tax-exempt status requests from Tea Party and Patriot groups and the outrageous Justice Department subpoena of telephone...Tags: FBI, Taxation, Justice System, USA Today, Central Intelligence Agency
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Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold
BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...
Tags: National Government, Armed Forces, Skype, Rebellions, Religion and Belief
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North Korea fires fifth missile in three days
ReutersBy Chookyung Kim SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - North Korea fired its fifth short-range missile in three days on Monday and condemned South Korea for criticising what it said were its legitimate military drills. South Korea's Defense Ministry said a...Tags: Missile Systems, Weaponry, Seoul (South Korea), Unrest, Conflicts and War, South Korea
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Past time for heads to roll in Washington
AUSTIN, Texas - The twin revelations of the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative political organizations and, now, that the U.S. Justice Department was spying on the Associated Press -- all in a few days -- mean this: It is time to air the...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Taxation, Justice System, U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency
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China seeks release of fishing boat seized by North Korea
ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - North Korean forces have seized a Chinese fishing boat, Chinese officials told state-run news agency Xinhua late on Sunday, creating a potential new irritant in ties between the two allies. Chinese counselor to North Korea Jiang...Tags: Missile Systems, Lifestyle and Leisure, China, Pyongyang (North Korea), Fishing
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Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police
ReutersTUNIS (Reuters) - One protester died and several were injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on their demonstration and clashed with police on Sunday. The 27-year-old man was killed in the violence in the capital Tunis which continued into the...Tags: Tunisia, Tunisian Revolution (2010-2011), Religion and Belief, Witnesses, Military Equipment
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