Almost a year after a tornado leveled large portions of Joplin, Missouri, new footage from a hospital security camera shows the devastation as it occurred. St. John’s Medical Center was among the most heavily damaged buildings in Joplin. Winds of 200 miles per hour ravaged the interior. The footage shows chairs and tables swept up [...]
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Former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon on Friday announced his candidacy for Florida Senate, ending rampant speculation about his political future. “For me, running for U.S. Senate isn’t a career move,” Weldon said in a statement on his campaign website. “I have a fulfilling career in health care. I have no desire to be a ‘career [...]
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Ahhh, cheeseburgers. Diplomacy’s comfort food. President Barack Obama’s nod on Friday to visiting French President François Hollande’s youthful fondness for the fast-food sandwich was not the first time that leaders from both countries have turned to cheeseburgers at a potentially tense moment. The June 2004 Group of Eight Summit brought together President George W. Bush [...]
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Click image to see more photos. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Visiting French President François Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that France’s combat troops would leave Afghanistan by year’s end and pledged to find a way “for our allies to pursue their mission” in talks at a looming NATO summit. The two leaders also bonded [...]
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Ram Singh Chauhan of India has the world’s longest mustache, 14 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film “Octopussy” and he has made cameos in [...]
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What if it cost $17 to make a 15-minute phone call in the U.S.? How often would you call home? That’s the dilemma facing many inmates who must rely on the prison phone service and pay sky-high rates. A bipartisan group of prison reformers is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to stop phone companies [...]
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A U.S. District Court in Florida convicted a former Florida postal worker of health care fraud after she was caught participating in more than 80 long-distance races, including the Boston Marathon, all while taking workers’ compensation for a back injury. Jacquelyn V. Myers, 55, was also convicted of making false statements and faces up to [...]
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Billionaire political donor Joe Ricketts clearly has President Barack Obama in his line of fire this election season, as we learned this week. But when it comes to Ricketts writing checks, apparently all Republicans—and even some libertarians—are welcome. A glance at Ricketts’ personal political donations this election cycle reveals that the TD Ameritrade co-founder and [...]
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You can hardly blame him for the exasperation. For the next few months, anyone remotely speculated to be on Mitt Romney’s shortlist for vice president will be asked the same questions about the process, often many times over in a single day. Paul Ryan seems tired of it already. Here’s his response to the Washington [...]
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Click image to see more photos. (Atlantic Wire) Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead at her New York home on Wednesday, reports the Associated Press. Westchester County executive’s office spokesman Ned McCormack says an autopsy will be conducted on Thursday. He cannot speculate on the cause of death [...]
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