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UPDATE 6-Two freight trains collide in Missouri bringing down overpass
Sat May 25, 2013 11:33pm EDT By Tim Bross ST. LOUIS May 25 (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided at a rail intersection in rural Missouri on Saturday, triggering the collapse of a highway overpass when at least a dozen rail cars derailed and struck a support pillar, authorities said. None of the seven people hurt in the fiery crash - two train workers and five occupants of two cars on the ...
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Will immigration reform get killed in Republican-led U.S. House
Sat May 25, 2013 10:09pm EDT * Republicans doubt political necessity of sweeping bill * Warnings about Hispanic vote challenged By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - The biggest overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in a generation won bipartisan approval from a powerful U.S. Senate committee last week, but there is a strong chance that Republicans in the House of Representatives will end ...
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Kerry presses Egypt on economic reform says aid depends on it
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry urged Egypt to act swiftly on economic reforms to secure a $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan, saying the measures were needed to get further aid from the U.S. Congress, an American official ...
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States With The Most Americans On Disability 247 Wall St.
The number of Americans receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) more-than doubled over the past two decades, from 5.2 million to 11.7 million by the end of ...
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Fitch Rates Little Elm ISD TXs 2013 ULT Bldg Rfdg Bonds AAA PSFAA- Und. Outlook Stable
Macao Banks' Rapid China Growth Alters Risk Profiles Macao banks could see their risk profiles weaken as their exposure to China continues to climb.Fitch Ratingsexpects credit growth to accelerate to 30% in 2013 from 26% in 2012, primarily led by China-related trade financing. Generally Chinese exposures are driven by parent referrals and associated risk is adequately mitigated with ...
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Movie Review
Murder by Numbers
Never as disturbing or evocative as it would like to be, Murder by Numbers plods through its psychological murder-mystery trappings like well-worn clothes, and the edges are definitely starting to look frayed. There are the roots of something truly disquieting here, but the film's slick, but routine Hollywood polish keeps it level and unmemorable. ...
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Niger attacks launched from southern Libya - Nigers president
NIAMEY | Sat May 25, 2013 12:08pm EDT NIAMEY May 25 (Reuters) - Islamist militants who carried out simultaneous suicide attacks on an army base and a French uranium mine in northern Niger two days ago came from southern Libya, Niger's president said on Saturday. President Mahamadou Issoufou said the raids showed Libya was a source of regional instability, months after France ...
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Blackstone notifies Cohens SAC it intends to pull money -pension consultant
By Matthew Goldstein Sat May 25, 2013 11:44am EDT May 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is losing the financial support of Blackstone Group Inc , the largest outside investor in his embattled SAC Capital Advisors, which is yanking much of its client money, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters. A pension consultant, in a May 21 letter to clients, said Blackstone ...
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Fed Concerns Contribute To Lackluster Session On Wall Street - U.S. Commentary
There was a mixed performance on Wall Street on Friday. Shares suffered an early decline, as investors continued to express worries about the Federal Reserve. A recovery through the rest of the day allowed the Dow to edge into positive territory by the close. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 posted fractional losses.The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 8.6 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at ...
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As border tightens some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United ...
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What Detroit crisis Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii
Detroit's emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr talks to members of the media outside the Detroit Newspapers building about the report he delivered to the State of Michigan about Detroit's finances, in Detroit, Michigan May 13, ...
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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
Hotel InterContinental Singapore
I took a taxi from Changi International Airport, and arrived about 15 minutes later at the InterContinental. The cab fare ...
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