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Bill to Encourage Energy Efficiency Fails in Senate
The New York Times - 13 May 2014 01:12
The bill, which had drawn unusual bipartisan support, was derailed in a standoff over the Keystone XL pipeline and climate change regulations.
China Detains Man Who Wrote for Foreign Website
ABC News - 13 May 2014 07:25
China detains man accused of faking information sent to US-based dissident news site
China Authorities: Deadly Bus Fire Caused by Arson
ABC News - 13 May 2014 07:22
Chinese authorities say man set bus ablaze, killing self and injuring dozens
Experts to review flight tracking
CNN - 13 May 2014 07:17
This is not a new issue, but there is new urgency as the global aviation community looks closely at more robust flight tracking in response to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Jordan's kidnapped envoy to Libya freed
Al Jazeera English - 13 May 2014 07:10
Fawaz al-Itan was taken in Tripoli last month by gunmen who demanded a fighter be freed from a Jordan jail in exchange.
Obama's decision on U.S. deportations poses political risks
Reuters - 13 May 2014 07:09
WASHINGTON
Al Gore Explains The Real Motiviation Behind Republicans' Climate Change Denial
The Huffington Post - 13 May 2014 04:02
Despite the release of a White House report detailing the devastating effects of global warming already underway, many Republicans are unwavering in their belief that humans play no role in climate change. Sen. Marco Rub...
CNN poll: 56% are pro-EU
CNN - 13 May 2014 01:08
A CNN commissioned poll of Ukrainians shows that many are optimistic about their country's future. Max Foster reports.
U.S.-EU data privacy rules won't cause regulatory headache: official
Reuters - 13 May 2014 00:42
WASHINGTON
Find Out Why Family Taped Daughter Watching Own Birth Video
ABC News - 13 May 2014 23:59
See 8-year-old experience every emotion as she watches the video of her birth.
A Man Claims the Zodiac Killer Is His Father in a New Book That's Been Kept Secret for Months
The Huffington Post - 13 May 2014 03:08
Not mentioned in the summary: Stewart, a vice-president at Delta Tech Service in Baton Rouge, alleges that his father was the Zodiac Killer, who is believed to have killed at least five people in Northern California, and...
Senate Rushes to Confirm Obama's Judicial Nominees
Time - 13 May 2014 00:13
The do-nothing Congress is actually doing something: confirming Obama's judicial appointments, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last fall exercised what has become known as the "nuclear option"
Black Mass Planned on Harvard Campus Sparks Outrage
Time - 13 May 2014 00:03
The "black mass" was historically performed to mock the Roman Catholic Church, but the student group hosting the Monday night event on campus says that it is intended to be purely educational
Car warning lights you need to know
Fox News - 13 May 2014 14:55
Do you know what the symbol pictured above means?
Diesel Dope, Monster Trucks, and Snotty Dispensary Clerks
Mother Jones - 13 May 2014 12:00
Editor's note: After our story "The Landscape-Scarring, Energy-Sucking, Wildlife-Killing Reality of Pot Farming" appeared in the magazine, we heard from a reader who called himself Ancient Mariner. He explained that he w...
Book Reveals Wider Net of U.S. Spying on Envoys
The New York Times - 13 May 2014 04:45
The book, by Glenn Greenwald, mentions one incident where Susan E. Rice asked the N.S.A. for help during negotiations with the United Nations Security Council on sanctions against Iran.
Amnesty: Torture is alive and flourishing
Al Jazeera English - 13 May 2014 04:24
Report by Amnesty International says torture remains widespread 30 years after being outlawed globally.
Harvard Club Drops Satanic 'Black Mass' After Criticism
The Huffington Post - 13 May 2014 03:22
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- A Harvard University club says it has dropped sponsorship of a satanic Mass that drew condemnation from the Archdiocese of Boston and the university's president. The Harvard Extension Cultural St...
Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped Nigerian girls for prisoners
Reuters - 13 May 2014 03:19
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria
Is secession vote valid?
CNN - 13 May 2014 01:06
CNN poll casts doubt on secession support. CNN's Atika Shubert reports.
Russian: We respect vote
CNN - 13 May 2014 00:28
FM Sergey Lavrov says Russia will respect the results of eastern Ukraine's referendum vote. Matthew Chance reports.
Handless terror suspect tried to get refund for prepaid phone
New York Post - 13 May 2014 00:05
He’s the frugal terror suspect. Handless hate preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri told a jury Monday that he once tried to get a refund on hundreds of dollars that he forked...