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  • UK defends security services over Woolwich murder UK defends security services over Woolwich murder

    LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

  • Mets ace Matt Harvey dating Victorias Secret model Anne V

    New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey and supermodel Anne V were reportedly spotted getting intimate in public at the New York Rangers playoff game at Madison Square Garden, on Thursday. Harvey- who is a Connecticut-born, die-hard Rangers fan- first met the green-eyed blond bombshell in early May after they watched the Broadway Blueshirts win at the Garden, the New York Post reported. According to ...

  • US Defense Chief Calls for End to Military Sex Assaults

    U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called for an end to sexual assaults in the military Saturday in a commencement speech to graduates of the West Point military academy in New York state. Hagel called sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military a "profound betrayal" of sacred oaths and trusts and a "scourge" that must be stamped out. A day earlier, President Barack Obama ...

  • Bang With Friends mysterious CEO revealed

    Bang with Friends- the controversial Facebook app run by its CEO and co-founder who just goes by his initial 'C' has been revealed accidentally by Internet New York which included the founders' name on the online ballot. BWF app creator Colin Hodge, 28, and Omri Mor had remained anonymous till last week, but the leak of their identity through Internet Week New York disappointed Hodge, the Daily ...

  • US band Hanson debuts MmmHops Beer

    American pop-rock band Hanson has unveiled a new beer, which they have named 'MmmHops.' According to BeerPulse.com, the India Pale Ale - made with the help of a craft brewery in Oklahoma - was introduced by the band at 'The Hangover Part III' afterparty in Los Angeles on Monday night, People magazine reported. Debuting the uniquely named beer at the afterparty was no accident - the film opens ...

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Five Easy Pieces [Blu-Ray]

Five Easy Pieces [Blu-Ray]

A character study as opaque as it is penetrating, Five Easy Pieces was the second film to emerge from BBS, the independent production company started in the mid-1960s by producer Bert Schneider and producer/director Bob Rafelson (it was originally called Raybert before the ... ...

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  • Petraeus mistress Paula Broadwell apologizes for extra-marital affair

    Former CIA director General David Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell has apologized for her extra-marital affair with the disgraced chief. In her first in-depth interview, with ABC News affiliate WSOC in Charlotte, Broadwell said she has regret for the harm that the whole episode has caused. She said that she is regretful for the pain she has caused to her family and friends, and she is not ...

  • Report shows big drop in teen births in US

    The birth rate among American teenage girls has dropped considerably, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The birth rate among women ages 15-19 decreased by almost half from 1991 to 2011, from 62 to 31 births per 1,000 adolescents. From 2007 to 2011, the most recent period of the study, the birth rate fell 25 percent, but its decline was even greater ...

  • Pakistan remains opposed to illegal drone strikes in country after Obama speech

    The Pakistan Government has repeated its view that drone strikes by America in its territory were illegal. The rhetoric from Pakistan came after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for the use of he unmanned vehicles. According to the Daily Times, Obama mounted a firm defence of the covert drone war as 'legal' in a major speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday. He, however, ...

  • American workers losing ground on wages

    Competition from China and other low-wage rivals, coupled with fallout from the 2007-'09 financial crisis, has put American wages under such unprecedented strain that they have shifted into reverse -- not merely stagnating, but falling. And workers in Wisconsin are among the hardest hit in this bare-knuckled global phenomenon. "Water finds its equilibrium, its own level," says ...

  • DPS officers to speak at Grassroots America meeting

    Grassroots America — We the People will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Cornerstone Church Assembly of God, 9107 Paluxy Drive in Tyler.Department of Public Safety Lt. Jimmy Jackson will speak about the challenges the department faces regarding recruitment and retention and the dangers officers face each day. He also will discuss the varied scope of law enforcement work the department provides ...

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