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New Yorker | 'Sopranos' star, James Gandolfini, dies at 51 Chicago Tribune James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday vacationing in Italy. He was 51. Gandolfini, whose role as Tony ... James Gandolfini dead at 51: he made TV's most lethal character oddly vulnerable Bulger, Gandolfini: Mob makes headlines this week In Jersey, Gandolfini remembered as regular guy |
Politico | Heather Zichal: Obama's climate plan to focus on efficiency, renewables and EPA Politico President Barack Obama is poised to flesh out in the coming weeks his second-term climate change agenda, a three-part plan that will focus broadly on energy efficiency, renewable energy and Environmental Protection Agency regulations, a top White House ... OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Keystone pressure mounts as Obama readies climate plan Obama says a climate plan is coming next month, so climate hawks delay lawsuit |
Houston Chronicle | FBI uses drones inside US for spying, director says Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified Wednesday that the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program "has been a contributing factor, one dot among many dots" for tracking terrorist plots, and he admitted for the first time ... Drone surveillance 'limited,' FBI boss says in wake of NSA snooping scandal FBI says it uses surveillance drones on US soil Mueller: FBI uses drones for surveillance |
Body found near Hernandez's home was semi-pro athlete's CNN Massachusetts State Police searched near the home of Aaron Hernandez after a body was found nearby. Erika Niedowski/AP. BOSTON (AP) -- A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home ... Adversity follows Patriots TEs Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez Dorchester man's family pleads for justice after his body is found in North ... Body found near Patriot's home was homicide victim |
Politico | Maryland: Midshipmen Face Sexual Assault Charges New York Times Three United States Naval Academy midshipmen were charged Wednesday in the serial sexual assault of a female midshipman last year, the academy said. The midshipmen, who were not identified, were charged in the military justice system with sexual ... Naval Academy charges 3 football players with sexually assaulting a female ... 3 midshipmen face charges in sexual assault case Naval Academy charges 3 football players with sexual assault in 2012 incident |
Wall Street Journal | Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions STLtoday.com BERLIN • Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called “the global threat of our time.”. Obama urges 'bold' nuclear cuts in Berlin speech Russia could stand in way of Obama's nuke cuts Obama Asks Russia to Join in Reducing Nuclear Arms |
ABC News | Asian Stocks Down as Fed Sees Slower Bond Buys ABC News Most Asian markets slid Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year. The announcement Wednesday in Washington drew sharp reaction in financial markets, showing just how ... REPEAT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks tumble on weak China PMI, Fed ... Bernanke Sees Beginning of End for Fed's Record Easing Stocks slide and Treasury yields spike after Bernanke says Fed could slow its ... |
San Francisco Chronicle | Hawks even Stanley Cup Final Chicago Tribune BOSTON — Marian Hossa was on the ice, Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane were celebrating goals and all was well again in the Blackhawks' world. Rebounding from a disappointing effort that put them down a game to the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final, ... Blackhawks win wild Game 4 in OT, tie series Brent Seabrook nets OT game-winner as Blackhawks hold off Bruins in thriller Blackhawks stun Bruins, 6-5, in overtime |
ABC News | FBI: Ohio Woman Enslaved, Threatened... ABC News The lawyer for an Ohio suspect accused of keeping a mentally disabled woman and her daughter as slaves and threatening them with deadly snakes, says his client is innocent and the alleged victim was free to come and go as she pleased. The alleged ... Feds: 3 in Ohio held woman, child in 'subhuman' conditions Ashland community stunned by mother, daughter captivity case Ohio woman, allegedly enslaved, spent time in jail |
NDTV | 4 shot, 3 dead at Louisville, Ky., condominium; police say it was domestic related Minneapolis Star Tribune LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville police say the shooting that resulted in three deaths and a critical injury at a condominium complex was domestic-related. Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell said in a statement Wednesday night that the suspect in the case ... 3 dead, 1 critical after shooting on Gardiner Lane 4 shot, 3 dead at Kentucky condo shooting 3 dead at Kentucky shooting in USA |