The Atlantic Wire – Dennis Rodman Will Return to North Korea on August 1 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North. “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of [...]
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Robert Downey Jr is set for another huge payday from a mega-hit Marvel movie, this time Iron Man 3. I’ve learned he’s already made $35 million from the actioner which grossed $680 million worldwide in its first 12 days. He should exceed his biggest payday to date — that $50M from The Avengers which I’ve learned was more like $70M-$80M now that the film [...]
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The harshest and most detailed set of accusations made during Obama’s administration is the frank assessment, made in an annual report to U.S. lawmakers on Chinese military capabilities. Pentagon has accused China of trying to extract sensitive information from U.S. government computers, the latest in a series of rhetorical skirmishes between the two countries on the issue [...]
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Three young women who vanished in separate incidents about a decade ago in the US state of Ohio have been found alive in a house in Cleveland. Three brothers have been arrested in connection with the case. City officials are to hold a news conference on Tuesday morning. 911 call: “Help me I’m Amanda Berry… [...]
Continue reading …Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) – A bomb blast killed five U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, U.S. and NATO officials said. It was a roadside explosion in the Maiwand district of Kandahar province that killed them, said Javid Faisal, spokesman for the provincial governor. source CNN
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In what’s being labeled as a crucial speech, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has laid out his foreign policy. Despite criticism for Obama, Romney had little to offer in terms of alternatives. In what was his seventh foreign policy speech, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney presented himself as a moderate conservative who strongly criticized the [...]
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passes away aged 82. Neil Armstrong spent three hours walking on the moon The Apollo 11 crew Tributes have been paid to US astronaut Neil Armstrong, who has died aged 82. He had heart-bypass surgery earlier this month to relieve blocked coronary arteries. As [...]
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10 shot in front of Empire State Building [Updated at 10:33 a.m. ET] The body of an alleged gunman is lying outside the entrance to the Empire State Building after a shooting broke out Friday morning, leaving at least two dead, New York City officials said. A woman was also killed in the shooting, which occurred [...]
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Three days before Independence Day, Milton Hall died in a fusillade of police gunfire outside a strip mall. He had been arguing with officers in a parking lot next to a shuttered Chinese restaurant when he was shot, in full view of passing motorists and while he was holding some sort of knife. Saginaw County [...]
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(Gawker ) As families of the Aurora shooting victims have been notified, some of the victims’ names and stories have been released. Alex Sullivan, 27, was celebrating his 27th birthday. The “Happy Birthday” card in the photo above was left in his memory. Veronica Moser, 6, was shot alongside her mother, 25-year-old Ashley Moser. Ashley, who is [...]
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