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TED-Ed: One of the most "dangerous" men in American history | Keenan Norris
In 1830, David Walker sewed a pamphlet into the lining of a coat. The volume was thin enough to be hidden, but its content was far from insubstantial. At the time, many members of the US government considered this pamphlet to be one of...
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Clinton Says Trump “Flouted†US Law in Cuba Work
Hillary Clinton says a new report alleging that Donald Trump may have violated the U.S. embargo on communist Cuba is just more evidence that he puts his own interests ahead of the nation's. Newsweek reported Thursday that Trump explored...
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Gerald Ford (Jan. 14, 1991)
An interview with former President Gerald Ford on the prospect of the United States going to war in the Persian Gulf, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
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JP Morgan agrees $13 billion settlement with government - said to be biggest ever
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay 13 billion dollars in a landmark settlement after it acknowledged that it misled investors about the quality of risky mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.
The...
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USA: NASA GAMMA RAYS DISCOVERY
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NASA scientists have discovered a new class of gamma ray sources in the Milky Way galaxy.
Gamma rays, although invisible to the human eye, are the most powerful form of light - more than a hundred million times more powerful...
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A woman helping police in Florida with a narcotics investigation has been found dead after a two-day search. And the two targets of the drug investigation are now suspects in her murder.
HEADLINE: Woman working with police on drug bust found dead
CAPTION: A woman helping police in Florida with a narcotics investigation has been found dead after a two-day search. And the two targets of the drug investigation are now...
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FEMA: Texas floods "a landmark event
The director of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday called on the people of Texas and Louisiana to "be involved" as the states struggle with the devastating impact of Tropical Storm Harvey. Speaking at FEMA's...
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ONLY ON AP Syrian President Assad talks to the AP
President Bashar Assad said deadly U.S. airstrikes on Syrian troops last week were intentional, dismissing American officials' statements that they were an accident. Assad said the U.S. lacked "the will" to join forces with Russia in...
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Trump Doubles, Triples Down on Immigration Plans
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus062323Reaction has been swift and harsh to Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump's lengthy and fiery address on immigration.Trump said Wednesday night that in no uncertain terms that Mexico...
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Kerry's Vigorous Defense of TPP Trade Deal
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus064002U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging Congress to adopt a landmark 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade deal, arguing that rejection would badly damage U.S. credibility and national...
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Why a grandmother and grandson are visiting every U.S. national park
92-year-old Joy Ryan and her grandson Brad Ryan have spent the past seven years crisscrossing the U.S. with the goal of visiting every national park. “Grandma Joy’s Road Trip,” as they call it on social media, began after Brad found out...
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NASA scientists hold presser about successful Mars rover landing
1. Wide shot of NASA press conference
2. Reporters at conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator:
"We now know with great certainty that we are at the place where we wanted to be at Gusev crater. There is a...
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Daschle talks about foreign policy for democrats
1. Senator Daschle walks up to podium
2. Wide shot of audience, pan to Daschle speaking
3. SOUNDBITE: US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle/D-SD
"Instead of asserting our leadership, we're abdicating it. Instead of shaping international...
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Magician tries to escape from gyroscope over Times Square
1. Wide shot magician and "endurance artist" David Blaine in gyroscope
2. Close-up Blaine smiling and waving as he is being strapped in
3. Close-up man tying Blaine's special shoes that are bolted into gyroscope
4. People taking photos...
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Kerry's Vigorous Defense of TPP Trade Deal
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is urging Congress to adopt a landmark 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade deal, arguing that rejection would badly damage U.S. credibility and national security.Kerry said Wednesday that failure to pass the...
Associated Press
Friend: Scaramucci is Trump "Mini Me
A longtime friend says White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is becoming a President Trump "mini me." Scaramucci gave an expletive-laced interview that appeared on the website of The New Yorker magazine on Thursday. In...
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USA: SANDY BERGER COMMENTS ON BALKAN STABILITY SUMMIT
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As 60 nations gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to pledge aid for Kosovo, the White House said it wanted to make it clear there is also a recovery plan in mind for the larger Balkan region.
U-S officials say their half (b)...
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WRAP Voting begins in Boston, NYork, N Hampshire, Virginia
Dixville Notch, New Hampshire
1. Voters voting in booths
2. Voters voting in booths
3. Voter casting first vote in box
4. Various of voters putting ballots in box
5. Various of election officials counting votes
6. Jim Pearson, Town...
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Campaigning under way ahead of provincial elections
Najaf, south of Baghdad
1. Wide of the holy shrine of Imam Ali, son-in-law of prophet Muhammad
2. Golden dome of shrine
3. Cars driving on bridge in central Najaf
4. Mid of cars driving in downtown area, with campaigning posters for...
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USA: WHITE HOUSE: NO DECISION REACHED OVER DEPLOYMENT IN BOSNIA
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President Clinton is expected to agree to a longer-term troop deployment in Bosnia before he starts an Asian trip Friday.
Nato's secretary general may have let the cat out of the bag Thursday, saying up to ten- thousand U-S...
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USA: NEW YORK : CARDINAL JOHN O'CONNOR MEMORIAL
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More than 10,000 mourners in New York have attended a memorial to Cardinal John O'Connor at the Cathedral in which he ministered for 16 years.
The Cardinal, who was the United States' highest ranking Roman Catholic, was...
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A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in New York on Saturday, ending a diplomatic tussle that lasted for weeks and tested U.S.-China relations. Chen Guangcheng flew to the U.S. with his family
HEADLINE: Blind Chinese activist arrives in New York
CAPTION: A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in New York on Saturday, ending a diplomatic tussle that lasted for weeks and tested...