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Oklahoma City hit by 4.5 magnitude earthquake
Central Oklahoma has been hit by a 4.5-magnitude earthquake on Saturday, just weeks after the two-year anniversary of the strongest earthquake ever recorded in...
US unemployment rate to five-year low of 7% in November 2013
The US Labor Department has announced the unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of 7% in November. Payroll figures also showed that 203,000 jobs...
Fast-food restaurant workers in 24-hour strike across US
Fast-food restaurant workers are staging a 24-hour strike in protest against low wages. Walkouts were reported in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, and also Detroit,...
2013 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned on the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, setting off a dazzling...
Winter storm threatens South and Midwest
Forecasters warned that an arctic blast will knock out power by coating parts of the South and Midwest with ice and send temperatures sinking...
Ariel Castro committed suicide being frustrated by prison conditions
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro committed suicide being frustrated by conditions in his cell, obsessed with the quality of prison food and convinced that guards...
Barack Obama: US must fix income inequality and lack of social mobility
President Barack Obama has said the US must fix what he described as profound income inequality and a lack of social mobility. He called for...
NSA tracks 5 billion cellphones every day
According to new Washington Post report, the National Security Agency (NSA) tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those...
Sandy Hook shooting 911 calls released
The 911 recordings from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, were released Wednesday. Less than two weeks before the first anniversary of...
Nonhuman Rights Project asks New York court to recognize chimpanzee Tommy as a legal person
Animal rights group Nonhuman Rights Project is calling on a New York court to recognize a chimpanzee as a legal person, in what is...
Barack Obama launches campaign to resell health care law to the public
President Barack Obama is planning to rally support for ObamaCare and stem a wave of bad publicity over his flagship domestic achievement. The president was...
Metro-North train was speeding before crash
Metro-North train that crashed on Sunday in New York City was going 82 mph in a 30 mph zone when it ran off the...
Metro-North train crash victims named as authorities begin investigation into accident cause
Authorities have begun an investigation into the causes of Sunday's train crash in the Bronx area of New York City in which four people...
Metro-North train derails in Bronx killing at least 4 people
At least four people have been killed and 63 injured in a passenger train crash in the Bronx area of New York City. Eleven of...
ObamaCare: Deadline to fix HealthCare.gov passes
The deadline to overhaul the website of ObamaCare reform law has passed but it is unclear if all the glitches have been fixed. Technicians worked...
Black Friday violence 2013: Stun gun brawl between two women at Franklin Mills Mall in Philadelphia
Two women got into a stun gun brawl inside of the Franklin Mills Mall in Northeast Philadelphia during Black Friday shopping. Mike Napolitano, who videotaped...
Black Friday 2013: Several outbreaks of violence as 97 million Americans hit stores
Outbreaks of violence have marred Black Friday shopping frenzy, as bargain-hunters besieged malls across the US. In Chicago, police shot an alleged shoplifter; a robber...
Black Friday violence 2013: From shootings and stabbings to minor brawls
From shootings and stabbings to minor brawls, Black Friday turned violent as shoppers became obsessed over discount deals. After buying a big screen TV, a...
US government agrees to pay $50M to Apptricity over pirated military software
The US government has agreed to pay $50 million settlement to Apptricity after it was said to have pirated "thousands" of copies of military...
Black Friday 2013: Shoppers storm to checkouts as record number of stores opened on Thanksgiving Day
Shoppers eager to catch all Black Friday’s best bargains have been able to make an even earlier start to their holiday shopping, as a...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2013: More than 3.5 million spectators watched annual procession
More than 3.5 million spectators watched the 87th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the streets of New York City on November 28. Snoopy, Spider-Man and...
White House Turkey Pardon 2013: Barack Obama pardons Caramel and Popcorn on Thanksgiving eve
This year, President Barack Obama has symbolically pardoned two turkeys on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday. The turkeys, named Caramel and Popcorn, were granted...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2013: Flying balloons decision to be made on Thursday morning
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons lay on their bellies on the pavement of West 77th Street in Manhattan as they were inflated on Wednesday...
Thanksgiving travel 2013: Fewer flight delays than originally predicted
The deadly winter storm that had threatened Thanksgiving travel gridlock on the East Coast has so far proven less troublesome than originally feared. High winds...
ObamaCare: Online medical insurance for small businesses delayed by one year
The White House has announced another delay to its healthcare law, this time to online medical insurance for small businesses. The marketplace website allowing employers...
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