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Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:20:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/866976-hotline-turkey-day-troubles.html 2011-11-25T17:20:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/891396-occupy-picketer-joins-ranks-wall-street.html An unemployed protester with a Ph.D. has gone to work for Wall Street’s One Percent, but only earns close to minimum wage. Before being ousted by police in November, occupiers in New York City’s Zuccotti Park had a host of grievances to deal with: corporate America, trips to a Porta-Potty in the night, and jaded passers-by yelling “Get a job!” At first, “I’m trying!” was the most protester Trac... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:29:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/891396-occupy-picketer-joins-ranks-wall-street.html 2011-12-06T16:29:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/909930-christmas-ornaments-to-deceased-marines.html During the holidays, an unexpected present or Christmas card is usually a pleasant surprise. But for families of fallen Marines last week, mistakenly sent care packages were somber reminders of their deceased loved ones. For the past three years, the Marine’s Wounded Warrior Regiment has mailed Purple Heart Christmas ornaments to the Marines and sailors who have received the award since 9/11, r... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:10:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/909930-christmas-ornaments-to-deceased-marines.html 2011-12-14T14:10:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/921344-battlefield-office-politics.html As military personnel leave Iraq, young veterans are finding minimal job prospects at home.  Switching careers can be difficult for anyone. Although matching previous skills to new opportunities has become increasingly commonplace in the professional world, young veterans often find themselves comparing apples to oranges. There seems to be a disconnect between potential employers and young vete... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:24:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/921344-battlefield-office-politics.html 2011-12-19T15:24:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290730-assad-syrians-support-reform-efforts.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has told a Russian state news channel that his country supports his reform agenda. He says recent parliamentary elections in the country show that Syrians "up to this time support the course of reform." The government has praised the May 7 vote as a milestone in promised political reforms. ... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290730-assad-syrians-support-reform-efforts.html 2012-05-16T10:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290646-ap-killer-3-considers-requesting-death.html SOMERS, Conn. (AP) — The sister and aunt of three people killed in a Connecticut home invasion says she's not surprised their killer isn't apologetic. Cynthia Hawke-Renn tells NBC that prison officials informed her in advance that The Associated Press would be interviewing Joshua Komisarjevsky on Monday. He told the AP that he tries not to think about the... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290646-ap-killer-3-considers-requesting-death.html 2012-05-16T09:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1290442-obama-raises-44m-campaign-dems-april.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the White House. Obama's April fundraising haul fell short of the $53 million he raised in March. That's as his campaign said more than 400,000 people contributed to the... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1290442-obama-raises-44m-campaign-dems-april.html 2012-05-16T09:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290450-france-raises-116-billion-bond-auctions.html PARIS (AP) — France raised €9 billion ($11.6 billion) in a successful pair of bond auctions Wednesday that also saw some of its long-term borrowing costs move up. Borrowing costs, as measured by yields or interest rates, for a slew of bonds with maturities between two and five years dropped, an indication investors consider France a safe bet. On the day's... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290450-france-raises-116-billion-bond-auctions.html 2012-05-16T09:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290060-ratko-mladics-genocide-trial-under-way.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal accused of 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The ailing 70-year-old Mladic's appearance at the U.N. court war cri... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290060-ratko-mladics-genocide-trial-under-way.html 2012-05-16T09:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290566-lennons-killer-transferred-to-ny-prison.html BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — John Lennon's killer has been transferred to another maximum-security state prison in western New York after spending more than 30 years in Attica Correctional Facility. The Buffalo News reports (http://bit.ly/MhSqLT ) that 57-year-old Mark David Chapman was transferred Tuesday from Attica to the nearby Wende (WEHN'-dee) Correctional ... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290566-lennons-killer-transferred-to-ny-prison.html 2012-05-16T09:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290574-appreciating-mexican-author-carlos-fuentes.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language. I was struck by this the first time I met Fuentes at his Mexico City home in 1989 following the publication of "Christopher Unborn," hi... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290574-appreciating-mexican-author-carlos-fuentes.html 2012-05-16T09:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290538-manhunt-under-way-groom-slain-bride-ill.html CHICAGO (AP) — A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the ceremony, still dressed in silver sequins. A manhunt is under way for 30-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez, who is accu... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290538-manhunt-under-way-groom-slain-bride-ill.html 2012-05-16T09:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290040-progress-chinese-activists-bid-to-study-us.html BEIJING (AP) — A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport application and posed for a photo Wednesday, moving forward in his bid to study in the United States. Paperwork for Chen Guangcheng, his wife, and two children was completed in the hospital where the family of f... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290040-progress-chinese-activists-bid-to-study-us.html 2012-05-16T09:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290518-olympic-photo-chief-creates-image-games.html LONDON (AP) — Asking Bob Martin to choose between his photos is like asking a parent to decide which child they love the most. Does he like the rowers straining in the dawn mist, framed by the looming turrets of Windsor Castle? Or the thoroughbred leaping over an impossible barrier, set against the backdrop of Canary Wharf? Maybe the sunset over the beach... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290518-olympic-photo-chief-creates-image-games.html 2012-05-16T09:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290516-monti-faces-tough-challenges-changing-italy.html LABOR REFORMS: Premier Mario Monti is pushing big changes to labor law, including a much-contested measure making it easier to fire workers. The changes are aimed at encouraging foreign investment and helping companies take on younger workers. But resistance has already forced the government to water down the reforms. NEW TAX ON FIRST HOMES: Monti wants ... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1290516-monti-faces-tough-challenges-changing-italy.html 2012-05-16T09:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1216850-10-things-to-wednesday.html Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT): 1. NATION'S NUCLEAR REGULATORS SCALE BACK EMERGENCY READINESS An overhaul of emergency planning near U.S. reactors requires fewer exercises for accidents and recommends fewer people be evacuated right away. ... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1216850-10-things-to-wednesday.html 2012-05-16T09:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1289974-war-crimes-judges-hear-taylors-sentencing-pleas.html LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor told judges at his sentencing hearing Wednesday that he sympathizes with victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone he helped foment, and judges should render their sentence against him in a spirit of "reconciliation, not retribution." However, he stopped sh... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1289974-war-crimes-judges-hear-taylors-sentencing-pleas.html 2012-05-16T09:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1290088-focus-primary-races-shifts-to-top-races.html OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best hopes for picking up a U.S. Senate seat — though she'll have to beat a famous Democratic politician to do it — popular former Sen. Bob Kerrey. On the presidential front, Republican Mitt Rom... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1290088-focus-primary-races-shifts-to-top-races.html 2012-05-16T08:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290458-arafats-aide-faces-embezzlement-charges.html RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The shadowy financial adviser of the late Yasser Arafat is being sought on suspicion he stole millions of dollars in public funds, the top Palestinian anti-corruption campaigner said Wednesday. It is the most high-profile case since the Palestinian Authority established its Anti-Corruption Commission and a special court two year... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290458-arafats-aide-faces-embezzlement-charges.html 2012-05-16T08:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290452-greek-chaos-continues-to-roil-world-markets.html LONDON (AP) — The shockwaves from Greece's failure to form a coalition government continued to reverberate around markets on Wednesday, with investors concerned that the country was heading for the euro exit door, thereby fracturing Europe's single currency. Greece is headed for another general election next month after nine days of unsuccessful talks sin... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290452-greek-chaos-continues-to-roil-world-markets.html 2012-05-16T08:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1289666-black-box-russia-jet-indonesia-crash.html JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Investigators on Wednesday were analyzing the cockpit voice recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into the side of an Indonesian volcano. They hope the final words of the two pilots will help explain what caused last week's crash, which killed all 45 people on board. The "black box," found Tuesday at the bottom of a ... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1289666-black-box-russia-jet-indonesia-crash.html 2012-05-16T08:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290024-official-1-dead-explosion-kenyas-coast.html MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Police say attackers fired shots and detonated grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing one person and injuring four. Aggrey Adoli, the police chief on Kenya's coast, said Wednesday a security guard died in the hospital while four people were receiving treatment for wounds ... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1290024-official-1-dead-explosion-kenyas-coast.html 2012-05-16T08:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1288552-deputies-fla-mom-killed-4-kids-then.html PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) — In the middle of the night, Tonya Thomas' neighbors awoke to the sound of a gunshot and moments later heard a knock on their door. Three of Thomas' four children were outside, including one who appeared to have been shot. Before the neighbors could offer help, Thomas came out of her house and called the children back home. They ... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1288552-deputies-fla-mom-killed-4-kids-then.html 2012-05-16T08:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1290386-biden-attacks-romney-tenure-venture-capitalist.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is pouncing on Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in swing state Ohio, casting him as a corporate raider more interested in making profits than in the needs of workers. In a speech set for delivery Wednesday in Youngstown, Ohio, Biden strikes hard at Romney, picking up on an attack line set this week ... Wed, 16 May 2012 08:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1290386-biden-attacks-romney-tenure-venture-capitalist.html 2012-05-16T08:11:00Z