Provides the latest RSS feeds for US News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vermont State News.net http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/cat/420d9e49bcaa69d0/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 10:11:29 -0400 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:11:29 -0400 30 Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660575/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:01 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660575/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students. A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school. According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658361/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:20:01 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658361/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses. Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. According ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658342/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:50:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658342/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Every foreigner leaving America from any of the country's 30 busiest airports will have to undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators have added to a new immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step towards a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S. Currently no such system is in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657455/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657455/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 US President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, according to several US government sources. Obama has pledged more transparency on controversial counterterrorism programs, and giving the Pentagon the responsibility for part of the drone program could open it to ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656526/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656526/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 American singer Mary J. Blige has been slapped with a 3.4-million-dollar bill by Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS filed a federal tax lien against the 42-year-old singer, claiming that she failed to pay all her income taxes for 3 years 2009 (574,907.30 dollars), 2010 (2,203,743.53 dollars) and 2011 (647,604.60 dollars), TMZ.com reported. Meanwhile, the State of New Jersey has claimed ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655655/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655655/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653945/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653945/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is uneven ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643757/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:12 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643757/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule. The White House meeting with President Barack Obama also represents a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643756/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Africa this summer, visiting three countries. In a statement Monday, the White House says President Obama along with his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July. The administration says Obama will meet with government officials as well as leaders from business, civil ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643750/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214643750/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Two special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were killed during a hostage rescue training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach. Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, were assigned to the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, CNN reported. The FBI said the cause of the incident was under review. "We mourn the loss of two brave and courageous men," FBI Director ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214635059/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:02 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214635059/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 But the startling revelation of the past 24 hours is the opposite concern – what the president didn't know and how long he didn't know it. And therein lies a big problem for the White House. It turns out that senior White House officials intentionally kept the president in the dark, even though the IRS misconduct was sure to be a major controversy that could seriously damage his ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661053/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:51:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661053/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Loading feed... Moore has a deep and tragic tornado legacy. The town could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661054/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:57 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661054/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The woman was being interview by a CBS affiliate about the storm, and became upset when she revealed she hadn't seen her beloved dog since they were separated as the tornado tore down her home.As the woman spoke, a member of the TV crew noticed the dog poking its head through the rubble, attracted by the sound of its owner's voice."Well I thought God just answered one prayer to let ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661055/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:06 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661055/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 An increasing number of New Yorkers are likely to die from heat-related causes as global warming causes more extreme heat events, according to a new study released Sunday. The study found that heat-related mortality may rise 20 percent by the 2020s, and in some worst-case scenarios, it could increase by 90 percent or more by the 2080s, and the net temperature-related mortality, which includes ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661090/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:32 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661090/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A top liberal SuperPAC in the 2012 election had undisclosed financial ties to the private equity firm Bain Capital -- something that some people close to the group say interfered with its core mission of attacking Bain veteran Mitt Romney's business ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661091/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661091/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 devastating tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., were from Plaza Towers Elementary School, which has gone from a search-and-rescue operation to a body-recovery effort, officials said. Monday's tornado tore a 12-mile path of destruction that has killed at least 51 people and destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School and Briarwood Elementary School in Moore. For many families, Monday ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660952/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:15:20 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660952/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Oil and Gas Investments and Improvements in the Electric Utility Infrastructure Sustain Growth This research service provides an analysis of the North American seals market. Market drivers and restraints are discussed, along with trends across the various end users, including oil and gas; power generation; mining; automotive; water and wastewater; food and beverage; and chemicals and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661065/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:07:13 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661065/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- The enormity of what they saw caused many to pause, raw emotion welling up as they tried to put haunting images into words. Monday's ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661057/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:47:24 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661057/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 trilogy -- follows the personal triumphs and failures of various individuals from across the United States. Others we meet along the way include Dean Price, the son of a tobacco farmer and an evangelist for a green economy in the rural South; Tammy Thomas, a Rust Belt factory worker trying to survive the financial collapse of Youngstown, Ohio; and Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire who ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659797/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:36:23 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659797/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Michael Dorman of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., greeted President Barack Obama with a hearty swing of a handshake Friday at the White House as he received a Presidential Citizens Medal for his volunteer group’s work to renovate houses for disabled ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659841/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:15 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659841/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Jamelle Cornley FILE PHOTO MANILA--A Quezon City court junked Tuesday a motion by American basketball player Jamelle Cornley, who is charged with thrashing a hotel and punching a policeman, for a reinvestigation and moved to another date Tuesday's scheduled arraignment. Judge Maria Gilda Pangilinan of the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court's Branch 31 dismissed an April 5 "very ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659842/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:32 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659842/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A triage area is set up next to the IMAX theatre for people injured by a tornado that struck in Moore, Oklahoma May 20, 2013. A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659799/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:22 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659799/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Washington - Lawmakers are getting their first chance to question the former head of the Internal Revenue Service, the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Some of the questions on Tuesday will be direct: What did you know, and when did you know it? They also want to know why former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman didn't tell Congress that agents ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659843/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:28:35 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659843/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of the central United States already reeling from powerful tornadoes this ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660238/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:16:11 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214660238/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 "A lot of people are being frisked or searched on suspicion of having a gun and nobody has a gun," Judge Scheindlin, of Federal District Court in Manhattan, said on Monday during closing arguments in the trial. "So the point is: the suspicion turns out to be wrong in most of the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659445/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:14:15 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659445/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jodi Arias, convicted of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend, is expected on Tuesday to address a jury in Arizona tasked with deciding whether she should join the small group of women sitting on death row in the United ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659849/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:11:14 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659849/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OKLAHOMA TORNADO FLATTENS NEIGHBORHOODS, KILLS DOZENS At least 20 of the 51 victims of the storm were children caught in an elementary school in the eye of the storm, with a death toll expected to rise. 2. AP PHOTOGRAPHER: 'ALL I COULD SEE WAS DESTRUCTION' Sue Ogrocki ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659850/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:07:13 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659850/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 asking Americans if they think President Obama should be impeached for the various scandals currently in the news - the specific targeting by the IRS of conservative groups and Obama enemies, the illegal wiretapping for personal gain of AP news journalists, and the cover-up of the events leading up to the death of four Americans in Benghazi ahead of the election last year. A stunning 50% of ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658744/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:07 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658744/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 May 21, 2013 Alex continues with author Joel Scousan discussing the ongoing globalist agenda to topple the American way of life and the Public’s necessity to prepare themselves for ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658426/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:29:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658426/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing more than 91 people with winds up to 200 miles per hour, was given a preliminary ranking of EF4, the second most powerful category on the Enhanced Fujita ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658747/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:23:53 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658747/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 New York city may see deaths from heat rise by as many as 20 percent in the 2020s and 90 percent by the 2080s in a worst-case scenario, according to a study published in this week's journal Nature Climate Change. The study was done by Columbia University's Earth Institute and the Mailman School of Public Health. Higher winter temperatures may cut cold-related mortality, but net ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658774/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:23:16 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658774/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 off the top of the Chinese box office charts in the week ending on Sunday.The film, which tells the story of a trio of entrepreneurs who establish an English language training service, has pulled in 108 million yuan (about $17.6 million) since its Friday debut, China Film News reported on ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658516/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:22:01 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658516/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW YORK, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the United States. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late on Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly."We have compared the crime ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658775/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:13:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658775/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Peru and then to Colombia for trade talks this week - after he speaks to his caucus about a growing Senate expense scandal that claimed his chief of staff over the weekend. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658632/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:11:55 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658632/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Lawmakers will get their first opportunity to question the man who ran the IRS when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups Tuesday, as the timeline for when senior White House officials knew about the scandal seems to be shifting. The lawmakers are expected to ask former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman why he didn't tell Congress that agents had been singling out conservative ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658781/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:04:00 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658781/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 TUCSON, Ariz. - Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping centre where the shooting took place in January 2011. The photos ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658506/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:02:15 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658506/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 This image released by U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., shows the damage to the car that allegedly hit and killed Alois Pedzisai Matyoramhinga in Zimbawbe. Unusual circumstances have left federal prosecutors pursuing vandalism charges against Andrew Pastirik, a U.S. government worker accused of killing the Zimbabwe man in a drunken driving collision. Much of the case against Pastirik is ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658664/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:57 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658664/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his injuries. Ronald Poppo spent nearly a month in a hospital after the May 26 attack alongside a Miami highway. Since then, he's been living in a long-term care facility. The attack left Poppo blind, but his doctors say he's been working ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658782/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59:31 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658782/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The photos also include ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658783/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:59:30 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658783/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 This aerial photo shows the remains of homes hit by a massive tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday May 20, 2013. A tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Steve ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657826/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:27 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657826/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Children wait for their parents to arrive at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Okla, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657827/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:25 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657827/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NRI News: Washington: Indian-American girl from Saratoga in California was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Intel Foundation after developing the tiny device that fits inside mobile phone batteries that could allow them to charge within 20-30 ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657852/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:19:34 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657852/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A tornado passes across south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Paul ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657829/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:17:42 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657829/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Rowland, 32, and Rubio, 41, will join Cowell, 53, and pop singer Demi Lovato, 20, on the judging panel later this year. They replace Britney Spears and record producer Antonio "L.A." ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657569/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:17:29 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657569/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue May 21, 2013 5:13am EDT * Fresh conflict in Syria supports prices * Weak demand outlook, well supplied market weigh * Coming Up: API weekly crude stock report; 2030 GMT (Recasts with latest price action, updates throughout) By Simon Falush LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Brent oil futures fell towards $104 per barrel on Tuesday on concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve might scale back its ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658466/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:13:07 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658466/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Welcoming the first Burmese head of state to visit the White House in nearly 50 years yesterday, President Obama said "the leadership of President [Thein] Sein" had "allowed this shift" in the ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657836/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:19 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657836/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 On the second day of her visit to Washington, D.C., President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed a meeting of the Corporate Council on Africa's new Liberia Working Group, laying out her country's potential, as well as its challenges, and inviting U.S. companies to come in and invest, as other countries are doing, citing opportunities in such areas as construction, power, ports, and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657753/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:50:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657753/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Over $100 thousand was raised for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at Ethiopian Renaissance Day organized in New York on Saturday, sources from the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs indicated. The Day was organized by the Ethiopian Renaissance Council in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with the cooperation of the Ethiopian Permanent Mission to the United Nations. The ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657546/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:50:16 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657546/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in prison.After nearly five months of testimony in a case that has captured tabloid headlines with tales of sex, lies and violence, Arias' ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657134/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:16:55 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657134/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 FORT MEADE, Md. -- The Army private who gave more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks is returning to Fort Meade for the last scheduled hearing before his military trial next month.The pretrial hearing Tuesday for Pfc. Bradley Manning concerns classified material that would be used as evidence during the trial starting June 3.The court met in a closed session May 8 to test ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656833/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656833/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and officials said the death toll was expected to ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656832/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656832/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Join the Discussion The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere on the site or in the newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day, and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656835/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656835/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year in Miami has learned to play guitar as he continues treatment for his ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656834/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 - Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656817/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:50 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656817/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 View Photo Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656593/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656593/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News Several prominent conservative media figures are backing a new effort by groups who oppose bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform, signaling growing willingness from conservative outlets to marshal their audiences against the bill.Signatories on a new open letter to Congress titled "The Wrong Way to Reform Immigration" include RedState ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656836/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:59:53 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656836/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 (16 mins ago) The family of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year walked out of a coroner's inquiry into their son's death today, saying they had ';lost faith'' in the proceedings. ';The prosecution brings forth witnesses at the last minute and we have no chance to question it. Basically we actually have lost faith in the process,'' Rick ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656820/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:27 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656820/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars who failed to bring much sparkle to the contest to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who exits office July 1 after two up-and-down ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657180/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657180/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 noted , "Inspections are virtually non-existent; regulatory agencies don't talk to each other; and there's no such thing as a buffer zone when it comes to constructing plants and storage facilities in populated areas." For years, the Fertilizer Institute, described as "the nation's leading lobbying organization of the chemical and agricultural industries," ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656584/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:49:10 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656584/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NORFOLK, Va. - Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night. Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw were killed when they fell into the water Friday. Both were members of the bureau's elite hostage rescue team, ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656647/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:49:02 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656647/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKI. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Clinging to the hope of finding more survivors, rescue workers raced overnight scouring mountains of rubble where houses and schools ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656806/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:37:09 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656806/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 MOORE, Okla. -; Glenn Lewis was the mayor of Moore, Okla., when the strongest tornado on record whipped the city in 1999, and he says the most recent storm won't deter the community from ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655895/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655895/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655896/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655896/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Pedestrians pass a makeshift memorial for 32-year-old Mark Carson, Monday, May 20, 2013, in New York. Police said Elliot Morales yelled anti-gay slurs before shooting Carson point-blank in the face in Greenwich Village, a neighborhood long known as a bedrock of the gay rights movement. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655936/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655936/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 MOORE, Okla. -; The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office says the official death toll in the aftermath of a massive tornado that slammed the Oklahoma City area remains at 51 but is expected to ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655897/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:12:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655897/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Coffee lovers probably won't hear much about la roya in the United States, but this fungal disease is decimating thousands of coffee farms across Mexico and Central America.Pete Rogers isn't the average American coffee lover. He travels to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and other exotic locales to find and purchase green coffee beans for his family's company, Rogers ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:57 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655883/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 As the president ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, the scale of the destruction and loss was brutally clear, with whole neighbourhoods reduced to piles of debris by the storm.The hardest hit area was the suburb of Moore, home to 55,000 people, where a primary school with children sheltering inside was razed.Rescuers managed to pull at least 30 of the estimated 75 ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655904/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:04:32 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655904/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 (17 mins ago) An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry today. Edward Adelstein, 75, a deputy medical examiner in Missouri, contradicted Singapore police findings that Shane Todd killed himself, but admitted his conclusions were based on pictures of the body and ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655925/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:58 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655925/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Kennedy is the daughter of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. She was arrested in July after her Lexus swerved into a tractor-trailer near her home north of New York ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656304/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:50:55 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656304/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Sunday’s killing of a teenager , police Chief Ronald Davis is calling a ';crime emergency'; for the department, which will take effect on Tuesday. Declaring a ';crime emergency'; allows the department to cancel days off and make assignment changes as needed. It will more than double the number of patrol officers in the field during critical time periods, Capt. Carl ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655733/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:41:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655733/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Post-election survey: Partisan polarization persists. U.S. President Barack Obama is sworn-in for a second term by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during his public inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2013. UPI/Rob ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655913/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655913/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:37:23 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655914/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 For this year's 10th Annual Get Active America! program, which runs throughout the month of May, The Corpus Christi Athletic Club is joining with the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) to help America become physically active and improve their diet. As part of Get Active America! The Corpus Christi Athletic Club will encourage its community to work towards ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655917/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:34:26 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655917/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A few hours after that, we were told that everybody at the most senior levels of the White House knew about the report revealing the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service - everybody but the president, who maintains he learned about it from watching TV.By far the most damaging of the stories has to do with the assault on press freedom.In 2009, Fox News reporter James ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655047/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:18 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655047/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration’s snooping scandal mushroomed yesterday when it was revealed that the Justice Department seized a trove of information about Fox News correspondent James Rosen in an effort to aid a leak investigation - including tracking the reporter’s movements in and out of the State Department.The feds gained access to records of Rosen’s use of the phone ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654930/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:18 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654930/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 An accused crack dealer is singing "Sweet Caroline" today.Former First Daughter Caroline Kennedy and her fellow jurors took just over an hour yesterday to acquit the Harlem man of charges that he sold four "nickel bag" crack rocks at $5 each to an undercover officer.Violent predicate felon Nelson Chatman, 31, smiled as the jury foreman rendered the verdict in the 2011 case ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655301/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:16 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655301/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Whether the Obama administration could have stopped the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups.***Jonah Goldberg made an excellent point in "IRS Follows O’s Lead," (PostOpinion, May 17) when he said: "Imagine for a moment if black civil-rights organizations, gay groups or teachers unions were targeted by the IRS." The White House would have started a major ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655048/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:06:14 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655048/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Detroit - Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway shouldn't spend a day in federal prison, her lawyer said Monday, despite admitting she orchestrated an elaborate two-year scheme to defraud her bank of $600,000 owed on a Grosse Pointe Park home. Defense lawyer Steve Fishman argued the loss was less than $70,000 and urged U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara to keep ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655049/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:59:51 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655049/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will try on Tuesday to pry more details out of current and former officials of the Internal Revenue Service about the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they sought tax-exempt ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654807/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:43:02 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654807/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Trainer Mark Gruesbeck (L) of the San Francisco Giants looks at the pitching hand of Ryan Vogelsong #32 after Vogelsong was hit in the hand by a pitch against the Washington Nationals in the fifth inning at AT&T Park on May 20, 2013 in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655055/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:38:19 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655055/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 South Africa's Professor Jonathan Jansen will receive the Education Africa Lifetime Achievement Award for Africa at a gala ceremony in New York on 3 June, it was announced at the weekend. Jansen, the vice-chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State, played a key role in turning the university "away from its apartheid legacy into an institution that is truly representative ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654987/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:37:15 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654987/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The South Dakota Senate race is turning into a tense feud between two longtime Democratic power brokers: Harry Reid and Tom Daschle.The rift between the current and former Senate Democratic leaders threatens their party’s effort to keep control of the Senate seat held by the retiring Sen. Tim Johnson since ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654203/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:02:29 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654203/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 I am concerned about Afghans when NATO withdraws in 2014. Pakistanis feel that theirs will be a win-win situation. Americans won't bother after they cross the Atlantic and are safe back home. Europe does not wish to be in picture. India under the present weak leadership is written off as a force; civil or military. Russians have already burnt their fingers badly in Afghanistan not long ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654204/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:32 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654204/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma state medical examiner's office says that 20 children are among the dead in the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City suburbs.The twister has killed at least 51 people and officials fear the death toll will rise.Medical examiner spokeswoman Amy Elliott confirmed the children's deaths Monday night. The tornado made a direct hit on an elementary ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654076/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:19 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654076/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LOS ANGELES -- Americans got better about paying their credit card debt on time in the first three months of the year, a period when many borrowers use income tax returns to tackle their holiday season debt.The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter from 0.85 percent a year earlier - drop of nearly 19 percent, credit reporting agency ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654205/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:18 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654205/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine Warden Service in an undisclosed wooded location. Recovery will begin at daylight ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654570/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:56 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654570/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - One of Alaska's most active volcanoes, which has been belching ash and spewing lava since last week, has forced regional flight cancellations and dusted some nearby communities with ash, scientists and local officials said on ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654211/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:55 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654211/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 May 20, 2013 11:36pm Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul made another stop in an early voting state Monday evening, continuing to feed the speculation that he will possibly run for president in 2016. Just 10 days ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654212/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:34:58 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654212/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Boston College graduates gave Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny a standing ovation Monday while a small group of anti-abortion activists protested outside. ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654264/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:30:23 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654264/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653276/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653277/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:47 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653277/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of elective ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653183/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:38:58 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653183/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delving into the controversial relationship between government and religion, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a town in New York could allow members of the public, who in practice were nearly all Christian clergy, to open meetings with a ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653283/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:35:31 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653283/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 LOS ANGELES (CBS / AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles. The agency said in a press release Monday that the illegal items were seized between May 6 and May 10 at an international mail facility and at Los Angeles ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:30:30 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 IRS scandal gains traction and a bipartisan chorus on Capitol Hill demands more answers, the man who headed the agency at the time it was targeting conservative groups will be on the hot seat twice this ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652385/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:46 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652385/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:41 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652227/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652386/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:52:57 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652386/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Tuesday.According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652353/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:49:35 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652353/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Photo credit: David Gatten of New York marches in a rally to honor Marc Carson. (Craig Ruttle) The string of savage hate crimes in New York City, culminating with the death of Marc Carson in Greenwich Village early Saturday morning, has New York's gay community reassessing its assumption of "safe places." Gay people come from all over the world to enjoy the non-judgmental embrace ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652387/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:44:19 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652387/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The US government is prosecuting a State Department expert on North Korea in an inquiry that appears to step into uncharted territory _ by declaring that a journalist is committing a crime in disclosing leaked information. It is the latest case of the Obama administration investigating classified information improperly disclosed to reporters, AP reports. During the investigation of State ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652272/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:38:09 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652272/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 court affidavit obtained by The Washington Post . Without naming Mr. Rosen, the document describes the reporter as "at the very least, either as an aider, abettor and/or ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652393/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:19 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652393/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Catherine Engelbrecht has been telling people for years she's been targeted and harassed by the federal government. Not many people listened.  But her case is receiving new attention after her congressman, Republican Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, recounted her ordeal during a high-profile House committee hearing on the IRS practice of singling out conservative groups. He claimed she was ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652394/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:42 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652394/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 could probably lay claim to being the very center of Tornado Alley, an area roughly defined from north Texas to South Dakota, and west of the Mississippi river. On May 3, 1999, Moore was hit by one of the worst tornadoes on record. That storm's winds were indirectly measured at 302 miles per ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652367/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:22 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652367/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Haiti with false promises of steady paying jobs in construction or on farms, the hope of getting permanent residency and making a life in the U.S., they said.But when they arrived, they found the jobs didn't exist, and they were left to fend for themselves — the victims of a fraud perpetrated by two Broward women, prosecutors said.The plot was so audacious that one of the women, Jetta ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652395/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:30:06 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652395/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 obscure piece on The New York Times’ website about Picasso repurposing his canvases by painting over older, abandoned projects was fascinating, at least insofar as stories about master artists and their recycling habits go. But let’s face it-it wasn’t exactly click ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652243/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:29:36 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652243/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 It's certainly a very very sad day -- of Oklahoma. Very hard day -- -- -- tremendous disaster that has hit this community and more in other areas at this day. Beginning yesterday with a terrible storms and history. So many different areas and certainly today it places big tornado that. -- long had the same path that may night. Maker turning in 1999 -- is arguably there's something ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652396/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:26:07 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652396/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Obama 's staff deliberately kept him in the dark about an impending report on the Internal Revenue Service scandal, his press secretary said Monday. White House press ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652206/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:39 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652206/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A congressional report said U.S. technology giant Apple was using gaps in international tax laws to avoid paying tax on tens of billions of dollars. The report says Apple had moved $74 billion beyond the reach of the IRS from 2009-12 using a variety of loopholes to do so, some of which are used to declare tens of billions of dollars were earned unattached to any country. Apple seems to claim ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652301/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:20:34 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652301/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 In this Friday, May 17, 2013, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin is interviewed in her federal court chambers, in New York. Scheindlin is the federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department. (AP Photo/Richard ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651155/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:04 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651155/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 MOORE, Okla. -; Tornado warnings have been issued across much of the Midwest, stretching from Texas to Illinois, following a second deadly twister in as many days in the Oklahoma City ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651410/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:51:03 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651410/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 OKLAHOMA CITY -; Officials at two hospitals say they're treating more than 120 patients, including about 70 children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651322/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:52 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651322/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 PLANO, Texas -; Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown Johnson Wagner and Bud Cauley qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651431/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:51 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651431/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 10 Things to Know for Tuesday Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651435/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651435/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The tornadoes that have raked communities in Oklahoma, Texas and other states over the past week belie what has been an unusually slow start to the 2013 tornado ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:28 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651436/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:27 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651436/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 RALEIGH, N.C. -- The fourth week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has ended in the arrests of more than 50 people at the state legislature.The arrest count and number of supporters Monday reached the highest yet for the group's demonstrations against the policies of the General Assembly, which Republicans took control of after the 2010 elections. Crowds have grown ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651437/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:25 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651437/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659848/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214659848/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656842/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214656842/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657857/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214657857/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655940/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655940/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654208/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214654208/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658780/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214658780/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653282/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214653282/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661086/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214661086/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655053/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214655053/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 >Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and "Governing America. " Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- On "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart captured the frustration that many of President Obama's supporters have felt over the past week as one scandal after another cascaded into the White House. After starting ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652392/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:17 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214652392/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Top White House aides knew of a scandal over tax officials targeting conservative groups in April, but did not tell President Barack Obama, in a possible bid to insulate him from political ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:15 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651136/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Photo credit: Seamless and GrubHub had a combined $875 million in 2012 takeout sales. The two giants in online food ordering merged Monday, as GrubHub and Seamless became one massive company that hopes to expand its footprint and become ubiquitous nationwide. Seamless, which is based in New York, and GrubHub had a combined $875 million in takeout sales last year, resulting in more than $100 ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651438/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:40 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651438/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Conducted by independent professionals and monitored by Congress. Washington scandals follow a familiar arc. When an administration fouls up, the White House lops off some lower-level heads and tries to change the subject to the supposedly more important business facing the nation.Not so fast, the opposing party says. Lawmakers hint at corruption and coverups that extend straight into the Oval ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651305/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:35:38 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651305/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Lando Hite, an exercise rider and caretaker at the Celestial Acres horse training facility, said his experience of living in Oklahoma's "Tornado Alley" had likely saved his life: when the storm seemed to go quiet, he said, he knew that danger was imminent. Hite, who lived and worked at the facility, told local CNN affiliate KFOR that he set several horses free to give them a ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651727/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:11 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651727/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Illegal immigrants from El Salvador arrive at the Comalapa international airport after being deported from the U.S. in Comalapa, on the outskirts of San Salvador May 25, ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651444/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:42 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651444/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Hillary Clinton If she decides to run for president in 2016, Hillary Clinton is going to have to create some separation on some issues from the policies of both her husband and her former boss, and we will see that process unfold in the coming years. Hopefully for the better. Hopefully on principle. This could be an example. A recent article on President Obama's attempts to close Guantnamo ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651445/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:23:27 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651445/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A massive tornado carrying winds of up to 320 kph has torn through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, ripping up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage. At least 37 people are dead, including seven children in a school which collapsed during the storm. Seventy-five children took shelter there from the tornado in the town of Moore. Up to two dozen are still believed to be ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651154/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:20:11 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651154/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW YORK (CBS / AP) –As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City’s Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his passion for technology. A few years later, Karp built Tumblr — the wildly ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651447/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 21:19:16 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214651447/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:54 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650702/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Francis Howell senior shortstop Zac Perkins broke two school records in the Vikings' Class 5 District 8 championship win against Holt last ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:45:52 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650772/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 WASHINGTON -; People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:51 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650327/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A pair of toy animals are seen as part of memorial outside the home, Monday, May 20, 2013, where Elvira Campos, 10, was shot and killed in North Highlands, Calif. Campos had been watching television with her parents Saturday night, when at least two gunmen walked up to the door of the home and began shooting. About a dozen shots were fired, killing Campos' and wounding her father and mother. ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:47 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650328/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups - saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.Press secretary Jay Carney said again that no one had told President Barack Obama ahead of the first news reports: not his top aide McDonough, nor his chief counsel ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650356/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:43:42 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650356/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 AUTISM Speaks, the autism and science advocacy organization, this week is introducing a new public service advertising campaign aimed at Hispanic and African-American ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650126/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:42:29 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650126/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Officials at two hospitals say they're treating nearly 60 patients, including more than a dozen children, after a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.Integris Southwest Medical Center spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) said 10 of 37 patients being treated at that facility Monday are listed in critical condition. Twelve are in serious and 15 others are listed in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650248/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:15 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650248/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 FILE - This Dec. 26, 2009, file photo shows jets outside Detroit Metropolitan airport in Romulus, Mich. Hussain Al Kwawahir, arrested Saturday at the airport after lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker, is set to be arraigned Monday, May 13, 2013, in federal court in Detroit. The Saudi man is accused of using a passport with missing pages and lying to Customs and Border ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650357/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:14 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650357/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 will raise rates for all shipments on its trade from Asia to the east coast of South America, starting June 15.The increase will be $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot container, the carrier said.Containerized exports from Far East Asia to South and Central ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650332/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:31 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650332/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The most laughable spin yet poured out of the Administration today, in the wake of revelations that the top White House lawyer knew about the incoming IRS scandal nearly a month ago. From ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650359/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:38:20 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650359/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Broadway on the left of the Flatiron building and Fifth Avenue on the right. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Out of state investors in real estate partnerships in high tax states sometimes get nasty surprises, particularly if partnership management is not sensitive to their concerns. That appears to be what happened to Craig Olsheim based on a recent decision in ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650114/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:37:26 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650114/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 American Airlines has developed a new strategy to encourage faster boarding times. The airline’s new approach means passengers travelling with only a personal carry-on item will be able to board the aircraft first, Forbes reported. Boarding times have been rising steadily over the last few years due to a reduction in flights, which increases passenger numbers, causing extra charges ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650128/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:26 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650128/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 A rare and tiny island fox is on the verge of making a comeback from near-extinction in the Channel Islands, a rugged and wind-swept chain off Southern California, officials said ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650645/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:16 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650645/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 More than 1,100 garment workers died when a factory collapsed in Bangladesh last month. The tragedy sparked a discussion on what people in the U.S. can do to improve working conditions abroad. Comments from Twitter and Facebook:U.S. consumers can do nothing to help. Greedy Americans have shares in those Third World coffin factories.-- @ChiefBisongEta1Consumers can support companies with good ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650218/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:10 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650218/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that tanning beds carry a warning label alerting users to the risk of skin cancer and saying they shouldn't be used by people younger than 18. Comments from Facebook:I'm 25 and was diagnosed last May with Melanoma. This would be a great change for tanning beds.-- Lindsey WilliamsWarning label? Seriously? If tanning beds are that serious ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650219/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:08 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650219/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Casey Newton, The Verge: "Marissa Mayer just made her biggest bet to date as Yahoo's CEO -- and if it goes badly, she may not get the chance to make another. A series of recent acquisitions culminated Monday with the announcement that Yahoo is spending roughly one-sixth of its cash hoard to buy Tumblr, the popular but undermonetized blogging platform. The deal brings Yahoo the vibrant, ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650220/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:30:05 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650220/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The federal judge who will rule in a class-action lawsuit accusing New York City police of racial profiling in their "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactic expressed interest in having police officers wear cameras as the trial concluded on ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650175/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:22:52 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650175/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Judge Marianne Bowler presides over the case of Robel Phillipos, the teenager accused of lying to FBI agents in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, in court in Boston, Massachusetts in this May 6, 2013 court ... http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650365/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:16 -0400 http://www.vermont.statenews.net/index.php/sid/214650365/scat/420d9e49bcaa69d0