Secretary Panetta Interview with ABC News Jake Tapper

Source: U.S. Department of Defense

JAKE TAPPER: Good morning, everyone. George Stephanopoulos has a well-deserved morning off. This Memorial Day weekend as the country pays tribute to its fallen heroes, we also remember that for the eleventh consecutive M ...
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Oakland A's lose to the New York Yankees again, finish 1-5 homestand

Source: The San Jose Mercury News

Yoenis Cespedes should be back sometime this week — Melvin said it's a day-to-day deal as Cespedes begins a rehab assignment. Manny Ramirez, meanwhile, could be available as soon as Wednesday. Cespedes took a second straight day of batti ...
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It’s time to drop the college-for-all crusade

Source: The Washington Post

The college-for-all crusade has outlived its usefulness. Time to ditch it. Like the crusade to make all Americans homeowners, it’s now doing more harm than good. It looms as the largest mistake in educational policy since ...
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Tropical Storm Beryl threatens U.S

Source: NationNews - Barbados

Tropical Storm Beryl was gaining strength as it closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurrica ...
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Latest U.S. veterans claim to be most medically, mentally troubled generation of troops in history

Source: NJ.com

Brendan Smialowski/AFPSoldiers place flags on graves at Arlington National Cemetery in this file photo. America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically a ...
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Rosie DiManno: Nothing is ever what it appears in Afghanistan

Source: Toronto Star

A NATO soldier is seen in a field of poppies in Afghanistan. Blight has attacked this year's poppy crop in the country. The Taliban finances its insurrection using the money it makes from opium. (May 27, 2011) OGNEN TEOFILOVS ...
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Harrisburg Senators' Jesus Valdez heats up with the weather and because of his own adjustments

Source: PennLive.com

When he served as the Harrisburg Senators' interim manager a month ago, former big league skipper Pat Corrales predicted that when the weather heated up, so would the bats of the Dominican ballplayers. Notably, he was referring to ve ...
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Beryl near hurricane strength at landfall

Source: United Press International

Sub-tropical storm Beryl's projected path supplied by Weather Underground May 27, 2012. MIAMI, May 27 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Beryl neared hurricane strength ahead of its expected landfall Sunday night on the Southea ...
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Source: Irish Times

SOME FACEBOOK investors are suing the company following its disastrous flotation. Not only did the stock tank in its aftermath, there were severe trading hitches and allegations of questionable banking behaviour. Still, it’s hard to s ...
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