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  1. EnglishLady

    Federal agents widen Chipotle immigration probe

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. immigration agents descended on Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants on Tuesday, interviewing employees in about two dozen outlets in Los Angeles, Atlanta and other cities. Roughly 500 undocumented workers have been fired as a result of U.S. Immigration and Customs...
  2. EnglishLady

    Superman 'may end US citizenship', says Action Comics

    BBC News Superman intends to give up his US citizenship, a story in the new issue of Action Comics declares. "I'm tired of having my actions construed as instruments of US policy," the character says in a story that sees him flying to a Tehran protest. Adopted by an American family...
  3. EnglishLady

    British boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper dies aged 76

    BBC News Heavyweight boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper has died at the age of 76 at his son's house in Oxted, Surrey. The former British, Commonwealth and European champion fought 55 times and is revered for his 1963 knockdown of Muhammad Ali - then Cassius Clay. In a statement, Ali said...
  4. EnglishLady

    US 'not withholding food aid from North Korea'

    BBC News US officials have denied an accusation from former President Jimmy Carter that the US is withholding food aid from North Korea. A state department official said the North Korean government was responsible for the plight of its people. US food aid was suspended two years ago...
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    Barack Obama mocks Donald Trump at White House dinner

    BBC News US President Barack Obama has sent up Donald Trump's presidential ambitions, joking that the real-estate mogul would turn the White House into a casino. During the White House correspondents' annual dinner Mr Obama showed a picture of a White House with girls in bikinis sipping...
  6. EnglishLady

    Nato strike 'kills Saif al-Arab Gaddafi', Libya says

    BBC News A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said. Colonel Gaddafi himself was in the large residential villa which was hit by the strike, the spokesman added, but was unharmed. His son Saif...
  7. EnglishLady

    Missouri county starts evacuations as Corps decides levee fate

    Reuters 1 hr 26 mins ago CHICAGO (Reuters) – A rural Missouri county was evacuating residents on Wednesday from a 130,000-acre area that will be flooded if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides to blow up a Mississippi River levee. The Missouri attorney general has filed a federal...
  8. EnglishLady

    Kate's wedding dress sketched by Project Runway designers

    This is definitely worth a giggle :D:p Royal Wedding Photos - Yahoo! Shine
  9. EnglishLady

    Fed signals $600B bond program to end in June

    AP 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON – The economy and job creation have strengthened enough for the Federal Reserve to end its $600 billion Treasury bond-buying program in June as planned, the Fed signaled Wednesday. Ending a two-day meeting, the Fed made no changes to the program. The decision...
  10. EnglishLady

    Petraeus 'next head of CIA', Panetta to lead Pentagon

    BBC News Gen David Petraeus, the US head of international forces in Afghanistan, will be nominated as CIA director when its chief moves to head the Pentagon, unnamed US officials have said. CIA director Leon Panetta will be nominated to take over as US defence secretary when Robert Gates...
  11. EnglishLady

    Flood warnings continue on Mississippi River in Missouri

    The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Flood warnings continued throughout much of central and eastern Missouri on Sunday, and the National Weather Service warned that more heavy rain could bring additional flash flooding. The Mississippi River is expected to crest at nearly 6 feet above flood...
  12. EnglishLady

    Is it falling apart for Trump already?

    NYC board: Trump skipped primary voting 21 years AP NEW YORK – Donald Trump says he's considering running in the primary for the Republican presidential nomination, but the real estate mogul didn't vote in primary elections for more than two decades, according to the New York City Board of...
  13. EnglishLady

    Rock Musician Injured In Good-Samaritan Attack Thanks ‘City That Saved Me’

    CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man made a remarkable return to the stage Saturday, nearly a year after his act of goodwill nearly cost him his life. Matthew Leone, bass player for the local band Madina Lake, tried to intervene last July when he saw a man beating his wife on the street. That man...
  14. EnglishLady

    Mothers Day

    With Mothering Sunday fast approaching - that's a reminder for you LOL - it made me wonder what unusual gifts you have given (or received). My Mothering Sunday was at the beginning of this month and my present this year ..... a pair of my favourite flip flops :D Which are still en...
  15. EnglishLady

    Trump to McCain: 'You're Hired!'

    The Daily Beast - Meghan McCain Is The Donald serious? As his poll numbers continue to soar, it’s starting to look that way. On TV, Trump headlines The Apprentice, but on the telephone with me he sounded like he was considering a presidential run. He even invited me to his press conference...
  16. EnglishLady

    Popular cop is Illegal immigrant

    By Rachel D'oro, Associated Press – 33 mins ago ANCHORAGE, Alaska – For years, the man known as Rafael Espinoza was widely respected as an exemplary police officer who was popular among his peers in Alaska's largest city. All that ended this week when authorities discovered he was really...
  17. EnglishLady

    Ooops ... when celebrations go wrong

    Sergio Ramos drops Copa del Rey Cup Sergio Ramos dropped Copa del Rey trophy under moving bus - Dirty Tackle - World Soccer Blog - Yahoo! Sports
  18. EnglishLady

    Amaranth trader given $30m fine for market manipulation

    BBC News US regulators have fined a former hedge fund trader $30m (£18.2m) for manipulating the natural gas market. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) levied the fine on Brian Hunter, Amaranth's lead energy trader, for violating the Commission's anti-manipulation rules...
  19. EnglishLady

    A candidate with guts?

    BBC World News in America Matt Frei As a journalist, I am rooting for Donald Trump to plunge headlong into the presidential race. He will of course be entertaining. His hair will flop like a doormat in the chill winds of Iowa. It will labour and droop in the humid air of Florida. He will...
  20. EnglishLady

    US aims at its deadliest drug problem: painkillers

    By CURT ANDERSON, Ap Legal Affairs Writer – 22 mins ago MIAMI – The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly addictive prescription painkillers. They are killing more people than heroin and cocaine...
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