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Fed furlough day after cuts hampers IRS HUD services

Washington - No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide. It was "furlough Friday." Roughly 5percent of the federal workforce - 115,000 people at six major agencies - were told not to show up as the government dealt with the continuing ...
MSU law professor plans AG bid

Lansing - A Michigan State University law professor is laying the groundwork to seek the Democratic nomination for attorney general next year and challenge Republican Bill Schuette. Mark Totten, a 39-year-old attorney from Kalamazoo, created a campaign committee this week with the Secretary of State's Office and plans to kick off an official campaign next month. "I do plan on ...
Job market improving for Michigan veterans

As the nation pauses this weekend to honor fallen service members, businesses and job organizations are stepping up to help former soldiers and sailors find civilian jobs that will help them merge back into mainstream America. The unemployment rate among America's veterans of all ages was 6.2 percent in April, compared to 7.5 percent for America as a whole. Among Michigan's 680,417 ...
Volunteers clean up Detroits parks

John George cuts grass for the nonprofit Motor City Grounds Crew this week at Williams Park, on the ...
Afghan vet now an MSU student honors fallen Marines in documentary

Logan Stark, 26, of East Lansing, a former Marine corporal and now a senior at Michigan State University, has produced a documentary about his time in Afghanistan. / Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free ...

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Payback

About the only mean thing Mel Gibson doesn't do to prove his badness in "Payback" is steal candy from a baby. In the first five minutes alone, he brusquely pushes apart a loving couple holding hands, steals money from a homeless Vietnam veteran, stiffs a waitress on her tip, snatches a businessman's wallet, and proceeds to use the driver's license to take money from the man's bank account and the ... ...

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Some unions now fear health care overhaul will jeopardize benefits

President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic in 2009 at Coney Island in Cincinnati. Some unions that initially backed Obama's health care overhaul are now angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan. / David Kohl/Associated ...
After vote on gay youths Boy Scouts facing more protests departures

The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts.Dismayed conservatives already are looking at alternative youth groups as they predict a mass exodus from the BSA. Gay-rights supporters pledged Friday to maintain pressure on the Scouts to end the still-in-place ban on gay adults serving as ...
Britain readies for possible copycat terror attacks

Military boots are laid in tribute outside the Woolwich Barracks, in London, Friday, May 24, 2013, in response to the bloody attack on Wednesday when a British soldier was killed in the nearby street. London's Metropolitan Police said more than 1,000 officers will be sent to potential trouble spots as Britain is bracing for any clashes with right-wing extremists and even possible copycat ...
Detroit 6 Minnesota 0 No second no-hitter for Tigers Sanchez

Tigers' Anibal Sanchez talks about near no-hitter: Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez talks about his near no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night at Comerica ...
Blackhawks say they are frustrated working hard

The Blackhawks are a frustrated bunch.That was clear after their third consecutive loss to the Red Wings in this second-round series.The Blackhawks hit a few posts but failed to score in a 2-0 loss Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena.Chicago was shut out for the first time this season (regular season and playoffs).The top-seeded Blackhawks are now on a season-worst three-game losing streak. On the ...

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We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.

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DR Congo: In Goma, Secretary-General hails regional accord as best chance for peace in years'

23 May 2013 150 Arriving today in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all the leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region to throw their support behind a recently-signed peace accord which aims to ensure security, as well as development, for the long-troubled country.

"We have the best chance in many years to bring peace and calm to the region," the UN chief said in Goma, eastern DRC's main city, in proximity since Tuesday of renewed fighting between Government troops (FARDC) and rebels from the 23 November Movement (M23).

"We are here to support the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region," the Secretary-General said in remarks to the press following a visit to the Heal Africa hospital, which treats victims of sexual violence. He was referring to landmark UN-brokered 11-nation accord that has been dubbed "the framework for hope" by Mary Robinson, Mr. Ban's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes.

He said that the framework aimed to address the root causes of the violence. In addition, the newly-deployed intervention brigade within the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the country (MONUSCO) is designed to bring added stability and protect civilians. ...