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From Cuba to America, as immigrants
My father came to this country in the trunk of a car. That's a sentence I've said many times in my 35 years. I've said it when someone I cared about wanted to give up or when I was asked what I wanted to do for a living or which presidential candidate I...
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Elections, Mexico
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Farmer-leaders honor use of biodiesel and other soy products
ST. LOUIS - With the help of U.S. soy, New York City is learning that it's actually pretty easy to be green with products such as soy-backed carpeting and synthetic grass. In addition, New York's greenhouse-gas-reduction strategy includes the use of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Biofuels, Battery Park, New York City, Renewable Energy
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Task force: Sandy Hook Elementary should be torn down, rebuilt
Faced with what one official called a “gut-wrenching” decision, a task force has voted to tear down the old Sandy Hook Elementary School and build a new one in its place. The committee of 28 officials in Newtown, Conn. unanimously...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Education
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Armed man takes hostages in Trenton in standoff with police
An armed man remained locked in a standoff Saturday with police negotiators in New Jersey in what authorities have described as a multiple-hostage situation. The suspect has been barricaded in a house in Trenton’s South Ward neighborhood since...
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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Executive Branch, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Andrew Cuomo, Same-Sex Marriage, Career and Workplace
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Crowd cheers as spire tops One World Trade Center
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIt was bright and clear in Lower Manhattan as the newest skyscraper at the World Trade Center reached its full height Friday morning. One World Trade Center is now 1,776 feet tall. Workers cheered as a crane lifted the 408-foot spire to the top of the...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Today (tv program), New York City
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Pictures in the News | May 2, 2013
FrameworkIn Thursday's Pictures in the News: Wild fires burn in Camarillo and Banning; a look at Wednesday's May Day rallies in Los Angeles (more photos) and Seattle, where clashes erupted; the final piece of the new spire is hoisted to the roof of One World Trade... -
Spire heads skyward at World Trade Center construction site
New York showed its colors on Thursday as flag-draped pieces of the silver spire, designed to be the crown of the reconstructed World Trade Center, were hoisted into the sky. The final segments were raised through sunny skies to rest on a construction...
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. GIVING UP HOPE FOR MORE BANGLADESH SURVIVORS Hydraulic cranes and heavy equipment were brought in to recover bodies from the collapse that has...Tags: Yvette Prieto
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Dissident Cuban blogger an electrifying personality
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sánchez's incursion into Miami can only be compared to Julius Caesar's invasion of Europe and Britain. Both came, saw and conquered. Caesar did so with weapons; Sánchez with words A decade ago it would have been...Tags: Cuba, Social Media
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Pictures in the News | April 2, 2013
FrameworkIn Tuesday's Pictures in the News: Fans try to catch a foul ball on opening day at Dodger Stadium, where a sellout crowd watched the Dodgers beat their archrival at the renovated ballpark (more photos); friends and classmates of 13-year-old Angela...
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