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Canadian Minister promoting the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline: ‘Our objective is to have zero serious spills’
Though the State Department officially closed the final comment period for the final stretch of the Keystone XL pipeline earlier this week, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver continued to make the rounds to press for approval and public acceptance of the controversial project in New York City this…
Michele Bachmann to Dems: ‘Thou protestest too much’ on Head Start budget cuts
Re. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) took to the House floor today in support of the legislation to eliminate furloughs of air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration — which has led to flight delays — that were imposed as part of a long-ago deal with the White House to automatically…
College crew team pulls giant head out of Hudson River
Marist College’s men’s crew team got a bit of a shock this week, when a giant head floated past during their practice. Their coach, Matt Lavin, told the Poughkeepsie Journal that spotting it on the west side of the river during an early practice was like seeing “something out of…
Police seek fugitive cult leader after his group burns an infant alive as the ‘Antichrist’
Ramón Gustavo Castillo Gaete, who refers to himself as “Antares from the Light,” is on the run from police after four members of his group were arrested by Chilean authorities for the ritualistic murder of an infant girl. Chilean authorities arrested the four, including the child’s mother Natalia Guerra, on…
Anecdotes from the Raw Story newsroom that prove our executive editor is a real b*tch
You may have heard by now that Politico media reporter Dylan Byers is under fire for a profile of New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson in which anonymous staffers complain that she’s not particularly cuddly, that she doesn’t try to make them all her friends and occasionally acts like…
Body pulled from Providence River positively identified as missing Brown student Sunil Tripathi
The Rhode Island Health Department confirmed this morning that the body pulled out of the Providence River at India Point Park on Tuesday night is that of missing Brown University student Sunil Tripathi. The Tripathi family, which has been using social media to help locate their missing son, confirmed their…
WATCH LIVE: Obama speaks at Boston interfaith service for Marathon bombing victims
Watch live, courtesy of ABC News, below:…
WATCH LIVE: White House makes a statement on the suspicious package sent to Obama
Watch the White House’s daily press briefing, where spokesman Jay Carney is expected to discuss the suspicious package sent to the president, courtesy of NBC News, below:…
WATCH LIVE: Officials hold press conference about the Boston Marathon bombings
Watch live as local, state and federal officials discuss the latest information in the Boston Marathon bombings.…
WATCH LIVE: Press conference from Boston, federal officials about the bombing
Watch the press conference at Mass General, courtesy of MSNBC: Watch as state and federal officials provide updated information about the Boston Marathon bombing, courtesy of MSNBC, below:…
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