Friday, January 4, 2013

Ryan launches campaign 'barn burner' in Obama-leaning Nevada | Reduction

Ryan launches campaign 'barn burner' in Obama-leaning Nevada

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RENO, Nev. -- Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan started just what he called a "barnburner" of a last day on the campaign path, courting voters out west in Nevada. "Are you gonna help us win this thing Nevada? We're doing a barnburner today. We are crisscrossing the country Mitt and I are because we are asking you to work with us, to stand with us to get our country back on the right track," Ryan informed the group inside a hangar at the Reno Tahoe International Airport. Ryan is holding 5 campaign rallies in 4 time zones Monday while Romney is holding 5 occasions along the East Coast. Monday's stop in Reno marks the GOP VP nominee 's sixth event in the Silver State and, with nationwide surveys tight in between Romney and President Barack Obama, Ryan said Tuesday's election could boil down to Nevada.

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0.290091“Are you gonna help us win this thing Nevada? We're doing a barnburner today. We are crisscrossing the country Mitt and I are because we are asking you to work with us, to stand with us to get our country back on the right track,” Ryan told ...
-0.0213308"Look, a handful of states are gonna figure this out. So many Americans are looking to you, right here in Reno, right here in Nevada, and a handful of states like my own. And they're looking to you to make sure that you cast your vote for actual real change. That you cast your vote to get us off this dangerous path that we are on and back on the right track," he said ...
0“Nevada we are counting on you. We know you can do this. We are in this together and let's just run through the tape, let's leave it all on the field,” Ryan asked ...
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Overall Sentiment: 0.207254

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City: RENO

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Video: What did Susan Rice know, and when? | Essentials

Video: What did Susan Rice know, and when?

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CBS News' Margaret Brennan has obtained the speaking points that Ambassador Susan Rice received on the day she first spoke about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

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Ambassador Susan Rice

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Margaret Brennan

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Female Military Members Sue to Serve in Combat | Reduction

Female Military Members Sue to Serve in Combat

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Four female military service members have filed a lawsuit challenging the Pentagon's ban on women serving in combat. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday and is the second such federal challenge filed by female service members this year. The latest demands the lifting of the military's so-called combat exclusionary policy that applies to all women. The lawsuit alleges the ban on a single gender violates constitutional equal protection rights and unfairly blocks women from promotions and other advancements open to men in combat. Further, the lawsuit alleges that women are already serving unofficially in combat units. Two of the four women who filed the lawsuit have received Purple Heart medals for injuries sustained in Afghanistan. The women are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Female Military Members Sue to Serve in Combat

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Video: Reid on Boehner: "I don't understand his brain" | Reduction

Video: Reid on Boehner: "I don't understand his brain"

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , on Thursday told a reporter to ask House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, why both Democrats and Republicans say the ball for "fiscal cliff" solutions is in the other side's court. "I don't understand his brain," Reid said.

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0"I don't understand his brain," Reid said. ...
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  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
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John Boehner

Overall Sentiment: 0.0411849

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One of most ambitious films ever made, 'Cloud Atlas' succeeds on all levels | Synopsis

One of most ambitious films ever made, 'Cloud Atlas' succeeds on all levels

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"Cloud Atlas" ought to not work. However it does. Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer have actually wrangled David Mitchell's beast of a story and delivered a haunting, full-bodied trip de force, and a totally extraordinary flick experience. Based upon Mitchell's seemingly unfilmable tale, "Cloud Atlas" is among the most ambitious films ever before made. Its setup is so complex and fragile that simply the smallest disruption in believability of story or character might easily tip the movie to catastrophe. However co-directors and authors Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer successfully provide a masterful tightrope act. Like a musical sextet, "Cloud Atlas" focuses on six stories, its characters moving in harmonic progressions through the centuries.

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Hugo Weaving

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Andy Wachowski

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Relevance: 0.69912

Alexander Berner

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Doona Bae

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0.0380466Doona Bae, with one of the most emotional performances in the film as the human fabricant Sonmi-451, says, “Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present.  And by each crime, and every kindness, we birth our future.”
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Hugh Grant

Overall Sentiment: -0.22364

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Mitchell

Overall Sentiment: 0.0599586

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Ben Wishaw

Overall Sentiment: 0

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Tom Hanks

Overall Sentiment: -0.241272

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David Mitchell

Overall Sentiment: -0.325125

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Jim Sturgess

Overall Sentiment: 0

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Jim Broadbent

Overall Sentiment: 0.661683

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Halle Berry

Overall Sentiment: 0.413873

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Reinhold Heil

Overall Sentiment: 0.305462

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Johnny Klimek

Overall Sentiment: 0.410806

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Susan Sarandon

Overall Sentiment: 0.038082

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Keith David

Overall Sentiment: 0

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James D’Arcy

Overall Sentiment: 0.0683407

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Overall Sentiment: -0.66968

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Imelda Marcos' former secretary charged with selling valuable artworks | Reduction

Imelda Marcos' former secretary charged with selling valuable artworks

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Prosecutors say that the 74-year-old Bautista came into possession of numerous works of art acquired by Imelda Marcos and her husband, Ferdinand, who was ousted in a 1986 revolt.

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Ferdinand

Overall Sentiment: -0.223348

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Imelda Marcos

Overall Sentiment: -0.115776

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Bautista

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Rangers president Ryan has no gut feeling on whether slugger Hamilton returns next season | Essentials

Rangers president Ryan has no gut feeling on whether slugger Hamilton returns next season

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ARLINGTON, Texas –  Nolan Ryan says he doesn't have a gut feeling on whether Josh Hamilton will return to the Texas Rangers next season. Ryan said Wednesday it's hard to have a feel not knowing what the market will be for the slugger. The Rangers president believes everybody will have a better idea after this week's GM meetings. The Rangers made a $13. 3 million qualifying offer last week to Hamilton, a move to ensure draft-pick compensation if he signs with another team. They know the 2010 AL MVP will end up making more than that. Without giving any numbers, Ryan is sure everybody could probably make a reasonable guess on the per-annual salary Hamilton will get. He says the question is how long a deal the 31-year-old outfielder will get.

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Nolan Ryan

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Organization: Rangers

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City: ARLINGTON

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Video: 7-year-old dragged by hit-and-run driver | Synopsis

Video: 7-year-old dragged by hit-and-run driver

Simpsons 500th Episode Marathon - the Simpsons, Al Jean, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson)
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Big changes for the 2012-2013 season! Watch the current week's episode for FREE up to a week after it airs or subscribe for access to all shows, classic episodes and more!

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Video: South Africa immortalizes Mandela on banknote | Synopsis

Video: South Africa immortalizes Mandela on banknote

Simpsons 500th Episode Marathon - the Simpsons, Al Jean, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson)
Simpsons 500th Episode Marathon - the Simpsons, Al Jean, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson) by Pop Culture Geek
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Big changes for the 2012-2013 season! Watch the current week's episode for FREE up to a week after it airs or subscribe for access to all shows, classic episodes and more!

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