‘At least eight’ killed in southern Russia car blasts

Out of the media’s eyeshot Russia is cleaning up Dagestan, a southern republic where little happened until two years ago when the alleged Boston bombers spent some time there. Coincidence?
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Senate hearing blasts Obama’s refusal to share details of drone program.

The White House refused to send a witness to the Senate’s first open hearing on the issue despite President Barack Obama’s vow to be more forthcoming about a counterterrorism weapon that has become a despised symbol of U.S. foreign policy in many parts of the world.
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Newtown families had VIP seats near Boston Marathon blasts as race honored Sandy Hook victims

Family members of those killed in the massace at Sandy Hook Elementary School last year were seated near the site of the first of the two coordinated explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday, adding more heartbreak to the already tragic day.
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‘Too Soon’? On CNN, Newtown Parent Blasts Glee For Airing School Shooting Episode Without Contacting Families. (video)

Speaking with CNN’s Carol Costello, Newtown resident Andrew Paley explained that many of the town’s parents are upset with the show for not notifying them that this episode would be airing so soon after the assault that left 20 children and six school staffers dead.
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Chicago Fed Study Blasts the Lid Off of High Frequency Trading.

The Chicago Federal Reserve paper, How to Keep Markets Safe in the Era of High-Speed Trading, prattled of a laundry list of the most recent high frequency trading debacles including Knight Capital as well as others. Yet in spite of these increasingly frequent stock market disasters, even basic risk controls are not implemented. Why? They claim it would slow down their trading systems.
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Valerie Plame Blasts Obama Administration for ‘Bullying’ Bin Laden Raid Autobiographer.

Valerie Plame, the Bush-bashing ex-CIA operative at the heart of the Scooter Libby controversy, published a Huffington Post piece titled “Why Is the U.S. Government Bullying an American Hero?” in which she absolutely excoriated the White House for its treatment of the Osama bin Laden raid autobiographer.
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