Obama: No excuse for violent, destructive protest

President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters Tuesday night for racially charged violence in Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property after a grand jury declined to indict the white police officer who shot a black teenager. As darkness fell in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities hoped to avoid a second night of chaos in the streets, Obama said destructive actions are criminal acts and those who responsible should be prosecuted.

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Is Chuck Schumer cutting Republicans' attack ads for them?

Sen. Charles Schumer of New York says his party made a mistake by pushing to pass Obamacare in 2010. That's right: The third-ranking Democrat in the Senate says that expending legislative energy on President Obama 's health-care bill was an unforced error.

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Peter King: Obama Should Meet With Darren Wilson

Representative Peter King said it would be "very helpful if President Obama went and met with the police officer [Darren Wilson], or invited him to the White House" on Tuesday's "Opening Bell" on the Fox Business Network. He stated "I think it would be very helpful if President Obama went and met with the police officer, or invited him to the White House and said, 'you've gone through four months of smear and slander, and the least we can do is tell you that it's unfortunate that it happened and thank you for doing your job.'

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Stricter smog standards coming soon, say sources

A layer of smog can be seen above Manhattan through the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York, in this file photo taken May 21, 2009. Coming full circle on a campaign promise, the Obama administration will propose Wednesday to reduce the amount of smog-forming pollution allowed in the air.

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Colorado: Senators Udall and Bennet ask President Obama to use...

Citing gridlock in Congress, Colorado's U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet have asked President Obama to consider designating Browns Canyon, in Chaffee County, as a national monument under the Antiquities Act. The request comes as Congress has all but ignored a huge backlog of public lands bills primarily based on ideological opposition to land protection measures by House Republican committee chairs.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver meets with Milwaukee officials about new arena for Bucks

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver met with Milwaukee officials and local business leaders on Tuesday about a new arena for the Bucks. Silver and Wes Edens, one of two New York billionaires who bought the Bucks from Former Sen. Herb Kohl last April, said they were optimistic that progress was being made.

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Your VP photos and videos wanted

Vice president Joe Biden and his family arrived on the island Tuesday night for their annual Thanksgiving visit. If you happen to see the VP out and about during his stay, the I&M would like to know about it.

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Stile: Christie pressured by Iowa interests to veto N.J. ban on pig crates

Animal-welfare advocates have tried virtually every lobbying tactic at their disposal to get Governor Christie to outlaw the practice of locking pregnant pigs in metal "gestation" crates for most of their child-bearing lives. They commissioned polls.

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Ferguson Protests Around The Country Block Streets

Hundreds of protesters angry with a Missouri grand jury's decision to not indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson marched through Times Square in New York on Tuesday night, shutting down traffic on 7th Avenue, one of the city's busiest streets. The demonstrators also directed their anger at New York police.

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Democrats Vow To Thwart Emerging Republican Budget Plan

Democrats in Congress on Tuesday vowed to reject an emerging Republican effort to split immigration-related funding from a full-year government spending bill that avoids a government shutdown. The plan, being pushed by some conservative Republicans including incoming House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, would provide a short-term funding extension only for immigration agencies as a way to exert leverage against President Barack Obama's immigration order last week.

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In Milwaukee, NBA commissioner touts impact of new arena

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Pope urges Europe to accept migrants

Pope Francis sought Thursday to inspire an old and "haggard" Europe to find its vigor and greatness once again, urging European governments to welcome migrants, care for the elderly and create jobs for the unemployed. Francis outlined his vision for the continent in a pair of speeches to the European Parliament and Council of Europe a quarter-century after St. John Paul II travelled to Strasbourg to address a continent still divided by the Iron Curtain.

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NDP MP says she gave no 'explicit' consent to Liberal's alleged advances

Allegations of harassment against two Liberal MPs have shaken Parliament Hill in recent weeks. Now, one of the complainants, who has asked her identity not be revealed, is speaking to media.

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Letter: Don't fault scientists for avoiding pay for play

In an otherwise excellent editorial urging Rep. Chris Stewart to have more "faith" in science, you make one astounding statement: "He still gets more campaign money from the energy sector. The scientists may be brainy, but they apparently don't know how to play this game."

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Shorten lays out Labor vision

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten made the two commitments in a National Press Club appearance in which he pledged Labor would "under-promise and over-deliver". Mr Shorten said the coalition's freezing of superannuation at 9.5 per cent instead of letting it gradually rise to 12 per cent was a "backward step".

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AP sources: Top candidate for defense job bows out

Michele Flournoy, a main contender to replace Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, has taken herself out of consideration for the Pentagon's top job, people familiar with the process said Tuesday. Flournoy's decision underscores the difficulty President Barack Obama may face in finding a candidate to take the helm at the Pentagon late in his second term and as the administration faces intense criticism of its handling of crises in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.

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Obama urges proactive response after Ferguson

U.S. President Barack Obama says those upset by the grand jury decision in Ferguson must move forward constructively. Rough Cut .

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Obama Confronts Pro-Immigration Protests as he Promotes Plan

Immigration rights protesters disrupted President Barack Obama as he delivered a speech promoting his action to defer deportations for some 5 million undocumented workers in the U.S. As Obama told a crowd at Chicago's Copernicus Community Center that his administration would focus on deporting criminals rather than families, a woman in the crowd began accusing him of breaking up families and chanting "Not one more. Stop deportations."

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Notebook: Obama condemns violence in Ferguson

President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters Tuesday night for racially charged violence in Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property after a grand jury declined to indict the white police officer who shot a black teenager. Obama said destructive actions are criminal acts and those who responsible should be prosecuted.

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The IRS Scandal Rears Its Head

The Obama Administration's IRS scandal is multi-faceted. In addition to the persecution of conservative non-profits by Lois Lerner et al. , the question has been percolating for some years whether Obama's IRS has transferred confidential taxpayer information to Obama's White House in violation of federal criminal laws.

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Ferguson protests spread across US

Nationwide protests over the ruling have continued for a second day Protesters are removed from blocking the Lincoln Tunnel by the New York Police in New York, 25 November 2014. Crowds have gathered across the US to protest against Monday's decision not to charge a police officer over the killing of black teen Michael Brown.

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White House vows to block deal to extend tax breaks

Congressional leaders appeared near a deal Tuesday to renew $450 billion in tax deductions cherished by consumers, citizens and companies alike. The White House called it a bad deal and vowed a veto.

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Brazile: We can fix our immigration system

After months and months of delay, President Barack Obama has decided to issue an executive order of reforms to fix our broken immigration system. It's about time.

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Right-Wing Group Pushes Solar Power as S.C. Writes New Rules

In a conservative state like South Carolina, you might think something as hippie-dippy as rooftop solar panels would be viewed with a hint of suspicion. But you'd be wrong: 78 percent of South Carolina residents in a recent poll said they'd like to see more solar and wind power used in the state, with solar dwarfing all other sources in follow-up questions.

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Blast from the Past

Feeling a post election letdown? Looking for another dragon to slay? Buddy, have I got a mean, scaly, ugly one for you. Coal River Mountain in West Virginia is a beautiful forested area surrounded by communities with long experience with coal mining as been practiced for decades.

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Schumer: Democratsa emphasis on health care overhaul a mistake

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer stands outside the Capitol after Senate leaders announced a deal to end the government shutdown, October 16, 2013 Democrats addressed the "wrong problem" when they pushed health care instead of programs that would directly benefit the middle class, the Senate's third-ranking Democrat said Tuesday. "We were in the middle of a recession, people were hurting and said, 'What about me? I'm losing my job.

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Grand jury won't indict Ferguson cop in shooting

A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests and exposed deep racial tension between many black Americans and police. St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch announced the decision Monday evening.

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Pentagon chief Hagel stepping down under pressure

Under pressure from President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel submitted his resignation Monday amid White House concerns about his effectiveness and broader criticism from outside about the administration's Middle East crisis management. Hagel, a former Republican senator, never broke through the White House's insular national security team.

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OBAMA: 'This Is Not Just An Issue For Ferguson, This Is An Issue For America'

President Barack Obama made a statement from the White House on Monday evening shortly after Saint Louis County prosecutors announced a grand jury would not indict a Ferguson, Missouri police officer who shot an unarmed African-American teenager earlier this summer. In his remarks, which were announced just a few minutes before they occurred, Obama encouraged those who might protest the verdict to do so peacefully.

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Michael Gerson: The big 'but' a " Obama's action on immigration

Following President Obama's ambitious executive order on immigration - not unprecedented in subject matter but unprecedented in scope and ambition - we are left to pick through the wreckage of law and precedent. Obama's action was a substitute for legislation - imposed precisely because legislation he favored did not pass.

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