Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set up a team to investigate why officials announced new settlement construction in disputed territory while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country.[...]
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Israel to investigate timing of settlement announcement

The North American premiere of American: The Bill Hicks Story delivers a biting dose of the late, great stand-up’s routines. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg: Fans who’ve memorized every word will dig the documentary’s inventive animation sequences.[...]
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SXSW: Comic Bill Hicks Posthumously Rocks Austin

Severe weather toppled trees, left more than a half-million people without power and suspended travel throughout much of the Northeast on Saturday.[...]
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Storms knock out power in Northeast

Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling for a federal probe into the system of background checks for employees at nuclear plants after learning that a suspected al Qaeda member from New Jersey worked at five such sites.[...]
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Al Qaeda suspect’s work at nuke sites stirs call for probe

Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now “99.9 percent” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times reports.[...]
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Google ‘99.9%’ Sure To Shut China Search Engine: Report