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EARTH DAY
Take care of Mother Nature and celebrate every day as Earth Day, because it's the only home we have.

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
They're mad as hell and wont take it any more, after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal injury in a police van.

TSARNAEV'S DEFIANCE
Prosecutors show the jury a photo of the Boston bomber extending his middle finger to the jail camera.

WHAT HAPPENED TO BILL?
Clinton's presidential camp-pain stops include stories about her family, all but the infamous, Mr. Bill.

HBO BLOW TO CABLE

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EARTH DAY

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Earth Day’s 45th anniversary could be the most exciting year in environmental history. The year in which economic growth and sustainability join hands. It’s our turn to lead. So our world leaders can follow by example.

The first one was held on April 22, 1970 in America.

An estimated 20 million people took part in rallies across the US for the first Earth Day.

It is credited as the beginning of the modern environmental movement.

The event was founded by former US senator Gaylord Nelson, after seeing the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California.

PUBLIC SAFETY PIRATES

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Public safety organizations include emergency management agencies, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, rescue squads, and Emergency Medical Services. However, it is police activity which continues to make headlines.

The recent events of police officers shooting unarmed individuals, or of breaking he laws they are being paid to enforce is nothing new. Here are just a few examples, following a quick search. We will begin with the good, followed by the bad, and then the ugly.

CNN: Police caught on camera: The good and the bad http://cnn.it/1G9SIOE

¿CUOMO SE DICE FLIP FLOP?

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Why did Andrew Cuomo and his political cronies visit Cuba? What was the clear benefit for New York State? The Governor previously prevented official NY business trips to Indiana, where the Governor signed a bill allowing gays to be denied services, but then visits Cuba, where gays were thrown in jail.

¿Cuómo se dice flip flop en Español?

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LIFE OR DEATH
Jurors who convicted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on 30 charges for Boston Marathon bombing decides if he lives or dies.

MORSI SENTENCED
Egypt's former President Mohammed Morsi has been sentenced To 20 years in prison.

CAPTAIN CHARGED
Mediterranean capsized migrants' boat's captain Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, arrested under suspicion of homicide.

GENETIC DATA-SHARING
New first-of-its kind genetic data-share program to save more women from breast and ovarian cancers.

A NEW DAY "ONLINE"

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ASSORTED INTERESTING EVENTS

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Event: Freelancers at Risk: Photojournalism and the Call for Global Safety Standards
When: April 23, 2015, 9:00-12:15 p.m.
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C.

CASTRO AND CUOMO HAVE HISTORY

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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo embarks on a trade mission to Cuba today. He becomes the first US Governor to travel to the Communist island, since President Barack Obama eased travel restrictions. His trip may open a brand new front in American politics.

However, the Governor's dad, the late New York Governor Mario Cuomo and the aging Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro share some similar history in baseball.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS

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LOW PRESSURE BRINGS RAINFALL TO THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. THE RAIN COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

IT WILL BE QUITE BREEZY AS WELL...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL. SHOWERS ARE THEN EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED RUMBLE OF THUNDER MAY BE HEARD.

THE RAIN SHOULD BE OVER FOR MOST...IF NOT ALL SPOTS BY TUESDAY MORNING. IT MAY START OUT ON THE CLOUDY SIDE...BUT EXPECT PRIMARILY A PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY DAY WITH HIGHS ABOVE NORMAL.

* LOCATIONS...THE COASTLINES ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LONG ISLAND SOUND.

BOSTON MARATHON

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The 2015 Boston Marathon will be run today as the 119th running of this infamous and tragic race takes place.

The iconic race includes 26.2 miles, 34 elite athletes, 30,000 runners, 87 countries, 1 million spectators and $830,500 in prize money, with 150 pounds of petroleum jelly, 992 portable toilets, 108,000 safety pins, 28,200 bananas, 33,984 fruit cups, 35,000 gallons of water and 1.4 million paper cups.

The reigning Meb Keflezighi, who was the 2014 champion is trying to defend his title. All the best to all the runners.

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DOZENS TO BE BURIED BUT HUNDREDS HAVE PERISHED
EU emergency meeting on the burgeoning crisis as migrants flee conflict and poverty in unprecedented waves.

TERRORISM PROBE YIELDS ARRESTS
Six arrested for traveling or trying to travel to Syria or Somalia to fight with militants.

CHINA INVESTS IN PAKISTAN
PRC leader Xi Jinping announces $46 billion investment projects for energy and infrastructure development.

BOSTON MARATHON TIME
The Boston Marathon is a world-class sporting event for fitness, for fundraising, and for freedom.

ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS

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