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Obama: 'I Certainly Did Not Know' What the IRS Was Doing

Mark Memmott, NPR — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:39 +0000

Update at 5:38 p.m. ET. One More IRS Official To Leave

Another official is out at the embattled agency.

The Associated Press reports that Joseph Grant, commissioner of the IRS' tax exempt and government entities division, will retire June 3. The division scrutinized Tea Party groups when the applied for tax-exempt status.

Update at 4:45 p.m. ET.

Reports: Note Found in Boat Where Boston Suspect Hid

Mark Memmott, NPR — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:38:22 +0000
In a message written on a wall of the boat where he was found hiding, Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was motivated by anger over the Afghan and Iraq wars, sources familiar with what was found have told CBS News correspondent John Miller.
CNN has followed CBS News' report The Dallas Morning News says.

Military Recruiters, Sex Assault Responders To Be Retrained

Mark Memmott, NPR — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:38 +0000
All branches of the U.S.

It's True: 'Mistakes Were Made' is the King of Non-Apologies

Mark Memmott, NPR — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:32:04 +0000
Make no mistake, the acting commissioner of the IRS put himself in historic company Tuesday by writing in USA Today that "mistakes were made" when his agency singled out for extra scrutiny

Actress Angelina Jolie Shares Story of Her Double Mastectomy

Mark Memmott, NPR — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:23 +0000
Saying she is "writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience," actress Angelina Jolie reveals on the op-ed pages of The New York Times that she had a double mastectomy earlier this year to substantially reduce the chances she will develop breast cancer.
Jolie, 37, explains that because she carries a "faulty" gene known as BRCA1, "I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50

Benghazi Talking Points Debate is a 'Sideshow,' Obama Says

Mark Memmott, NPR — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:13:42 +0000
Republican questions about how and when changes were made to his administration's "talking points" about last September's attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, are a "sideshow," President Obama told reporters at the White House on Monday.
"There's no there, there," the president declared.
"What we have been clear about throughout," Obama insisted, is that "we were not clear who exactly had carried this out."
Four Americans, including the U.S.

Supreme Court Rules For Monsanto In Case Against Farmer

Mark Memmott, NPR — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:28:58 +0000
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that an Indiana farmer infringed on Monsanto's patent when he planted soybeans that had been genetically modified by Monsanto without buying them from the agribusiness giant.
In the decision, written by Justice Elena Kagan, the nine justices ruled that "patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting

After 100,000+ Downloads, Group With 3-D Gun Plans Goes Dark

Mark Memmott, NPR — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:27:36 +0000
Minutes ago, just as we were reading a Forbes story headlined "3D-Printed Gun's Blueprints Downloaded 100,000 Times In Two Days," this message appeared on the Twitter page of the group that has made those plans available to the world:
"#DEFCAD has gone dark at the request of the Department of Defense Trade Cont

'Do Me a Solid,' Diplomat Rodman Says to North Korea's Kim

Mark Memmott, NPR — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:34:23 +0000
America's unlikeliest link to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to his friend in a bid to have an American citizen released from one of the communist nation's notorious labor camps.
"I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him 'Kim', to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose," former basketball star Dennis Rodman tweets.
Bae was says on its Facebook page that he passed away Tuesday in London.

Gun Made With 3-D Printer is Successfully Fired

Mark Memmott, NPR — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:14:55 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wym1LF3mmYo

Three Horses to Watch This Saturday in the Kentucky Derby

Mark Memmott, NPR — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:43:47 +0000
This is a post for everyone (like us) who tunes into horse racing just once a year, on the first Saturday in May when the Kentucky Derby is run.

165,000 Jobs Added In April, Jobless Rate Fell To 7.5 Percent

Mark Memmott, NPR — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:18:39 +0000
(Most recent update: 10 a.m. ET.)
The nation's jobless rate edged down to 7.5 percent in April from 7.6 percent in March and employers added 165,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday morning.
The news was better than economists were expecting.

Rapper Chris Kelly Dies, 'Jump' Was Hit For Duo Kris Kross

Mark Memmott, NPR — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:35:24 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=010KyIQjkTk