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Fast Forward Jack Lew Wins 19-5 Senate Committee Vote for Treasury Post
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday backed President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the U.S. Treasury Jack Lew, despite some concerns about his perks from previous employers, and clearing the way for a confirmation vote in the full Senate. The 19-5 vote saw about half of the panel’s 11 Republicans opposing Lew’s nomination, which could…
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Fast Forward First Gaza Rocket in Months Hits Israel
A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a November truce, and a militant group said it launched the strike to retaliate for the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militant group in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s West Bank-based Fatah movement, called…
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Fast Forward Obama Plans To ‘Listen’ During Visit to Israel and Palestinian Territories
President Barack Obama will not bring a peace plan to Israel and the Palestinian Territories next month, but rather intends to listen, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday. Obama’s plan to visit has raised speculation of a new U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, stalled since 2010 in a dispute over Israeli settlement…
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Fast Forward Dov Hikind Apologizes for Blackface Purim Costume
Orthodox Brooklyn lawmaker Dov Hikind apologized on Monday for donning blackface and wearing an Afro wig at a party celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim, a costume that drew criticism from fellow lawmakers and the Anti-Defamation League bias monitoring group. The Democratic assemblyman, who had earlier defended the costume on his blog, said he did…
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Fast Forward Seth MacFarlane Panned as ‘Bumbling’ Oscars Host Depite Rise in Ratings
Sunday’s Oscar ceremony scored the biggest TV audience in three years, and edgy new host Seth MacFarlane helped boost interest from young men, despite getting a mauling from TV critics. Nielsen ratings data on Monday showed that 40.3 million Americans watched the Academy Awards ceremony on ABC television, up three percent from 2012. ABC said…
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Fast Forward Andy Samberg Gets Engaged to Joanna Newsom
Comic actor Andy Samberg and musician Joanna Newsom are engaged to be married, a representative of Samberg said on Monday. “I can confirm that Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsom are engaged,” Samberg’s publicist, Carrie Byalick, said in an email. The former “Saturday Night Live” comedian and the harpist have kept a low public profile since…
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Fast Forward IKEA Yanks Meatballs Over Europe Horsemeat Fears
IKEA halted sales of its trademark Swedish meatballs in 13 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic on Monday showed the product contained horsemeat. IKEA, the world’s No. 1 furniture retailer and known also for its signature cafeterias in its huge out-of-town stores, said it had stopped sales of all meatballs from a batch…
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Fast Forward Israel Successfully Tests New Missile Defense
Israel carried out a successful test of its upgraded Arrow interceptor system on Monday, which is designed to destroy in space the kind of missiles held by Syria and Iran, the Israeli Defence Ministry said. The U.S.-backed Arrow III system deploys “kamikaze” satellites that target ballistic missiles above the earth’s atmosphere, hitting them high enough…
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