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Man walks in Westmoreland County business with AK-47

Authorities say the man entered the Perma-Cast plant on Corporate Circle in Penn Township before midnight with the rifle. Police haven't said what the man told the employees inside, but soon after he came in smoke started filling the ...
Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger -; Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen ...
Man shot by FBI had spoken with bombing suspect

This May 4, 2013 police photo provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said. (AP Photo/Orange County ...
Philadelphia Activists Arrested Framed and Denied Bail for Speaking Out in Favor of Marijuana Legalization

May 23, 2013 (Philadelphia, PA, May 22, 2013) -- Comedy-activist troupe "The Panic Hour" and activist advocate Shield Mutual are supporting a rally Thursday May 23, 2013 at the James A. Byrne federal courthouse at 601 Market St. in Philadelphia that will demand the immediate and unconditional release of activists Adam Kokesh and N.A. Poe from federal prison. More than two hundred ...
FBI arrests suspect in Wash. state ricin case

The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining ...

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For Philadelphia bicyclist a cat is his co-pilot

Saldia often buzzes around Philadelphia with his year-old feline Mary Jane perched on his shoulder. Their urban adventures have turned heads on the street and garnered big hits on YouTube.The 26-year-old bike courier didn't intend to become Internet-famous. He originally shot footage of the outings only to prove to his mom that he was taking Mary Jane - nicknamed MJ - for a spin."She ...
US Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart

JERUSALEM -; The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any ...
Colorado killers reprieve sharply criticized

Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death ...
$2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery

An unidentified man tosses a board as residents sort through their tornado-ravaged homes Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues two days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ...
‘We plan to win’ says GOP chief of Wander’s quixotic bid for Pittsburgh mayor

Josh Wander, Republican candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, talks to his daughter Tamar, 9, while trying to meet voters on Tuesday May 21, 2013, in front of the polling station at the Shaare Torah Congregation on Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill. Pictured in the background are Wander's other daughters, Sara, 5, and Channa, ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...