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Horse Meat Plant To Open In U.S. (VIDEO)

The first U.S. horse slaughterhouse is set to open next month. CNN’s Casey Wian takes us inside. WATCH:

President’s Charm Offensive Mocked By His Own Advisers

Source: Eliana Johnson / National Review President Obama for the first time appears to be making a full-fledged effort to extend an olive branch to congressional Republicans, dining with a group of GOP senators last week and penciling in a lunch date with House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan. His advisers are not pleased by the move, according [...]

Little League Raffles Off AR-15 Assault Rifle (VIDEO)

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Little League raffles off an AR-15 assault rifle to raise funds for baseball teams. WAND’s Sara Sidery reports.

James Holmes Update: Judge Enters Not Guilty Plea For Suspect In Colorado Movie Theater Massacre

Source: Julia Dahl / CBS News A Colorado judge has entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of James Holmes, the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens more in a shooting rampage inside a Colorado movie theater last summer. Holmes’ attorney told the court that he was not ready to enter [...]

Elizabeth Warren Blasts Senate Republicans For Holding Up Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Nomination

Source: Mark Gongloff and Ben Hallman / The Huffington Post Elizabeth Warren may be glad she didn’t end up running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, because in her consolation job as a U.S. senator, she gets to openly speak her mind about it. And speak her mind she did at Tuesday’s Senate Banking Committee hearing on the [...]

School Maintenance Report Shows Need For $542 Billion To Update, Modernize Buildings

Source: Philip Elliott / AP / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — America’s schools are in such disrepair that it would cost more than $270 billion just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions and twice that to get them up to date, a report released Tuesday estimated. In a foreword to the [...]

Michael Vick Cancels Book Tour After Threats

Source: Dave Alsup / CNN Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick canceled a series of book signing dates because of “credible threats,” his book publishers said. “Despite warnings of planned protests, Vick had hoped to continue with the appearances as planned, bringing his story of redemption and second chance to major markets,” said Worthy Publishing, a Tennessee-based [...]

Matt Lauer Speaks Out About Ann Curry’s Exit From Today, Hits NBC For Handling Ordeal Badly

Source: Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite After many months of rumors and criticism, Matt Lauer is speaking out about Ann Curry‘s exit from Today, the show’s struggles, and contacting Katie Couric about returning. In an interview with Howard Kurtz, Lauer said the network didn’t handle Curry’s exit very well. It was “a disaster waiting to happen.” “I don’t think the show and the network handled the [...]

6-Month-Old Shot Multiple Times In Chicago: Baby, Her Father Wounded In South Side Gunfire

Source: The Huffington Post A 6-month-old girl and her father were shot multiple times in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood Monday afternoon. According to DNAinfo Chicago, the child was one of two people wounded in the shooting, which took place around 12:48 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue. Both victims — the other the girl’s father, [...]

Rep. Paul Ryan Takes On Obamacare… Again

Source: Halimah Abdullah / CNN Washington - Conventional wisdom among politicos on both sides of the aisle is that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s continued quest to repeal Obamacare has a snowball’s chance in heck of going anywhere. So when the former vice presidential nominee and potential 2016 presidential contender told Chris Wallace on “Fox [...]