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 U.S. leading economic indicators rose one percent in May,  finally  pointing to a recovery, the Conference Board said Thursday. Eight of the 10 indicators increased in May, led by money supply, consumer expectations and stock prices. Two other indicators held steady in May. Economists expected a gain of 0.7 percent after April s 0.1 percent gain, according to a survey conducted by CBS.MarketWatch.  The leading economic index finally points to a recovery, almost a year and a  stanley quencher half after the end of the recession,  said Ken Goldstein, economist at the board.  But the dangers present in the first five months of the year have not disappeared completely,  Goldstein said.  Chief among them is a lack of business confidence.          The leading index, which is designed to forecast turning points in the economy, rose 0.1 percent in April.  It is possible that these two consecutive increases reflect the beginning of an upward trend, thereby ending the flat trend that began in early 2002,  the board said.The coincident index rose 0.1 pe stanley flasche rcent in May after falling in four of the previous eight months. The lagging index dropped 0.1 percent in May.In other reports released Thursday:The Labor Department reported small declines in first-time claims for jobless benefits, while the number of workers receiving checks remained at a 20-year high. T stanley website he report showed little improvement in a sluggish labor market..The Commerce Department said the trade deficit widened in the first quarter to $136.1 bil Kadb The human impact of D.C. gridlock
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 By CBSNews s Brian MontopoliFox News host Bill O Reilly has raised some eyebrows by saying his experience at Sylvia s, a famous Harlem restaurant, was  exactly the same  as any other restaurant in New York City,  even though it s run by blacks, primarily black patronship. O Reilly also said:  There wasn t one person in Sylvia s who was screaming,  M-Fer, I want more iced tea.   O Reilly talked about his visit to Sylvia s last week on  The Radio Factor,  his syndicated radio program.   The Radio Factor  is distributed by Westwood One, which is managed by CBS Radio.  You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn t any kind of crazi stanley cup ness at all,  O Reilly said. Media Matters For America, a liberal media watchdog organization, first reported the comments. Karl Frisch, a spokesman for Media Matters, told The Associated Press that O Reilly s comments were  ignorant and racially charged.         On the Sept. 25 edition of  The O Reilly Factor,  his Fox News program, O Reilly addressed the stanley cup  issue.  Media Matters distorted the entire conversation and implied I was racist for condemning racism,  he said. O Reilly added:  If a slime mac stanley us hine like Media Matters can get its far-left propaganda on CNN and NBC News, the nation is in trouble. Bill Shine, senior V.P. of programming for Fox News, said discussion of O Reilly s comments constitute Qbuf Ex-POW: Medal of Honor recipient  was a selfless man
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 During the winter, Florida   manatees come to Crystal River Springs to keep warm, but that exposes them to curious tourists who just won ;t leave them alone. Watch this video to see just how bad they have it. Indeed, Florida   manatees have it tough, whether it be on account of toxic red algae, boat propellors, or idiots who let their children sit on them. Floridas red tide ; is killing manatees in record numbers  Man harasses a ba stanley drinking cup by manatee, puts pics on Facebook, gets arrested  This video was produced by conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier and fellow photographer Neil Ever Osborne. It shows just how much human interaction they ;re forced to deal with all day, every day. According to Mittermeier stanley quencher , the manatee stampede that happens in the video 鈥? which was caused by a loud noise from onshore 鈥?occurs several times each da stanley termosar y. Seems like a strange way to protect an endangered species. [ Via Treehugger ] Related: Have you ever seen a dolphin stampede  You have now  038; Stunning short film explores the underwater realm of manatees. Have you ever seen a dolphin stampede  You have now.  https://gizmodo/stunning-short-film-explores-the-underwater-realm-of-ma-5878816                                                        animal crueltyconservationScienceZoology

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 The best Flash episode so far aired last night, and you can thank Emily Bett Richards for that. The guest appearance of Arrow   Felicity Smoak was so great it actually may be stanley quencher  problematic for the show 鈥?because it reveals exactly what The Flash needs to be great. Namely, more Felicity Smoak.     But let   recap first, shall we  While the SuperSTARS have game night 鈥?ostensibly a test to see how fast Barry  stanley quencher 8217  mind can work, in addition to his body 鈥?a crook named Leonard Snart tries t stanley thermobecher o rob an armored car carrying a comically large diamond. DC fans will recognize the name as the real identity of Captain Cold, one of the Flash   fiercest foes and the leader of his Rogues, but for now he   just a guy who has his heist interrupted by the Flash, and gets away when one of his goons shoots a guard, forcing Flash to save him instead of catching the crooks. But Barry gets a pick-me-up when Felicity Smoak walks in on a visit from Arrow/Starling City! Felicity already knows about his powers  she was listening when Barry visited Oliver in his premiere  and gets a demonstration when he rushes to the top of a building in about three seconds to take a picture of her from here. Then she gets a tour of the STAR Labs; unsurprisingly, Harrison Wells knows all about her 鈥?he likes to keep track of promising young talent  it   a shame he had to settle for Caitlin and Cisco. Zing! . Awesomely, Felicity almost immediately starts asking hard questions that the SuperS

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 Updated 5:00 p.m. Eastern TimeWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans this week to name CIA Director Leon Panetta to replace Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, would take the CIA chief s job in a major shuffle of the nation s top nat stanley tumbler ional security leadership, administration and other sources said Wednesday.Sources confirmed the news of Panetta being chosen to replace Gates to CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. Petra stanley tumblers eus  expected nomination for the CIA post comes according to an Associated Press source. A senior defense official told CBS News that Gates recommended Panetta to Mr. Obama six months ago because of his budget experience, management experience, and intelligence experience - the Pentagon controls 80 percent of the overall intelligence budget. Gates will leave his post on June 30. Petraeus probably won t leave Afghanistan until September.All sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the changes are not final.        The changes would probably take effect this summer. Gates has already said he will leave this year, and the White House wants to schedule Senate confirmation hearings in the coming months.The officials say Mr. Obama is expected to also announce that Lt. Gen. John Allen would replace Petraeus as Afghanistan commander, and that diplomat Ryan Crocker will be the next U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan.A senior official says Gen. Allen will take up his position  stanley cup in Afghanistan -  Sphy Kuwaiti Pop Singer Turned Jihadi
 To create a mythic look to for the ancient sunken city and the Jules Verne-esque technology in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney turned to Hellboy creator Mike Mignola to work on the film   production design.     While Mignola   influence can certainly be felt  stanley shop in the final film stanley thermobecher  through his designs, Disney didn ;t fully copy his heavily shadowed aesthetic.  We can get an idea of what the movie might have looked like if Mignola had designed it entirely from these images and from the cover of the graphic novel adaptation of the film, which was drawn by Mignola  just the cover, not the graphic novel itself . You can also see more of Mignola   concept  stanley cup art  and other Atlantis concept art  at Floobynooby. Disney   Atlantis Concept Art [Floobynooby via Brian Bendis]                                                        disneyMike MignolaMovies