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Journalist Michael Hastings dead at 33
The Runaway General ") led to McChrystal's ouster, died in an early morning car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the magazine said. He was 33. "Hard-charging, unabashedly opinionated, Hastings was original and at times abrasive," Rolling ...
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Stocks post solid gains Tuesday
U.S. markets churned higher Tuesday after the Commerce Department said price inflation remained muted in May. The report by itself had negligible effect. But every report of late has been held up to the light to see how it might affect the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement expected Wednesday. Low inflation means the economy is not overheating. In turn, some investors ...
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Coin bearing cross hits European Union hurdle
European Commission (EC), the union's executive arm, had ordered it to remove halos and crosses from special commemorative euro coins due to be minted this summer. The coins were intended to celebrate the 1,150th anniversary of Christianity's arrival in Slovak lands but have instead become tokens of the faith's retreat from contemporary Europe. "There is a movement in the EU ...
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Doctors seek to treat Guantanamo hunger strikers
U.S. military guards watch detainees in a cell block at Camp 6 in the Guantanamo Bay detention center in 2010. … More than 150 doctors and other medical professionals are asking President Barack Obama to allow them to treat hunger strikers in the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "It is clear that they do not trust their military doctors," the physicians wrote in an open ...
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House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill
View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the Strengthen and Fortify ...
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Officials Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire
Colorado authorities lifted mandatory evacuation orders in the state's second largest city as a historically damaging fire continued to burn to the ...
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18 mayors Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary ...
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Tornado touches down at Denver airport
Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials ...
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CBO 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill
Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, adding the bill would push federal deficits lower in each of the next two decades. The eagerly awaited report by Congress' non-partisan scorekeeping agency said the legislation would increase federal spending in the form of benefits for those gaining legal status, but those expenses would be more than offset by a rise in the labor force, increasing ...
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Hoffa mystery still fascinates after 4 decades
Jimmy Hoffa is an overgrown farm field where the normal calm of chirping crickets is being drowned out by a beeping backhoe, the chop of an overhead news helicopter and the bustle of reporters and onlookers. Over nearly four decades, authorities have pursued multiple leads into Hoffa's death that yielded nothing. Yet the mystery endures, fueled by a public fascination with mobsters and ...
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Report says immigration bill cuts deficit
2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...
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Real Madrid offer €155m deal to keep Ronaldo
Madrid are in advanced talks with Ronaldo's representatives over a deal totalling around EUR155 million over five years, with the Portuguese forward set to earn EUR15m annually after tax in what will be the most lucrative contract in the history of the game. Ronaldo, who has scored 201 goals in just 199 games in his four seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu, raised alarm bells on Thursday when ...
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As G8 wraps up Cameron sends surprising tweet
View Photo Associated Press/Matt Cardy, Pool - British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a media conference at the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June ...
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Spawning ground of deep-sea sharks found in Scotland
Marine scientists in Scotland say they've discovered a deep-sea shark spawning ground on the country's only inshore coral reef. Researchers from Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University, who had discovered the reef itself, said they observed egg cases of the blackmouth catshark on the Mingulay Reef in the Outer Hebrides, the BBC reported Tuesday. Anglers in the area have long fished ...
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G-8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks tax evasion
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) -- President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement - yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must ...
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Gun control opponents will pay a price’
Vice President Joe Biden (Fernando Vergara/AP) Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday, seeking to revive efforts to pass gun-reform legislation in Congress, warned lawmakers opposed to reform that Americans aren't on their side. "The country has changed" since the deadly shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Biden said during remarks delivered on Tuesday ...
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Thiago Hat-Trick Leads Spain to Euro Under-21 Crown
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Iraqi suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque kill 34
Umm Satta grieves for her slain college student son, Sattar Jabbar, near Habib al-Asadi Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near the Shiite mosque, Iraqi officials said. Most of the casualties were among students from a nearby Imam al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies. Police officials said the university's Shiite ...
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Syrian warplanes strike rebel posts in Aleppo
By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian warplanes struck rebel positions near a besieged military air base and other rebel-held areas in the country's north Tuesday as regime forces stepped up attacks against opposition fighters in the key province of Aleppo, activists said. Rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad have for months been trying to take Kweiras and two ...
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NSA leaker no villain to some Americans
Edward Snowden performed a public service in leaking information about NSA programs, say 60 percent of Americans age 18 to 29, according to a poll. Tea partyers and liberals also ...
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FBI offers reward for information on 2008 Times Square bomber
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York City Police Department announced an award on Tuesday of up to $65,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspect or suspects behind the unsolved 2008 bombing of the U.S. Army Forces Recruiting Station in Times ...
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U.S. Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
After months of delays, the Taliban opened a political office in the Qatari capital of Doha, paving the way for talks to begin. The decision was a reversal of months of failed efforts to start peace talks while Taliban militants intensified a campaign targeting urban centers and government ...
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FOREX-Dollar gains on yen ahead of Fed euro gains on data
* Markets wait for Fed to clarify stimulus stance * Bernanke expected to soothe market fears * Euro hits 4-month high vs dollar after German data By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar rose on Tuesday against the yen for a second straight session as some traders bet the Federal Reserve may signal it is almost ready to reduce its bond buying program aimed at propping up the ...
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Alcantara hat trick leads Spain to Euro Under-21 crown
Spain's Thiago Alcantara celebrates after he scored a goal against Italy during their European Under-21 Championship final soccer match at Teddy Kollek Stadium in Jerusalem June 18, 2013. (BAZ ...
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World stocks firm dollar slips against euro as markets await Fed
By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. equities pushed higher on Tuesday as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would temper its recent statements on the future reduction of U.S. monetary support, while still pointing to economic improvement. The dollar was down 0.2 percent ...
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