Al Franken declared winner after 8-month battlePhiladelphia Inquirer - - 2 hours ago
AP ST. PAUL, Minn. - Al Franken went yesterday from the ranks of former Saturday Night Live comedians to the US Senate, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month-long recount battle and courtroom saga.
Video: Norm Coleman Concedes Minnesota Senate Race ![]() Key dates in the Al Franken-Norm Coleman Senate recount Los Angeles Times
Losing Honduras, Zelaya Wins Outside SupportNew York Times - - 1 hour ago
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Manuel Zelaya was close to slipping into Honduran history books as a former president with ideas as large as his signature Stetson hat, but nowhere near enough political consensus to remake his troubled country.
Teen recovers after miracle rescue from jet crashAFP - 13 minutes ago
MORONI (AFP) - Teenager Bahia Bakari recovered in hospital Wednesday a day after miraculously surviving the Yemeni jet crash off the Comoros feared to have killed 152 other people.
Video: Yemeni Airline Crashes With 153 on Board ![]() |
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Iraq's 'Milestone' Day Marred by Fatal Blast
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While more than 130000 US troops remain in Iraq, patrols by heavily armed soldiers in hulking vehicles have largely disappeared from Iraq's urban centers, as the United States turns over security to Iraqi police and soldiers.
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As Iran Seeks to Quash Foes, Ahmadinejad Cancels Africa Trip
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
CAIRO - As the Iranian government sought to close the book on weeks of protest that presented the strongest challenge to its authority in 30 years, an opposition candidate in the disputed June 12 voting again ...
Iran shuts newspaper challenging Ahmadinejad The Associated Press
Freight Train Derailment and Explosion Kill 16 in Italy
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Lorenzo Galassi/AP A firefighter sprayed down a car of a freight train that was carrying liquefied petroleum gas. The train derailed late Monday.
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Frantic budget talks fall short
San Jose Mercury News - - 32 minutes ago
SACRAMENTO —A frantic rush to close California's daunting deficit before a July 1 deadline fell short at midnight, when Senate Republicans refused to back billions in cuts to public education - not out of concern for schools but because ...
11th-hour votes on state budget fail Los Angeles Times
SC gov gambles to 'lay it all out' about affair
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - After days of assuring the public he was firmly in control after admitting a scandalous affair, South Carolina Gov.
Sanford admits more visits with 'soul mate' Philadelphia Inquirer
S. Carolina GOP Has Been Wary of Bauer Washington Post
EPA lets state get tougher on new vehicles
San Francisco Chronicle - - 2 hours ago
(06-30) 19:21 PDT -- Federal officials on Tuesday cleared California to impose tough greenhouse gas limits on new motor vehicles that more than a dozen other states can follow immediately and that will form the basis of new nationwide rules in 2012.
US adopts California auto emissions standards Baltimore Sun
South African Manufacturing PMI Gained for Second Month in June
Bloomberg - - 20 minutes ago
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's purchasing managers' index gained for the second month in a row in June, indicating that the pace of decline in manufacturing may have eased, Kagiso Securities Ltd.
E.Europe PMIs tick up in June, recovery looks slow guardian.co.uk
Stocks ready to advance
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
Investors start the third quarter with key economic reports on manufacturing, auto sales and employment. By CNNMoney.com staff How will the economy fare in the second half of 2009?
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Caterpillar Falls to Lead the Dow Down on the Day Wall Street Journal
Cities Grow at Suburbs' Expense During Recession
Wall Street Journal - - 4 hours ago
US cities that for years lost residents to the suburbs are holding onto their populations with a mix of people trapped in homes they can't sell and those who prefer urban digs over more distant McMansions, according to Census data ...
New Orleans: Fastest growing city CNNMoney.com
Detroit's boosted census count may skew others in Wayne County Detroit Free Press
China's Internet backdown lauded by firms, activists
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed AN abrupt delay of the contentious ...
China backs down on Internet filter Atlanta Journal Constitution
Firefox 3.5: Excellent for fans, but competition getting tougher
CNET News - - 10 hours ago
Firefox 3.5 brings the world's second-most popular browser up to speed with current browsing technology and trends, and perhaps nudges it just a bit ahead of the competition.
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Pirate Bay Users Jump Ship Over Site Sale
PC World - - 10 hours ago
Calling The Pirate Bay's owners “sellouts” who made a “deal with the devil,” users of the notorious torrent-tracking site expressed their frustrations across the Internet today.
Hands On: The Video Bay PC Magazine
Swedish Software Firm Buys Filesharing Site Pirate Bay Wall Street Journal
Public Enemies
Entertainment Weekly - - 4 hours ago
The massive financial rip-off masterminded by Bernard Madoff, an extended crime spree that harmed thousands, is proof enough that public enemies still walk among us.
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Jackson's public viewing set amid speculation on cause of death
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- More than two dozen television satellite trucks lined the narrow, two-lane road leading to Neverland Ranch early Wednesday, jostling to reserve space for a public viewing of pop icon Michael ...
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Michael Jackson shatters chart records
Reuters - - 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - As expected, Michael Jackson is once again the King of the Pop charts. Based on preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen soundscan, the top nine positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart will house ...
Orioles rally for stunning 11-10 win over Boston
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
BALTIMORE (AP) - Terry Francona nearly carved a path into the infield grass at Camden Yards while walking from the dugout to the mound.
Old bawl game Boston Globe
O's shock Red Sox in their biggest comeback win ever Philadelphia Daily News
Iowa manufacturers see share price gains
DesMoinesRegister.com - - 36 minutes ago
Share prices of Iowa's manufacturers bounced back better during the first half of this year than other Iowa stocks or most major stock indexes.
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Iowa smoking ban's effect on business at bars inconclusive Quad City Times
Yankees win sixth straight
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Melky Cabrera hits his run-scoring double against the Mariners in the eighth inning as the Yankees defeated Seattle to extend their winning streak.
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Do not party 'til swine flu comes home
Waterbury Republican American - - 36 minutes ago
It sounds like a throwback to an earlier era before there were vaccines for chicken pox and measles, but "swine flu parties" are not a good idea, say local and national health experts.
A dozen San Joaquin County inmates test positive for H1N1 virus San Jose Mercury News
Panel Recommends Ban on 2 Popular Painkillers
New York Times - - 6 hours ago
ADELPHI, Md. - A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on the liver.
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Kennedy Seeks Public Health Insurance Plan That Finances Self
Bloomberg - - 3 hours ago
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy's committee will propose creating a government-backed alternative to private insurance designed to pay for itself after getting federal start-up money.
Drive-By Shooting at Detroit Bus Stop Injures 7 Teenagers
New York Times - 7 hours ago
By AP DETROIT (AP) - Gunmen in a minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding seven, the authorities said.
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Panel wants openly gay guardsman discharged
San Francisco Chronicle - - 2 hours ago
A military review panel recommended Tuesday that National Guard Lt. Dan Choi, the gay Arabic translator who became a national figure in fighting the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy after declaring his sexuality on television, be discharged ...
National Guard: Gay Iraq veteran must leave service CNN International
Board: Discharge gay NY National Guard officer The Associated Press
Supreme Court decisions made in the 2008-09 term
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Some of the significant cases the Supreme Court decided in its 2008-09 term: REVERSE DISCRIMINATION The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn.
Ricci vs. DeStefano decision disappoints San Francisco Chronicle