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Today's Most Popular News: California girl gets dying wish to see movie 'Up' Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry British government spells end of 'i before e' rule Iran tense after police, protesters clash THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps Mourners remember slain museum guard Fire moves into houses abandoned by foreclosures NY man denies he dressed as dead mother in scam Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captivity Tony Hawk skateboards at White House South Africa's Rape Crisis: 1 in 4 Men Say They've Done It California girl gets dying wish to see movie 'Up' Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:31 am PDT AP - Colby Curtin got her final wish. Full Story Top Baucus, White House in deal with drug industry Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:39 pm PDT AP - The pharmaceutical industry agreed Saturday to spend $80 billion over the next decade improving drug benefits for seniors on Medicare and defraying the cost of President Barack Obama's health care legislation, capping secretive negotiations involving key lawmakers and the White House. Full Story Top British government spells end of 'i before e' rule Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:54 pm PDT AP - It's a spelling mantra that generations of schoolchildren have learned — "i before e, except after c." Full Story Top Iran tense after police, protesters clash Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:53 pm PDT AP - Iran braced for the possibility of more bloody confrontations between protesters and security forces on the streets of Tehran as fresh images of brutality emerged Sunday despite the regime's attempts to impose a news blackout. Full Story Top THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:02 pm PDT AP - One contributor to global warming — bigger than coal mines, landfills and sewage treatment plants — is being left out of efforts by the Obama administration and House Democrats to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story Top Mourners remember slain museum guard Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:33 pm PDT AP - Family, friends and colleagues on Friday remembered a guard who was gunned down at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum last week as the victim of an evil and barbaric act that contrasted starkly with his love for life. Full Story Top Fire moves into houses abandoned by foreclosures Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:44 pm PDT AP - Like the house across the street gone missing and the one at the corner stripped of its front door, the weathered brown bungalow at 1430 Jane Ave. bided its time, edging nearer to a meeting with a wrecking crew. Full Story Top NY man denies he dressed as dead mother in scam Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:38 pm PDT AP - A man accused of dressing up as his dead mother to collect her Social Security and rent subsidies is blaming the crime on an impersonator. Full Story Top Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:21 pm PDT AP - The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry — if the big fine can withstand an appeal. Full Story Top Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:55 pm PDT AP - A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing this year. Full Story Top New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captivity Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:42 pm PDT AP - A New York Times reporter known for making investigative trips deep inside dangerous conflict zones escaped from militant captors after more than seven months in captivity in Afghanistan and Pakistan by climbing over a wall, the newspaper said Saturday. Full Story Top Tony Hawk skateboards at White House Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:26 pm PDT AP - Hey kids, don't try this at home. Full Story Top South Africa's Rape Crisis: 1 in 4 Men Say They've Done It Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:30 am PDT Time.com - A new study reveals the roots of a national catastrophe, as one in four South African men admit in a survey to having raped Full Story Top

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