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News: Republicans Romney and Bachmann lead Iowa poll LulzSec hackers say disbanding after last data dump Prominent Chinese dissident freed from jail Central bankers agree on bank capital surcharge plan Greek ministers urge backing for austerity plan New York's same-sex marriage law sets off waves of engagements Death toll expected to rise in Amtrak collision Wal-Mart hikes branded diabetes drug prices-study Wal-Mart plaintiffs seek more time to pursue cases NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega Casey Anthony trial delayed by unexplained "legal issue" China to remain long-term investor in Europe's debt Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in east Afghanistan Flooding submerges parts of North Dakota city Obama says committed to working to cut debt Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens Israelis sentenced for theft of Auschwitz mementoes Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds Egypt court sentences ex-trade minister to 5 years in jail Madoff trustee triples JPMorgan suit to $19 billion New York marriage bill paves way for same-sex divorce Data points to underlying factory strength Lawmakers harden positions on taxes, spending Americans may hit gas again after reserve release Banks move closer to deal on Greek bailout Two killed, dozens hurt in Amtrak collision Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison "Columbo" actor Peter Falk dead at 83 Experts: National impact from New York marriage law Flood swamps low-lying areas of Minot, North Dakota New York lawmakers to vote on gay marriage within hours Two killed, dozens hurt in Amtrak collision Madoff trustee seeks $19 billion from JPMorgan Hezbollah says finds three spies within group New Jersey Democrats propose millionaires' tax U.S. warns against new Gaza flotilla plans Antitrust fixes loom as D.Boerse/NYSE vote nears U.S. wants ex-mortgage boss to get life in prison Geithner sees first-half U.S. growth around 2 percent Republicans Romney and Bachmann lead Iowa poll Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:59 PM PDT Reuters - DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann led a closely watched presidential poll of Iowa Republicans, the state that holds the first contest in the nomination battle. Full Story1 Top LulzSec hackers say disbanding after last data dump Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:43 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc and AT&T documents. Full Story1 Top Prominent Chinese dissident freed from jail Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:50 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING, Jun (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family early on Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges, but he needed rest and was not ready to speak in public, his wife said. Full Story1 Top Central bankers agree on bank capital surcharge plan Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:34 AM PDT Reuters - BASEL, Switzerland/LONDON (Reuters) - Global banking regulators have agreed on a proposal to slap an extra capital charge on the world's biggest banks to make them safer by 2019. Full Story1 Top Greek ministers urge backing for austerity plan Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:04 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Greek ministers and policy makers urged parliament on Saturday to do its duty next week and pass a deeply unpopular set of austerity measures international lenders have demanded as the price for staving off bankruptcy. Full Story1 Top New York's same-sex marriage law sets off waves of engagements Sat,25 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Waves of gay couples rushed on Saturday to make wedding plans that had been dreams for decades, as euphoria over New York's legalization of same-sex marriage promised to turn a traditional pride parade into an enormous roving engagement party. Full Story1 Top Death toll expected to rise in Amtrak collision Sat,25 Jun 2011 02:50 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal transportation safety investigators on Saturday were investigating the Nevada crash between a tractor-trailer rig and an Amtrak train, where authorities believe more bodies may be found in the wreckage. Full Story1 Top Wal-Mart hikes branded diabetes drug prices-study Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Big-box retailers Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart, pioneers in the push to cut consumer prices for generic drugs, have been raising prices for the most popular brand-name diabetes drugs, according to a new study. Full Story1 Top Wal-Mart plaintiffs seek more time to pursue cases Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Attorneys representing women who unsuccessfully sued Wal-Mart Stores Inc for gender discrimination filed a motion on Friday asking a U.S. District Court to freeze the statute of limitations for their complaints against the retailer. Full Story1 Top NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO said on Saturday its missiles had hit a site in Libya used by Muammar Gaddafi's forces to stockpile military supplies and vehicles, while Gaddafi's state media said 15 civilians had been killed. Full Story1 Top Casey Anthony trial delayed by unexplained "legal issue" Sat,25 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT Reuters - ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The Saturday session of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial was scuttled by an unspecified "legal issue" announced by Judge Belvin Perry. Full Story1 Top China to remain long-term investor in Europe's debt Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT Reuters - BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday he was "still confident" that Europe can overcome the debt crisis and said China would remain a long-term investor in Europe's debt market. Full Story1 Top Prominent China dissident Hu Jia freed from Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent dissidents, Hu Jia, was reunited with his family in the early hours of Sunday after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges, but he was not ready to speak in public, his wife said. Full Story1 Top At least 20 killed in suicide bombing in east Afghanistan Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - PULE ALAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 20 people, and possibly as many as 35, in an attack at a hospital in a remote district of eastern Afghanistan on Saturday that damaged its maternity ward, officials said. Full Story1 Top Flooding submerges parts of North Dakota city Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - The swollen Souris River whose waters deluged North Dakota's fourth-largest city of Minot, was expected to crest early on Sunday, with storms threatening to complicate efforts to contain the biggest flood in area history. Full Story1 Top Obama says committed to working to cut debt Sat,25 Jun 2011 03:05 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he remained committed to working with Congress to find a solution to the government's debt problem, but the focus could not only be on spending cuts. Full Story1 Top Afghan MPs hit back on court ruling, crisis deepens Sat,25 Jun 2011 09:10 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's political crisis worsened Saturday with lawmakers voting to sack the five most senior judicial officials and international consternation growing after a presidential tribunal threw out a quarter of parliament. Full Story1 Top Israelis sentenced for theft of Auschwitz mementoes Sat,25 Jun 2011 06:16 AM PDT Reuters - WARSAW (Reuters) - An Israeli couple have been given suspended jail sentences for the theft of historic artifacts from the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz, Poland's PAP news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Saturday. Full Story1 Top Egypt says will not need IMF, World Bank funds Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:50 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will not borrow from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund after revising its budget and cutting the forecast deficit, even though a loan had been agreed, Finance Minister Samir Radwan said Saturday. Full Story1 Top Egypt court sentences ex-trade minister to 5 years in jail Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court convicted former Trade Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid in absentia on Saturday and sentenced him to 5 years in prison for profiteering and squandering public funds, the state news agency MENA said. Full Story1 Top Madoff trustee triples JPMorgan suit to $19 billion Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:15 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims is now demanding $19 billion in damages from JPMorgan Chase & Co, more than tripling what he hopes to recover from what had been the main bank for the now-imprisoned Ponzi schemer. Full Story1 Top New York marriage bill paves way for same-sex divorce Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:44 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - As New York's same-sex couples head to the altar to celebrate their newly won right to marry, they can take comfort in the fact that, if it doesn't work out, their right to get divorced in the state just got a lot easier as well. Full Story1 Top Data points to underlying factory strength Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:01 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S. manufactured goods and a gauge of business spending plans rose in May, easing fears of a sharp slowdown in factory activity. Full Story1 Top Lawmakers harden positions on taxes, spending Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:38 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans and Democrats dug in their heels Friday as President Barack Obama prepared to wade into a divisive debate over taxes and spending aimed at heading off a default on the U.S. government's debt. Full Story1 Top Americans may hit gas again after reserve release Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:36 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Going lightly on the gas pedal, getting a few dollars of gas rather than filling up, cutting out the cruising, and swapping the BMW for a Dodge Caliber -- those are ways Americans are coping with gasoline prices well above $3 a gallon. Full Story1 Top Banks move closer to deal on Greek bailout Fri,24 Jun 2011 11:26 AM PDT Reuters - ATHENS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Banks and policymakers moved closer to a deal on Friday to help Athens secure funds ahead of a parliamentary vote on austerity next week that Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou must win to avert default. Full Story1 Top Two killed, dozens hurt in Amtrak collision Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:56 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and dozens injured on Friday when a tractor-trailer rig crashed through closed rail crossing gates and collided with an Amtrak train on a rural Nevada highway, authorities said. Full Story1 Top Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former media baron Conrad Black back to prison for 13 more months, cutting his original 6 1/2-year sentence nearly in half for remaining fraud and obstruction of justice convictions. Full Story1 Top "Columbo" actor Peter Falk dead at 83 Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:03 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Peter Falk, star of the 1970s hit TV drama "Columbo," whose role as the rumpled detective of the same name earned him four Emmys, has died after years of battling Alzheimer's disease. He was 83. Full Story1 Top Experts: National impact from New York marriage law Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:53 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - When New York became the sixth and by far the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, following a grueling overtime session in the state Legislature on Friday, it immediately transformed the national debate over the issue, legal experts said. Full Story1 Top Flood swamps low-lying areas of Minot, North Dakota Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - MINOT, North Dakota (Reuters) - Floodwaters swamped lower-lying areas of Minot, North Dakota, on Friday and eclipsed a 130-year-old flooding record as federal officials sharply increased water releases to the swollen Souris River. Full Story1 Top New York lawmakers to vote on gay marriage within hours Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - New York state senators will vote on whether to become the sixth U.S. state to allow gay marriage later on Friday or in the early hours of Saturday, Republican senators said. Full Story1 Top Two killed, dozens hurt in Amtrak collision Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two people were killed and dozens injured on Friday when a tractor-trailer rig collided with an Amtrak train on a rural Nevada highway, Amtrak officials said. Full Story1 Top Madoff trustee seeks $19 billion from JPMorgan Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:29 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims is now seeking $19 billion from JPMorgan Chase & Co, tripling the amount he hopes to recover from what was once the imprisoned Ponzi schemer's main bank. Full Story1 Top Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Fri,24 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday the group had captured three spies among its members, two of whom were recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency. Full Story1 Top New Jersey Democrats propose millionaires' tax Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:59 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey's senate majority leader proposed on Friday that the state spend $1 billion more on education next year and increase taxes on those earning more than $1 million a year. Full Story1 Top U.S. warns against new Gaza flotilla plans Fri,24 Jun 2011 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned activists on Friday against plans to send a new aid flotilla to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying it would be irresponsible and dangerous. Full Story1 Top Antitrust fixes loom as D.Boerse/NYSE vote nears Fri,24 Jun 2011 09:28 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Complex antitrust questions hang over Deutsche Boerse AG and NYSE Euronext just weeks before shareholders decide whether to endorse a blockbuster exchange merger, though no significant regulatory fixes are expected. Full Story1 Top U.S. wants ex-mortgage boss to get life in prison Fri,24 Jun 2011 12:18 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have urged a judge to send the former chairman of bankrupt Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp to prison for the rest of his life for masterminding the $2.9 billion fraud scheme that took down the company. Full Story1 Top Geithner sees first-half U.S. growth around 2 percent Fri,24 Jun 2011 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said first half U.S. growth will likely slow to about two percent because of high energy prices and shocks to the global economy, but the underlying trend is still improving. Full Story1 Top

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