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Officials confirm 6 dead in Nevada Amtrak crash
Sat,25 Jun 2011 11:16 PM PDT
AP -  A truck driver tried to stop his big rig before it slammed into the side of an Amtrak passenger car in the Nevada desert, killing him and at least five other people on the train and injuring about 20 others in the fiery crash, authorities said Saturday.
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Generous residents help neighbors in flooded Minot
Sat,25 Jun 2011 10:27 PM PDT
AP -  Chased from their homes by rising floodwaters and bunking with friends, clergymen Mike Johnson and Mike Pancoast did what seems to come naturally to folks around here: They hopped into a car and headed for a nearby town to help others evacuate.
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Gay marriage backers: NY vote has national impact
Sat,25 Jun 2011 07:43 PM PDT
AP -  Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and eventually they will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal. For the moment, though, they are jubilantly channeling the lyrics of "New York, New York."
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Brazen hacker group LulzSec says it's disbanding
Sat,25 Jun 2011 08:53 PM PDT
AP - A publicity-seeking hacker group that has left a trail of sabotaged websites over the last two months, including attacks on law enforcement and releases of private data, said unexpectedly on Saturday it is dissolving itself. Full Story1 | Top |
Biden warns GOP on debt ceiling talks
Sat,25 Jun 2011 06:46 PM PDT
AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday the Obama administration wouldn't let middle class Americans "carry the whole burden" to break a deadlock over the national debt limit, warning that the Republican approach would only benefit the wealthy. Full Story1 | Top |
Pa. man found guilty of killing 3 Pittsburgh cops
Sat,25 Jun 2011 06:56 PM PDT
AP - A man described by prosecutors as a malcontent weapons enthusiast and expert marksman was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and 25 lesser counts in the 2009 killings of three Pittsburgh police officers who responded to his mother's 911 call about their escalating argument over his puppies, which had urinated on the floor Full Story1 | Top |
AP-GfK Poll: People divided on looming debt crisis
Sat,25 Jun 2011 04:36 PM PDT
AP -  Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world's most powerful economy. Those are among the implications, both sudden and long-lasting, expected to unfold if the U.S. defaults on debt payments for the first time in history.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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