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18 min ago | Yahoo!

2 SAfrican deminers killed in Mogadishu attack

Associated Press/Farah Abdi Warsameh - Somali government soldiers gather in front of the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

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Related Topix: Somalia, World News, Africa, Santa Ana, CA, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles, CA

4 hrs ago | SFGate

Goldstar's Jim McCarthy on why live is better

Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game.

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Related Topix: Goldstar, Priceline, Travelzoo, Advertising, Startups, YouTube, Theater, Arts

5 hrs ago | News Max

Michael Hastings Killed: War Reporter Who Tripped Up McChrystal

A war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general has died in a car accident in Los Angeles , The Associated Press reported..

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Related Topix: US Military, Hastings, US Army, BuzzFeed, Journalism

9 hrs ago | KEYC Television, Mankato, MN

18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK - The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.

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Related Topix: New York, NY, Restaurant Management, Life, Food, Medicine, Nutrition

Tue Jun 18, 2013

CBS 3 Springfield

Here is the latest Massachusetts news from The Associated Press

He admits to killing 20 people during his career as a criminal, but former James "Whitey" Bulger cohort John Martorano insists he's a "nice guy."

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Related Topix: Holyoke, MA, Springfield, MA

Seattle Times

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,103

As of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at least 2,103 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.

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Related Topix: Youngstown, FL

Merced Sun-Star

Our View: Shield law needed more than ever

Journalists shouldn't be prosecuted for just doing their jobs and informing the public.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, George Bush, US Military Prisons, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Charles Schumer, US Senate, Democrat

Seattle Times

Civil rights groups sue NYPD over Muslim spying

Civil rights lawyers urged a federal judge to declare the New York Police Department's widespread spying programs directed at Muslims to be unconstitutional, order police to stop their surveillance and destroy any records in police files.

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Related Topix: New York, NY

North County Public Radio

Tuesday's news briefs from the Associated Press

Cuomo and legislative leaders hold private talks on Monday and reveal very little.

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Related Topix: New York, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Albany, NY, Champlain, NY

Star Tribune

A Nazi in our midst? Pursuit of justice must persist

This is the home in NE Minneapolis where 94 year old Michael Karkoc lives. He is accused of being a top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to ... (more)

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Related Topix: Opinion

Daily Kos

Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' may need a new nickname after two fatal blasts

Not that there should be tighter oversight of the Louisiana chemical industry or anything, but there were fatal blasts at two different Louisiana chemical plants last week.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Chemicals, CF Industries, Environmental Law, Law, OSHA

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Marshfield News-Herald

Russian president Vladimir Putin says Robert Kraft's Patriots Super Bowl ring a gift

In this June 25, 2005 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl ring belonging to New England Patriots NFL football team owner Robert Kraft during a meeting of American business executives at the 18th century Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Related Topix: Vladimir Putin, New York

The Huffington Post

CBS News Reporter Is 'Outraged'

CBS News' Sharyl Attkisson appeared on "CBS This Morning" on Monday and said she was "outraged" by her computer being hacked.

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Related Topix: CBS, Media, IGN Entertainment, Century Media Records, Fox Interactive Media, Music, CBS This Morning, Entertainment, Television

Asbury Park Press

Investors guess at Fed's actions, push stocks higher

In this June 11 photo, specialist Christopher Carella works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets

WNYT NewsChannel 13

NY sens. introduce new women's bill

The New York state Senate's Independent Democratic Conference is countering Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point women's rights bill with one that drops the abortion proposal threatening to sink Cuomo's proposal.

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Related Topix: Andrew Cuomo, US Governors

NewsBusters.org

AP, Politico, Others Ignoring CNET Scoop: 'NSA Admits Listening...

In a four-paragraph "Big Story" item time-stamped 10:48 a.m. , Stephen Braun at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Press , names several Sunday news program guests who he writes are "are supporting the government's collection of phone and Internet data following new revelations about the secret surveillance programs aimed at disrupting ... (more)

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Related Topix: Dick Cheney, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jerrold Nadler

Sun Jun 16, 2013

WALB-TV Albany

Miss Connecticut wins Miss USA contest in Vegas

Erin Brady of South Glastonbury, Conn., won the beauty pageant Sunday night after strutting in a white sparkly gown and answering a question about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding widespread DNA tests.

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Related Topix: Glastonbury, CT, South Glastonbury, CT, Central Connecticut State University

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Scientists moving 15-ton magnet from NY to Chicago

By FRANK ELTMAN Associated Press UPTON, N.Y. - A 50-foot-wide electromagnet built in suburban New York is headed on a five-week journey to Chicago.

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Related Topix: Upton, NY

CBS Atlanta

Family tweets indicate Kim Kardashian gives birth

An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that... An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest ... (more)

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Prison, Washington DC

SlashGear.com

SlashGear 101: PRISM, FISA, and the modern NSA

Since the beginning of June, the public has been privy to an ever-expanding flower of information springing from the NSA tagged with the code name PRISM.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Gonzales, W., George Bush

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