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3 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Northeastern student held on sex assault charges

A Northeastern University student was held on $30,000 bail today on charges he attacked a woman at knifepoint, threatened to rape her and started cutting her clothes off early Saturday, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Wentworth Institute of Technology

7 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Kurds fight for place in Syrian civil war

Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, Syria's Kurdish minority has carved out a once unthinkable degree of independence in their areas, creating their own police forces, even their own license plates, and exuberantly going public with their language and culture.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East

11 hrs ago | Chambersburg Public Opinion

Hagerstown man charged with murder

Around 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Hagerstown Department of Police responded to the wooded area behind 339 W. Antietam Street for a deceased adult male.

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Related Topix: Hagerstown, MD

15 hrs ago | WAPT-TV Jackson

Rouhani: Economy, global dialogue priorities

Repairing Iran's economy and engaging in more dialogue -- both at home and abroad -- will be the top priorities of Iran's presidential administration, centrist President-elect Hassan Rouhani said in his first news conference Monday.

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19 hrs ago | Boston Herald

Prosecutor: John Martorano's a charmer

The Florida prosecutor who used admitted murderer John Martorano's testimony to put away corrupt ex-FBI agent John J. Connolly said the former hit man apparently intimidated jurors at first but eventually charmed them.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Boston Herald

Graham: Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016

Republicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, Robert Menendez, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Boston Herald

Jet with President GW Bush makes emergency landing

A private jet that had former President George W. Bush on board made an emergency landing after the smell of smoke was reported in the cockpit.

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Related Topix: George Bush, W., US News, Federal Aviation Administration

TheBostonChannel.com

4 shootings in Omaha leave 3 dead

Two shooting victims were killed, as was one gunman, who was not identified, police said.

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Boston Herald

Turkish police crack down on revival of protests

Turkish riot police fired tear gas and water cannon on Sunday at still defiant demonstrators after authorities evicted activists from an Istanbul park, maintaining their hard line against attempts to rekindle protests that have shaken the country.

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Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, Riot, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Boston Herald

Small government loses in 'wars' on drugs, sex

In May 1918, with America embroiled in the First World War, Iowa's Gov. William Lloyd Harding dealt a blow against Germany.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Iowa

TheBostonChannel.com

Rouhani takes early lead in Iranian election

Iran's presidential election results trickled in Saturday, with early tallies giving centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani a clear lead at just over 50% of the vote, according to state media.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

San Bernardino County Sun

Doug McIntyre: When the wife's away, this cat's over at Denny's

The wife is away again - where does she go? - and that means I have to forage for myself, which is how I landed at Denny's at 11:30 on Saturday night for my first meal of the day.

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Dallas Morning News

Under the cloud of a spy scandal, AT&T and Verizon should speak up

Dallas-based AT&T Inc. refuses to weigh in on the spy scandal, even though it's crucial to the secret programs.

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Related Topix: Dallas, TX, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, AT&T, Startups, Versant

Ennisdailynews.com

We're all watching closely

It's never good for the publisher of the local newspaper to admit it, but apparently I have been out of touch with some in this community when it comes to the status of our schools.

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KMIZ

GOP: Education system 'congested' with mandates

A Senate committee voted this week to move forward with a Democratic-backed education plan, but Republicans argue the proposal forces the country's school systems to further rely on the federal government.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican, Tom Harkin, Democrat, Standardized Testing, Education

Boston Herald

Christian college expels lesbian, charges tuition

Danielle Powell was going through a hard time in the spring of 2011, just months away from graduating from a conservative Christian college in Nebraska.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Psychology, Science, Grace University, Transgender

Denver Post

Day's Worst: DirecTV tells man he owes $400 after his house is destroyed in fire

A house is fully engulfed with flames in the midst of the Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs on June 12, 2013.

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Related Topix: Directv, Cable & Satellite, Black Forest, CO, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Colorado Springs, CO

The Review

What's your favorite memory of times spent with your father?

Any time we spent cooking meals when my mom was at work -- pork chops and fried potatoes because that's all he knew how to cook.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

CBC News

Russell: Brazil is where soccer is sacred

Brazil is hosting the FIFA Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup and is a country where soccer is part of the cultural fabric.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Olympic, Neymar, Olympics, Olympic Football, Summer Olympics, Olympic Soccer, FIFA World Cup, FIFA Soccer World Cup

Daily Camera

Guest opinion: The death of common sense

This late spring and early summer I spent some time in rural Nebraska and Wyoming.

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