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Crowley: A picture-perfect day in Unity
CNN - 43 minutes ago
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama leave Washington on Friday for a rally in New Hampshire. Sen. Barack Obama, on the tarmac at Reagan Washington National Airport, reached out to shake Sen. Hillary Clinton's hand and leaned down to kiss her ...

Video: Clinton: Obama Will Provide The Change America Deserves

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Campaign Memo For Obama, a Pragmatist’s Shift Toward the Center New York Times
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NRA sues San Francisco to overturn a ban on guns in city-run ...
Los Angeles Times - 41 minutes ago
The action follows a US Supreme Court ruling that people have a right to handguns in their homes. By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- The National Rifle Assn.

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Burrowing muskrat causes levee to fail in Missouri
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A heroic effort by hundreds of townspeople, volunteers and National Guardsmen to hold back the Mississippi River failed Friday - undone by a burrowing muskrat.
Missouri Town Evacuated Following Levee Breach Washington Post
Flooding Mississippi Breaks Levee, Heavy Rain Coming (Update3) Bloomberg
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Wildfire threatens key California power lines
Reuters - 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wildfires in Northern California caused major power lines to trip off-line on Friday afternoon, and the state power grid manager restricted maintenance work by utilities for the rest of the day, said the California Independent ...
1100-acre wildfire among 12 blazes in Colorado San Diego Union Tribune
Gov. Schwarzenegger Asks Bush to Declare Fire Emergency as ... FOXNews
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Reid Hopes Recess Heat Will Change Medicare Votes
CBS News - 2 hours ago
By Martin Kady II (The Politico) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seems happy to let Republicans squirm over the next week as senior citizens and doctors hammer the GOP for blocking a bill that would prevent a significant cut in Medicare payments.
Senate Fails to Block Cut in Doctors’ Medicare Fees New York Times
Senate Clears $162 Billion War-Funding Measure Wall Street Journal
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Congress stunned by Bush officials disdain on torture
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
Democrats in Congress are still reeling over the lip they got yesterday from the Bush administration's key experts on torture.
Yoo's Congressional Testimony Contradicted By Details In His Book The Public Record
Two Testify on Memo Spelling Out Interrogation New York Times
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Missing Vermont girl linked to MySpace activity
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) - The search for a missing 12-year-old Vermont girl who triggered the state's first Amber Alert centered Friday on the social networking site MySpace after divers discovered nothing in a lake near where some of her belongings were ...
Divers Launch Lake Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Vermont Girl FOXNews
Cyber-Link Triggers 1st Vermont Amber Alert ABC News
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Millionaire gets 40 months for enslaving maids
CNN - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A Long Island millionaire was sentenced to 40 months in prison Friday for enslaving two house maids, US Attorney Robert Nardoza said.

Video: NY Millionaire Gets Prison for Enslaving Workers

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Pregnancy Pact Principal Stands Firm
New York Times - 9 hours ago
By Mike Nizza One of many journalists who have descended on Gloucester High School in the wake of an explosive report on pregnancy pacts.
Principal Stands by Pregnancy 'Pact' ABC News
The ideology of teen pregnancy Financial Times
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Louisiana gov. signs controversial education bill
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into law a bill that critics say could allow for the teaching of "creationism" alongside evolution in public schools.
Jindal's Hometown Headaches ABC News
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Atlanta City Council balks at mayor's tax hike
Bizjournals.com - 6 hours ago
Atlanta City Council decided Friday to roll back much of a controversial property tax increase proposed by Mayor Shirley Franklin, even though it would mean more spending cuts in a tight budget.
Detroit council urged to back creation of tunnel authority DetNews.com
Slightly lower taxes for most Atlantans approved Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Fed Board Nominee Duke Gets Confirmed by US Senate (Update3)
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Scott Lanman June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Elizabeth Duke, a Virginia banker, was confirmed today by the Senate to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, breaking a yearlong impasse between the Bush administration and Congress.
Senate confirms banker Duke to Fed board Reuters
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Va. judge: church secession law is constitutional
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Eleven conservative Episcopal churches won a legal victory Friday when a circuit court judge upheld a Virginia law allowing congregations to vote to secede from their parent denominations.
Va. judge sides with breakaway Episcopal churches Chicago Tribune
Ruling Favors Breakaway Congregations in Va. Suit Washington Post
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Autopsy Awaited in Mysterious Death of Pregnant Soldier Found in ...
FOXNews - 10 hours ago
AP Authorities were awaiting an autopsy report Friday in the mysterious death of a pregnant soldier, found dead in a hotel bathtub in North Carolina.

Video: Pregnant Fort Bragg Soldier's Death 'Suspicious'

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Warrant: Body of pregnant soldier found in tub The Associated Press
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US says Taliban attacks may rise this year
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Andrew Gray WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Taliban has created a "resilient insurgency" in Afghanistan and will likely maintain or increase the pace of its attacks this year, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Pentagon: Taliban a resilient force in Afghanistan The Associated Press
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Police say teens beat homeless Ohio man to death
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
CLEVELAND (AP) - A group of teenagers beat a homeless man to death as passers-by slowed to watch the attack, some of which was caught on videotape, police said.
Teens beat homeless Ohio man to death Akron Beacon Journal
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SI Officials Turn Out for Powers Funeral
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By Jonathan P. Hicks Staten Island officials, Republican and Democrat alike, turned out in strong numbers on Friday for the funeral of Francis H. Powers, the candidate for Congress who died on Saturday of a heart attack at age 67.
Son disrupts Frank Powers funeral New York Daily News
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Bush gets bill to end blocks to Mandela
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Bush a bill on Friday that once signed into law will allow Nelson Mandela to visit the United States without the secretary of state having to certify that he is not a terrorist.
Mandela still on US terror list Baltimore Sun
US Congress erases terror label from Mandela's name Reuters South Africa
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Women Battle for Rights at Phoenix Country Club
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER PHOENIX - When the men of the Phoenix Country Club saw their feeding ways in peril, they did not tarry. Some sent nasty e-mail messages, hectored players on the fairway, and, for good measure, urinated on a fellow club member’s ...

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Waits Plague Transfers of Children to Relatives’ Care
New York Times - 9 hours ago
Marion Mosley, center, with her daughter Mia Johnson, left, and Mia’s son Sean, 4. Ms. Mosley and Ms. Johnson have applied for guardianship of five relatives nearby in Washington.