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Al Franken declared winner after 8-month battle

Philadelphia Inquirer - Brian Bakst - ‎2 hours ago‎
AP ST. PAUL, Minn. - Al Franken went yesterday from the ranks of former Saturday Night Live comedians to the US Senate, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month-long recount battle and courtroom saga.

Teen recovers after miracle rescue from jet crash

AFP - ‎7 minutes ago‎
MORONI (AFP) - Teenager Bahia Bakari recovered in hospital Wednesday a day after miraculously surviving the Yemeni jet crash off the Comoros feared to have killed 152 other people.

Losing Honduras, Zelaya Wins Outside Support

New York Times - Marc Lacey - ‎1 hour ago‎
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Manuel Zelaya was close to slipping into Honduran history books as a former president with ideas as large as his signature Stetson hat, but nowhere near enough political consensus to remake his troubled country.

11th-hour votes on state budget fail

Los Angeles Times - Shane GoldmacherMichael Rothfeld - ‎2 hours ago‎
Rich Pedroncelli / AP Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), responds to a question concerning the cash crisis during a news conference at the Capitol.

Iraq's 'Milestone' Day Marred by Fatal Blast

Washington Post - Ernesto LondoñoAnn Scott Tyson - ‎2 hours ago‎
While more than 130000 US troops remain in Iraq, patrols by heavily armed soldiers in hulking vehicles have largely disappeared from Iraq's urban centers, as the United States turns over security to Iraqi police and soldiers.

SC gov gambles to 'lay it all out' about affair

The Associated Press - Tamara LushBrett J. Blackledge - ‎1 hour ago‎
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - After days of assuring the public he was firmly in control after admitting a scandalous affair, South Carolina Gov.

Israel downplays settlement rift

BBC News - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has denied any impasse with the US over Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank as talks ended without agreement.

As Iran Seeks to Quash Foes, Ahmadinejad Cancels Africa Trip

New York Times - Michael SlackmanAlan Cowell - ‎1 hour ago‎
CAIRO - As the Iranian government sought to close the book on weeks of protest that presented the strongest challenge to its authority in 30 years, an opposition candidate in the disputed June 12 voting again ...

EPA lets state get tougher on new vehicles

San Francisco Chronicle - Matthew B. StannardJennifer Dlouhy - ‎2 hours ago‎
(06-30) 19:21 PDT -- Federal officials on Tuesday cleared California to impose tough greenhouse gas limits on new motor vehicles that more than a dozen other states can follow immediately and that will form the basis of new nationwide rules in 2012.

Drive-By Shooting at Detroit Bus Stop Injures 7 Teenagers

New York Times - ‎7 hours ago‎
By AP DETROIT (AP) - Gunmen in a minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school on Tuesday, wounding seven, the authorities said.

Freight Train Derailment and Explosion Kill 16 in Italy

New York Times - Rachel DonadioSofia Groopman - ‎1 hour ago‎
Lorenzo Galassi/AP A firefighter sprayed down a car of a freight train that was carrying liquefied petroleum gas. The train derailed late Monday.

Supreme Court decisions made in the 2008-09 term

The Associated Press - ‎2 hours ago‎
Some of the significant cases the Supreme Court decided in its 2008-09 term: REVERSE DISCRIMINATION The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn.

Treasury spells out details of consumer financial-protection plan

MiamiHerald.com - Kevin G. Hall - ‎2 hours ago‎
Congress will review President Barack Obama's plan to gather consumer protection powers now spread among many bank regulators and place them under a Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

Iraq Fails to Award Most Oil Contracts in Historic Bid Round

Bloomberg - Anthony DiPaolaGrant Smith - ‎23 minutes ago‎
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq failed to award most contracts it offered yesterday in a bidding round aimed at attracting foreign partners and their cash, leaving the country seeking new ways to develop the world's ...

African summit opens in Libya without Iran leader

The Associated Press - ‎17 minutes ago‎
SIRTE, Libya (AP) - Iran's president canceled a last-minute call to attend an African Union summit in Libya on Wednesday amid a stir among African delegates, who complained the contentious Iranian leader would divert the conference's attention from ...

Panel wants openly gay guardsman discharged

San Francisco Chronicle - Joe Garofoli - ‎2 hours ago‎
A military review panel recommended Tuesday that National Guard Lt. Dan Choi, the gay Arabic translator who became a national figure in fighting the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy after declaring his sexuality on television, be discharged ...

Palin: I'd come out ahead in run against Obama

The Associated Press - Mary Pemberton - ‎57 minutes ago‎
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she'd come out ahead if she went one-on-one with fellow jogger President Barack Obama in a long run.
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North Korean ship under US scrutiny changes course

The Associated Press - Kwang-Tae Kim - ‎1 hour ago‎
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A North Korean ship under scrutiny for more than a week by the US Navy has changed course and was heading back the way it came, US officials said, as Pyongyang warned Wednesday it will take military action if anyone attempts ...

Public Enemies

Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum - ‎4 hours ago‎
The massive financial rip-off masterminded by Bernard Madoff, an extended crime spree that harmed thousands, is proof enough that public enemies still walk among us.

US Targets Firms Tied To N. Korea Arms Trade

Washington Post - Glenn Kessler - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Obama administration yesterday began a campaign to curtail North Korea's ability to finance its trade in missiles and nuclear materials, with the Treasury and State Departments announcing actions against two North Korean companies, ...

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