Al Franken declared winner after 8-month battlePhiladelphia Inquirer - - 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.
Video: Norm Coleman Concedes Minnesota Senate Race
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Key dates in the Al Franken-Norm Coleman Senate recount Los Angeles Times
Losing Honduras, Zelaya Wins Outside SupportNew York Times - - 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.
Search for plane expands off ComorosCNN International - 7 minutes ago
(CNN) -- The French navy will join Yemeni authorities in expanded search and rescue efforts Wednesday off Comoros in the Indian Ocean, following the crash of a Yemenia Airways jet a day earlier.
Video: Yemeni Airline Crashes With 153 on Board
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Iraq's 'Milestone' Day Marred by Fatal Blast
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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.
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As Iran Seeks to Quash Foes, Ahmadinejad Cancels Africa Trip
New York Times - - 2 hours 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 ...
Iran shuts newspaper challenging Ahmadinejad The Associated Press
Freight Train Derailment and Explosion Kill 16 in Italy
New York Times - - 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.
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11th-hour votes on state budget fail
Los Angeles Times - - 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.
Calif. Senate fails to break budget deadlock San Jose Mercury News
SC gov gambles to 'lay it all out' about affair
The Associated Press - - 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.
Sanford admits more visits with 'soul mate' Philadelphia Inquirer
S. Carolina GOP Has Been Wary of Bauer Washington Post
EPA lets state get tougher on new vehicles
San Francisco Chronicle - - 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.
US adopts California auto emissions standards Baltimore Sun
South African Manufacturing PMI Gained for Second Month in June
Bloomberg - - 25 minutes ago
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's purchasing managers' index gained for the second month in a row in June, indicating that the pace of decline in manufacturing may have eased, Kagiso Securities Ltd.
UK manufacturing output on the increase guardian.co.uk
Stocks ready to advance
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
Investors start the third quarter with key economic reports on manufacturing, auto sales and employment. By CNNMoney.com staff How will the economy fare in the second half of 2009?
Video: June 30: Huge 2Q Gains for Standard and Poor's
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Caterpillar Falls to Lead the Dow Down on the Day Wall Street Journal
New Orleans: Fastest growing city
CNNMoney.com - 5 hours ago
Annual census report highlights Big Easy's big charge back since Katrina. Small cities in Texas, North Carolina and Arizona are right behind it.
Detroit's boosted census count may skew others in Wayne County Detroit Free Press
Population numbers bounce back in cities USA Today
China's Internet backdown lauded by firms, activists
Washington Post - - 2 hours ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed AN abrupt delay of the contentious ...
China allows more time for controversial internet filter (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
Firefox 3.5: Excellent for fans, but competition getting tougher
CNET News - - 10 hours ago
Firefox 3.5 brings the world's second-most popular browser up to speed with current browsing technology and trends, and perhaps nudges it just a bit ahead of the competition.
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Pirate Bay Users Jump Ship Over Site Sale
PC World - - 10 hours ago
Calling The Pirate Bay's owners “sellouts” who made a “deal with the devil,” users of the notorious torrent-tracking site expressed their frustrations across the Internet today.
Hands On: The Video Bay PC Magazine
Swedish Software Firm Buys Filesharing Site Pirate Bay Wall Street Journal
Public Enemies
Entertainment Weekly - - 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.
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Memorial event for Michael Jackson still under discussion
Los Angeles Times - - 3 hours ago
A wreath on the front gate of Neverland is changed as dozens of Michael Jackson fans look on. Services at Staples Center and Neverland are considered, as well as a 125-mile funeral procession from LA to the Santa Barbara County ranch.
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Michael Jackson's will surfaces
Los Angeles Times - - 2 hours ago
The posthumous affairs of Michael Jackson boiled down to two things Tuesday: His memorial service will draw a huge crowd and the settling of his estate will be complicated.
Doubt over Michael's kids Chicago Sun-Times
Family Reviews Michael Jackson's Will People Magazine
Orioles rally for stunning 11-10 win over Boston
The Associated Press - - 1 hour ago
BALTIMORE (AP) - Terry Francona nearly carved a path into the infield grass at Camden Yards while walking from the dugout to the mound.
Old bawl game Boston Globe
Yankees win sixth straight
Boston Globe - 3 hours ago
Melky Cabrera hits his run-scoring double against the Mariners in the eighth inning as the Yankees defeated Seattle to extend their winning streak.
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Pistons fans love, hate move to fire Michael Curry
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago
Chiavon: He (Joe Dumars) won the Title. Any talk about how Joe should be fired, he shouldn't be a GM, yadda yadda. … Has Dumars made mistakes?
Curry fired in 'difficult decision' for Pistons Atlanta Journal Constitution
Michael Curry is latest coach to be fired by Pistons Los Angeles Times
New Zealand influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases rise to 711
Xinhua - - 59 minutes ago
WELLINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The number of influenza A/H1N1 confirmed cases in New Zealand rose to 711 on Wednesday, up 58 from 653 on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health said.
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Panel Recommends Ban on 2 Popular Painkillers
New York Times - - 6 hours ago
ADELPHI, Md. - A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the world, because of their effects on the liver.
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Kennedy Seeks Public Health Insurance Plan That Finances Self
Bloomberg - - 3 hours ago
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Edward M. Kennedy's committee will propose creating a government-backed alternative to private insurance designed to pay for itself after getting federal start-up money.
Senate health panel readies gov't insurance option The Associated Press
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.
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7 teens shot outside Detroit school Boston Herald
Panel wants openly gay guardsman discharged
San Francisco Chronicle - - 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 ...
Board: Discharge gay NY National Guard officer The Associated Press
'Dismissed,' Army board tells gay soldier Times Herald-Record
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.
Ricci vs. DeStefano decision disappoints San Francisco Chronicle