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Feds trim Bulger case, drop racketeering charges

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BOSTON - Federal prosecutors have moved to drop a 1994 racketeering indictment against mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger. Prosecutors in Boston filed the electronic notice Tuesday that they're dismissing the indictment charging Bulger with extortion, ...
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Wildfire swells near New Mexico nuclear laboratory

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LOS ALAMOS, NM - A vicious wildfire spread through the mountains above a northern New Mexico town on Tuesday, driving thousands of people from their homes as officials at a government nuclear laboratory tried to dispel concerns about the safety of ...

Office boss: Online offering won't cannabilze (Q&A)

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Microsoft, which has tiptoed into offering online versions of various Office products for years, leapt into cloud-based productivity applications in a big way today.

Linda Hogan: I Was Afraid Hulk Was Gonna Kill Me!

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Hulk Hogan's ex-wife Linda Hogan says she lived in constant fear while married to the wrestler -- claiming he would become so consumed in violent rages ... she thought he would kill her. Linda sat down with Matt Lauer on the Today Show to talk about ...

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Greek Police Clash with Protesters as Workers Strike

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Photo: AP Greek police are clashing with youths hurling rocks and firebombs in Athens at the start of a two-day general strike protesting a new round of national austerity reforms.

Iran test-fires missiles, shows secret silos

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Raouf Mohseni/AP - Iranian revolutionary Guards personnel watch the launch of a Zelzal missile during military maneuvers outside the city of Qom on Tuesday.

NATO Says it will Keep Pressure on Libyan Government

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In this picture taken on a government-guided tour, a cameraman works near a destroyed private bus of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi at an area in the Bab al-Aziziyah compound in Tripoli, June 27, 2011.

Russia Urges Syria to Implement 'Real' Reforms

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Photo: AP Mikhail Margelov, the Kremlin's Mideast envoy, left, welcomes a Syrian opposition delegation led by Washington-based rights activist Radwan Ziadeh, second from left, 28 June 2011.

Casey Anthony trial: Roy Kronk, Anthonys take stand

Chicago Tribune -
Roy Kronk, who discovered Caylee Marie's remains while working as an Orange County meter reader, took the stand this morning, appearing shortly after three members of the Anthony family testified in Casey ...

Foreman said Blagojevich jury avoided secret votes

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The jury foreman speaks out on the trial, along with her fellow jurors, following a guilty verdict on former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday.

Pawlenty faults Obama, Clinton, GOP on foreign policy

Washington Post -
NEW YORK - Presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday struck a hawkish tone on foreign policy, criticizing President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and even his own Republican Party for their views on the ...

Obama to hold more debt talks with Senate Democrats

Reuters -
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, June 28 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold another round of talks with Senate Democratic leaders on Wednesday on raising the US debt ceiling, the White House said on Tuesday.

IMF Selects Lagarde as New Managing Director

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The International Monetary Fund executive board Tuesday officially named Christine Lagarde as the next IMF director, after the French finance minister won late support from the US and several major emerging-market nations.

US Stocks Gain As Greece Fears Ease, Energy Rises; DJIA Up 107

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The energy and consumer-discretionary sectors led the way higher as US stocks posted strong gains following reports of progress in European leaders' Greek-debt negotiations.

Google Introduces Facebook Competitor, Emphasizing Privacy

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Google took its biggest leap yet onto Facebook's turf on Tuesday, introducing a social networking service called the Google+ project - which happens to look very much like Facebook.

FCC report remains neutral on wireless market competition

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An FCC report found that the wireless phone market is growing concentrated, but did not leave any clues as to how it might rule on an AT&T/T-Mobile merger.

Google activates half million Androids a day

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Activations of Android-based devices now exceed half a million per day, and are growing by 4.4 per cent each week. This news comes via a triumphal Tuesday tweet from no less an Adroidophile than Google's mobile headman Andy Rubin.

All things Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tonys

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BET executive Stephen Hill is taking the blame for the fiasco over who really won the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award –- Chris Brown or Rihanna -- at the BET Awards, calling it "human error.

Shia LaBeouf spills on Megan Fox hookup

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In the new issue of Details, conveniently timed to coincide with the Friday (July 1) of his new movie, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," star Shia LaBeouf dishes on his extremely busy love life and finally admits that he did ...

Review: 'Transformers' Is Another Loud Bruiser

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To his credit, Michael Bay does try to put more human touch into "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," aiming to make up for the clattering mess of overgrown kitchen appliances that duked it out in the franchise's last ...

America Ferrera Is Married!

People Magazine -
She may have played Ugly Betty on TV, but America Ferrera glowed as a gorgeous bride when she tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Ryan Piers Williams.

Maria Sharapova Advances to Semifinals at Wimbledon

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| AP AP June 28: Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates a point during the match against Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon.

Rosenhaus denies T.O. will retire

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We wrote this morning that we'd be surprised if Terrell Owens didn't try to come back from his torn ACL. By noon, his agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed it.

The Red Sox-Phillies series is tough for a contrarian

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I'm predisposed to being a contrarian. I'm no crazy iconoclast or uber-non-conformist - I drive an Accord for crying out loud - but that is the general impulse.

Goodell, Smith and staffs will meet without players, owners

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By Albert Breer NFL Network As promised, the NFL and players have returned for a fifth week of clandestine talks. But this time, the negotiations are taking on a decidedly different look.

Mammograms Reduce Breast Cancer Deaths, Period -- Swedish Study Finds

ABC News -
A woman is shown getting a mammogram in this file photo. (Science Photo Library/Getty Images) Mammograms save lives, period, end of story.

Patients, scientists at odds over breast cancer drug

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Breast cancer patients Pat Howard (left) and Heraleen Broome. Both are attending FDA hearings on the drug Avastin. (CNN) -- Monday morning, Patricia Howard, 66, was at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, ...

New Safety Standards for Cribs Begin Today

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June 28, 2011 -- New federal rules take effect today banning the manufacture and sale of baby cribs with drop-down side rails. The cribs have been linked to at least 32 infant deaths since 2000, according to the National Institutes of ...

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