World News
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Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
CANNES, France (AP) -- The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette....
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Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine....
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Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning....
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Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war....
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French president signs gay marriage into law
PARIS (AP) -- France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples and ending months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate....
US News
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Probe into Conn. train crash giving way to cleanup
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- Investigators will look closely at a broken section of rail to see if it is connected to the commuter train derailment and collision outside New York City that left dozens injured, as the focus begins to shift toward cleanup and rebuilding ahead of challenging times for travelers and commuters along the Northeast Corridor....
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Hofstra student killed by police during break-in
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) -- In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University....
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$590M-plus Powerball: 1 winning ticket sold in Fla
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday....
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1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the second one....
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Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
NEW YORK (AP) -- A gunman used homophobic slurs before firing a fatal shot point-blank into a man's face on a Manhattan street alive with a weekend midnight crowd, a killing New York's police commissioner called an "anti-gay" hate crime....
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New accusations are being leveled at a late term abortionist this time in Texas
America was horrified by the testimony that came forth during the trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, who was sentenced this week to life imprisonment for the murder of three babies born alive at his abortion operation. Now four former workers at a Houston abortion facility are making accusations that describe the killing of live [...]
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EU to ban olive oil jugs from restaurants
The Telegraph – Bruno Waterfield The European Union is to ban olive oil jugs and dipping bowls from restaurant tables The small glass jugs filled with green or gold coloured extra virgin olive oil are familiar and traditional for restaurant goers across Europe but they will be banned from 1 January 2014 after a decision [...]
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2 Minnesota women sentenced for funding Somali militants
CNN - Faith Karimi A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants. Authorities said the two women went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada, seeking contributions. Amina Farah Ali, 36, got two decades in [...]
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KUHNER: Lawless in office
The Washington Times – Jeffrey T Kuhner All the president’s problems lead to his own doorstep President Obama is facing a perfect storm of scandals, cover-ups and criminality that threatens to sweep him from power. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the first Watergate hearings. They eventually brought down President Nixon, forcing him to resign. [...]
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Police: Suspects ID’d in British girl’s ’07 disappearance
CNN British police have identified a number of suspects in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday. A review was launched in 2011 in an attempt to find out what happened to the British toddler who vanished from the family’s holiday apartment in Praia da [...]
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Sports News
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Couture's OT goal gives Sharks 2-1 win over Kings
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The Los Angeles Kings are now the team bemoaning a late penalty while the San Jose Sharks celebrate a dramatic win....
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Pacers knock out Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana spent the entire season perfecting its defense....
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Jimmie Johnson races to record 4th All-Star win
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Cross another milestone off of Jimmie Johnson's list. He stands alone in All-Star history....