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Wisconsin recall election is an epic battle

Los Angeles Times -
High emotion and tons of outside money shape the fight between Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in an early test of the mood of the nation's voters.
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Miami Heat narrowly falls to the Boston Celtics in OT, series tied 2-2

MiamiHerald.com -
LeBron James struggled from the foul line, and Dwyane Wade missed the potential winning three as the Celtics tied the series. By Joseph Goodman BOSTON -- LeBron James had a good courtside seat for the Heat's second consecutive loss to the Celtics.
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Trayvon Martin gunman in custody, returning to jail

San Francisco Chronicle -
Six weeks after being released from jail on bond, George Zimmerman, who is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of Trayvon Martin, is back in police custody.
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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee: six decades of driving

Telegraph.co.uk -
On the Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend David Williams compares life on the roads in 1952 with today. By David Williams It's June 1952 and - being an average kind of chap - you're bursting with pride as you drive your shiny black Austin A40 complete ...
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2012 MTV Movie Awards: The Hunger Games and Breaking Dawn Part 1 Steal the ...

E! Online -
The electronic dance music was blasting, the F-bombs were dropping and the make-out sessions were in full-swing at this year's MTV Movie Awards Sunday night at the Gibson Amphitheatre.
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Mitt Romney camp jumps on weak jobs report

San Francisco Chronicle -
Washington -- The campaign of presumptive Republican challenger Mitt Romney seized on the weak labor market Sunday, contending that President Obama's lack of executive leadership experience undermines his policies.
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China Warns West Against Using Force in Syria

New York Times -
HONG KONG - The Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper warned on Monday against Western military intervention in Syria, in a strongly worded reminder that China, like Russia, is wary of forceful international action even as the civil conflict in ...
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Drone blitz on Pakistan enters third straight day

The Guardian -
Rockets fired from a US drone killed between eight and 15 people in north-west Pakistan on Monday, officials have said in varying accounts.
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Nigerian airplane crashes, killing all 153 onboard

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By JON GAMBRELL, AP - 1 minute ago LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighborhood in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in ...
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LAPD officer finds elderly mother shot to death

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles police officer who went to check on his mother after she didn't return his phone calls found her shot to death on Sunday.
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Air tanker crash kills 2 at Utah wildfire site

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RENO, Nev. (AP) - An air tanker dropping retardant on a remote wildfire along the Utah-Nevada line crashed Sunday afternoon, killing both crew members, authorities said.
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Big money can erase big deficits in ballot initiative races

San Jose Mercury News -
By Steven Harmon Courtesy Californians For A Cure -- Screen grab of the 15 second video ad released on May 8, 2012 by Californians For A Cure, in support of Proposition 29, the ballot initiative which would raise the cigaratte tax by an additional $1 a ...
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Shirakawa Says Bank of Japan Is Monitoring Yen's Appreciation

Bloomberg -
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said the central bank is watching how the yen's advance has been affecting the nation as Europe's debt crisis and weaker US economic data bolster demand for the currency.
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Asia stocks fall on dismal US hiring report

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By PAMELA SAMPSON, AP Business writer - 1 minute ago BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets took a beating Monday as another setback for the US economic recovery sent investors fleeing.
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Republicans rooting for failure in economy, Obama campaign says

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By JIM PUZZANGHERA WASHINGTON -- Republicans are hoping the economy continues to struggle so they can win the White House in November and should put those political concerns aside and take steps to boost job creation, top Obama campaign officials said ...
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Ministers skeptical on Elizabeth Warren

Boston.com -
Dogged by weeks of questions about whether her claims of Native American heritage helped advance her career, Elizabeth Warren now faces skepticism from some of Boston's black ministers whose appearance with Scott Brown just after his 2010 election to ...
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Samsung Galaxy S III landing on 5 US carriers in June, without quad-core

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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and US Cellular will all get Samsung's new flagship phone, the Android 4.0 Galaxy S III. by Jessica Dolcourt Coming to five carriers, starting at $200, Samsung is pushing its flagship phone hard.
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Game of Thrones Review: Dead Men Walking

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It's based on a series of novels beloved by a number of viewers, many of whom judge episodes based on the source material and a result of which means even those of us unfamiliar with George RR Martin's work are aware that there's never really an end in ...
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20-year-old Rhode Island cellist wins Miss USA

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By CRISTINA SILVA, AP - 1 minute ago LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant after voicing support for transgender beauty queens.
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Tiger Woods wins Memorial with late charge

San Francisco Chronicle -
DUBLIN, Ohio - Tiger Woods was at his best Sunday at the Memorial. He hit nearly every shot just the way he wanted, worked the gallery into a frenzy with one last charge over the final hour and left everyone buzzing - especially Jack Nicklaus - with a ...
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Niese is latest Mets pitcher to shut down slumping Cardinals, Ks career-high ...

Washington Post -
NEW YORK - Carlos Beltran and the St. Louis Cardinals were the top-hitting team in the National League when they arrived in New York.
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Devils Putting Best Spin on Being Down, and Away

New York Times -
LOS ANGELES - The Devils arrived here Sunday, confronted by stark history. Their task: overcome a 2-0 deficit in the Stanley Cup finals against the Los Angeles Kings, a team that seems to have forgotten how to lose.
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A Star, and Maybe a Future One

New York Times -
PARIS It did not seem fair, what happened on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Sunday afternoon, where Roger Federer advanced to his 32nd straight Grand Slam quarterfinal at the expense of an opponent who looked more like Harry Potter, or perhaps Federer's own ...
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Space shuttle Enterprise towed to NJ; halfway on trip to final spot atop NYC ...

Washington Post -
NEW YORK - The prototype space shuttle Enterprise has arrived in New Jersey, the first half of its trip to the flight deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier in New York City.
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Here's how to photograph Venus and the sun safely

msnbc.com -
Witnessed only seven times since the time of Galileo, Venus's solar crossing on Tuesday is a rare and historic event that shouldn't be missed.
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A Drug for Advanced Melanoma Is Found to Prolong Patients' Lives

New York Times -
CHICAGO - A new type of drug prolonged the lives of patients with advanced melanoma in a clinical trial, potentially adding to a growing number of therapies for a disease that was once nearly untreatable.
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Most new moms don't meet own breastfeeding goals

Reuters -
By Andrew M. Seaman | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two thirds of new mothers who intended to breastfeed exclusively for several months or more didn't meet their own goals in a new study.

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