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US: Al Qaida's No. 2, Abu Yahya al Libi, killed in Pakistan

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By Matthew Schofield and Lesley Clark WASHINGTON -- US officials on Tuesday confirmed the death in Pakistan of the No. 2 official in al Qaida's central organization, Abu Yahya al Libi, the latest senior operative killed in the United States' campaign ...
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What's next for California's gay marriage ban

San Jose Mercury News -
By Howard Mintz Likely developments as Tuesday's federal court decision against reconsidering California's voter-approved ban on gay marriage lines the issue up for a US Supreme Court hearing.
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Voting brisk in closely watched Wisconsin recall

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* Republican Scott Walker faces voters in swing state * Union restrictions he enacted prompted rare recall vote * Barometer of political climate ahead of presidential election * Test of strength between unions and conservative opponents By Nick Carey ...
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Nintendo pins hopes on holiday-ready "Wii U"

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* Wii U comes with custom "Super Mario" title * Video content beefed up * System can work with two GamePad controllers By Liana B. Baker and Malathi Nayak LOS ANGELES, June 5 (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd will launch a console with a dedicated "Super ...
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Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations draw to close

Washington Post -
LONDON - The curtain fell Tuesday on a four-day extravaganza marking Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne, culminating with deafening applause from the hundreds of thousands who gathered outside Buckingham Palace to catch a glimpse of the ...
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Syria expels Western diplomats

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By PATRICK J. MCDONNELL BEIRUT -- Syria retaliated Tuesday for last week's expulsions of its diplomats from Washington and other capitals, barring or expelling a series of foreign envoys from 11 nations, including the United States.
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VIEW: Carnage in Syria — SP Seth

Pakistan Daily Times -
The carnage in Syria looks never-ending. The recent grisly scenes of battered corpses posted on the Internet are the worst of its kind since the uprising began March 2011.
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Bereaved walk among Nigeria plane dead

Sydney Morning Herald -
Mourners have walked silently between rows of the dead from a plane crash in Nigeria that killed the 153 people aboard the airliner and others on the ground, peering into burned faces in hopes of claiming the remains of their loved ones.
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Senate GOP blocks Democrats' equal pay bill

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By LAURIE KELLMAN, AP - 2 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a Democratic bill calling for equal pay in the workplace.
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Man shooed from bookstore's kids section

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 5 (UPI) -- An Arizona man looking for books for his grandchildren says he was booted from a Scottsdale bookstore because he was a man alone in the children's section.
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Germany's Merkel wants European jobs integration

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| MESEBERG, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the full integration of Europe's labor market on Tuesday, saying that moving where jobs were available should be made easier.
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Facebook Extends Share Declines Since IPO

Bloomberg -
Facebook Inc. (FB) shares extended their decline today following a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed sagging interest in the site and a minority of users being influenced by ads and comments when making purchasing decisions.
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Fannie Mae Taps Tim Mayopoulos, Former BofA General Counsel, For CEO Slot

Forbes -
Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae announced a replacement for departing Chief Executive Michael Williams Tuesday, almost five months after he announced his planned departure, and the board did have to go all that far to find the new man for the job.
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Romney Courts Hispanics by Assailing Obama on Economy

Bloomberg -
Mitt Romney, working to chip away at President Barack Obama's advantage among a crucial voting bloc, blamed him for rising joblessness and poverty rates plaguing Hispanic Americans and said that in the White House he would improve their lot.
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Bill Clinton: Extend all Bush-era tax cuts for a year

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* Clinton comments run counter to Obama campaign * Low tax rates expire at end of the year WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday jumped into the debate over how to handle the looming expiration of historically low tax ...
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WASHINGTON – Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney's private email ...

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WASHINGTON - Authorities are investigating whether Mitt Romney's private email account was hacked. On Tuesday, the website Gawker reported that an anonymous hacker had signed into Romney's personal Hotmail account.
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Is Airtime (a clothed version of Chatroulette) destined to fail?

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(CNN) -- It sounds like a name-dropping marketer's dream: Sean Parker -- the Napster co-creator who was played by Justin Timberlake in "The Social Network" -- creates a Facebook-connected app and gets celebrities like actress Olivia Munn, ...
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Biz Break: Google and Oracle continue acquisition sprees as Facebook stock ...

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By Jeremy C. Owens FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2010 file photo, the Google logo is displayed in the company's New York office. Google is already facing spasms of suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust their personal documents, ...
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Microsoft extends $99 Xbox Kinect deal to Best Buy, GameStop

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Microsoft is extending its $99 Xbox and Kinect bundle to Best Buy and GameStop stores. The deal first rolled out in early May exclusively on Microsoft's online store, allowing customers to get the console and motion controller at a deep discount if ...
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Sheryl Crow has reason to forget

Las Vegas Review - Journal -
Singer Sheryl Crow arrives Friday for the Tag Heuer watch party at Mix lounge at Mandalay Bay. Crow says she's not worried about a brain tumor she has because it's benign.
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Herb Reed of vocal group The Platters dead at 83

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By Ros Krasny | BOSTON (Reuters) - Herb Reed, the last of the founding members of 1950s R&B crooners The Platters, known for hits such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "Twilight Time," has died at the age of 83.
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Debra Messing Files for Divorce

People Magazine -
By Dahvi Shira Debra Messing has filed to officially end her marriage to Daniel Zelman, six months after the pair announced their separation.
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Djokovic, Federer Come Back, Set French Rematch

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As the chilly evening air swirled, and raindrops fell, and the thousands of spectators pulling for his opponent hushed, Novak Djokovic stood a single point from exiting the French Open.
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Dominika Cibulkova on Sam Stosur: 'She played like a man'

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By Chris Chase By Chris Chase | Busted Racquet - 1 hour 29 minutes ago (Getty Images)It tends to go one of two ways for female tennis stars.
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UPDATE 1-Baseball-Former Dodgers manager Lasorda suffers heart attack

Chicago Tribune -
* Doctors at hospital fixed blocked artery * Lasorda expected to be released in a day (Adds detail, quote) June 5 (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda suffered a mild heart attack in New York on Monday and was ...
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Out of Asia? New Primate Fossils Pose Origin Riddle

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By ScienceNow By Ann Gibbons, ScienceNOW Researchers agree that our immediate ancestors, the upright walking apes, arose in Africa.
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Atom Split Into Two And Then Put Back Together Using Quantum Mechanics

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An atom has been split into halves, separated, and then put back together, in new research from the University of Bonn. The word “atom” literally means “indivisible,” yet quantum mechanics allows an atom to be split and put back together in a way ...
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Depression Therapy: Phone Sometimes as Good as in Person

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Telephone therapy may be just as good as in-person therapy for treating depression symptoms, at least for the short term, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Disney's new diet for kids: No more junk food ads

Wall Street Journal -
AP NEW YORK - There won't be any more candy, sugar cereal or fast food on TV with the morning cartoons. The Walt Disney Co. Tuesday became the first major media company to ban ads for junk food on its television channels, radio stations and websites, ...
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ASCO: Ginseng Fights Fatigue in Cancer

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By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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