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Colorado wildfire: High Park Fire hurries homeowners, firefighters

Denver Post -
By Tom McGhee LAPORTE - A fast-moving blaze like the High Park fire, which has ripped through 14000 acres northwest of Fort Collins, put the rush on homeowners and firefighters alike.
One person missing in Colo. wildfire
Massive Colo., NM wildfires to worsen

Police probe crashes linked to commerce sec.

Sacramento Bee -
AP LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say they're investigating two traffic collisions allegedly caused by US Commerce Secretary John Bryson that left him injured.
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Independent bookstores embrace digital publishing

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Clare Dickens only wanted to share her story to help others. But in the process, she became a successful independent author - with the help of a local bookstore and its instant publishing machine.
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Spain sticks to funding plans after bank rescue

Reuters -
MADRID, June 11 (Reuters) - Spain said it would stick to this year's programme of fundraising in financial markets after the rescue of its banks over the weekend relieved pressure on debt and equities.
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Bradley makes good on promise

Boston.com -
LAS VEGAS - Timothy Bradley promised to shock, though the biggest shock in his fight with Manny Pacquiao came from the judges' scorecards.
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'Once' Crowned Best Musical At The Tony Awards

NPR -
by AP The bittersweet musical Once captured the hearts of Tony Award voters on Sunday night, winning eight trophies and earning bragging rights as the top musical on Broadway, even as most shows came away with at least something to crow about.
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Muslim, Buddhist mob violence threatens new Myanmar image

Reuters -
(Adds details from Sittwe, foreign aid workers leaving, death toll) SITTWE, Myanmar, June 11 (Reuters) - Northwest Myanmar was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of ...
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Francois Hollande's Socialists poised to seize parliamentary majority

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French President Francois Hollande's Socialists and allies came out on top in first-round parliamentary elections Sunday, poised to secure the majority needed to push through tax-and-spend reforms.
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Syria praises Russia's unchanged stance on current crisis

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BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Syria's Foreign Ministry has praised what it described as Russia's unchanged stance on the current crisis.
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Syria's opposition urges mass defections

Telegraph.co.uk -
The new head of Syria's main opposition group has called for mass defections from a regime he says is "on its last legs" after a series of massacres, as the death toll in the uprising tops 14000.
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In a world of super PACs, Mitt Romney rules

Boston.com -
It seemed like just another campaign appearance - Mitt Romney taking time from the trail to address a ballroom full of well-heeled donors.
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Opening statements to begin in Sandusky trial

USA TODAY -
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - The first alleged victims of Jerry Sandusky could confront the former Penn State University assistant football coach as early as Monday, following opening statements in the trial of the 68-year-old man accused of sexually abusing 10 ...
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Four dead in Sacramento gang shooting

Reuters -
By Mary Slosson | SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Four people, including two ethnic Hmong shamans, were killed in a gang-related shooting in California's capital of Sacramento, officials and media said on Sunday.
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Brent rises more than $2 on Spain rescue, Iran

Reuters -
By Manash Goswami | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude rose more than $2 on Monday as a rescue package for Spain's banks revived hopes of steady oil demand growth, while a failure in nuclear talks between the United Nations and Iran renewed concern over ...
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Rajat Gupta, ex-director at Goldman, won't testify at own trial

Los Angeles Times -
Rajat Gupta, a formerGoldman Sachs Group Inc.board member accused of insider trading, won't testify this week in his own defense, his lawyer said.
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Group: Global airline profits this this year

Boston.com -
BEIJING—Squeezed by high oil prices, the world airline industry's profit will be slim this year and could be wiped out if Europe tumbles into recession, the global aviation trade group said Monday.
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New Spanish-language TV ad targets Romney

Los Angeles Wave Newspapers -
(CNN) - Priorities USA, a super PAC backing President Barack Obama's re-election bid, paired up with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to unveil their first Spanish-language TV ad Monday, a spot entirely devoted to attacking Mitt Romney.
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Final Push in Race to Serve Out Giffords's House Term

New York Times -
TUCSON - The contest to fill the Congressional seat vacated by Gabrielle Giffords, the Democrat who survived an assassination attempt last year, has been widely referred to as the race for “Gabby's seat.
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FACT CHECK: Republicans exaggerate size of 'Taxmageddon.' It's not the biggest ...

Washington Post -
WASHINGTON - Republicans are calling it “Taxmageddon,” the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts are scheduled to expire unless Congress acts.
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WWDC 2012: What to expect

Computerworld -
By Michael deAgonia Computerworld - On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook will kick off Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.
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Andy Rubin (Twitter)

Engadget -
No plans to leave Google. Oh, and just for meme completeness -- there are over 900000 android devices activated each day :-) @Scobleizer No plans to leave Google.
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Matthew McConaughey marries Camilla Alves in Austin

Los Angeles Times -
Actor Matthew McConaughey married longtime love Camila Alves in Austin, Texas on Saturday, part of festive weekend that perfectly represented the actor's laid-back lifestyle.
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'True Blood': The fanged gang's all here

TheDay.com -
Sunday night, HBO's "True Blood" kicked off a fifth season of vampires, werewolves, werepanthers, shape-shifters, witches, mediums, demons, fairies and even the occasional boring human populating fictional Bon Temps, La.
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Rain Halts Djokovic-Nadal Final at French Open

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For the first two sets, Rafael Nadal looked like the King of the Clay, alternately bullying Novak Djokovic, then frustrating him, as Djokovic tried to solve the nearly unsolvable riddle of Nadal at Roland Garros.
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Bosh's emotional postseason will end in NBA finals _ and this time, he hopes ...

Washington Post -
MIAMI - Chris Bosh has watched the birth of his son, collapsed to the court in agony with a strained abdominal muscle, seen his team sputter many times during nine games without him, then dealt with the death of a masseuse who was stricken at his home.
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Kings look to end Devils' run in Game 6

Philadelphia Inquirer -
For the second time in four days, the Stanley Cup was not far away from the Kings, ready to be held high and passed from player to player.
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China's Shanshan Feng wins LPGA Championship

Atlanta Journal Constitution -
By JOHN KEKIS AP PITTSFORD, NY - Shanshan Feng's friends like to call her Jenny. They might start calling her champ. Shanshan Feng, of China, hits a tee shot on the 17th hole during the Wegmans LPGA Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford ...
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Could these strange new microbes survive on Mars?

TG Daily -
Scientists have discovered new types of organism living in one of the most inhospitable soils in the world - raising hopes that something similar could survive on Mars.
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'Depraved' sex acts by penguins shocked polar explorer

BBC News -
By Matt McGrath Science reporter, BBC World Service Accounts of unusual sexual activities among penguins, observed a century ago by a member of Captain Scott's polar team, are finally being made public.
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Undoing health law could have messy ripple effects

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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, AP - 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) - It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama's health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of ...
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Aggressive pre-diabetes approach needed, say researchers

BBC News -
An "early and aggressive" approach to people on the cusp of developing Type 2 diabetes is justified to reduce cases of the disease, a study suggests.

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