Police say slain guard opened door for killerUSA Today - 1 hour ago
By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY AP By Kevin Johnson, Marisol Bello and Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The security guard slain in the attack at the Holocaust Memorial Museum opened the door for the suspect, apparently believing that 88-year-old ...
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WHO Raises Alert Level as Flu Spreads to 74 CountriesNew York Times - 1 hour ago
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The move indicates that the virus is spreading geographically, but does not mean that the illness, generally described as mild, has become any more severe.
Swine Flu Now a Pandemic U.S. News & World Report
Senate passes the most sweeping tobacco-control billUSA Today - 1 hour ago
By Carolyn Kaster, AP By Wendy Koch, USA TODAY Cigarettes marketed as "light," "low" tar or "mild" will be banned within a year as part of a historic bill the Senate passed 79-17 on Thursday.
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Iranians ready to decide presidency -- and maybe much more
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Ben Curtis / AP An Iranian woman walks past electoral campaign posters of leading challenger and reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, posters at right, and current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, poster at top-left, in Tadrish bazaar in northern ...
IDs of Air France victims could prove jet broke up
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian authorities started to identify bodies recovered from a downed Air France jet on Thursday, and the names of victims found 53 miles (85 kilometers) apart in the ocean could help prove whether the jet broke up in the air.
Video: Air France 447 Victim Search to End Next Week
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Family joins Air France jet probe BBC News
Netanyahu may yield to two-state solution
Times Online - 38 minutes ago
Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to endorse a “two-state solution” in a much-heralded speech this weekend, but he may stall on American demands to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Lobbyists Spend Millions Fighting Over Obama's Universal Health ...
FOXNews - 47 minutes ago
The White House has sought to curtail the role of lobbyists, but the heated public debate over President Obama's health plan has made them very much a part of the legislative process.
Video: Obama Declares Time to Fix Health Care Is Now
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NY state Senate Democratic-GOP brawl continues
Reuters - 1 hour ago
ALBANY, June 11 (Reuters) - The New York state Senate's Republicans held a session on Thursday but could not enact any bills, as a leadership dispute with the Democrats showed no signs of letting up.
Judge rules against Democrats in Albany; GOP holds session without ... New York Daily News
Videos Shed New Light on Sotomayor's Positions
New York Times - 6 hours ago
By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON - Judge Sonia Sotomayor once described herself as “a product of affirmative action” who was admitted to two Ivy League schools despite scoring lower on standardized tests than many classmates, which she attributed to ...
Senator: Sotomayor accepts gun rights ruling The Associated Press
Court Watch: Poster Child Washington Post
Treasuries Gain as Bonds Yield Most at an Auction Since 2007
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Susanne Walker and Dakin Campbell June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries surged as an $11 billion sale of 30-year bonds drew the highest yield in almost two years, luring investors concerned that record government spending and debt sales will lead to ...
10-year yield at 4% snarls recovery CNNMoney.com
US lawmaker: BofA's Lewis inconsistent
Reuters - 37 minutes ago
By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - A lawmaker is questioning the consistency of testimony by Bank of America (BAC.N) Chief Executive Ken Lewis, saying he may have perjured himself at a congressional hearing Thursday over whether he asked for ...
bofa, Merrill Drama Revives Talk Of MAC Clauses Wall Street Journal
Yahoo Taps Ex-GE Executive Tim Morse as Finance Chief
Bloomberg - 12 minutes ago
By Ian King June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc., owner of the second- ranked US Internet search engine, named former General Electric Co.
Yahoo names GE veteran as CFO CNNMoney.com
Yahoo names GE veteran as new finance chief MarketWatch
Windows 7 Without Internet Explorer: Microsoft Explains
PC World - 32 minutes ago
Microsoft has confirmed plans to ship a version of Windows 7 without Internet Explorer. Windows 7 E, as the browserless system will be called, will be made available throughout Europe starting on October 22.
Microsoft to sell Windows 7 in Europe without browser Computerworld
Just Say No to an iPhone Rate Hike
PC World - 1 hour ago
AT&T's delay on iPhone tethering and MMS could be an early warning that the new services will come at a steep price. Apple's new iPhone 3G S and iPhone 3.0 are loaded with important new features and upgrades, including more speed and probably more ...
AT&T Under Pressure To Cut Price Tag On iphone's Data Plan Wall Street Journal
Palm Shares Rise After New CEO Is Named >PALM
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago
By Dan Gallagher As Jon Rubinstein gets ready to take the chief executive post at Palm Inc. (PALM), news of his appointment earned a warm reception from Wall Street Thursday morning.
Palm Pre: Nowhere To Go But Down PC World
Making the switch to digital TV easier
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
Matt Sayles / AP Michael J. Copps, Federal Communications Commission acting chairman, says that up to 4000 operators will be available to answer questions about the digital TV transition.
DTV transition: Some viewers losing signals Computerworld
'The Taking of Pelham 123'
Chicago Tribune - 57 minutes ago
Entire epochs have passed since New York City could plausibly be called “the biggest rathole in the world,” a charge made by the subway hijacker played by John Travolta in the shiny, gentrified remake (the second; there was a TV version late last ...
The Taking of Pelham 123 Rolling Stone
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Cher's Daughter Chastity Announces Plan to Become a Man
ABC News - 28 minutes ago
By SHEILA MARIKAR Chastity Bono, daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, is undergoing gender reassignment surgery, his publicist confirmed to ABCNews.
Chastity Bono announces sex change The Associated Press
NCAA places Alabama football program on probation
The Associated Press - 57 minutes ago
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The NCAA placed Alabama's football program and 15 other of the school's athletic teams on three years' probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks.
Alabama Wins First Bowl Game Against NCAA SportingNews.com
United accepts record $131M Madrid bid for Ronaldo
The Associated Press - 57 minutes ago
LONDON (AP) - Manchester United accepted a world-record transfer offer for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid on Thursday, clearing the FIFA player of the year to negotiate terms with the Spanish club.
Real Madrid might not be finished spending, even with Kaka, Ronaldo Los Angeles Times
Penguins' Game 7 hopes rest with "Other 1"
USA Today - 36 minutes ago
By Alan Robinson, AP Sports Writer The Penguins' four-year transformation from the team with the NHL's worst record to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals in Detroit on Friday is often pegged as starting with No.
Stanley Cup Finals Game 7 Coaches Can Each Picture a Title New York Times
California Man Jailed for Medical Marijuana
ABC News - 25 minutes ago
By JOHN STOSSEL, ANDREW SULLIVAN Charlie Lynch was sentenced today to one year and one day in federal prison for running a medical marijuana dispensary, even though voters in the state of California had legalized medical marijuana.
Calif. pot dispensary owner given 1-year sentence The Associated Press
Chain menus could soon start counting calories
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Large US chain restaurants, criticized for their role in the country's obesity epidemic, agreed on Wednesday to support legislation that would require them to disclose calories on their menus.
Calories on the menu: Bipartisan bill wants counts in plain view Chicago Tribune
Drug Appears Safe for Morning Sickness
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By RONI CARYN RABIN Morning sickness is an unavoidable part of pregnancy for most women, but many are reluctant to take medications to quell nausea and vomiting.
Study finds little risk from morning sickness medication Los Angeles Times
Row erupts over Guantanamo deal
BBC News - 54 minutes ago
A diplomatic spat has broken out over Bermuda's acceptance of four Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
4 Chinese Muslim detainees released from Guantanamo to Bermuda Los Angeles Times
Sanctions Seem to Have Done Little to Deter N. Korea
Washington Post - 4 hours ago
By Blaine Harden TOKYO -- As the United Nations moves this week to sanction North Korea for its second nuclear test, there is strong evidence that a previous international squeeze did not work.
A New Plan for Pyongyang Wall Street Journal
Police: Suspected robber fleeing scene in car kills woman, 3 kids
CNN International - 46 minutes ago
(CNN) -- A woman and three children were killed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when a suspected robber fleeing in a car jumped a curb and struck them, police said Thursday.
Video: Car Fleeing Philly Robbery Scene Kills 3 Kids
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Feltonville crash tapes: Get me rescue Philadelphia Inquirer