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Lawmakers accuse BP of 'shortcuts'Washington Post - - 46 minutes ago Cleanup and containment efforts continue at the Gulf of Mexico site of the oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon explosion. By Steven Mufson and Anne E. Kornblut To save time and drilling costs, BP took "shortcuts" that may have led to the oil rig ... Video: President Obama visits the gulf oil spill 
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Stakes rise for Obama amid oil spill crisis Los Angeles Times FBI reveals death threats that plagued Ted KennedyThe Guardian - 1 hour ago Edward Kennedy died last year of brain cancer at 77, after a long political career at least partially redeemed the disgrace of fleeing his Chappaquiddick car accident, but the Massachussetts senator was subject of scores of death threats before and ... Nixon sought dirt on Mary Jo Kopechne, files show Boston Globe Starbucks Announces Free Wi-Fi, Proprietary Content NetworkWired News - - 30 minutes ago Starbucks Coffee Company CEO Howard Schultz (right) announces free Wi-Fi in all Starbucks locations at the Wired Disruptive by Design conference in New York City during a conversation with Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris ... Video: Starbucks Offers Free Wi-Fi to All Customers Starting July 1 2010
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Russia Weighs Pleas to Step In as Refugees Flee Kyrgyzstan
New York Times - - 1 hour ago
Anvar Ilyasov/AP Emergency workers and volunteers handed out food to ethnic Uzbek refugees near the Uzbek village of Jalal-Kuduk on Monday.
Video: 100,000 Uzbek Refugees Flee Southern Kyrgyzstan
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Uzbeks flee Kyrgyzstan, seek safety at border The Associated Press
Egypt in awkward position on Gaza following Israeli attack on aid flotilla
Washington Post - - 43 minutes ago
GAZA CITY -- With pressure building on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, Egypt finds itself in the uncomfortable position of continuing to help enforce the siege while watching Turkey outflank the region's traditional ...
'US exclusion to give probe credibility' Jerusalem Post
South Korea vs. the North in a Dispute Over Soccer
New York Times - - 56 minutes ago
SEOUL - As if they did not have enough things to disagree about, North Korea and South Korea have found one more: World Cup soccer.
UN hears Korea warship testimony BBC News
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4000 flags burned in ceremony
Springfield News Sun - - 17 minutes ago
Staff Photo by Barbara J. Perenic Bob Swearingen, Commander of the Sons of the American Legion Post 286, lowers an American flag into flames.
Flag Day signals uptick for US flag manufacturers Christian Science Monitor
Armed pair held at Central Command base
CNN - - 17 minutes ago
Authorities established a 500-foot cordon around a sport-utility vehicle that tried to gain entry to MacDill on Monday. Macdill Air Force Base, Florida (CNN) -- A heavily armed man and woman were in custody Monday after trying to enter the Air Force ...
Wounded 3-year-old, dead parents found at CA home
The Associated Press - - 16 minutes ago
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A wounded 3-year-old boy was found hiding outside his family's Southern California home, and his 5-year-old brother was found unhurt inside, 12 hours after their parents were fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide, ...
Euro bounce running out of steam on profit taking
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The euro's rally showed signs of fading on Tuesday, as investors took profits and sentiment toward the single currency still fragile as debt worries returned after Moody's cut Greece's credit rating to junk.
Video: SmarTrend Market Close Wrap-Up: June 14, 2010
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln's derivatives-spinoff plan gains support in Congress
Washington Post - - 40 minutes ago
An effort to force some of the nation's biggest banks to spin off their lucrative derivatives-dealing operations appears to be gaining traction, as members of a House-Senate conference begin finalizing details of far-reaching new ...
Giving In on Trading, Bankers Turn to Other Losses New York Times
Lincoln adds detail on swaps proposal Financial Times
Split CFTC approves box-office futures
The Associated Press - - 16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Monday allowed a new online exchange to proceed to trade future box-office receipts for movies.
Trading in Film Futures Contracts Approved New York Times
Microsoft soups-up Xbox 360 for new hands-free Kinect
USA Today - - 1 hour ago
LOS ANGELES - Coming to stores this week: a new, souped-up Xbox 360 system to match that hands-free Kinect controller adapter due Nov. 4. Attendees at the Electronic Entertainment Expo here expected Microsoft (MSFT) to show ...
Video: E3 2010 XBOX 360 Project Natal Reveals KINECT
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Apple's iMovie exclusive to iPhone 4, not for iPad
Apple Insider - - 40 minutes ago
The mobile version of iMovie demonstrated during Apple's WWDC keynote will be exclusively available for iPhone 4 and will not work on iPad.
Student Developer Draws Sales with iPhone Apps Vanderbilt University News
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
GameSpot - - 1 hour ago
Ezio gets to control an army of assassins in Brotherhood, as we found out ahead of Ubisoft's E3 2010 press conference. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood continues the story of Ezio Auditore da Firenze in dramatic fashion.
Brotherhood is Assassin's Creed 3 'in scope' Computerandvideogames.com
Joe Jackson now says wife didn't kill Michael
msnbc.com - - 2 hours ago
Nick Ut / AP Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson, told News of the World that he blamed his wife, Katherine, for the death of son Michael, but now he's backpedaling.
Jackson fans will moonwalk in motion-sensing game The Associated Press
Ubisoft Unveils Michael Jackson, Rayman Games Gamespy.com
Time Is Short to See Tony Winners
New York Times - - 2 hours ago
From left, Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Alfred Molina and Eddie Redmayne at the Tony Awards. More Photos > By PATRICK HEALY If you want to see a 2010 Tony Award recipient onstage this summer, you are probably out of luck.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones 'Taking it Easy' After Tony Win People Magazine
Judge Rules Jackson Doctor Can Keep California License
ABC News - - 4 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Monday ruled that Michael Jackson's physician can keep his California medical license, and he set August 23 as the start date for a preliminary hearing into a manslaughter charge against Dr.
Video: Doc Charged in Jackson Death to Keep License
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Jackson doctor free to practise BBC News
Texas Agrees to Stay in the Big 12
New York Times - - 2 hours ago
Left adrift amid the chaos of conference realignment, the Big 12 on Monday found an improbable savior. If Texas had gone to the Pacific-10, the league was expected to start its own television network and Texas could not have operated its ...
Video: Big 12 future in question
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The good Doc: Rivers guides Celtics to brink of title No. 18
USA Today - - 48 minutes ago
By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY Now these Boston Celtics truly resemble coach Doc Rivers. With a win Tuesday night in Los Angeles against the Lakers, team and coach will have won two NBA titles in three years against ...
Video: Celtics One Win Away From 18th NBA Title
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Rivers's Place in Celtics Lore Is One Victory Away New York Times
Hershey beats Texas to repeat as Calder Cup champion
NHL.com - - 26 minutes ago
The Bears became the AHL's first repeat champions in 19 years, capping a comeback from a 2-0 series deficit with a 4-0 victory over the Texas Stars on Monday night in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals.
Bourque, Aucoin, Carlson hoist Calder Cup New England Hockey Journal
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Brown Rice May Lower Diabetes Risk
Wall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago
Replacing as little as a third of a daily serving of white rice with an equal amount of brown rice may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, a study suggests.
White rice 'raises diabetes risk' BBC News
Cheap blood drug "could save 100000 lives a year"
Reuters - - 3 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - A cheap and easily administered medicine which helps to stem excessive bleeding could save the lives of many thousands of accident victims across the world, British scientists said on Tuesday.
Cheap drug could save tens of thousands The Associated Press
Blood clot drug is 'life-saver' BBC News
New rules announced on health benefits
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration Monday announced new regulations to discourage companies from scaling back their health benefits, a goal Democrats described as a top priority of the new healthcare law.
Gov't puts employers on notice over health costs The Associated Press
Modern Day Slavery: Does it Exist on Washington's Embassy Row?
TIME - - 9 hours ago
Drew Angerer / AP In Washington on Monday morning, June 14, Hillary Clinton unveiled the State Department's 10th annual report on modern-day slavery, which evaluates the efforts of every nation to combat the ...
Man accused of incest fathered children with two daughters
CNN - - Jun 11, 2010
Jose Agostinho Bispo Pereira is accused of fathering seven children with one daughter and one child with another. Pinheiros, Brazil -- Law enforcement agents in Brazil's northeastern town of Pinheiros trekked and canoed for ...
Once Just a Site With Funny Cat Pictures, and Now a Web Empire
New York Times - - Jun 13, 2010
SEATTLE - Three years ago Ben Huh visited a blog devoted to silly cat pictures - and saw vast potential. Ben Huh and a fan at a Cheezburger Night event a Safeco field in Seattle.
Investors Ignore Red Flags in Muni Market
Wall Street Journal - - Jun 13, 2010
Investors are ignoring warning signs in the $2.8 trillion municipal-bond market, raising the risk of a reckoning, according to some market specialists.
Use Mississippi River to stop the oil
CNN - - Jun 13, 2010
Editor's note: G. Paul Kemp, Ph.D., is vice president, Louisiana Coastal Initiative, for the National Audubon Society. A former associate research professor at Louisiana State University, he served in the early 1990s as ...