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Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in US

New York Times -
Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children will be allowed to remain in the country without fear of deportation and able to work, under an executive action the Obama administration announced on Friday.
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Egyptians to vote in presidential election run-off

BBC News -
Egyptians are set to vote in a two-day run-off election to choose their first freely elected president. Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, is up against Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
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US reveals accusations against Secret Service agents since '04

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By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Published: June 16, 2012 Leave a comment WASHINGTON - The US government has revealed details of serious allegations against Secret Service agents and officers since 2004, including claims of involvement with prostitutes, ...
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Woods shows grit at US Open and heads to weekend tied with Furyk and Toms

SI.com -
By Gary Van Sickle, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated SAN FRANCISCO -- Tiger Woods wore black on Friday. That was the appropriate color for this US Open's second round, which took on a funereal feel as Olympic Club continued to beat down, beat back and ...
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Euro rises ahead of Greek vote

Businessweek -
By AP The euro is rising slightly against the dollar on expectations that global central banks are willing to help if Europe's debt crisis gets worse.
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Finals makes thundering return to Miami

Fox News -
Thunder rumbled over Miami on Friday, but it was just the meteorological variety the city is accustomed to and not the young Oklahoma City Thunder, who have come to town to vie with the Miami Heat for the NBA title.
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Russia denies holding talks over Assad exit

New York Daily News -
Moscow, June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denied that Russia was conducting talks with other nations on an exit plan for Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad.
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Canditates run neck and neck in Greek election

Xinhua -
BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhuanet) -- As Greeks prepare to vote once again at the weekend, concern, and even fear fills the air. Depending on the outcome of Sunday's election, Greece could be forced out of the European joint currency.
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PM leaves for G-20, Rio+20 summits today

Hindustan Times -
As Prime Minister leaves for two crucial back-to-back international summits on Saturday, India on Friday cautioned against trade restrictive measures and protectionism in the garb of pushing for green economy norms.
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Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Oslo to give Nobel speech

BBC News -
More than 20 years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to give her Nobel speech in Oslo.
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Small Texas community stands by man who killed daughter's alleged abuser

CNN -
Shiner, Texas (CNN) -- Shiner is a place you can raise your cattle and chickens under the hot Texas sun, cool off with a bottle from the Lone Star State's oldest independent brewery, then go to bed knowing all your neighbors and believing that you'll ...
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Police: Breakup led Dr. Timothy Jorden to kill lover, self

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(AP) BUFFALO, NY - A former Army weapons expert wanted for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend killed himself with a gunshot to the head, quelling the risk of more bloodshed and silencing perhaps the only voice that might have answered the central ...
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BREAKINGVIEWS - Rajat Gupta goes down but insider trading may not

Reuters -
(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Reynolds Holding NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Rajat Gupta has gone down, but insider trading may not.
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Stocks end wild week at 1-month high

San Francisco Chronicle -
Stocks recorded their third big gain of the week and closed at a one-month high Friday because of expectations that the central banks of countries around the world will step in to limit the damage from a debt crisis in Europe.
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Italy launches growth plan, asset sales

Reuters -
* "Growth decree" meant to counter effects of austerity * Company sales to raise 10 bln euros this year to cut debt * Companies to be sold to state-controlled holding company By Giuseppe Fonte ROME, June 15 (Reuters) - Italy said on Friday it would ...
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Spain debt rises as bond rate stays in danger zone

Businessweek -
The level of Spain's debt rose in the first three months of the year, according to figures from the country's central bank.
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OPEC sec-gen sees oil at $110 a barrel as fair

Businessweek -
OPEC's secretary general says oil prices could rise by about $25 from their present levels without threatening the world economy.
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Obama Immigration Decision

WTXL ABC 27 -
Tallahassee, Fla. (WTXL) - Many immigrants are breathing a sigh of relief tonight as President Obama announced an immigration policy change earlier today, one that could keep many from being deported.
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McCain to Supremes: Corporations are NOT people

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) -
Sen. John McCain used a TV appearance Friday to take out after the US Supreme Court's controversial 2010 Citizens United ruling, which removed all limits from campaign spending.
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Microsoft Is Doing Its Own Tablet. How Do You Like Them Apples?

Ars Technica -
Tired of losing ground to the iPad, Microsoft is poised to serve up its own entry in the suddenly booming tablet market. After signaling for months that it would attack the market only through its traditional hardware partners, Microsoft has decided to ...
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Facebook chief of tech Bret Taylor leaving company

San Francisco Chronicle -
Four weeks after its troubled IPO, Facebook Friday learned it would lose one of its top executives, Chief Technology Officer Bret Taylor.
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Lindsay Lohan: Do You Buy The Exhaustion Story?

Cinema Blend -
Celebrities love to play the exhausted card. You know why? Because framed in the correct fashion, it's almost impossible to call BS on.
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Tom Cruise rocks his role in 'Rock of Ages'

Tucson Citizen -
by Bryan Alexander on Jun. 14, 2012, under USA TODAY News It was only supposed to be a script read-through in the early days of production last summer on the Miami set of Rock of Ages.
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Judge "Not Likely" To Grant CBS' Attempt to Block ABC's Airing Of Glass House

E! Online -
Eva's Eaten Alive by Fabric! Plus, Ginnifer Goodwin, Penélope Cruz, Michelle Obama and more. Rate all the highs and lows! A federal judge has said that he is "not likely" to grant a motion filed by CBS attempting to block the premiere of ABC's newest ...
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Daredevil Nik Wallenda 'on cloud nine' after tightrope walk across Niagara Falls

Washington Post -
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario - Daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls, taking steady, measured steps Friday night for 1800 feet across the mist-fogged brink of the roaring falls separating the US and ...
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McIlroy, Donald eaten up at Open

New York Daily News -
SAN FRANCISCO - Rory McIlroy couldn't defend his US Open title and Luke Donald wasn't even close to making a go at his first.
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Nationals vs. Yankees: Derek Jeter, Curtis Granderson spark New York to win

Washington Post -
The last time the New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals met, it was June 2009, in the $1.5 billion splendor of the Yankees' new stadium and the Nationals in the midst of a 103-loss season, their worst since baseball returned to the nation's ...
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Astros lose 6-2 to Rangers as Darvish has 11 Ks

San Francisco Chronicle -
(06-15) 21:40 PDT Arlington, Texas (AP) -- Here's the really bad news for the Houston Astros. After this season, when the Astros move from the National League into the same American League division with the Texas Rangers, it is very likely they will ...
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Cave art suggests that Neanderthals weren't such Neanderthals, after all (+video)

Christian Science Monitor -
New tests of paintings in Spanish caves suggests that they were at least 15000 years older tan previously thought, suggesting that they were created by Neanderthals, not Homo sapiens.
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Photos: Chinese Astronauts Prepare for Mission

Wall Street Journal (blog) -
From left, Chinese astronauts Maj. Liu Yang, Col. Jing Haipeng and Col. Liu Wang waved during a news conference at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu province Friday.
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Mini Darth Vader Has Successful Heart Surgery

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ABC News -
Max Page, the child actor who played Darth Vader in the enormously popular Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial in 2011, is recovering today after having undergone successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Woman With Flesh-Eating Bacteria Gets Skin Graft

KERO-TV 23 -
By the CNN Wire Staff ATLANTA (CNN) -- The young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria underwent a successful skin graft this week as she continues her astounding recovery.
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US man gets plague while saving mouse

Times of India -
A man is critically ill in a hospital in Oregon, suspected of having plague , the disease that caused the Black Death , which wiped out 25 million in 14th-century Europe .

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