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US Rallies, but Third Goal Is DisallowedNew York Times - - 2 hours ago JOHANNESBURG - As resilient as the United States soccer team was again, falling behind and then catching up, Friday's 2-2 draw with Slovenia at the World Cup brought mixed feelings: satisfaction with a fierce comeback and disappointment ... BP's CEO To Hand Off Day-To-Day Gulf OperationsWall Street Journal - 56 minutes ago LONDON (Dow Jones)--BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) chairman said Friday that Chief Executive Tony Hayward is turning over day-to-day responsibility for operations involving the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to a BP managing director. BP: Hayward relieved of day-to-day spill duties The Associated Press Administration Plans Suit to Block Arizona Law on ImmigrantsNew York Times - - 36 minutes ago The Obama administration has decided to file suit to block a new Arizona law aimed at deporting illegal immigrants, thrusting itself into the fierce national debate over how the United States enforces immigration ... |
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MOSCOW - A year and a half ago, the world's great powers were fighting like polecats over Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked stretch of mountains in the heart of Central Asia.
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Obama welcomes ease of Gaza blockade, urges Israel to expand goods inflow
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Mideast envoy Blair: Efforts underway to reopen Gaza crossings; EU: Israel must make sure many, many more goods enter territory. The international community has welcomed Israel's decision to ease its land blockade of the Gaza Strip, a decision made ...
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Little hope for 53 missing miners in Colombia
Los Angeles Times - - 39 minutes ago
Families hold vigils outside the blacked coal mine entrance after an explosion that killed at least 19 in Amaga. The government plans to investigate 'irregularities' at Carbones San Fernando mine.
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Joe Barton: Who is defending him?
Christian Science Monitor - - 20 minutes ago
Rep. Joe Barton apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward Thursday for what he termed a '$20 billion shakedown' of BP by the White House.
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Utah firing squad executes convicted killer
The Associated Press - - 56 minutes ago
DRAPER, Utah - A barrage of bullets tore into Ronnie Lee Gardner's chest where a target had been pinned over his heart. Two minutes later, the twice-convicted killer was pronounced dead as blood pooled in his dark blue prison jumpsuit.
Obama tells G-20 nations to seal economic recovery
The Associated Press - - 56 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is appealing to the world's major economies not to waver in their efforts to support a sustained rebound from the near collapse of the global economic system in the fall of 2008.
CVS Rivals Drop As Walgreen Spat Ends, But Memories Will Last
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS) may have resolved its pharmacy-benefit management dispute with Walgreen Co. (WAG), but memories of the feud are likely to linger, helping CVS Caremark's rivals ...
Summary Box: CVS Caremark, Walgreen stick together The Associated Press
Alabama jobless rate drops to 10.8 percent in May
BusinessWeek - 36 minutes ago
Alabama's unemployment rate dropped to 10.8 percent for May, but the improvement wasn't enough to move the state out of the top 10 in joblessness.
Nevada unemployment hits 14 percent, leads nation The Associated Press
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Crude keeps above $77 a barrel, gains 4.6% on the week
MarketWatch - - 15 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures settled higher on Friday as they tracked some strength in stocks and advanced 4.6% on the week.
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Verizon May Follow ATandT to Tiered Pricing
eWeek - - 51 minutes ago
Comments by Verizon's CFO suggest the company is considering following rival AT&T into a tiered pricing structure for its mobile data services.
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Apple releases Find My iPhone app
CNET - - 1 hour ago
Apple has released a new app to help users track lost iPhones on the go. The Find My iPhone app does what the Web application version, found on me.
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Report: Retailers Price Microsoft's Kinect At $150
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Major retailers Best Buy, Amazon, GameStop, and Walmart have pegged the retail cost of Microsoft's motion-sensing Xbox 360 gaming peripheral Kinect at $149.99 in advance of its upcoming November release.
Fans stream into Harry Potter theme park for grand opening
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Droves of Harry Potter fans flooded Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park Friday, which marked the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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'Twilight' Night Announced By Summit To Tie In With Lunar Eclipse On June 26
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Do you think the higher-ups at Summit Entertainment knew that there would be a lunar eclipse on June 26 when they set the June 30 release date for "Eclipse" last year?
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In the end, Lakers beat Celtics at their own grinding game
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'It was exactly the type of game we wanted,' Boston Coach Doc Rivers says - except for the final score. Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, right, fouls Lakers guard Kobe Bryant during the first quarter of the Lakers' 83-79 championship victory in Game 7 of the ...
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England struggles again as it fails to get past Algeria in draw at World Cup
The Canadian Press - - 36 minutes ago
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Algeria held England to a 0-0 draw Friday and left one of the World Cup favourites on the brink of elimination with one game to go in the first round.
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US Open live updates: Tiger Woods is four-over after two rounds
Los Angeles Times - - 24 minutes ago
This just in: Tiger Woods is NOT the leader in the clubhouse. Not even close. Woods has reached the halfway point of the 110th US Open, and maybe the boiling point.
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'Female Viagra' Gets Thumbs Down From FDA Panel
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An expert US Food and Drug Administration panel at a hearing Friday did not recommended approval for a German drug company's pill aimed at premenopausal women distressed by low sexual desire.
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Senate Acts to Block Doctors' Medicare Payment Cut
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WASHINGTON—US Senate Democrats and Republicans on Friday reached agreement to postpone by six months scheduled cuts in Medicare payments to doctors.
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Health Buzz: Pain Pill Abuse Drives Rise in ER Visits
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Prescription painkiller abuse is mounting, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Senate hearing postponed after Petraeus faints
CNN Political Ticker - - Jun 15, 2010
Washington (CNN) -- The commander of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan was escorted from a congressional hearing room after fainting during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, his spokesman said.
Dear Margo: When Carly Fiorina Met Mother
Women on the Web - - Jun 11, 2010
Carly Fiorina is not only in the news for winning her state's Republican primary for the Senate, but also for joining the ranks of The Open Mic Club.
That '30s Feeling
New York Times - - 20 hours ago
Suddenly, creating jobs is out, inflicting pain is in. Condemning deficits and refusing to help a still-struggling economy has become the new fashion everywhere, including the United States, where 52 senators voted against extending aid ...
My son's grieving family deserves more from BP
CNN - - Jun 16, 2010
Gordon Jones, who died in the BP rig blowout, with his wife Michelle and son Stafford. Another son was born after his death. Editor's note: Keith Jones has been a practicing trial lawyer for 32 years, and is admitted ...
Flashy Game Hardware, Not Consoles, Will Dominate E3
Wired News - - Jun 11, 2010
This year's E3 Expo is about the future of videogames, as always. But it's also about delaying the future for as long as possible: Instead of rolling out new gaming machines, the big players are adding flashy new tech to systems already ...