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California gives green light to high-speed rail plan

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* California Senate voted 21-16 for bill * Clears way for construction to begin on rail line * Would eventually connect San Francisco to Los Angeles By Mary Slosson SACRAMENTO, Calif.
California Bullet-Train Funds Approved
California's Senate OKs funding for high-speed rail
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Romney faces 'tax' dilemma of different sort

Houston Chronicle -
By Richard S. Dunham Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney plays with family and friends Friday on a floating raft on Lake Winnipesaukee in Wolfeboro, NH, as he continues his vacation from the campaign trail.
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Syrian's Defection Signals Eroding Support for Assad

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BEIRUT, Lebanon - The defection of a young general close to President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has provided the most telling sign yet of eroding support for his government among even the most elite and trusted Sunni Muslims, who serve as a critical ...
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Tom Cruise waiting to strike — er, file his own divorce petition

Los Angeles Times -
Nobody rushes Tom Cruise. The actor is just chillin', his attorney said this week, waiting to file his own divorce papers once the media has worn itself out with the current "Katie Holmes escapes" story line.
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Ray Allen spurns Celtics, picks Heat

Boston Herald -
By Mark Murphy A stunned Celtics [team stats] management is attempting to grasp something they honestly never envisioned: Ray Allen has decided to trade in his Celtics jersey for South Beach.
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Yahoo, Facebook drop patent suits, team up on ads

San Francisco Chronicle -
FILE - This combination of 2012 file photos shows the logos of Yahoo, left, and Facebook, outside their offices in Santa Clara, Calif.
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Terror arrests over gun haul in car

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Police are questioning seven men arrested on suspicion of terrorism after police found guns and other weapons hidden in a car that was impounded for having no insurance.
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Refugee Children Dying at Alarming Rate in South Sudan, Aid Groups Say

New York Times -
NAIROBI, Kenya - Nine children are dying every day from preventable illnesses like diarrhea in an overcrowded, swampy refugee camp in South Sudan, and United Nations officials said Friday that they were stepping up efforts to evacuate people as fast as ...
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Pakistan: Gunmen Kill 18 at Roadside...

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Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at a roadside restaurant in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people, officials said. In the northwest, a US drone strike killed 12 suspected militants near the Afghan border.
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La. Chief Mum on Why Missing Student Believed...

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A Louisiana police chief said Friday that a burned truck found in Texas was the key to the arrest of a 33-year-old registered sex offender in the disappearance of college student Michaela "Mickey" Shunick.
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Restaurant owner dies hours after Obama visit

Albany Times Union -
AP Josephine "Ann" Harris, 71, owner of Ann's Place 24-Hour Restaurant, poses for a photo in Akron, Ohio where President Obama dropped by for breakfast on his bus tour on Friday, July 6, 2012.
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Dismal hiring shows economy stuck in low gear

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By Jason Lange | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US employers hired at a dismal pace in June, raising pressure on the Federal Reserve to do more to boost the economy and dealing another setback to President Barack Obama's reelection bid.
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Jobs selloff erases Wall Street's gains for week

Reuters India -
By Ryan Vlastelica | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell about 1 percent on Friday as another month of tepid jobs growth underlined fears the economy was stalling, though not to the point where more economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve was imminent.
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Brad Pitt's mother sounds off against President Obama, urges votes for Romney

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Brad Pitt's mother has come out as pro-Romney and anti-gay in a recent letter to Missouri's Springfield News-Leader. Actor Brad Pitt and his mother, Jolie Pitt, are reportedly split over supporting President Obama's re-election bid.
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Campaign ads flood into swing states for a summertime blitz

Washington Post -
There will be no summer idyll for voters in swing states, who will be deluged with tens of millions of dollars in political ads over the next month as part of an intensifying broadcast war through the Olympic Games.
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Rangel Adds To Vote Edge in New Count

Wall Street Journal -
By JACOB GERSHMAN Rep. Charles Rangel has widened his lead over Adriano Espaillat in a contested primary vote, dimming the Dominican state lawmaker's hopes of toppling Harlem's embattled icon from his House seat.
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Virus could cause Internet service disruptions Monday

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Chicago Sun-Times -
BY ANDY IHNATKO July 6, 2012 8:42PM In this photograph taken by AP Images for LG One, Cesar Pinon of Huron Elementary School uses a computer in the new Computer Innovation Learning Center Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 in Huron, Calif.
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Amazon to launch at least three new Kindle Fire models this fall, report says

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By AppleInsider Staff A new report claims that Amazon will begin production of follow-up models to its Kindle Fire in late summer ahead of a possible fall rollout that is expected to bring new screen resolutions and 4G wireless compatibility to the ...
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Galaxy Nexus ban temporarily lifted

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A federal appeals court temporarily lifts a pretrial injunction on sales, imposed by a lower court, while it considers whether to outright toss or uphold the injunction.
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Apple Loop: iPad Naming Rights, App Store Fix and Going on Holiday in Cupertino

Forbes -
Keeping you in the loop on some of the things happening around Apple this week. Cost for iPad Name in China: $60 Million. Apple said it reached a settlement over the iPad name in China, paying Proview Shenzhen $60 million to end the trademark dispute ...
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Still a Mystery: Coroner Changes Natalie Wood's Death Certificate

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Ron Galella/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) -- The death certificate of actress Natalie Wood has been changed from "accident" to "undetermined," TMZ reports.
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L.A. City Councilman -- Justin Bieber Should Have Been Arrested

TMZ.com -
Justin Bieber just got cited for speeding on the freeway, and the witness who called 911 -- who happens to be an LA City Councilman -- tells TMZ, Bieber should have been cuffed, locked up, and stripped of his driving privileges.
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Can Murray destroy the demons?

ESPN -
By Howard Bryant | ESPN.com WIMBLEDON, England -- History is the exhaust in Andy Murray's oxygen. Each intake of clean air is contaminated by bits of Fred Perry here, particles of Bunny Austin there.
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Tiger, Phil Miss Greenbrier Cut

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Just five days after a stirring victory near the nation's capital, Tiger Woods is headed home from the Greenbrier Classic, having missed the cut for just the ninth time in his professional career.
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Boston Red Sox put Dustin Pedroia on disabled list

Los Angeles Times -
The Boston Red Sox placed second baseman Dustin Pedroia on the 15-day disabled list Friday because of a hyperextended right thumb - the same one he hurt earlier in the season.
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Danica crashes at Daytona: 'I thought we were going to win'

USA TODAY -
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A crash that helped Danica Patrick's chance to win Friday's Nationwide Series race at Daytona International Speedway also put her in position for the crash that took her out.
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Howard notches double, single in return to action

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By Jake Kaplan / MLB.com | 07/06/12 10:22 PM ET PHILADELPHIA --- Ryan Howard went 2-for-4 in his return to the Phillies' lineup Friday night, but his presence couldn't spark an offensive outburst in a 5-0 loss to the Braves at Citizens Bank Park.
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Fertility Drug Cancer Fears Unfounded?

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Do fertility drugs affect a woman's risk of developing breast cancer? A new study suggests that the risk hinges on whether they actually help a woman get pregnant.
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Medicare Tries to Cut the Cost of Its Most Complex Patients

Wall Street Journal -
By JANET ADAMY Medicare is trying new tactics to cut costs for complex patients and keep them healthier, although some health-policy observers say they don't go far enough.
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Michigan woman Crystal Spencer fights for her life after becoming infected ...

New York Daily News -
A 33-year-old woman is battling the same life-threatening, flesh-eating disease that nearly cost Georgia student Aimee Copeland her life.
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Parasite tied to self-harm, suicide attempts

Chicago Tribune -
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are infected with a common parasite may be more likely to hurt themselves or attempt suicide, a new study of over 45000 new moms in Denmark suggests.

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