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Penn State Concealed Abuse, Report Says

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By KRIS MAHER and JOHN W. MILLER An independent investigation into Pennsylvania State University's handling of child sex abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky found that university administrators "repeatedly concealed critical facts" to avoid bad ...
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NAACP Cool Toward Romney's Overtures

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By PATRICK O'CONNOR HOUSTON—Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney drew loud boos Wednesday when he pledged to repeal President Barack Obama's health law in a speech to the country's largest civil rights organization.
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Massacre Reported in Syria as Security Council Meets

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Syrian opposition activists said nearly 200 people were killed in a Sunni village on Thursday by government forces using tanks and helicopters, which, if confirmed, would be the worst in a series of massacres that have convulsed Syria's increasingly ...
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Stern Advice - Will the Wells Fargo settlement affect your mortgage?

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By Linda Stern | WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co agreed to pay $175 million to resolve allegations by the US Justice Department that it discriminated against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending.
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Comic-Con: Disney unveils 'Lone Ranger' trailer

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Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the masked man in “The Lone Ranger.” (Disney) Disney unveiled its first trailer for “The Lone Ranger” on Thursday, giving Comic-Con attendees the initial look at the studio's 2013 action-western starring Johnny ...
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Bank of Korea Trims 2012 Growth Forecast After Rate Cut

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The Bank of Korea reduced its 2012 economic-growth forecast for the second time this year, a day after it unexpectedly cut interest rates and signaled it would act preemptively to protect against slowing global growth.
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9 dead in Mont Blanc summer avalanche

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By John Heilprin on July 12, 2012 CHAMONIX, France (AP) - They set out before dawn, hoping to conquer a mountaineering classic: Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak.
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In Simply Meeting, Egyptian and Saudi Leaders Open New Era

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CAIRO - In his first foreign visit as Egypt's newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood met Thursday with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, a signal that the two intended to set aside their profound ideological enmity in favor of ...
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US cracks down on Iran's oil tanker company, exposes fronts |

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By Rachelle Younglai | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States ramped up pressure on Iran's ability to export oil on Thursday, identifying Tehran's main tanker firm and exposing dozens of its vessels as government-controlled entities.
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Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Mood Disorder Provokes...

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The medical condition keeping Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. out of Congress for the past month was finally revealed and not revealed at the same time: a mood disorder, a condition that can be anything from major depression to bipolar disorder.
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Detroit-Windsor Tunnel reopens after bomb threat interrupts international ...

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DETROIT - An international commuter tunnel connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, was closed for nearly four hours Thursday after a bomb threat was phoned in on the Canadian side.
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Florida foreclosures rise in first half of 2012

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The rate of foreclosure filings - a bank repossession, default notice or auction sale notice - increased 22.54 percent in Florida for the first six months of 2012 compared with the same period last year, according to a report released Thursday by ...
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Barclays' Diamond turns to top lawyer for Libor scandal

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By Steve Slater and Aruna Viswanatha LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - Barclays' embattled former chief executive Bob Diamond is being represented by top white-collar defense lawyer Andrew Levander in a widening scandal over the manipulation of ...
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GM, Peugeot Take Aim at Europe Woes

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By SHARON TERLEP And SAM SCHECHNER French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that an aid plan for the country's automobile sector will be presented to the government after car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen announced plans to cut 8000 jobs in France.
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Obama reflects on his biggest mistake as president

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(CBS News) President Obama's biggest mistake during his first term, he told CBS News in an exclusive interview, has been putting policy over storytelling.
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In Wyoming, Romney rustles up cash with the Cheney gang

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By Steve Holland | JACKSON, Wyoming (Reuters) - Republican party grandees gathered in the shadow of Wyoming's majestic Grand Teton mountains on Thursday for a high-dollar fundraising event that will add to presidential candidate Mitt Romney's brimming ...
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Attack on Yahoo e-mail may spawn more phishing scams

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You now have one more reason to be wary of viral e-mail slipping into your inbox this summer. Yahoo on Thursday confirmed the theft of 450000 Yahoo users' e-mail addresses and passwords.
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Once a Social Media Star, Digg Sells for $500000

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By JOSEPH WALKER And SPENCER E. ANTE Digg Inc., a social-media pioneer once valued at more than $160 million, is selling for the deeply discounted price of about $500000, three people familiar with the matter said.
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Nielsen: Android and iPhone both made gains in Q2 2012

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Today, Nielsen issued a report on the smartphone market in the US as of the end of quarter 2 of this year. In it, we see Android slowly climb toward 52% market share, with 51.8% of smartphone users running some version of the Android OS on their ...
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Angry Birds maker hits No 1 with new brand

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* New game Amazing Alex becomes No 1 paid app * Angry Birds games total downloads top 1 bln By Tarmo Virki HELSINKI, July 12 (Reuters) - The first non-Angry Birds game in more than two years from Rovio Entertainment hit No.
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'Oz, The Great And Powerful' Trailer: Five Key Scenes

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By Terri Schwartz SAN DIEGO - Hot off its Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con, the "Oz, The Great and Powerful" trailer has made its way online courtesy of Disney.
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"Twilight" stars reflect on bittersweet end to the films

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By Piya Sinha-Roy | SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The stars of "Twilight" gathered for the final time at the Comic-Con pop culture convention on Thursday, laughing and joking with fans as they reflected on a "bittersweet" end to the film franchise that ...
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Hot Links: 'The Man With the Iron Fists' gets release date, Kate Middleton ...

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Kate Middleton helps children learn how to gut fish. Check out this story and more in today's Fox411 Hot Links: Russell Crowe movie, 'The Man With the Iron Fists' gets release date.
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'Ice Age: Continental Drift' review: mostly nutty

San Francisco Chronicle -
The gang goes on another adventure, this time battling sea creatures and pirates after their continent breaks loose, in "Ice Age: Continental Drift.
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Taylor Swift tops Forbes' 'Highest-paid Celebrities under 30' list, followed ...

New York Daily News -
They have youth, beauty, talent - and tons and tons of cash. Female pop singers led by Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Lady Gaga dominate the latest Forbes magazine ranking of highest-paid celebrities under 30 years old.
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VIDEO: Blake Griffin Injures Knee In Team USA Scrimmage

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The worst thing that a team wants to see is their player getting injured. It only adds insult to the situation if that player does it playing for an exhibition or away from the team's responsibilities.
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Kite Has Record-Breaking 28 in 9 at US Senior Open

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Tom Kite set a US Senior Open record with a 28 on the front nine at Indianwood and finished a 5-under 65 on Thursday. Corey Pavin's sixth birdie on his 17th hole pulled him into a tie atop the leaderboard, but a penalty pushed him back to the pack ...
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'All signs point to' Ellsbury returning on Friday

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By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said tonight that "all signs point to" Jacoby Ellsbury rejoining the team for Friday night's game against Tampa Bay.
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Teemu Selanne returning for another season

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Teemu Selanne says age is just a number. Attitude is what matters. So he's signing up for another year with the Anaheim Ducks— at $4.5 million - a little more than a week after he turned 42.
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Pluto's new moon could cause problems for space probe, says NASA (+video)

Christian Science Monitor -
Pluto's newly discovered fifth moon could mean more debris surrounding the icy dwarf planet, which could pose a hazard for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched in 2006 with the aim of mapping Pluto's surface.
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Sunspot AR 1520 Seen in Königswinter, Germany

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Astropnotographer Daniel Fischer took this photo of sunspot AR 1520 from his location in Königswinter, Germany, on July 12, 2012, about one hour before the solar flare erupted from it.
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Recovery of most complete skeleton of human ancestor to be streamed live

Christian Science Monitor -
The recovery of a nearly two-million-year-old Australopithecus sediba fossil from a cave in South Africa will be broadcast live over the Web, probably beginning in November.
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Spot Alzheimer's 25 years before onset

Times of India -
LONDON: Scientists have found five key signs of Alzheimer's that can be detected up to 25 years before the onset of the degenerative disease, %a finding which they say could lead to its early diagnosis and treatment.
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Review: 'Our Kind of People' details AIDS crisis in Africa

Los Angeles Times -
Our Kind of People A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope Uzodinma Iweala Harper: 228 pp., $24.99 About halfway through "Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope," a stunning inquiry into the AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, ...

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