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Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
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AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
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AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of the assault, the largest military operation in Afghanis......
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Bleak payrolls report mauls Wall St; volume thin
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Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery prospects.
U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes
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Reuters - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery from recession.
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Jackson memorial set for Tuesday in LA
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AP - Michael Jackson's memorial service has been set for Tuesday at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
Obama cites Michael Jackson as entertainment icon
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AP - President Barack Obama called Michael Jackson a brilliant performer whose talents were paired with a tragic personal life.
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Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep
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AP - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol
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AP - NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English.
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Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
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AP - In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.
Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking
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AP - Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.
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Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War
(AP)
AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.
Documents describe chaos of Gitmo's early months
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AP - Newly released Defense Department documents and memos about the first years of operation of the jail at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, portray a chaotic and sometimes violent operation that its own commanders described as dysfunctional.
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Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
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AP - With swine flu continuing to spread around the world, researchers say they have found the reason it is — so far — more a series of local blazes than a wide-raging wildfire. The new virus, H1N1, has a protein on its surface that is not very efficient at binding with receptors in people's respiratory tracts, researchers at the Harvard-MIT Divisi......
Advocates are back with real health care stories
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AP - When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.
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NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared
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AP - North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday.
Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
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AP - U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan.
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Artest going to Lakers
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AP - Ron Artest is joining Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Sister Act 4: Venus, Serena reach Wimbledon final
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AP - Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can't bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage.
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