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Jurors to re-watch interviews of Ga. man on trial

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) -- Jurors are again going to watch interviews of a corporate engineer who claims he was insane when he killed a toddler's father outside a suburban Atlanta preschool....
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New frog species spotted in NYC

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
Scientists say they have found a new species of frog living in heavily-populated urban areas of New York.
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Ahmadinejad grilled by Iran lawmakers

CNN - Top Stories - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quizzed by lawmakers Wednesday on domestic and foreign policy issues after being summoned before parliament.
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UK abortion clinic targeted by US religious group

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
LONDON (AP) -- One of Britain's main abortion providers said Wednesday that a campaign run by a U.S.-based religious group is intimidating women who use its services....

Santorum's edge in Ala came from religious voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People favoring a candidate who shares their religious beliefs helped Rick Santorum capture Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Alabama, exit polls of voters showed. He also won among women and younger voters....

Santorum's edge in Ala came from religious voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People favoring a candidate who shares their religious beliefs helped Rick Santorum capture Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Alabama, exit polls of voters showed. He also won among women and younger voters....

Santorum's edge in Ala came from religious voters

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People favoring a candidate who shares their religious beliefs helped Rick Santorum capture Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Alabama, exit polls of voters showed. He also won among women and younger voters....
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Santorum's edge in Ala came from religious voters

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People favoring a candidate who shares their religious beliefs helped Rick Santorum capture Tuesday's Republican presidential primary in Alabama, exit polls of voters showed. He also won among women and younger voters....

Clooney highlights Sudanese humanitarian crisis

WASHINGTON — Actor and human rights activist George Clooney on Wednesday warned of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan, where residents are taking refuge in the Nuba Mountains because of aerial bombardments.

Clooney, just back from a visit to the region, described how ...

US disposable war-satellites idea

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
The Pentagon may commission squads of short-life satellites to provide soldiers with tactical imagery at the push of a button.
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Russia says it won't intervene militarily in Syria

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia is providing Syria with weapons to fend off external threats but has no intention to use military force to protect Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday....

US scrubbed plan to protect exchange students

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department has scrapped a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign high school exchange students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press....
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Iran leader: Any attacks bring `same level' reply

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces "on the same level," Iran's top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Barack Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message of solidarity....

Human fossils hint at new species

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
The remains of what may be a previously unknown human species living just 11,500 years ago are identified in southern China, although the science team behind the discovery is stopping short of a formal classification.
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Obamas' gift to Camerons: grill, chef jackets

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's time for David and Samantha Cameron to fire up the barbie again - and not just any grill....

Nigeria police helicopter crashes

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
A police helicopter crashed in a residential area in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing four people, officials say.
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Lawmakers debate pay cutoff for budget gridlock

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It might be dismissed as an election year gimmick by the big shots who run Capitol Hill, but frustration over Congress' failure to pass a budget since 2009 has given surprising momentum to a bill that would cut off lawmakers' pay if they can't - or won't - pass a budget blueprint....
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Last entry for Encyclopaedia Britannica book form

CHICAGO (AP) — Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone among the editing minions of free online rival Wikipedia made an irony-free note of that fact.

"It was announced that after ...

Water firm 'gambled with lives'

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
The water authority responsible for poisoning a Cornish town's water supply was "gambling with as many as 20,000 lives", a coroner says.
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Analysis: Romney losses show disgruntled GOP base

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-06-15 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's losses in Alabama and Mississippi underscore a stark reality: The core of his party does not want him....
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