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Afghan official: Country's top banker flees nation (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 7:50pm EDT
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AP - Afghanistan's top banker, who is alleged to have played a role in the failure of the nation's largest private lender, has fled the country, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Monday. -
FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 7:29pm EDT
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AP - Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation. -
Williams sisters, Wozniacki all lose at Wimbledon (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 6:50pm EDT
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AP - Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price — mother and sometimes-coach to Serena and Venus Williams — shook her head after watching one daughter lose at Wimbledon, then the other.
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International court orders Gaddafi's arrest (Reuters)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 6:02pm EDT
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Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.
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Famous Thatcher handbag auctioned for $40,000 (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 5:27pm EDT
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AP - One of Margaret Thatcher's famous handbags fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,953) at a London charity auction Monday.
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Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files bankruptcy (Reuters)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 5:26pm EDT
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Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash. -
Review: Parton's well-meaning message falters (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 4:57pm EDT
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AP - Dolly Parton, "Better Day" (Dolly Records/Warner Bros.)
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Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 3:48pm EDT
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AP - A former Citigroup vice president embezzled $19.2 million from the bank in a one-man "inside job" involving a series of secret money transfers, federal prosecutors said Monday. -
Washington state abandons all tourism marketing (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 3:37pm EDT
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AP - Washington state is shuttering the official tourism agency that unifies its marketing message and abandoning all public support for one of its largest industries. -
Bearded Mickey Mouse cartoon causes stir in Egypt (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 3:32pm EDT
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AP - An Egyptian Christian telecom mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.