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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. -
TSA re-inspects elderly woman over wet diaper (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 3:23pm EDT
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AP - The family of a gravely ill 95-year-old woman says federal inspectors wouldn't let her mother board a plane because her adult diaper was wet, setting off alarms. -
Egypt tycoon accused of 'Mickey Mouse' insult to Islam (AFP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 2:36pm EDT
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AFP - Egyptian tycoon and politician Naguib Sawiris has come under fire for posting a picture of Mickey and Minnie Mouse in Islamic dress, sparking a torrent of condemnation on social networking sites.
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Ohio woman sprays police with breast milk during dispute (Reuters)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 2:18pm EDT
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Reuters - A lactating Ohio woman was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she sprayed sheriff's deputies with breast milk as they tried to remove her from a vehicle, police said on Monday. -
Judge rules Casey Anthony competent to stand trial (Reuters)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 1:58pm EDT
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Reuters - A judge ruled on Monday that accused child killer Casey Anthony is mentally fit to continue standing trial based on psychological testing conducted over the weekend at the request of her lawyers.
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Close Shave: Asteroid to Just Miss Earth Today (SPACE.com)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 11:30am EDT
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SPACE.com - An asteroid the size of a tour bus will fly past Earth today (June 27) so closely it will be beneath some of the planet's satellites. -
Raleigh woman's garden became her husband's grave (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 8:05am EDT
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AP - Ruth Huber Bostic carefully tended to her flower garden every day, even though the rest of her home and property were in shambles. -
Russia convicts colonel of exposing US spy ring (AFP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 7:54am EDT
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AFP - A Moscow military court on Monday handed down a 25-year sentence to a top Russian foreign intelligence agent who was convicted in absentia of exposing a "sleeper cell" network in the United States.
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Intern'l judges order arrest of Moammar Gadhafi (AP)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 7:36am EDT
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AP - The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and his intelligence chief for crimes against humanity in the early days of their struggle to cling to power.
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Stars with criminal pasts honored at BET Awards (Reuters)
Posted: June 27th, 2011, 12:47am EDT
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Reuters - R&B star Chris Brown, fully rehabilitated in the public eye after beating up ex-girlfriend Rihanna two years ago, led the list of winners with criminal pasts at the BET Awards on Sunday.