October 2010
Rutgers honors late student at homecoming game
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AP – Rutgers University paid a public tribute Saturday at a football game to a student who committed suicide last week after his sexual encounter was secretly streamed online.
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No. 4 Oregon rallies to beat No. 9 Stanford 52-31... →
AP – Swarmed by fans after he led No. 4 Oregon to victory over No. 9 Stanford, Darron Thomas surveyed the chaotic scene and quietly smiled.
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2 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
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AP – Two more NATO service members have been killed in weekend attacks in Afghanistan, the military coalition said Sunday as Australia’s new prime minister vowed to Afghanistan’s president that her…
Free speech cases at top of Supreme Court’s agenda... →
AP – First Amendment cases top the Supreme Court’s docket as it begins a new term with a new justice and three women on the bench for the first time.
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US to warn Americans in Europe to be vigilant
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AP – The State Department plans to caution Americans traveling in Europe to be vigilant because of heightened concerns about a potential al-Qaida terrorist attack aimed at U.S. citizens and…
DC rally shows support for struggling Democrats
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AP – Tapping into anger as the tea party movement has done, a coalition of progressive and civil rights groups marched by the thousands Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial and pledged to support…
Missing pilots cast pall over balloon fiesta in US... →
AP – Hundreds of balloonists in New Mexico lifted off Saturday at dawn amid a somber mood, opening the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta while search crews on the other side of the globe…
Brazil to pick successor for popular president
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AP – Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country’s first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor.
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Latvian gov’t wins election, painful reforms ahead... →
AP – Latvia’s center-right government is poised to stay in power after voters backed its plans to continue painful reforms required by an international bailout program to fix the Baltic country’s…
Pakistanis push trade, not just aid, after floods... →
AP – This eastern Pakistani city is known for the roar of its power looms and the buzz of its sewing machines. Now, following massive floods that devastated the cotton crop, another noise is…
Ethnic Russian party gains before Latvian vote
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AP – The implosion of Latvia’s economy has propelled an unlikely candidate to the front ahead of Saturday’s national election: a left-leaning party rooted in the country’s ethnic Russian minority.
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Ecuador president rescued from police uprising
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AFP – Ecuador President Rafael Correa made a triumphant return to the presidential palace after loyalist troops rescued him from a police rebellion amid gunfire and street clashes that left at…
Wall Street futures signal higher open for stocks... →
Reuters – Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.5-0.7 percent, pointing to a firmer start on Wall Street on Friday.
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Balloonists hold out hope for missing pair
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AP – On the eve of a major world balloon festival came word that two of the sport’s most acclaimed pilots were missing in a European race, leaving friends and colleagues in the tight-knit community…
Europe leads early as heavy rains halt Ryder Cup
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AP – The opening matches in the Ryder Cup have been suspended because of heavy rains in Wales.
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IMF chief sees no need to help Ireland
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AFP – IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a newspaper interview on Friday that he did not expect Ireland to call on a European rescue fund to help the country cope with its financial crisis.
White House chief of staff: Emanuel out, Rouse in... →
AP – President Barack Obama is making official what has been clear for days: Rahm Emanuel, the relentless enforcer of his agenda as White House chief of staff, is resigning. The job Emanuel wants…
Japan hikes taxes on cigarettes to curb smoking
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AP – Japan imposed a record 40 percent tax hike on cigarettes in a bid to curb the nation’s smoking rate — the highest among major industrialized nations.
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Mich. assistant AG’s anti-gay blog free speech?
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AP – An assistant attorney general is using his personal blog to target the openly gay leader of the University of Michigan’s student assembly, calling him a racist with a “radical homosexual…
India less tense after court verdict on holy site... →
AP – Schools, shops and businesses reopened Friday as fears of violence ebbed in northern India following a court order to divide a disputed holy site between the Hindu and Muslim communities.
July 2010
Kaczynski concedes defeat in Polish presidential... →
AFP – Polish ex-premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski conceded defeat Sunday in a presidential vote forced by his identical twin’s air-crash death, after exit polls indicated he had lost to rival Bronislaw…
Biden urges Iraqi leaders to end grievances
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AFP – US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday pleaded to Iraqi leaders to end the bickering and delays that have threatened to derail the conflict-torn nation’s democracy since an inconclusive…
Fireworks to follow sun-scorched July 4 festivals... →
AP – The nation’s largest fireworks show will light up the skies over the Hudson River straddling New York and New Jersey, one of hundreds around the country that will bring sizzling ends to a…
Ex-champ arrested at NYC hot dog event
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AP – A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year’s Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn’t resist the temptation to hotdog afterward.
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Cleveland might feel economic pinch without LeBron... →
AP – Before LeBron James, there were thousands of empty seats for most Cleveland Cavaliers games and downtown was silent after dark. With him, every game is a sellout and nearby bars and…
Rough weather curtails some Gulf cleanup work
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AP – Cleanup crews across the Gulf of Mexico surveyed damage done by last week’s hurricane while contending Sunday with choppy seas that idled many of the boats dedicated to keeping oil from…
Fireworks to highlight July Fourth celebrations
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AP – The nation’s largest fireworks show will light up the skies over the Hudson River straddling New York and New Jersey, one of hundreds around the country that will bring sizzling ends to a…
Biden urges Iraqi leaders to break political... →
AFP – US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday pleaded to Iraqi leaders to end the bickering and delays that have threatened to derail the conflict-torn nation’s democracy since an inconclusive…
Horses take off, injure 24 people at Iowa parade
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AP – Two runaway horses raced along a Fourth of July parade route in a small Mississippi River town in eastern Iowa on Sunday, trampling children who were in the street picking up candy and…
On July 4 in spill country, pondering America
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AP – From the country’s earliest days, when a handful of colonists became fed up with Britain and decided independence was worth dying for, Americans have been guided by fires in their bellies…
‘Twilight’ falls sharply but makes it to $161M
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AP – “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is waning at the box office but still has gotten off to a blockbuster start with $161 million in its first five days.
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Nadal Beats Berdych For 2nd Wimbledon Title →
Rafael Nadal has swept Tomas Berdych in straight sets to win his second Wimbledon title and eighth Grand Slam championship.
ECB’s Trichet urges rigor in budget policy
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AP – The head of the European Central Bank says governments should be “rigorous” in their budget policies.
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Wyoming threatens to sell prime Grand Teton land
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AP – For Sale: Two square miles of Grand Teton National Park.
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Paper: Mideast looking at investing in BP
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AP – BP may look to sovereign wealth funds, including in the oil-rich Middle East, to fend off takeover bids amid mounting costs from the Gulf of Mexico oil leak disaster, according to reports…
France trims budget piecemeal to ward off protest... →
AP – Officially, France has no single grand plan to cut the enormous national debt that has contributed to fears about Europe’s financial stability.
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Germany plans to cut new borrowing in savings... →
Reuters – Germany plans to cut net new borrowing by some 80 billion euros ($100 billion) over five years, reducing supply of Europe’s benchmark debt and adding pressure on other euro zone members…
GOP lawmakers wary of Obama’s Afghan deadline
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AP – Leading Republican lawmakers and the Afghan ambassador to the United States are voicing opposition to President Barack Obama’s plan to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan starting next…
BP launches search for new investors: report
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Reuters – Oil major BP Plc is seeking a strategic investor to secure its independence in the face of any takeover attempts as it struggles with a devastating oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico,…
Poles vote in tight presidential run-off
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Reuters – Poles voted on Sunday in a presidential election run-off that will help to decide the speed and scale of economic reforms, and set the tone for Warsaw’s relations with its European…
PKK bombs Iraq-Turkey pipeline
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Reuters – A bomb planted by suspected PKK separatist rebels in Turkey and a technical fault in Iraq have halted pumping on the Kirkuk to Ceyhan pipeline, officials said on Sunday.
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Clinton, on foreign trip, promotes open societies... →
AP – On America’s Independence Day, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is challenging what she calls a global crackdown on human rights, lamenting a “steel vise” squeezing the life…
Lebanon cleric, listed as ‘terrorist’ in US, dead... →
AFP – Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a former spiritual mentor of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and branded a “terrorist” by Washington, died on Sunday aged 75, officials said….
How An Alleged Russian Spy Eluded Capture →
To American officials, the man identified as Christopher Robert Metsos is the spy who got away, a footloose operative who funneled money to U.S.-based accomplices, 10 of whom are in custody….
Mexicans Elections Besieged By Drug Violence →
A dozen Mexican states hold elections Sunday after a campaign marred by assassinations and other scandals that displayed drug cartels’ power. The party that ruled Mexico for 71 years hoped to…
Nadal faces Berdych in Wimbledon final
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AP – While Roger Federer is at the start of a two-week vacation he wasn’t eager to begin, Rafael Nadal will be hard at work Sunday, facing a new sort of challenge in the Wimbledon final.
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Congo: burn survivors recover from tanker blast
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AP – Moaning and badly burned survivors from a massive tanker blast that killed at least 230 people recovered in a crumbling eastern Congo hospital Sunday, two days after the wrecked fuel truck…
Clinton Promotes Open Societies Abroad →
On America’s Independence Day, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is challenging what she calls a global crackdown on human rights, lamenting a “steel vise” squeezing the life out…
Van der Sloot files suit against initial lawyer
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AP – Joran van der Sloot has sued the lawyer who represented him during a police interrogation on the day that authorities say the Dutchman confessed to killing a Peruvian woman, his current…
Drug war fears cast pall across Mexican elections... →
AP – A common theme haunts Sunday’s state and local elections across Mexico: drugs.
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