| Rodney King found dead Posted: 17 Jun 2012 09:03 AM PDT  Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by police in 1991 sparked the L.A. riots, was found dead at his California home on Sunday. He was 47. Police said King's fiancée discovered him at the bottom of the swimming pool at their Rialto, Calif., home, about 55 miles east of Los Angeles. Police responded to a call [...]
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| Greek election results ease economic fears Posted: 17 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT  Greeks voted in crucial elections on Sunday, with the center-right New Democracy party receiving about 30 percent of the vote, according to the government's projections. The results will likely keep Greece and its ailing economy in the euro zone, and ease fears among the world's financial markets of the "economic tsunami" that could have been--at [...]
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| Ann Romney responds to protesters at rally Posted: 17 Jun 2012 01:15 PM PDT  NEWARK, Ohio—Democratic protesters who have been trailing Mitt Romney's bus tour across the country finally caught up the Republican nominee, shouting loud enough for the candidate to hear as he spoke at a rally here. "GO HOME ROMNEY! GO HOME ROMNEY!" about 30 protestors shouted in unison as the former Massachusetts governor took the stage [...]
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| Obama spokesman welcomes Greek vote Posted: 17 Jun 2012 02:29 PM PDT  The White House pressed Greece to form a new government quickly to tackle the country's deep economic woes after voters there gave a narrow edge on Sunday to political parties that support keeping the country in Europe's common currency. The results of the closely watched parliamentary election could help calm world markets that had feared [...]
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| Generals guard Egypt power as Islamists claim lead Posted: 17 Jun 2012 04:44 PM PDT  Egyptians began an anxious wait for their first freely elected president on Sunday after two days of voting that was to be the culmination of their Arab Spring revolution but which many fear may now only compound political and economic uncertainty. With polling stations closed at 10 p.m. (9:00 p.m. British time), aides to both candidates in the runoff - Ahmed Shafik, a former general who was prime minister when Hosni Mubarak was overthrown, and Mohamed Morsy, an Islamist from the long suppressed Muslim Brotherhood - were claiming their man seemed to be ahead. ...
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| Mitt Romney won’t commit to repeal of immigration order Posted: 17 Jun 2012 07:40 AM PDT  Mitt Romney appeared on CBS' "Face The Nation" on Sunday, telling Bob Schieffer that President Obama's decision to halt the deportation of as many as 800,000 young illegal immigrants was politically-driven, but refused to say he would repeal the order if elected president. "First of all, we have to secure the border," Romney said, reiterating [...]
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| Powerful winds fuel Colorado wildfire Posted: 17 Jun 2012 04:43 PM PDT  Crews in northern Colorado are facing powerful winds as they battle a blaze that has scorched about 86 square miles of mountainous forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history. Meanwhile, local authorities are focusing on another concern — looting.
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| Santorum says no to potential job with Romney Posted: 17 Jun 2012 08:32 AM PDT  Rick Santorum says he would not take a job in a potential Mitt Romney administration, should the presumptive Republican nominee win the presidential election. "I want to help Mitt Romney get elected president," Santorum said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday. "I'll be happy to help him and advise him if he wants [...]
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| Chris Brown-Drake ‘fight’ club shut down Posted: 17 Jun 2012 07:00 AM PDT  The Soho nightclub where last week's brawl involving hip-hop stars Chris Brown and Drake which left several people, including San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker, injured has been shut down indefinitely by the New York Police Department for undisclosed code violations.
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| Radiohead drum technician killed in stage collapse Posted: 17 Jun 2012 03:11 PM PDT  Investigators combed through the wreckage of a Toronto stage Sunday to determine what caused the structure to come crashing down ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing the band's drum technician and injuring three other crew members.
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| GOP on health care: Repeal quickly, replace slowly Posted: 17 Jun 2012 08:07 AM PDT  Congressional Republicans intend to seek quick repeal of any parts of the health care law that survive a widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling, but don't plan to push replacement measures until after ...
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| Suicide bombings of Nigerian churches kill 19 Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT  Suicide car bombers attacked three churches in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens, and triggering retaliatory attacks by Christian youths who dragged Muslims from cars and killed them, officials and witnesses said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings but Islamist group Boko Haram has often attacked church services in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, split roughly evenly between Christians and Muslims. ...
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| Syrian activists warn of dire conditions in Homs Posted: 17 Jun 2012 10:45 AM PDT  Syrian troops intensified shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods in Homs Sunday according to activists who said humanitarian conditions in the city are growing dire and pressed for evacuation of 1,000 endangered families and dozens of wounded who cannot get adequate medical care.
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| Romney’s bus tour arrives in rainy Ohio Posted: 17 Jun 2012 08:38 AM PDT  BRUNSWICK, Ohio—The torrential rain began well before Mitt Romney arrived here for a Father's Day breakfast in the parking lot behind a local restaurant. Under dark skies and the occasional ominous clap of thunder, hundreds of people sought to protect themselves anyway they could. Some held Romney signs above their heads to block the rain, [...]
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| Obama to press European leaders over debt crisis Posted: 17 Jun 2012 10:45 AM PDT  President Barack Obama will press European leaders this week to resolve their debt crisis but the United States does not expect much progress before the end of the month, a White House adviser said on Sunday. Obama will participate in a two-day summit of Group of 20 leaders that starts in Mexico on Monday. He has called on European leaders to recapitalize weak banks and to focus on economic growth and not just budget austerity. "We're going to continue to make the case," David Plouffe, a senior Obama adviser, told U.S. broadcaster ABC's program "This Week. ...
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| Saudi king seeks successor as crown prince buried Posted: 17 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT  RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's elderly king led funeral prayers on Sunday for his heir, Crown Prince Nayef, whose death forces him to find a new successor capable of tackling domestic unemployment, bitter rivalry with Iran and turmoil in close Arab neighbours. Mecca's Great Mosque, Islam's holiest place, was lined with members of the al-Saud ruling family and leaders of Arab states as an imam led the sunset prayer next to the body of Nayef, who died on Saturday. ...
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| Polls: Socialists win French parliament race Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:54 PM PDT  French President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party won a solid majority in parliamentary elections Sunday, polling agencies projected, fortifying Hollande in his push for governments to spend money — ...
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| Search ends for Japanese climbers on Mt. McKinley Posted: 17 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT  A shallow avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley may not have killed four Japanese climbers, but the slide pushed them into a crevasse more than 100 feet deep, the National Park Service said Sunday.
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