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Altidore leads US over Honduras in WCup qualifying
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:45:43 -0400
SANDY, Utah (AP) — As goaltender Tim Howard looks out from in front of the U.S. net, he likes what he sees: the scoring of striker Jozy Altidore, the ball control of the midfielders and the steadiness of the defense.
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Pitcher safety against liners still issue for MLB
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:44:46 -0400
Cleveland Indians reliever Vinnie Pestano has a recurring dream. A batter hits a line drive right back up the middle and it's screaming toward his head.
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Mum's the word on Hossa amid NHL's injury culture
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:44:32 -0400
BOSTON (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville didn't want to talk about the injury that forced him to scratch forward Marian Hossa from the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.
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Heat force Game 7 with 103-100 OT win over Spurs
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:41:44 -0400
MIAMI (AP) — When LeBron James' greatness almost wasn't good enough, officials began preparing for a San Antonio celebration.
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Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 US troops
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:39:27 -0400
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country.
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UN says 45.2 million refugees, displaced globally
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:36:41 -0400
GENEVA (AP) — The Syrian civil war contributed to push the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday.
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Obama's Berlin speech: History raises the stakes
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35:51 -0400
BERLIN (AP) — Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement.
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WikiLeaks' Assange fears U.S., says will stay in embassy
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:32:11 -0400
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will not leave the sanctuary of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London even if Sweden stops pursuing sexual assault claims against him because he fears arrest on the order of the United States. In an interview with Reuters and others to mark the first anniversary of taking refuge in the cramped diplomatic building, Assange said he remained hopeful he might be able to leave but offered little evidence to suggest he would be finding new living quarters anytime soon. "I wouldn't say I wouldn't leave," he said. ...
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Zimmerman jury selection moving into a new phase
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:29:47 -0400
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are about to move into the next phase of jury selection.
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Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:24:44 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) — The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of low-profile existence, stymied by congressional infighting and, at times, censorship by government lawyers.
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Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:24:43 -0400
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family.
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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:22:50 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of a far-reaching immigration bill in the Senate see fresh momentum from a report by the Congressional Budget Office that says the measure would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.
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W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:50 -0400
JULIAN, W.Va. (AP) — Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of fire is replaced by the trickle of nearby water.
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Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:48 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast.
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Zimmerman jury selection moves into next round
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:58 -0400
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys in the George Zimmerman murder trial are set for the next phase of jury selection.
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Japan's trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:15:03 -0400
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion), highlighting the challenge Prime Minister Shinzo Abe faces in revitalizing manufacturing as industries increasingly shift production offshore.
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Baked Alaska: Unusual heat wave hits 49th state
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:12:42 -0400
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven — or a tropical paradise.
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FBI hunt for Jimmy Hoffa remains entering 3rd day
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11:06 -0400
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago.
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Egypt tourism minister protests over Islamist governor
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:01:45 -0400 By Tom Perry and Asma Alsharif CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's tourism minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday over President Mohamed Mursi's decision to appoint as governor of Luxor a member of a hardline Islamist group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists there in 1997. Prime Minister Hisham Kandil did not accept the resignation of Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou, who remains in the post for now. However, the move pointed to a split in government over an appointment that one critic called "the last nail in the coffin" of the tourism industry. ... |
Quotations of the day
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:41 -0400 "After this Kermit Gosnell trial, (and) some of the horrific acts that were going on, the vast majority of the American people believe in the substance of this bill, and so do I." — House Speaker John Boehner, after the Republican-led House passed a far-reaching bill to ban almost all abortions after 20 weeks. |
Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:53:10 -0400
ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — A woman told authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes and pit bulls.
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Obama to set nuclear arms cut goal in Berlin speech
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:48:47 -0400
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton BERLIN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will unveil plans for a sharp reduction in nuclear warheads in a landmark speech at the Brandenburg Gate on Wednesday that comes 50 years after John F. Kennedy declared "Ich bin ein Berliner" in a defiant Cold War address. A senior U.S. administration official said Obama, on his first visit to the German capital as president, would signal his desire to cut deployed atomic weapons by up to one third below the level achieved in the last "New START" treaty with Russia. "The U.S. ...
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China says Ghana's arrest of its miners will not harm relations
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:44:05 -0400 By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) - China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday. The arrests are a sensitive issue for China, which would want to defuse any issue that could stoke popular resentment against its citizens doing business in Africa or threaten its expanding trade relationship with the continent. ... |
Nigeria drops charges against some Russian arms suspects
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:39:02 -0400
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities dropped charges on Tuesday against eight Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another seven will face trial. The 15 Russian sailors were charged with illegally bringing weapons into Nigeria last year, after Nigerian authorities intercepted a ship on October 23, saying they had found several guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. The court case has raised tensions between Nigeria and Russia, whose Foreign Ministry has spoken out against the charges. ...
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Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of icons?
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:37:44 -0400
The image was stark — a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul.
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Ex-Bulger cohort to spend 3rd day on witness stand
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:36:08 -0400
BOSTON (AP) — A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger is expected to face more tough cross-examination by Bulger's lawyers when he returns to the witness stand for a third day.
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Mali signs ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:34:57 -0400
By Mathieu Bonkoungou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Mali signed a ceasefire deal with Tuareg separatist rebels on Tuesday, paving the way for government troops to return to the northern, rebel-held town of Kidal before a presidential election next month. At the heart of a region plagued by poverty and Islamic militancy, Mali won a 3.25 billion euros Western aid package last month aimed at shoring up democracy and helping it recover from a coup and an al Qaeda insurgency. ...
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Nigeria Islamists kill 9 students in school attack: medical worker
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:31:58 -0400
MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants opened fire on a school in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing nine students, witnesses and a medical worker said, the second deadly attack on schools in three days. Witness Ibrahim Mohammed said he was taking exams in a classroom at Ansarudeen School when gunmen stormed the building, opening fire at random. "I saw five students sitting the exams killed on the spot. Four others were killed as they were entering the school premises," he said by telephone, still shaking with fear. ...
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UN says Libya political exclusion law likely violates rights
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:30:20 -0400 By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A new law in Libya that bans anyone linked to Muammar Gaddafi from government, regardless of their part in toppling the long-time leader, is arbitrary, vague and likely to violate civil and political rights, the United Nations said on Tuesday. U.N. special envoy to Libya, Tarek Mitri, told the U.N. Security Council that while it was "undeniable" the law had significant political support, the implementation of it risked further weakening Libya's already shaky state institutions. ... |
Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:27:07 -0400
SAO PAULO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.
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French sailor freed after pirate attack, Nigeria says
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:26:40 -0400 ABUJA (Reuters) - A French sailor was freed on Tuesday after being captured by pirates last week from his ship off the coast of Togo and taken to Nigeria, a military commander said. Pirates attacked the oil products tanker Adour on June 13, around 30 nautical miles off the coast of Togo. General Bata Dembiro, a commander in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, said the Nigerian navy and French marines stormed the vessel after the hijackers seized it, but they took Benjamin Elan hostage to enable them to escape. They released the other 14 crew, he said. ... |
Tanzania police fire teargas at protesters near blast site
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:25:57 -0400 By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian police fired teargas and warning shots on Tuesday to disperse thousands of people protesting against a weekend bomb attack on an opposition campaign rally, eyewitnesses said. Supporters of the Chadema opposition party gathered in the northern city of Arusha to mourn the three people killed and the more than 50 people injured there in Saturday's blast, they said. The latest violence in Tanzania threatens to taint the image of east Africa's second biggest economy ahead of a visit by U.S. ... |
Investors look for answers on economy from Fed
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:17:55 -0400
WASHINGTON (AP) — Worry and speculation have consumed investors since Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to Congress last month about the Federal Reserve's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.
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UN says number refugees, displaced at 18-year high
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:17:23 -0400
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says more than 45.2 million people were forced to flee homes last year, an 18-year high mainly due to wars in Syria, Afghanistan and other countries.
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Red Cross' Guantanamo reports sought in 9/11 case
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:26 -0400
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross urged a military judge Tuesday to refuse a request to open its confidential communications with U.S. officials about conditions at Guantanamo Bay to the lawyers for the prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 terror attack.
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James, Heat beats Spurs 103-100 in OT; Game 7 next
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:57:41 -0400
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James saved a championship reign, canceled a celebration.
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Turkey's 'standing man' joins ranks of icons
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:57:10 -0400
The image was stark — a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul.
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One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:57:09 -0400
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.
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Dozens held in Turkey, silent protester goes viral
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:55:47 -0400
By Daren Butler and Parisa Hafezi ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - A lone, silent vigil by a man in Istanbul inspired copycat protests on Tuesday, as police detained dozens of people across Turkey in an operation linked to three weeks of often violent demonstrations against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Overnight in Ankara, riot police used teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered in and around the government quarter of Kizilay. ...
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Afghan Taliban claim they killed 4 US troops
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:51:41 -0400 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war. |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 19, 2013 is:
habiliment \huh-BIL-uh-munt\ noun
1 : characteristic apparatus : trappings 2 a : the dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion usually used in plural b : clothes usually used in plural
Examples:
"My riches are these poor habiliments, / Of which if you should here disfurnish me, / You take the sum and substance that I have." From Shakespeare's 1595 play The Two Gentlemen of Verona
"In 1837, a Times-Picayune reporter noted that the first documented Mardi Gras walking parade excited considerable speculation as to who they were, what were their motives, and what upon earth could induce them to turn out in such grotesque and outlandish habiliments. Some things never change." From an article released by Tulane University and published by States News Service, January 24, 2013
Did you know?
"Habiliment," from Middle French "abillement," is a bit old-fashioned and is often used to describe complex, multi-pieced outfits like those of medieval times. For instance, a full suit of armorwhich might include a helmet, gorget, pallette, brassard, skirt of tasses, tuille, gauntlet, cuisse, jambeau, and solleret, along with other pieces and platescan be considered the habiliments of a knight. Nowadays, "habiliment," which is usually used in its plural form, is also fitting for the dress of an occupation, such as the different vestments of a priest, or for clothes, such as elegant formal wear, worn on special occasions. When "habiliment" is used for plain old "clothes," it is more than likely for jocular or poetic effectas we see it being used by Shakespeare in the first example above.
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