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- US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,463
- Democrat Reid: Romney 'doesn't know who he is'
- US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,522
- Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief
- Army anti-drug leader suspended after drug charge
- Unlikely pair ACLU, tea party win free speech case
- IG says 133 IRS workers didn't comply with tax law
- GOP presidential candidate Pawlenty on air in Iowa
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- Budget cuts force libraries to re-examine roles
- Prince Edward brings youth program to Baltimore
- Son born to Pa. couple who lost 7 children in fire
- APNewsBreak: Railroads threatened with lawsuit
- 4 offered probation deals in Columbia U. drug case
- Gabrielle Giffords has deal for a memoir
- AP Source: Troop cut this year likely near 10,000
- Man accused of mistreating 106-year-old woman
- Huntsman getting into race, promises new jobs
- Charges possible in Calif. yearbook sex act photo
- Pa. capital's mayor vows 3-day fast for unity
| US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,463 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT As of Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at least 4,463 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.            |
| Democrat Reid: Romney 'doesn't know who he is' Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:29 PM PDT The top elected Mormon in the Democratic Party said the country is not ready for fellow Mormon Mitt Romney as the Republicans' presidential nominee.  |
| US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,522 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 01:21 PM PDT As of Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at least 1,522 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.  |
| Ban Ki-moon gets second term as UN chief Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:52 PM PDT The U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to give Ban Ki-moon a second term as secretary-general, praising him for strengthening the role and visibility of the world body in difficult circumstances.  |
| Army anti-drug leader suspended after drug charge Posted: 21 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT A Pennsylvania newspaper is reporting that the director of an Army installation's substance-abuse program is on leave pending further action after his arrest on cocaine-distribution charges.  |
| Unlikely pair ACLU, tea party win free speech case Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:10 AM PDT A pair of unlikely political allies has succeeded in sinking an ordinance that restricted when and where pamphlets could be handed out in front of a Northern California city library.  |
| IG says 133 IRS workers didn't comply with tax law Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT A government investigator says 133 workers at the Internal Revenue Service apparently didn't comply with U.S. tax laws during a two-year period but the agency failed to detect them.  |
| GOP presidential candidate Pawlenty on air in Iowa Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty plans to run the first television advertisement of the 2012 campaign by a GOP candidate.  |
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| Budget cuts force libraries to re-examine roles Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT Plunging tax revenue is forcing libraries across the country to close and cut staff, while e-readers and the Internet can make a library seem quaint as a place to find a book or do research.  |
| Prince Edward brings youth program to Baltimore Posted: 21 Jun 2011 11:01 AM PDT Britain's Prince Edward visited Baltimore along with Miss America 2011 Teresa Scanlan to announce the expansion of a youth program.  |
| Son born to Pa. couple who lost 7 children in fire Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:30 AM PDT The Pennsylvania parents who lost seven of their eight children in a farmhouse fire three months ago have a new son.  |
| APNewsBreak: Railroads threatened with lawsuit Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT An environmental group sent letters Tuesday warning two of the country's biggest rail companies to prepare for a federal lawsuit if they don't undertake measures to clean up hazardous waste their facilities emit into the air from diesel engines in 16 California rail yards.  |
| 4 offered probation deals in Columbia U. drug case Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT New York prosecutors are offering no-jail plea deals to four of the five Columbia University students charged with selling LSD-spiked candy and other drugs on the Ivy League campus.  |
| Gabrielle Giffords has deal for a memoir Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT The world has only begun to learn about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The Arizona Democrat and her husband, astronaut and Navy captain Mark Kelly, are working on a memoir that Scribner will publish at a date to be determined. The book, currently untitled, will be an intimate chronicle of everything from their careers and courtship to the Jan. 8 tragedy when ...  |
| AP Source: Troop cut this year likely near 10,000 Posted: 21 Jun 2011 09:01 AM PDT A senior U.S. defense official says the troop withdrawal to be announced Wednesday by President Barack Obama is likely to total two brigades this year, or roughly 5,000 troops this summer and another 5,000 by year's end.  |
| Man accused of mistreating 106-year-old woman Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Authorities say a bedridden woman who turns 106 on Wednesday is doing well in a Colville, Wash., nursing home after she was found begging for food in a filthy house.  |
| Huntsman getting into race, promises new jobs Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says he will run a campaign that is based on who would be a better president, not who is a better American.  |
| Charges possible in Calif. yearbook sex act photo Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Detectives say child sex charges could be filed against a Southern California teenager whose hand is shown up the dress of a 15-year-old girl in a yearbook photo.  |
| Pa. capital's mayor vows 3-day fast for unity Posted: 21 Jun 2011 07:01 AM PDT The mayor of Pennsylvania's capital is vowing to go on a three-day fast she hopes will unite citizens and leaders in the face of a financial crisis.  |
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