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New blog entry asserts gay Syrian was hoax

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT

A new entry in a blog purportedly by a lesbian Syrian-American living in Damascus asserts that the entire four-month saga was a hoax, days after a post that the woman had been arrested.

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Lester throws two-hit ball, Ortiz homer for Boston

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT

Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz hits a three-run home run in the fifth inning of MLB baseball game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Sunday, June 12, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darren Calabrese)David Ortiz and the Boston Red Sox are steamrolling that 0-6 start into irrelevance.




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US troops leaving Saddam palaces

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT

This Saddam Hussein palace in Baghdad also served as his jail cell after his capture.Available soon: nine palaces in lakeside complex frequented by visiting kings and dictators, beautiful molded ceilings and light fixtures, many bidets, Saddam Hussein mural and former prison cell.




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Fire evacuation orders lifted for thousands

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Officials expressed confidence Sunday that they were making progress in their battle against the huge Arizona blaze that has been burning since May.

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Posted: 12 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT

PBT: Three ways to get LeBron on track

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:33 AM PDT

PBT: LeBron James can rediscover his mojo, if he and the Heat follow our three-step plan. It starts with making shots.PBT: LeBron James can rediscover his mojo, if he and the Heat follow our three-step plan. It starts with making shots.




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Investors may have to get used to down market

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Don't be surprised if Wall Street racks up a seventh consecutive week of losses as the likelihood of more poor economic data outweigh any thoughts that stocks are cheap.

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Home sellers court risks with last-resort loans

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:23 AM PDT

Financing provided by sellers, popular in the 1980s when mortgage rates reached 18 percent, is making a comeback in markets that have been hit hard by foreclosures and where tightening lending standards and years of economic distress have drained the pool of creditworthy buyers.For a small but growing number of people, the only way to get a house sold is to resort to financing provided by the seller. It's risky business.




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Best bets: 'Green Lantern' lights up theaters

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:04 AM PDT

In a summer full of superhero movies, Ryan Reynolds might be the best one. Also this week: Jim Carrey stars in "Mr. Popper's Penguins"; "Rocco's Dinner Party" premieres.

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At Tonys, 'Book of Mormon' favored to win big

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Andrew Rannells, center, performs with an ensemble cast in "The Book of Mormon" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York. The Broadway musical is nominated for 14 Tony Awards.The official tongue-in-cheek slogan for "The Book of Mormon" claims that it is "God's Favorite Musical." Producers of the show are hopeful the Broadway community agrees.




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New photos of Weiner surface on Internet

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 04:39 PM PDT

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., is questioned by the media near his home in the Queens borough of New York on Saturday.House Democratic leaders urged embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner to quit in light of his Twitter scandal, but the New York lawmaker says he won't resign, leaves for 'treatment.'




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Volunteer pays a price to help tsunami victims

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 10:09 AM PDT

Katsuhito Torii didn't lose his home in the March 11 tsunami, but the 37-year-old carpenter and single dad has spent three months living at a shelter and run through his savings helping those who did.

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New rules to rein in for-profit colleges

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT

The U.S. Education Department has issued tougher rules regulating and financing for-profit colleges, whose students disproportionately default on college loans.

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Posted: 12 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT

Iran security forces attack, arrest protesters

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Iranian security forces attacked and arrested activists gathering in Tehran to mark the anniversary of Iran's 2009 disputed election, opposition websites reported.

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Libya's rebels claim resurgence; government denies

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Rebels prepare before attacking Gadhafi troops on the frontline of Dafneya near Misrata, Libya, Saturday, June 11, 2011. Rebels were battling forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi along the Mediterranean coast west of Tripoli on Saturday, fighting their way back into the important western oil port of Zawiya. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)From the east and west, working with NATO air strikes, resurgent rebels battled Libyan government forces on Sunday at flashpoints along the Mediterranean coast, rebel commanders reported. The government said their victory claims were "wishful reporting."




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Moscow police break up protest on national holiday

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right,  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Medvedev's wife Svetlana clink glasses at a presentation ceremony of state awards in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, June 12, 2011, marking the Day of Russia, a national holiday. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)Russian police detained nearly 30 opposition activists Sunday to prevent them from demonstrating in central Moscow on a national holiday celebrating the country's emergence as an independent state as the Soviet Union crumbled.




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Rep. Giffords releases 1st photos since shooting

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 02:42 PM PDT

This photo of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was posted on her Facebook page on Sunday.The first photos of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot in the head in a mass shooting in Tucson about five months ago were released early Sunday.




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Ash grounds flights 2 oceans away from volcano

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 03:46 AM PDT

Qantas jets sit on the tarmac in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday. The airline cancelled 56 flights.Dozens of flights were cancelled Sunday after an ash cloud from an erupting volcano in Chile drifted thousands of miles over the Atlantic and Indian oceans.




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Experts: Nation-state behind IMF cyber attack

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 02:52 AM PDT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is helping to investigate the cyberattack targeting the IMF, according to a Defense Department spokeswoman. The International Monetary Fund has become the latest known target of a significant cyber attack.




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