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US-Russia nuclear deal: spin or deep cut?

Reuters - Guy Faulconbridge - ‎1 hour ago‎
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev on Monday agreed a target of cutting vast Cold War arsenals of deployed nuclear warheads by around a third from current levels to 1500-1675 ...

Michael Jackson Advisors Named Temporary Administrators Of His Estate

MTV.com - Gil Kaufman - ‎40 minutes ago‎
The struggle for control over Michael Jackson's estate continued in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday (July 6), with a judge approving the late pop star's wishes to have two of his longtime advisors control his assets.

Robert McNamara dies

guardian.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎
Robert McNamara, the architect of the Vietnam war who later made a public reversal on the conflict and said it should never have been fought, died today.

China Says Hundreds Detained After Ethnic Violence Kills 156

Bloomberg - ‎45 minutes ago‎
By Bloomberg News July 7 (Bloomberg) -- China's government said more than 700 people were detained after ethnic rioting in the capital of Xinjiang province killed 156 people.

US condemns violence in Honduras

AFP - ‎35 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Monday condemned the violence against demonstrators in Honduras and urged the interim government and other players to seek a peaceful solution following the army-backed coup.

Khamenei warns West, Paris says French woman arrested

AFP - ‎7 minutes ago‎
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Western leaders against meddling on Monday as Paris said a French woman academic has been detained in the Islamic republic on spying charges.

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Police may have killed suspect in SC slayings

msnbc.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
Authorities were investigating whether a man who was shot and killed Monday morning by police in North Carolina may be linked to the slayings of five people in South Carolina in a week.

Al Franken: From satirist to senator

CNN - Kristi Keck - ‎1 hour ago‎
(CNN) -- Ten years ago, Al Franken wrote a satirical book detailing his fictitious race for the White House. In "'Why Not Me?

Palin offers comments over Twitter, Facebook

The Associated Press - Rachel D'Oro - ‎21 minutes ago‎
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Sarah Palin is communicating through social networking sites after her surprise announcement last week that she will resign as Alaska governor.
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US services decline slows, but jobs still languish

Reuters - John Parry - ‎3 hours ago‎
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The US service sector was still shrinking last month but at a slowing pace, with activity at the highest since September 2008, when Lehman Brothers' collapse exacerbated the global financial crisis, a report showed on ...

US Justice Dept eyeing telecom probe-WSJ

Reuters - Diane BartzSinead Carew - ‎51 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.

Oil Pressures Stocks, But Dow Slightly Higher

FOXBusiness - Ken Sweet - ‎1 hour ago‎
Despite a big drop in the price of oil, stocks were solidly off their lows Monday afternoon, with the Dow barely moving into the positive.

Andreessen: Facebook revenues will top $500 million in '09

CNET News - Caroline McCarthy - ‎1 hour ago‎
by Caroline mccarthy Facebook board member Marc Andreessen, who just launched a new venture fund, said in an interview with Reuters (published Monday) that he expects the company's revenues to be in excess of $500 million in 2009, and that in five ...

Is iPod Touch getting a camera?

CNET News - Jim Dalrymple - ‎3 hours ago‎
One of the features that iPod Touch users have been requesting from Apple is a camera. According to reports, they may be getting their wish.

Microsoft warns of hole in Video ActiveX control

CNET News - Elinor Mills - ‎1 hour ago‎
Microsoft on Monday warned of a vulnerability in its Video ActiveX Control that could allow an attacker to take control of a PC if the user visits a malicious Web site.

Michael Jackson Memorial Tickets Popping Up On eBay, Craigslist

MTV.com - Kyle Anderson - ‎47 minutes ago‎
Though show producers AEG Live have gone out of their way to protect against scalping and counterfeiting of the show tickets, people are finding loopholes.

Michael Jackson Adviser Dr. Tohme Tohme Breaks Silence

MTV.com - Gil Kaufman - ‎1 hour ago‎
'I was the closest person to Michael Jackson,' says mysterious financier, who helped save Neverland from foreclosure. By Gil Kaufman As befit his unique lifestyle, a number of strange characters moved in and out of Michael Jackson's orbit over the ...

Debbie Rowe Decides to Forgo Michael Jackson Memorial

ABC News - Sarah Netter - ‎42 minutes ago‎
Debbie Rowe, who is threatening a custody fight over Michael Jackson's two oldest children, said today that she will not attend Jackson's public memorial service in an effort to keep the attention on the late pop icon.

McNair's legacy shouldn't be his flaws

ESPN - Jemele Hill - ‎34 minutes ago‎
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Judge Steve McNair by his body of work -- not by his failings as a person. During the past 48 hours, we've discovered there was a lot more to Steve McNair than we thought.

Cavendish wins again as Armstrong moves up

CNN International - Greg Duke - ‎11 minutes ago‎
(CNN) -- Mark Cavendish has won the third stage of the Tour de France to cement his reputation as the fastest man in cycling, following a devastating spell of riding by his Team Columbia colleagues.

Woods goes to another major off another win

The Associated Press - Doug Ferguson - ‎21 minutes ago‎
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Tiger Woods watched good friend Roger Federer in the championship match at Wimbledon for as long as he could before heading out to prepare for the final round of the AT&T National.

Lilly's Lung-Cancer Drug Wins Approval

Wall Street Journal - Jennifer Corbett Dooren - ‎37 minutes ago‎
The Food and Drug Administration approved Alimta, an Eli Lilly & Co. drug, as the first maintenance treatment for advanced lung cancer.

Rules Will Allow Financing for Old Stem Cell Lines

New York Times - Gardiner Harris - ‎18 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration released final rules governing stem cell research on Monday that will allow many older stem cell lines to be eligible for federally financed research.

Swine flu hits final health board

BBC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
The last remaining health board in mainland Scotland which had been free of swine flu has confirmed four cases. NHS Dumfries and Galloway had previously been clear of patients contracting the H1N1 virus.

6 US soldiers killed by roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan

CNN - ‎27 minutes ago‎
(CNN) -- Insurgents locked in a standoff with US Marines tricked them by dressing up as women to escape, a task force spokesman said Monday.

Federal agency probes Disney World monorail death

The Associated Press - Mike Schneider - ‎34 minutes ago‎
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A witness to the monorail accident that killed a train operator at Walt Disney World over the weekend described it as "a head-on collision" between two trains in a 911 call released Monday.

Marion Barry: Facing Stalking Charges

Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
DC Council member Marion Barry was planning to spend July 4 in Rehoboth Beach with an ex-girlfriend but returned with the woman to Washington Saturday afternoon, hours before being arrested for allegedly stalking her, Barry's lawyer said this morning.
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