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  1. Moderate leader's election in Iran stirs local hopes

    Iranian community leaders and academic experts in Metro Detroit hope moderate Haslan Rowhani's election as Iran's president opens the door for a new and warmer relationship with the United States and the Western world.

    • 6:21 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    Afghanistan forces take charge of national security

    Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a ceremony on Tuesday that his country's armed forces are taking over the lead for security nationwide from the U.S.-led NATO coalition.

    • 10:18 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodging

    Enniskillen, Northern Ireland — World leaders at the G-8 summit declared Tuesday that governments must work together to close loopholes that allow multinational corporate giants to avoid paying taxes in their home countries.

    • 7:18 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    Consensus sought on Syria despite U.S.-Russia divide

    Enniskillen, Northern Ireland — Hunting for a glimmer of common ground, the leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladi

    • 7:35 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    Witness: Man who disrupted flight ranted about CIA

    Newark, N.J. — A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying aboard a flight from Hong Kong to Newark Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet for the duration of the flight.

    • 11:59 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    911 call: Judge in Zimmerman trial hears dispute

    Sanford, Fla. — A voice recognition researcher for George Zimmerman is discounting the methods of prosecution experts who claim that screams captured on a 911 call belong to 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and not to the ex-neighborhood watch volunteer.

    • 6:33 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date

    New York — Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date.

    • 7:51 AM, Jun. 18, 2013
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    Ex-teacher charged for allowing body piercings in Pennsylvania classroom

    Dillsburg, Pa. — A former teacher in central Pennsylvania is facing charges after police say she allowed a student to perform body piercings in class.

    • 7:40 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    UK's Cameron rallies world leaders ahead of G-8 summit

    Enniskillen, Northern Ireland — British Prime Minister David Cameron says leaders gathering Monday for the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland should reach speedy agreement on trade and tax reforms, and draw inspiration from the host country's ability to resol

    • 7:17 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Obama: Northern Ireland peace will be tested

    Enniskillen, Northern Ireland — President Barack Obama declared peace in Northern Ireland a 'blueprint' for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between Catholics and Protestants will face further tests.

    • 11:12 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    High court: Lawyers can't get personal information from driver records

    Washington — The Supreme Court says lawyers may not obtain personal information from state driver license records to recruit clients for lawsuits.

    • 1:21 PM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    FBI: Passenger claims he poisoned New Jersey-bound flight

    Newark, N.J. — FBI agents are going to meet an incoming flight at a New Jersey airport after reports that a passenger claimed that everyone aboard had been poisoned.

    • 11:34 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Supreme Court says pre-Miranda silence can be used

    Washington — The Supreme Court says prosecutors can use a person's silence against them if it comes before he's told of his right to remain silent.

    • 12:44 PM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    New York, Virginia 7-Eleven stores raided as part of federal probe

    New York — Nine owners and managers of 7-Eleven stores across Long Island and in Virginia were charged on Monday in a scheme to exploit immigrants from Pakistan and the Philippines, in part by paying them using the stolen Social Security numbers of a chil

    • 8:25 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Prisoners accused of orchestrating 9/11 attacks due back in court at Guantanamo

    Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba — Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are due back in court as the U.S. ...

    • 10:30 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Colorado firefighters could get more help from rain

    Colorado Springs, Colo. — Firefighters could again get some help from rain Monday as they work to put out hot spots from the most destructive wildfire ever in ...

    • 11:35 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Jury selection resumes in Zimmerman's fatal shooting case

    Sanford, Fla. — The racial dimension of Trayvon Martin's shooting was a prominent focus of questioning Monday as jury selection in George Zimmerman's trial ...

    • 9:37 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Violent weekend in Chicago leaves at least 6 dead

    Chicago — Chicago Police are investigating after a violent weekend left at least six people dead and more than three dozen wounded in a series of shootings.

    • 12:42 PM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Indiana woman sentence to death for killing at 15 is freed

    Indianapolis — A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher ...

    • 11:23 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Interim Montreal mayor arrested

    Montreal — Quebec's anti-corruption unit on Monday arrested Montreal's interim mayor, a man who vowed to clean up the corruption scandals plaguing the city, on ...

    • 12:51 PM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Court: 'Pay to delay' generic drugs can be illegal

    Washington — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say ...

    • 6:54 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Police up presence in Sandy-damaged sections of New York

    New York — Police have increased their presence in New York City neighborhoods still struggling with the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

    • 11:27 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Nelson Mandela 'doing very well,' daughter says

    Johannesburg — In tweets, songs, telephone calls, cards and more, messages of love have come from across South Africa and the world for 94-year-old Nelson ...

    • 1:14 PM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Bear mauls man who gave it barbecue meat at Alaska campground

    Anchorage, Alaska — A black bear mauled a man at a campground in Alaska, but the animal won't likely threaten other people, the state Department of Fish and ...

    • 10:06 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Police: Arizona bus driver caught punching passenger

    Phoenix — Police say a Phoenix bus driver was caught on cellphone video repeatedly punching a passenger and slamming the man's head against a bench.

    • 6:31 AM, Jun. 17, 2013
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    Prince Philip leaves hospital after surgery

    London — Britain's Prince Philip was discharged from a London hospital on Monday, 10 days after undergoing exploratory surgery on his abdomen.

    • 11:45 PM, Jun. 16, 2013
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    Syria no-fly zone stirs debate

    — The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of ...

    • 11:44 PM, Jun. 16, 2013
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    Bites derided as unreliable in court

    At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more ...

    • 11:42 PM, Jun. 16, 2013
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    Obama chooses lawyer as Guantanamo closure envoy

    — President Barack Obama has chosen a high-powered Washington lawyer with extensive experience in all three branches of the government to be the State ...

    • 11:41 AM, Jun. 16, 2013
    • NATION-WORLD

    Affirmative action ruling contest: race vs. class

    In post-Great Recession America, which is the bigger barrier to opportunity — race or class?

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Feds announce recovery of missing Nazi diary

Pages from a diary written by Alfred Rosenberg, a Nazi party official and key adviser to Adolf Hitler, are seen Thursday. Authorities recently seized the missing pages from the wartime diary of Rosenberg, after locating them in upstate New York. Jennifer Corbett/The News Journal / AP— Federal authorities have recovered about 400 handwritten pages from the wartime diary of a key Nazi adviser to Adolf Hitler after a 17-year search for the documents, officials said Thursday. -- Read More

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