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Nicole Kelly DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) ― A Keokuk woman has been chosen as Miss Iowa and will compete in the Miss America Pageant this fall. The Quad-City Times reported 22-year-old Nicole Kelly won Sa...
Updated : 2013.06.11 20:10
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Hillary Clinton. (AP-Yonhap News) WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Hillary Clinton made a lighthearted Twitter debut Monday, poking fun at her own image and fueling speculation about what the future holds for th...
Updated : 2013.06.11 20:10
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A wave of car bombings rocked central and northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 57 people and extending the deadliest eruption of violence to hit the country in years. Attackers initially target...
Updated : 2013.06.11 09:11
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SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Japanese troops will converge on California’s southern coast in the next two weeks as part of an unprecedented military exercise with U.S. troops aimed at improving that country’s am...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:34
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AMMAN (AFP) ― Jordan on Sunday announced the start of military exercises involving more than 8,000 soldiers and observers from 19 different countries, but insisted the maneuvers were unrelated to the...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:33
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. (AP-Yonhap News) The United Nations will undergo large-scale restructuring amid international pressure to cut its spending, according to U.N. sources. The unprece...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:33
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TEL AVIV (AP) ― Israel’s prime minister said Sunday there has been a “significant rise” in cyberattacks on Israel by Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu told a security conference that Iran, along with its pro...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:22
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PALM SPRINGS, California (AP) ― President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s 50-minute stroll through an estate in the California desert could mark a notable moment in the relationship b...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:21
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MAGDEBURG, Germany (AFP) ― German authorities urged 15,000 more people to flee their homes in a city on the swollen Elbe river Sunday as central Europe’s worst floods in a decade also threatened Hung...
Updated : 2013.06.10 20:21
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Iain Banks LONDON (AFP) ― Scottish author Iain Banks, best known for his novels “The Wasp Factory” and “The Crow Road,” has died aged 59, two months after revealing that he had terminal cancer,...
Updated : 2013.06.10 19:55
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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 movie about her fight over the pollution of a California town, has been arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated...
Updated : 2013.06.10 19:55
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LONDON (AFP) ― Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip will on Monday celebrate his 92nd birthday in the London hospital where is recovering from exploratory abdominal surgery. The colorful royal...
Updated : 2013.06.10 19:54
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ROME (AP) ― Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as well as classic works, died on Sunday i...
Updated : 2013.06.10 19:54
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A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA was revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance program...
Updated : 2013.06.10 09:08
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German authorities urged 15,000 more people to flee their homes in a city on the swollen Elbe river Sunday as central Europe's worst floods in a decade also threatened Hungary after causing havoc in ...
Updated : 2013.06.10 09:08
