Archive for June 17th, 2009

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton fractured her right elbow during a fall Wednesday, her chief of staff said. Clinton was on her way to the White House when she fell and injured her elbow, chief of staff Cheryl Mills said in a statement released late Wednesday. Clinton was …

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OMAHA, Neb. — Andrew Darr doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 12th inning and Arkansas, which had been down to its last strike in the ninth, rallied to defeat Virginia 4-3 in the College World Series on Wednesday night. Brett Eibner’s two-out, two-run homer off Virginia closer Kevin Arico …

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Andrew Darr doubled in the go-ahead run in the top of the 12th inning and Arkansas, which had been down to its last strike in the ninth, rallied to defeat Virginia 4-3 in the College World Series on Wednesday night. Brett Eibner’s two-out, two-run homer off Virginia closer Kevin …

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SINGAPORE — Oil prices lingered near $71 a barrel Thursday in Asia, arresting a recent decline as falling U.S. crude inventories suggested demand is improving. Benchmark crude for July delivery fell 4 cents to $70.99 a barrel by midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile …

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BRASILIA, Brazil — A 9-year-old boy at the center of an international custody battle told a psychologist he wants to stay with his stepfamily in Brazil rather than return to the U.S. with his biological father, according to a transcript of the interview. In the transcript, released by the …

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LE BOURGET, France - Boeing Co. finally joined the orders race on the third day of the Paris Air Show, but its $153 million order yesterday for two single-aisle planes paled beside the $6.25 billion already chalked up by European rival Airbus. Yet even Airbus’s numbers were diminutive compared …

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TEHRAN – Iran’s opposition is set to hold marches and a day of mourning for slain protesters as they keep up pressure on the authorities over the disputed presidential election in the country’s biggest crisis since the 1979 revolution. In defiance of an official ban, defeated presidential …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he’s bedeviled by a fly in the White House. PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to …

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A home for sale in Miami, Florida. President Barack Obama has proposed the most “sweeping” regulatory overhaul since the 1930s, in a bid to tame the recklessness which lead to a mortgage meltdown tipping the world into deep economic crisis. President Barack Obama has proposed the most “sweeping …

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AP Special Correspondent= WASHINGTON (AP) — A former campaign aide to Sen. John Ensign confirmed her involvement Wednesday in an extramarital affair with the conservative Republican, lamented his decision to “air this very personal matter” and said she eventually would tell her side of the …

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