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    July 6, 2011
    Richard Pan, Tom Ammiano

    Gays-in-curriculum bill sent to Calif. governor

    It would require that the roles and contributions of homosexuals be included in lessons and textbooks.

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    July 6, 2011

    British tabloid facing outrage in murder case

    A newspaper is accused of hacking a missing girl's phone messages, possibly affecting a police inquiry.

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    July 6, 2011

    ‘Woodswoman’ autobiographer LaBastille dies

    ALBANY, N.Y. — Anne LaBastille, the environmentalist, sometime hermit and author whose “Woodswoman” autobiographies inspired others to venture into the wilderness, has died at a nursing home in Plattsburgh. She was 75. Friends said she was ill the past few years but still owned a farm near Lake Champlain, as well as the cabin that […]

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    July 6, 2011

    Flooding river hampers oil cleanup in Montana

    Workers are trying to clean up a pipeline spill of about 1,000 barrels in Montana's Yellowstone River.

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    July 6, 2011

    Experts: Prosecutors lacked evidence in Casey Anthony trial

    A jury believed Casey Anthony was not guilty in her young daughter's death because they saw no 'how and why.'

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    July 6, 2011

    Somali to face terror charges in New York

    The case shows Obama is keeping to the strategy of using civilian courts for terror prosecutions.

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    July 6, 2011

    Britain plans ‘modest reduction’ in Afghanistan troops

    KABUL, Afghanistan — British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that the progress being made by Afghan forces toward ensuring the country’s security justifies plans to start withdrawing British combat troops. Cameron said on a visit to the Afghan capital, Kabul, that he’d be making an announcement to lawmakers in London today about “a modest […]

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    July 6, 2011

    Tourists missing in Mexico waters took same fishing trip for years

    SAN FELIPE, Mexico — The seven U.S. tourists still missing two days after their boat capsized off Mexico’s coast went to sea as they had for several years for the Independence Day holiday: They wanted to fish and have a good time. At least one American tourist, besides the seven missing, was found dead and […]

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    July 6, 2011

    World/Nation Dispatches, July 6, 2011

    PARIS Author says Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003 A French author has formally accused the former head of the International Monetary Fund of attempted rape, breaking her long public silence with an account of fending off an attacker who ripped at her clothes as they fought on his apartment floor. Tristane Banon’s criminal […]

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    July 5, 2011

    Twins with autism: Is risk in the womb?

    A study suggests that the mother's age and health may play a larger role than previously thought.