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June 5, 2011

Crews struggle to stop Arizona wildfires

TUCSON, Ariz. – Crews worked Saturday to protect several small communities from two large wildfires by clearing away brush near homes and planning to set fires aimed at robbing the blazes of forest fuels. The Wallow fire near the White Mountain community of Alpine grew to 218 square miles, or more than 140,000 acres, by […]
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June 5, 2011

Missouri River continues to rise

Rain and melting snow are swelling the river level faster than dam releases can relieve the pressure.
Published
June 5, 2011

World Dispatches

BENGHAZI, Libya British and French helicopters attack troops loyal to Gadhafi British Apache and French attack helicopters struck targets for the first time in NATO’s campaign in Libya, hitting Moammar Gadhafi’s troops early Saturday near a key coastal oil town, the alliance said. Hours later, at least eight airstrikes were heard in Tripoli. The action […]
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June 5, 2011

Lawrence Eagleburger, 80, longtime diplomat, former secretary of state, dies

WASHINGTON – The only career foreign service officer to rise to the position of secretary of state, Lawrence Eagleburger was a straightforward diplomat whose exuberant style masked a commitment to solving tangled foreign policy problems. “As good as they come,” recalled his immediate predecessor as America’s top diplomat. Eagleburger, who died Saturday at age 80, […]
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June 5, 2011

Fast-track hearings lead to new stress

The justice system is stretched, and Hispanics fill a disproportionate share of U.S. prison cells.

Published
June 4, 2011

British, French helicopters strike Gadhafi troops

The use of helicopters significantly ramps up NATO's operations and is a major boost to Libyan rebels.
Published
June 4, 2011

Top al-Qaida militant killed in Pakistan, official says

Ilyas Kashmiri, accused in a string of bloody attacks including the 2008 Mumbai massacre, had been a possible replacement for Osama bin Laden.
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June 4, 2011

Fighters repel government forces in western towns; NATO hits capital

BENGHAZI, Libya — Libyan rebels forced government troops from three western towns and broke the siege on another, a rebel commander said Friday, and NATO pounded 10 targets across the country. The heavy bombing and rebel victories, plus the first publicized diplomatic contact between China and the rebel leadership, reflect the continued erosion of Moammar […]
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June 4, 2011

Former leader of Black Panthers dies at 63

Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt spent 27 years in prison for a murder conviction that was later overturned.
Published
June 4, 2011

Jack Kevorkian dies at 83

An advocate for physician-assisted suicide, ‘Dr. Death’ became a focus of controversy

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