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Victim spots muggers using Google maps
July 1, 2009Dutch twin brothers who mugged a teenager in the northern town of Groningen were arrested after being caught on camera by a car gathering images for Google's online photo map service, police said. The pair stole...
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Court ruling: It’s Sen. Al Franken!
July 1, 2009It’s Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. Finally. Minnesota’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Franken won last fall’s U.S. Senate race.
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‘Underlying conditions’ for Honduras coup?
July 1, 2009The generals, oligarchs and corrupt politicians who perpetrated Sunday’s coup d’état against Honduran president Manuel Zelaya are beginning to sweat as militant demonstrations and strikes continue in the capital of Tegucigalpa and elsewhere, as stories of...
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At White House Pride event, Obama vows to advance LGBT equality
July 1, 2009In an unprecedented White House gathering of gay and lesbian leaders and activists on Monday, President Obama strongly affirmed his commitment to enacting equality legislation and overturning discriminatory laws and policies.
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Shanghai construction disaster leads to arrests
July 1, 2009Original source: Shanghai authorities have announced that they are holding nine people in an investigation into why a nearly completed block of flats collapsed, killing one worker. The incident on Saturday was an embarrassment for Shanghai's...
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