Supreme Court rules in favor of gun ownership rights
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AP - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history.
Bush eases North Korea sanctions
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AP - President Bush on Thursday lifted trade sanctions against North Korea and moved to remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an “axis of evil.”
Stocks tumble as more bad economic news piles up
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AP - Stocks tumbled Thursday as Wall Street contended with a barrage of bad news: another surge in oil prices and warnings of trouble in the key financial, automotive and high-tech industries. The major indexes showed losses of more than 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which shed more than 250 points and dropped to its lowest level in more than a year.
US economy logs better but still subpar growth
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AP - The economy turned in a better but still subpar performance in the first three months of this year, mostly spurred by stronger sales of U.S. products overseas.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe open to opposition talks
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AP - In a surprising shift a day before an internationally condemned presidential runoff, President Robert Mugabe said Thursday he was “open to discussion” with Zimbabwe’s opposition.
Baghdad bomb hits anti-al-Qaida meeting, killing 20
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AP - A suicide bomber struck Thursday inside a municipal building west of Baghdad, killing at least 20 people at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida, police said. The U.S. confirmed American casualties but gave no further details.
British man gets life in deaths of wife, baby
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AP - A British man convicted of shooting to death his 9-month-old baby and wife as they cuddled together in bed showed no reaction Thursday as he was sentenced to two life prison terms without the opportunity for parole.
Internet org paves way for hundreds of new domains
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AP - The Internet’s key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join “.com,” making the first sweeping changes in the network’s 25-year-old addressing system.
Crocodile welcomed into Australian pub by drinkers
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AP - Drinkers at an Outback watering hole may have wondered if perhaps they’d had one too many when they were greeted by a crocodile at the pub’s door.
Venus Williams struggles but wins at Wimbledon
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AP - After a marathon first set lasting longer than many of her matches, defending champion Venus Williams overcame another erratic performance and pulled away to beat Britain’s Anne Keothavong 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday and reach the third round of Wimbledon.
Supreme Court finds individual right to own guns
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Reuters - For the first time in U.S. history,
the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that individual Americans
have the right to own guns for personal use, and struck down a
strict gun control law in the U.S. capital.
N.Korea presents nuclear report
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Reuters - North Korea handed over a
long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday,
prompting the United States to ease sanctions but leaving
questions about the communist state’s atomic ambitions.
AP - It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft’s leader.
AP - Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon’s snub of Microsoft Corp.’s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
AP - The Internet’s key oversight agency relaxed rules Thursday to permit the introduction of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of new Internet domain names to join “.com,” making the first sweeping changes in the network’s 25-year-old address system.
Reuters - Next week California will try to
