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Dallas level series after stunning comeback
Former Black Panther "Geronimo" Pratt dies, attorney says
Leading candidates set to meet in first New Hampshire debate
Fukushima fallout spurs bans on green tea
Can you spell w-i-n-n-e-r? Pennsylvania teen clinches spelling bee
Witness: Alleged Libyan rape victim appears bruised after deportation
Official: Explosion at Chevron refinery in UK kills 4
Inner Mongolia beset by ethnic conflict
Endeavour crew welcomed home in Houston
Fresh battles reported in Yemen's capital
9/11 families group pushes to stop remains' storage at ground zero
Defense: Accused associate of Mumbai planner unlikely to take stand
To address unemployment, Georgia governor proposes farm work
Romney's new mission: To change perceptions
Wanda Sykes on coming out: 'I kind of shocked myself'
Rihanna's 'Man Down' video 'inexcusable,' parent group says
Slain Syrian boy once wanted to be a cop -- before the crackdown
U2 frontman Bono hitches a ride with NHL player, honors team at gig
Trichet seeks single EU finance ministry

Dallas level series after stunning comeback

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Dallas Mavericks edged Miami Heat 95-93 after a nail-biting finish to Game Two of this year's NBA finals, to level the seven-game series at one game all.

Former Black Panther "Geronimo" Pratt dies, attorney says

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Former Black Panther Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, who was wrongly imprisoned for 27 years on a murder conviction, died Thursday in Tanzania, his former lawyer said.

Leading candidates set to meet in first New Hampshire debate

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT

After months of criss-crossing the country and trying to woo potential supporters in early voting states, seven Republicans hoping to capture their party's presidential nomination will meet this month for the first New Hampshire debate of the 2012 election.

Fukushima fallout spurs bans on green tea

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Japan has slapped new restrictions on green tea and plums from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant because of lingering radioactive contamination from the ongoing disaster there.

Can you spell w-i-n-n-e-r? Pennsylvania teen clinches spelling bee

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Pennsylvania teen Sukanya Roy was tantalizingly close to the Scripps National Spelling Bee's final rounds in previous years. Now, she's taken the prize.

Witness: Alleged Libyan rape victim appears bruised after deportation

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:22 PM PDT

A witness who met with Eman al-Obeidy after she was forced back to Libya from Qatar said the alleged rape victim appeared battered and bruised.

Official: Explosion at Chevron refinery in UK kills 4

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:17 PM PDT

Four people were killed and one seriously injured in an explosion at a Chevron Corp. refinery in western Wales, the refinery's general manager said early Friday.

Inner Mongolia beset by ethnic conflict

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:15 PM PDT

There is high tension in Inner Mongolia, China's strategic frontier region, where the deaths of two Mongolians have triggered rare street protests.

Endeavour crew welcomed home in Houston

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:16 PM PDT

NASA welcomed home the last crew of the space shuttle Endeavour with a ceremony at Houston's Johnson Space Center on Thursday, a day after their return from the orbiter's final flight.

Fresh battles reported in Yemen's capital

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:14 PM PDT

Government troops fought fresh battles with opposition fighters in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, early Friday as the country's embattled president tried to put down a tribal revolt.

9/11 families group pushes to stop remains' storage at ground zero

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:52 PM PDT

Some family members of people killed in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks announced Thursday that they have requested the names and addresses of other survivors as part of an effort to stop the city from placing unidentified remains in a repository in a museum under construction at ground zero.

Defense: Accused associate of Mumbai planner unlikely to take stand

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:15 PM PDT

Attorneys for Tahawwur Rana say it is unlikely he will take the stand in his own defense on federal charges that he used his immigration business as cover for a friend involved in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India.

To address unemployment, Georgia governor proposes farm work

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:59 PM PDT

Are you out of work? Are you looking for a job? Do you live in Georgia?

Romney's new mission: To change perceptions

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:55 PM PDT

On paper, Republican Mitt Romney seems to be the candidate's candidate.

Wanda Sykes on coming out: 'I kind of shocked myself'

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:53 PM PDT

When Piers Morgan asked Wanda Sykes if she meant it when she said earlier it was harder to be gay than to be black, Sykes replied, "To a certain point, yes. I believe that. I'm not talking about the history of African-Americans. I'm talking about at this point right now."

Rihanna's 'Man Down' video 'inexcusable,' parent group says

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:42 PM PDT

The music video for Rihanna's newest single, "Man Down," is "an inexcusable, shock-only, shoot-and-kill theme song" that should not be aired on television, according to a group that campaigns against violence on TV.

Slain Syrian boy once wanted to be a cop -- before the crackdown

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 06:42 PM PDT

Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, the Syrian boy whose killing has enraged, mobilized and emboldened the country's opposition movement, once harbored dreams of being a police officer.