| Obama: 'New chapter' begins as U.S., Cuba to open embassies Posted: 01 Jul 2015 03:50 PM PDT  President Obama announced the U.S. and Cuba are opening embassies in their respective capitals later this month and formally reestablished diplomatic relations between the two countries for the first time in more than 50 years. "More than 54 years ago at the height of the cold war, the United States closed its embassy in Havana. Today, I can announce that the United States has agreed to formally reestablish diplomatic relations with the republic of Cuba and re-open embassies in our respective countries," the president said in the Rose Garden today.
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| What could happen if Greece leaves European Union? Posted: 01 Jul 2015 03:05 PM PDT  If Greece and its 11 million people left the European Union, it would be an unprecedented move within the monetary system that gave birth to the currency known as the euro.A referendum, which has already been criticized as confusing and illegal, scheduled on Sunday will help determine whether a "Grexit" -- Greek exit -- from the 19-nation currency bloc could become a reality. Earlier this week, the government issued a maximum cash withdrawal for Greek residents at 60 euros. But due to the shortage of 20-euro banknotes, people mostly have access to 50-euro banknotes. ...
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| Man bitten by shark on NC Outer Banks is 7th this summer Posted: 01 Jul 2015 03:31 PM PDT  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A shark bit a 68-year-old man several times Wednesday in waist-deep water off North Carolina's Outer Banks, officials said, the seventh in a record-breaking year of shark attacks for the state's coastal waters.
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| Trump loses business deals over comments about Mexicans, but gains in polls Posted:  Donald Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants may be costing him a growing of number of business relationships, but they appear to have given him a bump in the polls.
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| Clinton raises record $45 million since campaign launch Posted: 01 Jul 2015 02:51 PM PDT  More than 90 percent of the donations in Clinton's fundraising haul were for amounts of $100 or less, her campaign said.
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| U.S., Cuba restoring diplomatic ties after 54 years Posted: 01 Jul 2015 12:46 PM PDT  By Daniel Trotta and Lesley Wroughton HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba formally agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations on July 20, setting up a trip to Havana by John Kerry, who would become the first U.S. secretary of state to visit the country in 70 years. Sealed by an exchange of letters between U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro, the deal fulfills a pledge the former Cold War enemies made six months ago.
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| Markets rally on report Greece accepts creditor terms Posted: 01 Jul 2015 03:36 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Eurozone stocks and peripheral bonds rallied on Wednesday, extending gains after a report that Greece was ready to accept most conditions from its international creditors in order to reach a deal over its debt crisis.
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| Militants attack Egyptian army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 50 Posted: 01 Jul 2015 02:57 PM PDT  Islamic militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 50 soldiers, security and military officials said.
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| As SC fire investigated, stats show church fires not unusual Posted: 01 Jul 2015 02:24 PM PDT  A church that was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan in 1995 caught fire again Tuesday night.
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| Baltimore to put cameras in police vans, review riot gear Posted: 01 Jul 2015 11:52 AM PDT  Cameras that can record will be installed in Baltimore police vans like the one in which Freddie Gray suffered a fatal injury, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said on Wednesday. "We're working through a process that will place cameras with recording capabilities in the backs of all our police vans, to ensure that we have a more complete record of what occurs there," Rawlings-Blake told reporters. The van in which Gray was transported had a non-recording camera that the driver could use to monitor the passengers, but it was not working at the time.
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| Amtrak seeks to combine lawsuits over fatal Philadelphia derailment Posted: 01 Jul 2015 02:45 PM PDT  The railroad on Tuesday joined many plaintiffs in requesting that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appoint U.S. District Judge Legrome Davis, who already oversees 16 cases stemming from the accident, to handle all 22 existing lawsuits plus "numerous" others it expects to be filed. Passengers on Train 188 have sued Amtrak in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey over injuries linked to the May 12 derailment, which occurred when the train left the track along a northbound curve in Philadelphia after traveling at more than twice the speed limit. Amtrak has said its liability from a single accident is capped at $200 million, under a 1997 federal law.
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| In America's South, black church fires fan racial fears Posted: 01 Jul 2015 04:18 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Some were deliberately lit. Others were caused by an electrical fault or lightning. But regardless of the origins, a spike in fires at black churches is fraying nerves at a time of heightened racial tensions across the United States.
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| Top Obama aides knew about Clinton's private email in 2009 Posted: 30 Jun 2015 08:39 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Obama administration officials knew as early as 2009 that Hillary Rodham Clinton was using a private email address for her government correspondence.
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| Terror expert throws 'cold water' on concerns of a July 4 attack Posted:  A former CIA official tells Yahoo News some analysts may be "overstating the threat."
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| U.S. heads to World Cup final with 2-0 win over Germany Posted: 30 Jun 2015 08:05 PM PDT  MONTREAL (AP) — Carli Lloyd remembers putting the ball on its spot and shutting out the noise of more than 51,000 anxious fans.
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| At last, de Blasio takes off gloves and hits back at Cuomo Posted: 30 Jun 2015 05:15 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio, who 18 months ago in his inaugural address pledged to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with his one-time boss and friend of more than two decades Gov. Andrew Cuomo, revised his opinion of him on Tuesday in a highly unusual and extraordinarily personal news conference.
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