| Eric Holder: The Justice Department could strike deal with Edward Snowden Posted:  Former attorney general Eric Holder says a "possibility exists" for the Justice Department to cut a deal with the former NSA contractor.
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| Condemned Boston Marathon bomber files motion for new trial Posted: 06 Jul 2015 12:53 PM PDT  The move comes less than two weeks after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was formally sentenced to death for the 2013 attack.
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| SC Senate votes to remove flag from Statehouse grounds Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:36 PM PDT  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate voted Monday to pull the Confederate flag off the Capitol grounds, clearing the way for a historic measure that could remove the banner more than five decades after it was first flown above the Statehouse to protest integration.
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| No evidence of active shooter at Walter Reed, police say Posted: 06 Jul 2015 11:34 AM PDT  Staffers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center were asked to shelter in place after uncomfirmed reports of an active shooter on the hospital's Bethesda, Md., campus.
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| World Cup kiss a poignant moment for many Posted: 06 Jul 2015 06:57 AM PDT  Abby Wambach celebrated the U.S. victory over Japan in the Women's World Cup final by racing to the stands to kiss her wife — a poignant moment that wasn't lost on gay rights supporters watching on television.
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| After vote win, Greece's Tsipras looks to rebuild talks Posted: 06 Jul 2015 10:47 AM PDT  The country is under pressure to reach a deal with creditors as soon as possible after Greeks resoundingly rejected the notion of more austerity in exchange for aid.
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| South Carolina bill to remove Confederate flag advances in legislature Posted: 06 Jul 2015 03:22 PM PDT  South Carolina lawmakers took a step on Monday toward removing the Confederate battle flag that flies at the state house in Columbia, long denounced as a symbol of slavery by critics. A bill to banish the flag from a Civil War memorial on the capitol grounds to a museum passed a crucial second reading in the state Senate by an overwhelming vote of 37-3 after an emotional debate. Numerous elected officials, including Republican Governor Nikki Haley, called for the flag's removal after the June 17 killings of nine African-American churchgoers during Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston. Photos of the white man charged in the shootings showed him posing with the flag on a website that also carried a racist manifesto.
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| Cosby obtained Quaaludes with intent of giving to women for sex: court documents Posted: 06 Jul 2015 04:16 PM PDT  Comedian Bill Cosby testified in 2005 to obtaining Quaaludes with the intent of giving the sedatives to young women to have sex, according to court documents unsealed on Monday. Cosby, 77, made the admission during his testimony in a civil case brought by a former Temple University employee, Andrea Constand, who alleged that Cosby tricked her into taking drugs before he sexually assaulted her. Cosby's lawyers had argued that the documents would cause severe embarrassment to the comedian-actor, who is best known for playing Dr. Cliff Huxtable on the hit TV series "The Cosby Show" in the 1980s and '90s.
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| Boston Marathon bomber files motion seeking new trial Posted: 06 Jul 2015 01:18 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death, filed a motion in federal court on Monday seeking a new trial, according to court records. The preliminary motion for a new trial cited a lack of evidence in his trial this spring, according to documents filed in federal court in Massachusetts. Tsarnaev was convicted in April of killing three people and injuring 264 in the bombing near the finish line of the world-renowned Boston Marathon in 2013, as well as fatally shooting a police officer three days later.
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| Hundreds of thousands gather for pope Mass in South America Posted: 06 Jul 2015 01:27 PM PDT  GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis received a hero's welcome in Ecuador's biggest city Monday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his South American tour, telling hundreds of thousands of faithful their families are the bedrock of society but need to be supported better and strengthened.
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| U.S. women beat Japan 5-2 for World Cup title Posted: 05 Jul 2015 06:16 PM PDT  Carli Lloyd.scored three times in the first half to vault the Americans to their third Women's World Cup title on Sunday with a 5-2 victory over Japan at B.C. Place.
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