• Pluto probe survives encounter, phones home

    By Irene Klotz LAUREL, Md. (Reuters) - A U.S. spacecraft sailed past the tiny planet Pluto in the distant reaches of the solar system on Tuesday, capping a journey of 3 billion miles (4.88 billion km) that began nine and a half years ago. The event culminated an initiative to survey the solar…

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  • Police: Birthday cake beating followed week of handcuffing

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy who was fatally beaten over a missing birthday cake had been handcuffed for up to three hours a day for a week before the deadly assault, according to court records released Tuesday in Maryland.

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  • Huge carp found in Kansas ditch is no fish story

    By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Rarely is a trophy fish so easy to land. An animal control officer in Olathe, Kansas, recently hauled in a 60-pound (27-kg) carp that was lying in a drainage ditch. A man out for a walk last week spotted the fish and called police, city animal control…

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  • Truck hits driver's ed car, killing 2 teenagers, injuring 2

    WARWICK, N.Y. (AP) — A truck slammed into a driving lessons car in a rural intersection on Tuesday, killing two 16-year-old high school students and injuring two others and their instructor.

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  • Death to America, deal with America: Iran's Khamenei

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's distrust of the United States loomed over nuclear talks for years but Iran's supreme leader ultimately did a deal because it served the nation's interests. Faced with conflicting pressures over a US-led agreement -- needed to end crippling Western sanctions but deeply at…

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  • Serena hits another milestone with ranking feat

    Serena Williams, who owns all four tennis Grand Slam titles for the second time in her career, has achieved another historic milestone in the wake of her Wimbledon victory. The WTA Tour revealed Tuesday that world number one Williams is the first top-ranked player ever with more than twice as many…

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  • Judge dismisses counts in Michael Brown family lawsuit: report

    (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed four counts in the wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson filed by the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead last August by a white police officer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. The judge said two counts of the…

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  • T-Mobile's New Family Plan Undercuts Verizon, Adds Data

    You're getting 10 gigs! And you're getting 10 gigs! T-Mobile is doing with 4G data what Oprah did with cars. Verizon offers a 10GB family plan for $80, but those 10GB are shared among everyone on the plan, in contrast to T-Mobile, where each person gets 10GB all to themselves. What's more, Verizon…

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  • 'I Am Jazz': a transgender girl plus a family that loves her

    NEW YORK (AP) — Like many 14-year-old girls, Jazz Jennings goes to school, plays soccer, hangs out with friends, has a thing for mermaids and loves social media, kind of wishes her tummy were a little bit flatter, and lives life feeling good about herself.

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  • Missouri executes first inmate since Supreme Court ruling

    David Zink, 55, was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m. CDT after receiving a fatal dose of drugs at a state prison, said Mike O'Connell, spokesman for the Missouri Department of Corrections. "David Zink callously took a young woman's life, and it is fitting he pay by losing his own," Missouri Attorney…

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  • Woman In Wheelchair Feels No Need To Explain Her Condition

    DEAR ABBY: I am a partially disabled person in my 70s. Because of arthritis in my spine and hip, I'm able to stand for only a few minutes and walk only 20 to 30 feet. When I know I am going to be someplace that requires more walking or standing, I use my wheelchair.My question is: How do I reply to…

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  • How to Fall Asleep -- and Stay Asleep -- the Natural Way

    Nearly half of all Americans suffer from occasional sleeplessness, and a staggering 15 percent have chronic, unremitting insomnia. Most people only know about the medications available to treat insomnia: We constantly hear about them on TV, and many friends write about their insomnia sleeping pill…

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  • Two pilots killed in Russian strategic bomber crash

    Two pilots were killed when a strategic bomber with seven people on board crashed in far eastern Russia on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, the latest in a string of military aircraft accidents. "The search and rescue team of the eastern military district has found where two members of the Tu-95…

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    2015 San Fermin festival (65 photos)

    People come from all over the world to test their bravery and enjoy the festival's nonstop street parties which last until July 14. The festival was immortalised by author Ernest Hemingway in his 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises". (AP) Find more news related pictures on our photo galleries page and…

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  • Northern California authorities suspend search for baby

    REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Northern California authorities said Tuesday they've stopped actively searching for an infant who's been missing for 11 days, but they'll keep the case open and investigate any leads they receive.

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  • Two teens killed, four hurt in head-on Washington state car crash

    The vehicles, traveling in opposite directions, both crossed a center dividing line and collided late on Monday in Onalaska, about 100 miles south of Seattle, according to a Washington State Patrol accident report. An 18-year-old man driving the SUV and a 13-year-old girl in the same vehicle were…

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  • Actor Jesse Eisenberg compares Comic-Con to genocide

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg compared his experience of facing screaming fans at Comic-Con to genocide, saying the raucous crowd was "terrifying."

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