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  White House: US respects Iran election results

  Posted 2:48 PM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is congratulating Iranians on their presidential election but says the Tehran government created an intimidating environment that limited free expression.Moderate candidate Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner Saturday.White House (More)

  
  

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  GM recalling 193,652 SUVs for fire risk

  Posted 2:03 PM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press

  DETROIT (AP) - General Motors is recalling more than 193,652 SUVs from the 2006 and 2007 model years because a circuit board in the driver's door could short and cause a fire.The vehicles involved are the Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Saab 9-7x and Isuzu Ascender (More)

  
  

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  Obama calls Colo. governor to talk about wildfire

  Posted 10:16 AM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - President Barack Obama has reinforced his commitment to help Colorado as it battles the most destructive wildfire in state history.White House officials said Saturday that the president had called Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to get an update on (More)

  
  

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  Crews continues to fight NM wildfires, storms eyed

  Posted 9:57 AM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Crews continue to battle around 93 square miles of tinder-dry forests in New Mexico as officials hope thunderstorms expected over the weekend will bring relief.Officials said Saturday that the Silver Fire in the Gila National Forest was slightly tamed after (More)

  
  

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  Army names 21-year-old Ranger killed in mishap

  Posted 9:37 AM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press

  ATLANTA (AP) - The U.S. Army has identified a Ranger who died in an apparent parachuting mishap as a 21-year-old from Massachusetts.Pfc. Christopher P. Dona was found dead Thursday with parachute cords wrapped around his neck during a training exercise at Fort Stewart in southeast (More)

  
  

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  Obama takes bolder Syria stand as G-8 talks open

  Posted 8:35 AM 6/15/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - After months of caution, President Barack Obama suddenly is positioned more aggressively on Syria than the global leaders he's joining at a summit Monday.That's because he's just authorized weapons and ammunition shipments to the struggling Syrian rebels. (More)

  
  

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  Christian college expels lesbian, charges tuition

  Posted 11:21 PM 6/14/2013 by Associated Press

  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A 24-year-old Nebraska woman is fighting a fundamentalist Christian college that's insisting she repay $6,000 in federal loans and grants because she didn't complete her final semester after she was expelled because of a lesbian relationship. Grace University (More)

  
  

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  Minn. family disputes father was Nazi

  Posted 11:20 PM 6/14/2013 by Associated Press

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The family of a Minnesota man is disputing a report that he commanded a Nazi SS-led unit in World War II and lied about his wartime past when immigrating to the U.S. A son of Michael Karkoc (KAHR'-kahts) read a statement late Friday accusing The (More)

  
  

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  Boston woman pays $560,000 for 2 parking spots

  Posted 11:19 PM 6/14/2013 by Associated Press

  BOSTON (AP) - Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home. Lisa Blumenthal won the spots in the city's Back Bay neighborhood during an on-site auction Thursday held in a steady rain by the Internal (More)

  
  

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  Firefighters start to gain ground on Colorado wildfires

  Posted 8:00 PM 6/14/2013 by Associated Press

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities lifted evacuations in a wide swath of terrain outside Colorado Springs on Friday as they said a surprise rain shower helped them tame a wildfire that has destroyed 400 homes.

  Just one day after they cleared out the Flying Horse neighborhood in (More)