Archive for June 4th, 2009

In Buchenwald, Obama to target Holocaust denial (AP)

AP – In a solemn rendezvous with history, President Barack Obama will visit a scene of the 20th century’s great European horror to make an urgent point about the fear that still stalks its survivors.

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Lance Armstrong announces birth of son on Twitter (AP)

AP – This was one special tweet for Lance Armstrong.

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Lance Armstrong announces birth of son on Twitter
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Pakistan: Swat deal broker’s aides arrested (AP)

AP – Pakistani authorities arrested three aides of a hardline cleric who brokered the failed peace agreement in the northwest Swat Valley, while the army chief said the battle against the Taliban there had “decisively turned” in the military’s favor.

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U.S. FDIC eyes Citi top management shake-up: report (Reuters)

Reuters – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is aiming at a shake-up of Citigroup Inc’s top management, including replacing Chief Executive Vikram Pandit, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

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U.S. FDIC eyes Citi top management shake-up: report
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SEC charges ex-Countrywide CEO Mozilo with fraud (AP)

AP – Angelo Mozilo, the man who rode the housing boom to build Countrywide Financial Corp. into a California colossus of high-risk mortgage lending, has been charged with civil fraud and illegal insider trading by federal regulators who accuse him of deceiving shareholders and profiting on confidential information

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SEC charges ex-Countrywide CEO Mozilo with fraud
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Brown on the brink after minister quits (AFP)

AFP – Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced a battle to salvage his authority after a minister quit the government insisting the PM’s continued leadership would spell disaster for Britain.

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Brown on the brink after minister quits
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Carradine’s "Americana" was one from the heart (Reuters)

Reuters – It was doubly sad to learn of the death of actor David Carradine in an apparent suicide Thursday in Bangkok, having witnessed one of the more crushing failures in his artistic life.

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Carradine’s "Americana" was one from the heart
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Staal’s goal starts Pens’ comeback, evens finals (AP)

AP – The Pittsburgh Penguins’ fresh legs and fast feet changed the Stanley Cup finals in a flash, and now a series that looked to be over is only getting started.

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