AP - A public outcry against Sweden’s eavesdropping law reached new heights Monday with protesters sending more than 1 million e-mails to lawmakers, parliamentary officials said.
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AP - Jeff Goodhartz is single and has no children. But he wanted to ensure the family name would live on after he’s gone.
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AP - A 150-pound sea turtle raised by humans returned to freedom on Monday after nine years of captivity, swimming away after the veterinarians who cared for her helped steer her toward the ocean.
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Playbill - Godlight Theatre Company is developing a stage version of Jim Carroll’s nonfiction book, “Basketball Diaries,” adapted for the stage by Matt Pelfrey and directed by Joe Tantalo, to be seen in a two-week workshop production at 59E59 Theaters.
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AP - Indiana University’s president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was “a risk that should not have been taken.”
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.
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Reuters - Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled to a 54-year low while smaller rival Ford Motor Co shares fell as much as 10 percent on Monday on concerns record oil prices would further hit U.S. demand for vehicles.
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AP - On his book promotion stopover here, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan was squired around by a “literary escort,” a pleasant woman named Naomi who drives visiting authors to their speaking engagements in a blue convertible. There were no motorcades, no street closures, no Secret Service.
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Five-time champion Roger Federer has advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon with a straight sets win over Lleyton Hewitt of Australia.Hewitt, the last man to win the Wimbledon title before the top-seeded Federer, was ousted 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-4 on Monday.After a tight first set, Federer broke Hewitt in the opening game of the second […]
Darren Clarke misses out in qualifying for the Open while Jose Maria Olazabal will take another lengthy break after also failing to go through.
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