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  • FILE-In this Oct. 30, 2006, file photo, a Verizon Wireless store sign is seen in a Portland, Ore. More than 35,000 unionized Verizon Communications workers from Massachusetts to Washington D.C. could go on strike after midnight Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, if the two sides fail to reach an agreement on a new labor contract. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
    45K Verizon workers strike over new labor contract AP - 5 hrs ago

    Forty-five thousand unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike Sunday after negotiations with the telecommunications company over a new labor contract fizzled. More »45K Verizon workers strike over new labor contract

    FILE-In this Oct. 30, 2006, file photo, a Verizon Wireless store sign is seen in a Portland, Ore. More than 35,000 unionized Verizon Communications workers from Massachusetts to Washington D.C. could go on strike after midnight Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, if the two sides fail to reach an agreement on a new labor contract. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

    Forty-five thousand unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike Sunday after negotiations with the telecommunications company over a new labor contract fizzled.

  • Riot police looks on as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. A demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES
    Police officer hospitalized, 7 injured in UK riot AP - 2 hrs 47 mins ago

    One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots in the deprived Tottenham area of London, police said Sunday, after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and … More »Police officer hospitalized, 7 injured in UK riot

    Riot police looks on as fire rages through a building in Tottenham, north London Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. A demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze. (AP Photo/PA, Lewis Whyld) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES

    One police officer was hospitalized and seven others were injured during riots in the deprived Tottenham area of London, police said Sunday, after a demonstration against the death of a local man turned violent and cars and shops were set ablaze.

  • Religious groups object to covering birth control AP - 3 hrs ago

    They defied the bishops to support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Now Catholic hospitals are dismayed the law may force them to cover birth control free of charge to their employees. More »Religious groups object to covering birth control

    They defied the bishops to support President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Now Catholic hospitals are dismayed the law may force them to cover birth control free of charge to their employees.

  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry bows his head as he leads a prayer at The Response, a call to prayer for a nation in crisis, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Houston. Perry attended the daylong prayer rally despite criticism that the event inappropriately mixes religion and politics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    Perry to evangelicals: I'm one of you AP - 55 mins ago

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a strong message to the nation's evangelicals Saturday: he is a member of the important constituency for Republicans that he soon may call upon to help him secure the GOP presidential nominatio … More »Perry to evangelicals: I'm one of you

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry bows his head as he leads a prayer at The Response, a call to prayer for a nation in crisis, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Houston. Perry attended the daylong prayer rally despite criticism that the event inappropriately mixes religion and politics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent a strong message to the nation's evangelicals Saturday: he is a member of the important constituency for Republicans that he soon may call upon to help him secure the GOP presidential nomination.

  • Josie Hull, center right, and sister Teresita Cajas, center left, formerly conjoined Guatemalan twin girls who were separated in a surgery in 2002, celebrate their 10th birthday, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Malibu, Calif. Reaching that first double-digit age of 10 is a milestone for any kid, but for these Guatemalan twins born conjoined at the head, it's cause for joyous celebration, since they have repeatedly defied the odds against survival at all. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    Formerly conjoined Guatemalan twin girls turn 10 AP - 48 mins ago

    Reaching that first double-digit age of 10 is a milestone for any kid, but for these Guatemalan twins born conjoined at the head, it's cause for joyous celebration — they've repeatedly defied the odds against survival at … More »Formerly conjoined Guatemalan twin girls turn 10

    Josie Hull, center right, and sister Teresita Cajas, center left, formerly conjoined Guatemalan twin girls who were separated in a surgery in 2002, celebrate their 10th birthday, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, in Malibu, Calif. Reaching that first double-digit age of 10 is a milestone for any kid, but for these Guatemalan twins born conjoined at the head, it's cause for joyous celebration, since they have repeatedly defied the odds against survival at all. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    Reaching that first double-digit age of 10 is a milestone for any kid, but for these Guatemalan twins born conjoined at the head, it's cause for joyous celebration — they've repeatedly defied the odds against survival at all.

  • Muslims in world's tallest tower face longer fast AP - 1 hr 53 mins ago
    FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2010 file photo, Emirati officials prepare for the opening of Burj Khalifa, the world's 828 meter tallest building during the official opening ceremony in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Muslims living in the world's tallest tower will have to wait even longer to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, according to Dubai's top Muslim cleric Mohammed al-Qubaisi, who said Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 that Burj Khalifa residents living above the 80th floor should wait two additional minutes to break their dawn-to-dusk fast while those above the 150th floor must wait three extra minutes, because they will be able to see the sun longer than those on the ground. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

    Muslims living in the world's tallest tower will have to wait even longer to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

  • Sanders, Sharpe, Faulk, Dent enter Hall of Fame AP - 9 hrs ago
    Richard Dent waves to the crowd after receiving his gold jacket from Joe Gilliam at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival inductees dinner Friday, Aug. 5, 2011 at the Memorial Civic Center in Canton, OH. Gilliam will be presenting his Dent for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday. (AP Photo/The Repository, Scott Heckel)

    Prime Time has come to Canton — with an extra touch of gold. And a black do-rag.

  • ECB eyes decision on Italy bond purchase to ease debt Reuters - 50 mins ago
    President of the European Central Bank ponders a question during his monthly news conference at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt

    FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will decide on Sunday evening whether to buy Italian government bonds to try to speed up cuts in euro zone debt, ECB sources said as global leaders conferred by phone on the twin financial crises in Europe and the United States.

  • Coalition says four NATO troops killed in attacks in Afghanistan Reuters - 17 mins ago
    President Barack Obama holds a conference call from Camp David, Maryland

    KABUL (Reuters) - Four service members from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed in two separate attacks on Sunday, the coalition said, the day after 30 U.S. troops were confirmed killed in a helicopter crash that marked the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war.

  • Dollar to drop on S&P move; safe-haven demand seen Reuters - 6 hrs ago
    File picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo

    HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar may weaken and Treasury yields rise when Asian markets reopen on Monday, though any selling in response to ratings agency S&P's downgrade of the United States is likely to be tempered by the escalating crisis in the euro zone.

  • G7 finance leaders agree to talk on Monday: report Reuters - 2 hrs 27 mins ago
    A stock ticker reflects falling stock prices inside the London Stock Exchange

    TOKYO (Reuters) - The Group of Seven leading economies agreed to hold an emergency phone meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors on Monday, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.

  • Syrian tanks storm eastern city, defying U.N. appeal Reuters - 2 hrs 14 mins ago
    Video grab of protester crouching near the body of a man lying on the ground in Hama

    AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops killed 20 people in a tank assault on the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Sunday, an activist group said, despite a direct U.N. appeal to President Bashar al-Assad to stop using military force against civilians.

  • Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa Reuters - 15 hrs ago
    File image of still frame taken from video of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaking in a television interview broadcast

    SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave hospital soon, a government source said on Saturday, as clashes between his loyalists and opponents flared in the capital he left when protests against his rule turned into open warfare.

  • Path to debt deal was too divisive: White House Reuters - 19 hrs ago
    White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks to the news in the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The path to a debt deal took too long and was too divisive, and lawmakers must now work together to strengthen the country's fiscal position and spur growth, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Saturday.

  • Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated Reuters - 11 hrs ago
    A Somali government soldier walks at the deserted main Bakara market in the capital Mogadishu

    MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Saturday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the al Shabaab group began withdrawing fighters from the capital Mogadishu.

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