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  • A man holds spent shells near the Spozhmai Hotel near Kabul which was attacked overnight Thursday
    Kabul birthday party reduced to bloody destruction AFP - 1 hr 18 mins ago

    A carefree birthday party and night out to celebrate the start of the Afghan weekend were reduced to destruction and butchery when Taliban gunmen stormed a lakeside hotel, opening fire indiscriminately on wealthy revelle … More »Kabul birthday party reduced to bloody destruction

    A man holds spent shells near the Spozhmai Hotel near Kabul which was attacked overnight Thursday

    A carefree birthday party and night out to celebrate the start of the Afghan weekend were reduced to destruction and butchery when Taliban gunmen stormed a lakeside hotel, opening fire indiscriminately on wealthy revellers.

  • On the campaign trail with the Romney's
    What we're watching in politics: Obama, Romney, and Rielle Hunter The Ticket - 1 hr 47 mins ago

    Thursday it was Mitt Romney talking about immigration at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials convention; Friday it will be President Barack Obama speaking at the Tampa, Fla., gathering. More »What we're watching in politics: Obama, Romney, and Rielle Hunter

    On the campaign trail with the Romney's

    Thursday it was Mitt Romney talking about immigration at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials convention; Friday it will be President Barack Obama speaking at the Tampa, Fla., gathering.

  • FILE - In this May 11, 2012 file photo, people stand in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York. Moody's Investors Service on Thursday, June 21, 2012 lowered the credit ratings of 15 the world's largest banks late Thursday, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs, saying their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
    Moody's sees big banks' risks of 'outsized losses' AP - 1 hr 23 mins ago

    Moody's Investors Service has lowered the credit ratings on some of the world's biggest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, reflecting concern over their exposure to the violent swings in … More »Moody's sees big banks' risks of 'outsized losses'

    FILE - In this May 11, 2012 file photo, people stand in the lobby of JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York. Moody's Investors Service on Thursday, June 21, 2012 lowered the credit ratings of 15 the world's largest banks late Thursday, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs, saying their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are shrinking. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

    Moody's Investors Service has lowered the credit ratings on some of the world's biggest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, reflecting concern over their exposure to the violent swings in global financial markets.

  • Pet Therapy: Some Hospitals Allow Patients' Own Dogs to Visit
    Hospitals allow patients' own dogs to visit Good Morning America - 13 hrs ago

    Proponents of Pet Visit Programs Say Furry Friends Can Lift Patients' Mood More »Hospitals allow patients' own dogs to visit

    Pet Therapy: Some Hospitals Allow Patients' Own Dogs to Visit

    Proponents of Pet Visit Programs Say Furry Friends Can Lift Patients' Mood

  • Afghan forces end Taliban siege of hotel, 20 dead Reuters - 45 mins ago
    An Afghan policeman is reflected in a mirror at a hotel on the outskirts of Kabul

    KABUL (Reuters) - Elite Afghan police backed by NATO forces ended a 12-hour siege on Friday at a popular hotel outside Kabul, leaving at least 20 dead after Taliban gunmen stormed the lakeside building, bursting into a party and seizing dozens of hostages. The night-time assault on the hotel with rocket-propelled grenades, …

  • Friday a key deadline as Armstrong case ramps up AP - 3 hrs ago
    Lance Armstrong talks to the media during news conference in Adelaide

    Lance Armstrong faces a Friday deadline to file a formal response to the latest allegations that he was doping during his seven consecutive Tour de France victories.

  • AP sources: U.S. mulls new covert raids in Pakistan AP - 4 hrs ago
    US-Pakistan ties have worsened following the killing of Osama bin Laden

    U.S. military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighboring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint U.S.-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press.

  • Eurozone's big four in Rome for debt crisis talks AFP - 1 hr 23 mins ago
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel is opposed to the creation of eurobonds -- mutualising the bloc's sovereign debts

    The leaders of the top four eurozone countries meet in Rome on Friday to tackle the relentless debt crisis with France, Italy and Spain pressuring Germany to accept new growth and intervention measures.

  • Man faces sentence for online 'South Park' threat AP - 3 hrs ago

    Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 12 years in prison for a Muslim convert from Brooklyn who pleaded guilty to posting online threats against the creators of the "South Park" television show.

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  • A man walks by the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo indicating the Nikkei index which fell 47.09 points to 8776.98 yen in the morning session Friday, June 22, 2012. Asian stock markets fell Friday as gloomy economic reports from the world's two biggest economies piled, heightening fears of a sharper global downturn. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
    World stocks fall amid US jobs, housing gloom AP - 2 hrs 16 mins ago

    World stock markets fell Friday as gloomy economic reports from the world's two biggest economies heightened fears of a sharper global downturn. In Europe, leaders were … More »World stocks fall amid US jobs, housing gloom

    A man walks by the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo indicating the Nikkei index which fell 47.09 points to 8776.98 yen in the morning session Friday, June 22, 2012. Asian stock markets fell Friday as gloomy economic reports from the world's two biggest economies piled, heightening fears of a sharper global downturn. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

    World stock markets fell Friday as gloomy economic reports from the world's two biggest economies heightened fears of a sharper global downturn. In Europe, leaders were set to weigh options for fixing the continent's debt crisis.

  • FILE - In this June 6, 2012, file photo, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks about a farm bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Stabenow is fond of saying that the five-year farm policy bill is "not your father's farm bill." There's some truth to that: while the core missions of farm bills _ protecting farmers from bad times, conserving rural lands and funding the food stamp and other nutrition programs _ are unchanged, this farm bill takes some very different approaches. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
    Senate bill brings some big changes to farm policy AP - 20 hrs ago

    Briefly putting election-year politics aside, the Senate on Thursday moved toward strong approval of legislation assuring that farmers hit by bad times will be protected … More »Senate bill brings some big changes to farm policy

    FILE - In this June 6, 2012, file photo, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks about a farm bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Stabenow is fond of saying that the five-year farm policy bill is "not your father's farm bill." There's some truth to that: while the core missions of farm bills _ protecting farmers from bad times, conserving rural lands and funding the food stamp and other nutrition programs _ are unchanged, this farm bill takes some very different approaches. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Briefly putting election-year politics aside, the Senate on Thursday moved toward strong approval of legislation assuring that farmers hit by bad times will be protected and that millions of others hurt by the bad economy won't go hungry.

  • In this Monday, June 18, 2012 photo Trey Fortes, right, speaks with Jason Monteiro, of Hudson, Mass., left, during a job fair in Boston. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week but not by enough to indicate hiring will pick up. Weekly applications for unemployment aid declined by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 387,000, the Labor Department said. That’s down from an upwardly revised 389,000. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
    US unemployment aid applications little changed AP - 23 hrs ago

    The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week but not by enough to signal a better month of hiring in June. More »US unemployment aid applications little changed

    In this Monday, June 18, 2012 photo Trey Fortes, right, speaks with Jason Monteiro, of Hudson, Mass., left, during a job fair in Boston. The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week but not by enough to indicate hiring will pick up. Weekly applications for unemployment aid declined by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 387,000, the Labor Department said. That’s down from an upwardly revised 389,000. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

    The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dipped last week but not by enough to signal a better month of hiring in June.

  • FILE - This undated image originally released by Harpo, Inc. shows host Oprah Winfrey posing with Paris Jackson, daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. Winfrey interviewed Jackson for an "Oprah's Next Chapter," special which aired on June 10 on OWN. (AP Photo/Harpo Inc., George Burns)
    Who's landing the big interviews after Oprah? AP - 5 hrs ago

    Since Oprah Winfrey packed up the couch that Tom Cruise jumped on and ended her daytime talk show last year, no one has truly filled her role as the top go-to person … More »Who's landing the big interviews after Oprah?

    FILE - This undated image originally released by Harpo, Inc. shows host Oprah Winfrey posing with Paris Jackson, daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. Winfrey interviewed Jackson for an "Oprah's Next Chapter," special which aired on June 10 on OWN. (AP Photo/Harpo Inc., George Burns)

    Since Oprah Winfrey packed up the couch that Tom Cruise jumped on and ended her daytime talk show last year, no one has truly filled her role as the top go-to person in television for major celebrity and news interviews.

  • Weinstein Company secures $225 million credit facilities Reuters - 18 hrs ago

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company has secured $225 million in financing for two new credit facilities with UBS and Union Bank, TheWrap has learned. The … More »Weinstein Company secures $225 million credit facilities

    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company has secured $225 million in financing for two new credit facilities with UBS and Union Bank, TheWrap has learned. The facilities will allow the company to continue financing production and marketing for its upcoming slate of films rather than using its own cash, according …

  • US Commerce Secretary Bryson attends a business conference organised by FICCI in New Delhi
    Commerce secretary resigns after car crashes Reuters - 16 hrs ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, under investigation for his role in two car crashes on the same day this month, said on Thursday he was resigning … More »Commerce secretary resigns after car crashes

    US Commerce Secretary Bryson attends a business conference organised by FICCI in New Delhi

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson, under investigation for his role in two car crashes on the same day this month, said on Thursday he was resigning to prevent distractions at the department he led for less than a year. Police found Bryson unconscious behind the wheel of his Lexus on June 9 after …

  • A new pivot-irrigation system is seen in Mill Creek, Indiana
    Insight: Farmers hit paydirt with irrigation in arid spring Reuters - 1 hr 43 mins ago

    MILL CREEK, Indiana (Reuters) - Bouncing down a county back road, squinting as a blazing sun intensifies one of the hottest, driest Midwest springs ever, farmer Dale … More »Insight: Farmers hit paydirt with irrigation in arid spring

    A new pivot-irrigation system is seen in Mill Creek, Indiana

    MILL CREEK, Indiana (Reuters) - Bouncing down a county back road, squinting as a blazing sun intensifies one of the hottest, driest Midwest springs ever, farmer Dale Tuholski steers his pick-up truck between fortune and failure. To his left, new irrigation machinery sprays a fine mist across his corn field in northern Indiana, …

  • FILE-- In a Jan. 7, 2003 file photo Sari Feldman, deputy director of the Cleveland Public Library, holds a PDA containing Michael Crichton's book "Prey," at the downtown Cleveland branch, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003. E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study published Friday June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, file)
    Study released on library e-book borrowing AP - 3 hrs ago

    E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers … More »Study released on library e-book borrowing

    FILE-- In a Jan. 7, 2003 file photo Sari Feldman, deputy director of the Cleveland Public Library, holds a PDA containing Michael Crichton's book "Prey," at the downtown Cleveland branch, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003. E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study published Friday June 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, file)

    E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study.

  • A Specialist trader gives out a price on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
    Futures point to bounce after Thursday selloff Reuters - 19 mins ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures rose on Friday, indicating the benchmark S&P 500 index may rebound from its second-worst decline of the year. The index dropped 2.2 … More »Futures point to bounce after Thursday selloff

    A Specialist trader gives out a price on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures rose on Friday, indicating the benchmark S&P 500 index may rebound from its second-worst decline of the year. The index dropped 2.2 percent in the prior session, its biggest drop since a 2.5 percent fall on June 1, as evidence mounted of slowing manufacturing growth worldwide, a threat …

  • FILE- In this Friday, June 15, 2012, file photo, an Arco gas station worker lowers the prices on a sign at a Arco gas station in Palo Alto, Calif. U.S. crude oil price on Thursday, June 21, 2012, plunged and ended below 79 dollars a barrel for the first time since October 2011 amid global economic concerns. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
    Oil near $78 amid global economic growth worries AP - 46 mins ago

    Oil prices made small gains above $78 a barrel Friday but remained near eight-month lows after signs of slowing global economic growth triggered a sharp plunge this  … More »Oil near $78 amid global economic growth worries

    FILE- In this Friday, June 15, 2012, file photo, an Arco gas station worker lowers the prices on a sign at a Arco gas station in Palo Alto, Calif. U.S. crude oil price on Thursday, June 21, 2012, plunged and ended below 79 dollars a barrel for the first time since October 2011 amid global economic concerns. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

    Oil prices made small gains above $78 a barrel Friday but remained near eight-month lows after signs of slowing global economic growth triggered a sharp plunge this week.

  • Italy's PM Monti, Germany's Chancellor Merkel, Spain's Prime Minister Rajoy and France's President Hollande attend an informal EU leaders summit in Brussels
    Euro's big four seek way out of crisis in Rome Reuters - 2 hrs 14 mins ago

    ROME (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain will try to find common ground in Rome on Friday to restore confidence in the euro zone ahead of a full … More »Euro's big four seek way out of crisis in Rome

    Italy's PM Monti, Germany's Chancellor Merkel, Spain's Prime Minister Rajoy and France's President Hollande attend an informal EU leaders summit in Brussels

    ROME (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain will try to find common ground in Rome on Friday to restore confidence in the euro zone ahead of a full EU summit next week, which Italy's prime minister called a defining moment. Dangerously high borrowing costs for Spain and Italy have eased a little on …

  • The National Debt Clock hangs on a wall next to an office for the Internal Revenue Service near Times Square in New York
    IRS to review whistleblower program for speed, quality Reuters - 10 hrs ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service is planning a "comprehensive review" of its embattled whistleblower program to improve the speed and quality of its … More »IRS to review whistleblower program for speed, quality

    The National Debt Clock hangs on a wall next to an office for the Internal Revenue Service near Times Square in New York

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service is planning a "comprehensive review" of its embattled whistleblower program to improve the speed and quality of its decisions, an agency official said in a June 20 memorandum. The IRS will work with "internal and external shareholders" to produce a set of expectations to …

  • European Council President Van Rompuy addresses the media before the G20 Summit in Los Cabos
    Whole EU backs bank oversight role for ECB: Welt Reuters - 2 hrs 4 mins ago

    BERLIN (Reuters) - All 27 countries in the European Union will support giving the European Central Bank a bigger supervisory role for the bloc's banking system at next … More »Whole EU backs bank oversight role for ECB: Welt

    European Council President Van Rompuy addresses the media before the G20 Summit in Los Cabos

    BERLIN (Reuters) - All 27 countries in the European Union will support giving the European Central Bank a bigger supervisory role for the bloc's banking system at next week's summit, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Friday, citing EU diplomats. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has mustered the support of …

  • Bain Capital Japan Chairman Shintaro Hori speaks during the Reuters Rebuilding Japan Summit in Tokyo
    Bain to pay $1.3 billion for half Japan TV shopping channel: source Reuters - 2 hrs 12 mins ago

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital will buy a 50 percent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel, a television shopping company, for about 100 billion yen ($1.3 … More »Bain to pay $1.3 billion for half Japan TV shopping channel: source

    Bain Capital Japan Chairman Shintaro Hori speaks during the Reuters Rebuilding Japan Summit in Tokyo

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital will buy a 50 percent stake in Jupiter Shop Channel, a television shopping company, for about 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in Japan's largest private equity transaction this year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the firm. Bain said it would buy Jupiter …

  • People participate in a job fair in New York
    Factory, jobs data highlight struggling recovery Reuters - 15 hrs ago

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace in 11 months in June and the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment … More »Factory, jobs data highlight struggling recovery

    People participate in a job fair in New York

    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace in 11 months in June and the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment aid fell only slightly last week, further evidence the economy was weakening. Other reports on Thursday underscored the difficulty the economy was having breaking …

  • Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks leaves Southwark Crown Court in central London
    Former Murdoch executive Brooks faces British court Reuters - 2 hrs 10 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks, the woman at the heart of a scandal shaking Rupert Murdoch's media empire and the British government, appeared … More »Former Murdoch executive Brooks faces British court

    Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks leaves Southwark Crown Court in central London

    LONDON (Reuters) - Former newspaper executive Rebekah Brooks, the woman at the heart of a scandal shaking Rupert Murdoch's media empire and the British government, appeared in court on Friday at the opening of her prosecution on charges of hiding evidence from police. Brooks, who is close to Murdoch and was friends with …

  • A woman holds up her new Samsung Galaxy S III after it was launched at Westfield in west London
    Samsung probes burnt out Galaxy phone in Ireland Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said it was investigating reports that one of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphones exploded in a user's car in Ireland. Samsung … More »Samsung probes burnt out Galaxy phone in Ireland

    A woman holds up her new Samsung Galaxy S III after it was launched at Westfield in west London

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said it was investigating reports that one of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphones exploded in a user's car in Ireland. Samsung launched its latest Galaxy S, the strongest rival for Apple's iPhone, in Europe on May 29 and in the United States on Thursday. It plans to roll out the …

  • Crisis "on doorstep" as German business morale hit Reuters - 2 hrs 22 mins ago

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German business sentiment fell for a second straight month in June to its lowest level in over two years, the latest sign Europe's largest economy … More »Crisis "on doorstep" as German business morale hit

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German business sentiment fell for a second straight month in June to its lowest level in over two years, the latest sign Europe's largest economy is no longer immune to the sovereign debt crisis engulfing the euro zone. Europe's economic powerhouse had so far avoided the fate of its euro zone peers thanks …

  • FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo a lorry transporting cars passes a bridge in Duisburg, Germany. A closely-watched survey shows German investor confidence plummeted in June over increasing concerns about the economies of Spain, Greece and other countries in the eurozone. -The ZEW institute reported Tuesday, June 19, 2012, that its monthly confidence index dropped by 27.7 points to a level of minus 16.9 points _ its strongest decline since October 1998. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
    German business optimism fades as crisis bites AP - 2 hrs 48 mins ago

    A key measure of German business optimism fell in June, another signal that the financial crisis could slow Europe's biggest economy in coming months and complicate … More »German business optimism fades as crisis bites

    FILE - In this May 15, 2012 file photo a lorry transporting cars passes a bridge in Duisburg, Germany. A closely-watched survey shows German investor confidence plummeted in June over increasing concerns about the economies of Spain, Greece and other countries in the eurozone. -The ZEW institute reported Tuesday, June 19, 2012, that its monthly confidence index dropped by 27.7 points to a level of minus 16.9 points _ its strongest decline since October 1998. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

    A key measure of German business optimism fell in June, another signal that the financial crisis could slow Europe's biggest economy in coming months and complicate the continent's effort to dig out of debt.

  • A trader looks at screens at the Frankfurt stock exchange
    European stocks fall, dollar up on data misery Reuters - 3 hrs ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil briefly traded at its lowest in 18 months and European stocks fell on Friday, while the safe-haven dollar rose as weak German and U.S. data and … More »European stocks fall, dollar up on data misery

    A trader looks at screens at the Frankfurt stock exchange

    LONDON (Reuters) - Oil briefly traded at its lowest in 18 months and European stocks fell on Friday, while the safe-haven dollar rose as weak German and U.S. data and a downgrade to some of the world's major banks unnerved investors. European stocks dropped nearly 1 percent after data showing German business sentiment fell …

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