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    Nearly 300 arrested in mortgage probe (Reuters)

    U.S. Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip is pictured alongside a chart as FBI Director Robert Mueller (not pictured) co-announces the results of a national mortgage fraud enforcement operation at the Justice Department in Washington, June 19, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - Nearly 300 people have been arrested in a 3-1/2 month national coordinated mortgage-fraud probe to be disclosed on Thursday, a U.S. Justice Department official said.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:59:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Spy bill could shield phone firms from suits (Reuters)

    A telephone is seen in an undated file photo. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. telephone companies that cooperated with President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program could be shielded from lawsuits under a electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and White House negotiators.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:43:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers indicted (Reuters)

    Former investment bank Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Ralph Cioffi (L) and Matthew Tannin, are escorted by law enforcement officials after being arrested in New York June 19, 2008 in this combination photo. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were arrested and indicted on securities fraud charges on Thursday following a federal criminal probe into the collapse of two funds they oversaw.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:22:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama opts out of public funds against McCain (Reuters)

    Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama answers questions from the audience as he campaigns at Kaukauwa High School in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, June 12, 2008. (Allen Fredrickson/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama said on Thursday he would forego public financing of his general election campaign against Republican John McCain, reversing an earlier stance and positioning himself to outspend McCain in the White House race.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:15:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Mississippi River flood levees strain, Bush visits (Reuters)

    Donald Sherwood watches flood water being pumped out of his home/business in La Grange, Missouri June 17, 2008. (Frank Polich/Reuters)Reuters - As President George W. Bush prepared to tour flood-ravaged Iowa on Thursday, Midwesterners awaited promised federal aid to help recover from an economic body blow to the nation's midsection from the worst flooding in 15 years.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:01:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    NHL threatens to get rid of Rangers' owners (AP)

    In this Feb. 7, 2007 file photo, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman listens to a question from the media during a news conference in Vancouver. The NHL is threatening to kick the owners of the New York Rangers out of the league as punishment for accusing league officials of violating antitrust laws. The NHL filed court papers Wednesday June 18, 2008 that included a draft letter from commissioner Gary Bettman proposing discipline against Madison Square Garden, L.P., that could lead to suspension or termination of its ownership of the Rangers.  (AP photo/The Canadian Press, Richard Lam)AP - The NHL is threatening to kick the owners of the New York Rangers out of the league or force them to sell the team as punishment for accusing league officials of violating antitrust laws.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:30:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Girl born to Jamie Lynn Spears (AP)

    In this Sept. 20, 2007 file photo, Jamie Lynn Spears arrives at the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth to a baby girl Thursday morning at a south Mississippi hospital.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:28:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Yahoo addresses e-mail concerns with new domains (AP)

    This Jan. 7, 2008 file photo shows the Yahoo tent at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts Thursday under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:49:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria (AP)

    A technician uses an electron microscope showing  the female mosquito's ovaries and the DNA inside them at malaria expert, Professor Andrea Crisanti's lab, at London's Imperial College, London, Wednesday June 11, 2008. In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria. Scientists have genetically modified them, hoping to stop them from spreading the killer disease malaria. Faced with a losing battle against malaria, scientists are increasingly exploring new avenues that might have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago. 'We don't have things we can rely on,' said Andrea Crisanti, the malaria expert in charge of genetically modifying mosquitoes at London's Imperial College. 'It's time to try something else.' Malaria kills nearly three million people worldwide every year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:02:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Guns go quiet in Gaza, but skepticism abounds about truce (AP)

    Palestinian gunmen from the militant wing of the Islamic group Hamas, carry equipment as they leave their position at the beginning of a cease fire near the border with Israel, east of Gaza City, Thursday, June 19, 2008. Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, marred only by widespread skepticism about its ability to hold. The cease-fire, which Egypt labored for months to conclude, aims to bring an end to a year of fighting that has killed seven Israelis and more than 400 Palestinians many of them civilians since the Islamic militant group Hamas wrested control of Gaza a year ago. (AP Photo/Wissam Nassar, MaanImages)AP - Guns went quiet as a six-month truce between Israel and Gaza Strip militants took effect early Thursday, but there was widespread skepticism about its ability to hold.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:11:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Top Sadrist official arrested in Iraq (AP)

    A woman carries her belongings past an Iraqi national policeman during the beginning of combat operations in Amarah, 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, June 19, 2008. The Iraqi defense ministry announced Thursday that an operation targeting Shiite militia fighters in the oil-producing southern city was underway. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Iraqi troops on Thursday arrested the top official in Amarah, a Muqtada al-Sadr loyalist, officials said, drawing swift condemnations from followers of the anti-U.S. cleric and raising tensions as a military operation against Shiite militias got under way.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:05:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Leading economic indicators inch up, but weakness remains (AP)

    Pat Cannon looks at the cantaloupe while shopping at the Dallas Farmers Market, Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Wholesale prices bolted ahead in May at the fastest pace in six months as energy and food costs marched higher. Prices for fruits and melons rose 5.9 percent, the most since December. (AP Photo/ Donna McWilliam)AP - A private business group says its index of leading economic indicators inched higher for the second month in another sign that higher fuel and food prices, tighter credit and a depressed housing market are stifling the economy.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:01:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    House to vote on war funds, unemployment benefits (AP)

    A U.S. Marine takes cover behind an Iraqi Army humvee during the beginning of combat operations in Amarah, 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq on Thursday, June 19, 2008. The Iraqi defense ministry announced Thursday that an operation targeting Shiite militia fighters in the oil-producing southern city was underway. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Democratic-led Congress finally appears ready to give President Bush his request for $162 billion in long-overdue funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:23:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Charges at Bear Stearns linked to subprime debacle (AP)

    Federal agents exit 26 Federal Plaza with handcuffed former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Matthew Tannin, Thursday, June 19, 2008, in New York. Indictments will be handed down on Tannin and ex-manager Ralph Cioffi, both accused of securities fraud in the wake of the collapse of the subprime mortgage market which foreshadowed Bear Stearns' own demise. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)AP - Two former Bear Stearns managers were arrested Thursday on securities fraud and other charges linked to the collapse of a hedge fund that bet heavily on subprime mortgages before the market collapsed, federal authorities said.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:26:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama opts out of public campaign finance system (AP)

    In this June 18, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives for the funeral of NBC's Tim Russert up to the Holy Trinity Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. Obama said Thursday, June 19, 2008, he'll bypass the federal public financing system in the general election, abandoning an earlier commitment to take the money if his Republican rival did as well.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday he'll bypass the federal public financing system in the general election, abandoning an earlier commitment to take the money if his Republican rival did as well.


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    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:26:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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