Reuters - North Korea toppled the cooling tower at
its plutonium-producing reactor on Friday in a symbolic move to
show its commitment to an international nuclear deal, a day
after submitting an inventory of its atomic program.
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain said on Friday he would oppose a government bailout
of the ailing auto industry and voiced strong support for free
trade in the hard-hit state of Ohio.
Reuters - Consumer confidence fell more than
expected in June, hitting another 28-year low as surging prices
and mounting job losses contributed to a bleak outlook,
according to a survey released on Friday.
Reuters - Many Zimbabweans boycotted the one
candidate-election on Friday but witnesses said government
militias forced people in some areas to vote for 84-year-old
President Robert Mugabe.
Reuters - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton take the first step toward healing the wounds of their
bruising presidential nominating fight with a joint appearance
on Friday in the symbolically named New Hampshire town of
Unity.
AP - Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic was knocked out in the third round of Wimbledon on Friday by 133rd-ranked Zheng Jie of China, extending a spate of stunning upsets at the All England Club.
AP - The online hangout Facebook is getting more serious about grammar. No more should users see jarringly incorrect declarations such as "Debbie changed their profile picture." -- read full article
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AP - A Michigan man was sentenced to 43 years in prison Friday for driving the wrong way on an interstate and slamming his pickup truck into a minivan, killing a Maryland mother and four children who were returning home from a Christmas trip. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:57:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - Wall Street pared its losses late Friday as the approaching end of the quarter had investors picking up stocks to close out their portfolios — the practice widely known as window dressing.
AP - The millions of economic stimulus payments gave a massive jolt to household finances in May, sending after-tax incomes up by the largest amount in 33 years. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:55:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - Widespread voter intimidation and low turnout marked Zimbabwe's one-candidate presidential runoff Friday, further damaging the vote designed to bolster longtime President Robert Mugabe's credibility.
AP - Defiant residents of this eastern Missouri community lost one struggle against the relentless Mississippi River Friday, but quickly prepared for another.
AP - The gray cooling tower crumbled behind billowing dust clouds in seconds Friday, reducing the structure at North Korea's nuclear reactor into a pile of rubble. It was a choreographed show by the communist regime meant to affirm an intention to stop making atomic bombs.
AP - Rivals turned allies, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made a display of unity Friday in a hamlet named for it, their first joint public appearance since the divisive Democratic primary race ended.
