• Robert W add a quote by Richard G. Scott July 5, 2012
    "Sadness, disappointment, and severe challenge are events in life, not life itself. I do not minimize how hard some of these events are. They can extend over a long period of time, but they should not be allowed to become the confining center of everything you do. The Lord inspired Lehi to declare the fundamental truth, “Men are, that they might have jo […]

Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.

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Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation.

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Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
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Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai

By Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) – Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. The abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who have exploited a security vacuum that [...]

Oil falls near $95 on small drop in supplies

The price of oil fell near $95 a barrel Wednesday as the nation’s oil supply fell less than expected and demand for gasoline remained weak.
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2 infants among 10 kids killed in Oklahoma tornado

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week.

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Bears LB Urlacher announces retirement

CHICAGO (AP) — Star linebacker Brian Urlacher says he’s retiring after spending 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.
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NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police

SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. (AP) — Many young people are among the mourners attending the funeral of a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.

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Kenya’s truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.

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Bernanke signals Fed to maintain stimulus efforts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.

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House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults

WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of [...]

Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution, paving way for vote

By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year. Approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March, the constitution clips the powers of the [...]

FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe.

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Mais non! French universities may teach in English

PARIS (AP) — In France, there’s a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite.
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IMF calls on Britain to do more for growth

LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has called on Britain to do more to support the economic recovery, urging the government Wednesday to speed up investment in infrastructure and come up with a plan to privatize its bailed out banks.

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Rescuers search Oklahoma tornado town ruins as recovery starts

By Carey Gillam and Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins of an Oklahoma town on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. "Yesterday I was numb. Today I cried [...]

Zimbabwe’s president signs new constitution

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president signs into law a new constitution and vows to hold peaceful and clean elections later this year.
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EU leaders discuss fight against tax evasion

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Wednesday sought to advance their fight against tax fraud and close the loopholes for large corporations' tax avoidance schemes.

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UK, Denmark eye visas for Afghan interpreters

LONDON (AP) — Britain and Denmark proposed Wednesday to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K. and Denmark in recognition of the risks they face if they stay in their war-battered homeland.
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Kerry warns Syria’s Assad against rejecting political solution

AMMAN (Reuters) – Western governments are ready to increase support to opponents of President Bashar al-Assad if he rejects a political solution to Syria’s civil war, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. Kerry said recent military gains by Assad’s forces were only temporary and that if he believed the counter-offensives against the rebels [...]

Bernanke’s Q&A testimony to congressional panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Below are highlights of the question and answer session of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. BERNANKE ON BANKS THAT ARE “TOO BIG TO FAIL”: “I think that many of the suggestions to break them up have either involved relatively [...]

Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.

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Conn. rail service returns to normal

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks.

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Afghanistan: Suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban elder

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber on foot has killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace in central Afghanistan.
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US test-launches intercontinental missile

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.
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Iran’s Ahmadinejad denounces election decision

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from next month's presidential race is an act of "oppression" and that he will take the case to the country's supreme leader.

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IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing

By Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing on Wednesday she had done nothing wrong but asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions. "I have not done anything wrong. I have [...]

Dubai authorities seize shipment of 259 elephant tusks

DUBAI (Reuters) – Customs officials in United Arab Emirates have seized hundreds of elephant tusks shipped from Africa marked as furniture, the Ministry of Environment and Water said. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said in a statement that the container came from Mombasa in Kenya. Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan [...]