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Bieber fans throng Mexico City's main plaza

Bieber fans throng Mexico City's main plaza

Bieber fans throng Mexico City's main plaza

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:17 PM PDT

Fans hold pictures of pop star Justin Bieber near Mexico City's main historic plaza, the Zocalo, Sunday, June 10, 2012. The Beliebers have arrived in the chaotic streets of Mexico City, adolescents in purple and white and braving two nights on roach-infested sidewalks for a chance to be closest to the stage when teenage superstar Justin Bieber puts on a free concert Monday evening on the capital's vast central plaza.(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Thousands of school-skipping "tween" girls and their parents streamed into Mexico City's historic main plaza on Monday, hoping to get the best spots for a free concert hours later by teen superstar Justin Bieber that is expected to draw 200,000 people.

Sandusky witness describes abuse, 'creepy' letters

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for opening statements in his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)The first witness in Jerry Sandusky's trial said the former Penn State assistant football coach sexually abused him as a young teenager on campus and in hotels and later sent him "creepy love letters."

EURO 2012 LIVE: Ukraine vs. Sweden

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

A Swedish fan cheers before the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between Ukraine and Sweden in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Co-host Ukraine takes on Sweden in Kiev in the second Group D match at the European Championship. Earlier, France and England drew 1-1.

2 accused of hindering search for Ala suspect

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

The search for a man charged with fatally shooting three people and wounding three more at a party near Auburn University focused on Alabama's capital Monday as police said they had arrested two men accused of hindering the search.

Commerce: Bryson has 'limited recall' of events

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

A Commerce Department official says Secretary John Bryson has a "limited recall of the events" in which he had a seizure and was involved in two traffic accidents in the Los Angeles area.

Russian police raid homes of opposition leaders before rally

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police raided opposition leaders' homes on Monday and summoned them for questioning, disrupting plans for a protest against President Vladimir Putin and suggesting he has lost patience with unrest. The early morning searches ahead of Tuesday's rally were an aggressive turn after months of opposition demonstrations, signaling a tougher approach to dissent at the start of the former KGB spy's new six-year term as president. ...

Whoops! UK PM leaves 8-year-old daughter in pub

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:13 PM PDT

FILE This Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007 file photo shows David Cameron, leader of Britain's opposition Conservative Party with his wife Samantha, after he delivering his keynote speech on the last day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Blackpool, England. British Prime Minister David Cameron's office confirmed Monday June 11, 2012 that the prime minister accidentally left his 8-year-old daughter Nancy in a pub after a family Sunday lunch near his country home, west of London. They said the incident happened a few months ago as the family was leaving the pub. Cameron was travelling in one car with his bodyguards and assumed that Nancy was in the other car with his wife Samantha and two other children. Samantha assumed the child was with her father and only realized she was missing when they got home.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife got home from lunch with friends at a pub in the English countryside to discover they forgot something: 8-year-old daughter Nancy.

Wis. governor aims to bridge divide with cookout

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2012, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center right, poses for a photo during a visit to Bauman Construction Company at Chippewa Falls, Wis. A week after the Republican fought off a Democratic-led attempt to recall him from office, Walker is trying to mend some fences by inviting state lawmakers from both parties to the governor's residence for a brat summit. A spokesman said Monday, June 11, 2012, that Tuesday's event will not be open to media. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman, File)Nothing brings people together in Wisconsin like the promise of beer and brats.

Zara Phillips nominated for UK Olympic team

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT

FILE - This Friday, July 6, 2007 file photo shows Britain's Zara Phillips, a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, riding 'Toytown' in the jumping test competition of the Event Competitions at the World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen 2007 in Aachen, western Germany. Phillips has been announced Monday June 11 2012 as being selected for the UK Eventing Olympic team. The 2006 world champion will emulate her mother, the Princess Royal, who competed at the 1976 Montreal Games, while her father Captain Mark Phillips was a team gold medallist at Munich in 1972 and then won silver in Seoul 16 years later (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, File)The British Equestrian Federation said Monday that Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Phillips has been nominated as part of the U.K.'s team for the London Olympics.

Stocks fall; Spain rescue seen as 'temporary fix'

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:08 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 6, 2012 file photo, Wellington Shields' Theodore Nelson, left, and Knight Capital's Frank Babino, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures are following markets higher across the globe Monday, June 11, 2012, after the European Union said it would lend Spain as much as $125 billion to save its banks. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)Stocks on Wall Street are closing sharply lower. Investors are skeptical that a deal to save Spanish banks will do much to resolve the debt crisis in Europe.

Youthful rebel targets Greek establishment

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:05 PM PDT

FILE This Tuesday, May 8, 2012 file photo shows Greek leader of Coalition of the Radical Left party, SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras lduring a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, on taking the mandate to form a coalition government in Athens. The extreme left-wing Tsipras believes the budget-cutting imposed on Greece, which is suffering through its fifth year of recession and an unemployment rate nearly 22 percent, should be cancelled. Global financial markets are on tenterhooks over a possible victory by the tough-talking 37-year-old, who dresses casually and has a portrait of the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara on his office wall. His radical agenda scares even many Europeans who have railed against austerity. And if he's given the power to carry it out, Greece may soon find itself kicked out of the euro common currency. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis, pool)Alexis Tsipras has rarely been on good terms with Greece's establishment.

Commerce secretary probed in car crashes, seizure cited

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT

US Commerce Secretary Bryson attends a business conference organised by FICCI in New DelhiWASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Commerce Secretary John Bryson is being investigated for his role in two car crashes - including a hit-and-run accident - near his Los Angeles-area home over the weekend that department officials linked to a seizure that left him unconscious behind the wheel. Bryson, who as commerce secretary oversees several agencies and focuses on business issues, was hospitalized in California but has returned to Washington, Commerce Department spokeswoman Jennifer Friedman said in a statement on Monday. The investigation into the crashes is ongoing, she added. ...

FACT CHECK: Looming tax hike not the biggest ever

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., accompanied by fellow GOP leaders House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Cantor, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss the payroll tax cut negotiations. Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts are scheduled to expire unless Congress acts. GOP leaders in Congress claim it would be "the largest tax increase in American history." Except it wouldn't be, not when you take into account the big tax increases used to help pay for World War II. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Republicans are calling it "Taxmageddon," the big tax increase awaiting nearly every American family at the end of the year, when a long list of tax cuts is scheduled to expire unless Congress acts.

McCotter's odd exit leaves House seat up for grabs

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT

All had their reasons for seeking the congressional seat in the wealthy Detroit suburbs where Mitt Romney grew up. But none could have expected to win — until now.

Cervical cancer find solves decades-long mystery

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:02 PM PDT

A scientific discovery about where and how cervical cancer takes root in the body has resolved a decades-long mysteryA scientific discovery about where and how cervical cancer takes root in the body has resolved a decades-long mystery and could lead to even better prevention in the future, experts say.

Wis. governor uses brats, beer to bridge divide

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 7, 2012, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center right, poses for a photo during a visit to Bauman Construction Company at Chippewa Falls, Wis. A week after the Republican fought off a Democratic-led attempt to recall him from office, Walker is trying to mend some fences by inviting state lawmakers from both parties to the governor's residence for a brat summit. A spokesman said Monday, June 11, 2012, that Tuesday's event will not be open to media. (AP Photo/Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman, File)Nothing brings people together in Wisconsin like the promise of beer and brats.

Sandusky witness: I should have spoken out sooner

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:00 PM PDT

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for opening statements in his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)The first witness at Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial says he feels responsible for what happened to other alleged victims because he didn't come forward earlier.

US leaves unsettled supply talks with Pakistan

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

The U.S. team that tried for more than a month to negotiate a reopening of blocked Pakistani supply routes into Afghanistan is coming home without an agreement, U.S. officials said Monday.

Missouri fan on team plane in federal drug probe

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:59 PM PDT

A Missouri men's basketball fan who regularly traveled with the team to NCAA tournament games the past four seasons is among more than a dozen people facing federal drug conspiracy charges for cocaine distribution.

Fed reports how much recession shrank US wealth

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:58 PM PDT

A Federal Reserve survey has found that the Great Recession shrank Americans' wealth so much that in 2010 median family net worth was no more than it had been in 1992 after adjusting for inflation.

Highlight for teaching pro was getting to US Open

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Just think if Dennis Miller had made that 8-foot birdie putt on the next-to-last hole of U.S. Open qualifying.

Testimony completed in Clemens perjury trial

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, accompanied by his attorney Rusty Hardin, left, arrives at federal court in Washington, Monday, June 11, 2012, for his perjury trial. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)Testimony has been completed at the Roger Clemens perjury trial.

Officials: US commerce secretary suffered seizure

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

FILE-This March 29, 2012 file photo shows U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson during a session organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Mumbai, India. Police are investigating two traffic collisions allegedly caused Bryson that left him injured, authorities said Monday June 11, 2012. One of the crashes was under investigation as a felony hit and run, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department and the San Gabriel Police Department said. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade,File)Medical records could determine whether U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson will be charged in two weekend fender-benders that led to his hospitalization after police found him slumped behind the wheel of his vehicle in the Los Angeles suburbs.

US clears India, 6 others from Iran oil sanctions

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

The Obama administration on Monday exempted India and six other nations from U.S. economic sanctions after they significantly reduced their imports of Iranian oil.

Grand Prix America race takes NJ test run

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:49 PM PDT

Formula One racers compete against some of the world's fastest drivers. Now, they're taking on New Jersey roads.

Sandusky called "predatory pedophile" as trial starts

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at Centre County Court in Bellefonte PennsylvaniaBELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The prosecution branded former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky a "predatory pedophile" at the start of his child sex abuse trial on Monday, saying his young victims remained silent only out of fear and shame. Jurors heard opening statements from the prosecution and defense in a trial closely watched in the United States. Defense lawyer Joe Amendola told the seven women and five men of the jury that Sandusky, 68, was a naive man filled with love and affection for young people. ...

New pan-Arab TV satellite channel goes on air

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Two staff members are preparing the newsroom of Al-Mayadeen, a new pan Arab satellite TV station which is launching broadcasts from Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, June 11, 2012. The satellite television station that hopes to challenge the dominance of Arab Gulf channels went on the air Monday, promising to deliver "reality as it is." The Beirut-based Al-Mayadeen joins a slew of other all-news Arab TV stations competing for viewers at a time of momentous political change in the Arab world. The station promises to support the Palestinian cause and all forms of "resistance." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)A new pan-Arab TV station that went on the air Monday courts viewers who see mainstream coverage of the political upheaval sweeping the Middle East as biased against the regimes in Syria and Iran and their close ally in Lebanon, the powerful Shiite militant group Hezbollah.

Mary Kennedy's family decries RFK Jr. accusations

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:46 PM PDT

FILE - In this 2005 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. In a confidential affidavit filed in connection to his divorce proceedings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his estranged wife Mary Kennedy was abusive toward his children from an earlier marriage and asked the court to prohibit her from threatening suicide in front of their kids. Portions of the affidavit were posted online Sunday, June 10, 2012 at The Daily Beast site, to go along with a cover story in Newsweek magazine about her. (AP Photo/Peter T. Michaelis, file)Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s accusations about his estranged wife's behavior before her suicide amounted to "a brutal psychological weapon," her family says.

Sony triples down on Hasbro plan with 'Tonka'

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT

The battering of "Battleship" at the box office hasn't scared Sony away from Hasbro toys.

Comcast studio hunts for new COO: sources

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Universal Pictures Vice Chairman Rick Finkelstein, the studio's chief operating officer for 12 years, decided to retire, sources told Reuters, a move that will allow Comcast Corp to put its imprint on leadership of the studio it acquired in 2009 along with parent NBC Universal. Universal hired Spencer Stuart's Jim Citrin this spring to find a new COO to replace Finkelstein, according to two people with knowledge of the search. Comcast overhauled top executives at its NBC TV operations soon after making the acquisition, but resisted making changes at the movie studio. ...

Russian police search protest leaders' apartments

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:44 PM PDT

An investigator guarding by Russian police officers carries a box after a police search in Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny flat in Moscow, Russia, June 11, 2012. Russian investigators searched the apartments of several protest leaders Monday and called them in for questioning Tuesday, making it difficult if not impossible for them to lead a mass demonstration against President Vladimir Putin planned for the June 12 national holiday. (AP Photo/Leonid Lebedev)Russian investigators searched the apartments of several protest leaders Monday and called them in for questioning Tuesday, making it difficult if not impossible for them to lead a mass demonstration against President Vladimir Putin planned for the June 12 national holiday.

U.S. to exempt India, South Korea, others from Iran sanctions

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:42 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will exempt India, South Korea and five other economies from financial sanctions in return for significantly cutting purchases of Iranian oil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday. China and Singapore did not receive such waivers, putting pressure on Iran's top oil buyer and a major blender of the country's fuel oil, respectively. Turkey, South Africa, Taiwan, Malaysia and Sri Lanka will also be exempted from the sanctions, Clinton said. ...

Top court rejects appeals by Guantanamo prisoners

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:41 PM PDT

Protesters dressed as prisoners from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay march on the U.S. Supreme Court in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday refused to reconsider challenges by Guantanamo Bay prisoners against their years-long detention at the U.S. military base in Cuba, an issue that prompted a landmark ruling four years ago. The high court sided with the Obama administration and rejected appeals by seven detainees who lost their bid for freedom in cases before U.S. federal judges in Washington, D.C.. The court issued no statement with its order and no justice publicly dissented. ...

Stony Who? NY team heads to College World Series

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:36 PM PDT

Stony Brook celebrates after defeating LSU 7-2 in Game 3 of an NCAA college baseball tournament super regional game in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, June 10, 2012. Stony Brook advances to the College World Series. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The Stony Brook University baseball team has received a rousing welcome home. It's just a pit stop back in New York before they head to their first-ever appearance in the College World Series in Nebraska.

Nadal beats Djokovic to win 7th French Open title

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with the trophy after winning the mens final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Monday June 11, 2012. Rain suspended the final making it the first French Open not to end on Sunday since 1973. Nadal clinched his seventh title in four sets 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, passing Sweden's Bjorn Borg as the all-time record-holder for French Open titles. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Rafael Nadal was worried.

FDA reviews safety of innovative heart valve

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:33 PM PDT

FILE-This Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, file photo, shows a model of a minimally invasive heart valve by Edwards Lifesciences Corp. in Washington. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday, June 11, 2012, that the heart valve compared favorably to surgery after one year, with patients living about the same amount of time. However, reviewers said patients who got the Sapien valve had a higher rate of stroke in the month after the procedure. Additionally, more than half of patients had leaking from the aortic heart valve, a potentially dangerous condition in which blood flows backward into the heart's ventricle chamber. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Federal health officials are asking safety questions about the first artificial heart valve designed to be implanted without major surgery, ahead of a meeting this week to consider broadening its use.

Lithuania vigilante case exposes social divides

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:33 PM PDT

In this photo made in June, 2009, Drasius Kedys is pictured with his daughter, Deimante Kedys, in Lithuania. Kedys claimed his daughter was being abused by a pedophile ring involving the girl's mother and including judges and politicians that he claimed preyed on his then 5-year-old daughter. After a complicated series of events Drasius Kedys was found dead under mysterious circumstances two years ago. Kedys' funeral was attended by thousands of Lithuanians who had come to regard him as a martyr who dared fight an allegedly corrupt justice system. (AP Photo/Modestas Patasius) Eds note: photo dated June, 2009.A desperate father launches a bloody vendetta against an alleged pedophile network of judges and politicians that he says preyed on his 5-year-old daughter. After two murders, Drasius Kedys hides in the countryside until he is found dead under mysterious circumstances.

Oil prices fall on global economic concerns

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Oil fell Monday on the realization that a short-term fix in Spain won't offer a long-term solution to Europe's debt crisis.

27 killed in village robberies in north Nigeria

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:28 PM PDT

A local government official says armed robbers in north Nigeria killed 27 people while attacking villages preparing for a local market day.

Apple takes on Google with own maps, better Siri

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Apple Inc CEO Time Cook speaks from onstage during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc took the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and made its enhanced Siri voice-search available for iPads as it rolled out souped-up software and hardware on Monday to help it wage war on Google Inc. CEO Tim Cook, who took over from late co-founder Steve Jobs last August, spearheaded the unveiling of new services -- such as in-house mapping and beefed-up Siri software -- to help keep at bay Google and its fast-growing Android mobile platform. ...
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