Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries, a State Department official said Sunday.
Source:Obama’s effort to engage Cuba faces big test
Susan Boyle’s reality show journey ended Saturday with a second-place finish to a dance troupe called “Diversity” on the final of the television show “Britain’s Got Talent.”
Source:Susan Boyle settles for second on ‘Talent’
Contact lens maker Bausch & Lomb Inc. had an overriding reason for going private in 2007: It wanted to handle a devastating recall of its flagship lens cleaner, its chief executive said, “without a lot of outside distraction.”
Source:600 eye fungus suits settled by contact maker
Orlando’s Dwight Howard is an imposing force that L.A. may not be able to handle.
Source:Opinion: Look out, Lakers — Superman is coming
The animated action comedy “Up” took flight with a $68.2 million opening weekend, maintaining a perfect box-office track record for Pixar Animation, whose 10 films all have been hits.
Source:Pixar’s ‘Up’ soars high at box office
AP - Dr. George Tiller, who remained one of the nation’s few providers of late-term abortions despite decades of protests and attacks, was shot and killed Sunday in a church where he was serving as an usher.
Source:Kan. abortion doc killed in church; suspect held
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Reuters - The majority of the 17,000 extra U.S. troops being sent to fight a growing Taliban-led insurgency in southern and western Afghanistan should be on the ground by mid-July, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Source:Extra U.S. troops in Afghanistan by mid-July
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AP - Pakistan says it is close to beating the Taliban in the Swat Valley, but battlefield success alone does not equal victory: Militant commanders are still at large, local governments and police forces have been decimated and millions of residents are displaced from their homes.
Source:Analysis: True Swat victory won't be military
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AP - For 31 matches, Rafael Nadal ruled the red clay of Roland Garros, boasting an unbeaten record and an unbreakable will.
Source:4-time French Open champ Nadal upset by Soderling
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AP - A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday.
Source:Family axes wedding plans, Egyptian cuts off organ
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