Safe contents show only jewelry and family items in slain Florida couple’s stash
A Pensacola area safe taken from Byrd and Melanie Billings’s home contained jewelry, family documents, and children’s prescriptions. Six men and a teen face murder charges with a woman charged as an accessory after the fact. Escambia deputies say robbery motive. Funeral held for the couple. Crystal Spencer, family spokeswoman, spoke to end rumors.
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Sotomayor gains GOP backing after smooth hearings
Sonia Sotomayor secures pledges from three centrist Republicans including Lugar Martinez and Snowe while Mitch McConnell vows to vote no. The hearings show GOP splits on her nomination as Democrats push toward confirmation.
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Obama urges Congress to push tougher health care cost cuts
President Obama pressed lawmakers to build stronger cost containment into the health care bills. He warned against losing heart as House committees advance their sections amid Democratic resistance and Republican objections, while Pelosi signaled a vote could slip past early August.
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Pope Benedict XVI undergoes wrist surgery in Italy
Pope Benedict XVI, 82, waved to well wishers outside a hospital after fracturing his right wrist in a fall at his alpine vacation chalet. Doctors say no long term damage, cast to come off in a month, with a public appearance planned in Ivrea Sunday. Iran blocks UN IAEA attempts to boost monitoring while expanding uranium enrichment, though no test is planned.
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