Obama cancels Moscow summit over Snowden asylum
President Obama scrapped the planned September Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin citing Russia granting Edward Snowden asylum. The move heightens tensions over nuclear missile defense and human rights while leaving open cooperation on Syria and other issues. Obama plans to attend the G20 in St. Petersburg with no one-on-one talks with Putin.
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California
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Powerball jackpot hunger fuels buying frenzy nationwide
Powerball players chase big jackpots with a 425 million pot driving purchases at El Movies Iowa and beyond. Experts note jackpot fatigue as smaller prizes lose appeal while a January 2012 ticket price rise to two dollars boosted sales and major pots.
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Brookline
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Lottery Association
Illinois
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New Mexico Lottery
Powerball Group
New Mexico
Strutt
George Loewenstein
Carnegie Mellon University
Bond Granted in Case of Two Children Died in Hot Car
In Richmond area case Brittney Downing, 22, receives 65,000 bond per felony murder count after police say two of her children died from heat in a car while she worked at a suburban hotel. Conditions require staying with her parents. Deaths occurred May 26 with one in an apartment and the other days later in hospital.
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Families press Alpha over 1.5 million each in Upper Big Branch case
Relatives of three of the 29 killed miners sue Alpha Natural Resources in Beckley federal court seeking enforcement of the 210 million DOJ settlement. They claim eight other families await payments and say Alpha promised 1.5 million each. Alpha says it fully complied and the plaintiffs are not due more.
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Grover Skeens
Carolyn Davis
Charles Davis
Owen Davis
Cory
Massey
Davis
Skeens
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