Roundup of Storm Delays Shuttle Launch and Global News
Rain threatened the final space shuttle launch at Cape Canaveral with a 30 percent weather chance. A lightning strike near the pad caused no damage after engineers cleared the area. Separate items report Yemen’s president appearing publicly, a Texas execution of Humberto Leal, and Israel tightening security at Ben Gurion amid pro-Palestinian activity.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Space Agency
Obama pushes broad debt deal as Aug 2 deadline nears
President Obama and congressional leaders pressed for a deficit reduction pact touching Medicare Medicaid Social Security and tax reform with a Sunday White House session looming and the Aug 2 debt ceiling deadline in view. Negotiators seek between 2 and 4 trillion in 10 year cuts amid partisan splits and pressure to extend borrowing authority.
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Huntsville
Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
White House
Humberto Leal
Mexico
Adria Sauceda
San Antonio
Barack Obama
Washington
Obama
Capitol Hill
U.S
America
House
John Boehner
Boehner
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
Senate Gop
Jon Kyl
Arizona
Eric Cantor
Virginia
Cantor
Kyl
Joe Biden
Mississippi fattest state in the nation for seventh year
Rural Mississippi leads the country as the fattest state for the seventh consecutive year, with 19.8 percent of adults obese in 2010. Colorado remains the thinnest while Alabama West Virginia Tennessee and Louisiana follow closely behind Mississippi. Ohio ranks 13th and nearly two-thirds of its adults are obese or overweight. Hospitals and schools face shifting obesity trends as portion sizes and access to unhealthy foods grow.
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Washington
Mississippi
Colorado
Jeffrey Levi
Trust For America’s Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
South
Alabama
West Virginia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Columbus
Ohio
Gunman kills seven then dies after Grand Rapids standoff
Police say Rodrick Shonte Dantzler, 34, killed seven in two Michigan homes before a high speed chase and a hostage standoff that ended with his death by action. Three hostages released unharmed. Some residents evacuated. Autopsies planned. Prior relationships suspected.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Rodrick Shonte Dantzler
Dantzler
Belk
Anthony to go free next week
Casey Anthony awaits release after six day sentence for lying to investigators about Caylee’s death. She smiles briefly before the judge pauses her freedom, keeping jurors' names confidential as prosecutors failed to prove what happened to the toddler.
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Orlando
Fla
Casey Anthony
Caylee
Anthony
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The
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Cole
N.D
S.D
Okla
Arle
Miss. Ala
N.H
D.C
Center For Disease Control
Kevin Belk
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