World champs win wife carrying title at Sunday River
Taisto Miettinen and Kristina Haapanen from Helsinki won the North American Wife Carrying Championship at Maine’s Sunday River with a 52.58 second run. They earned the woman’s weight in beer and five times her weight in cash, sharing winnings with runners up Jesse Wall Christine Arsenault and David Lacey Castro.
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Newry
Maine
Sunday River
Taisto Miettinen
Kristina Haapanen
Helsinki
Finland
The
Sun Journal
Miettinen
Haapanen
Jesse Wall
Christine Arsenault
South Paris
David and
Lacey Castro
Lewiston
Student shot by officer at University of South Alabama
Gil Collar an 18 year old freshman at the University of South Alabama was fatally shot after banging on a police precinct window and approaching an officer in a naked state. University officials said Collar assumed a fighting stance and chased the officer, who had tried to retreat to defuse the situation.
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Mobile
Ala
University of South Alabama
Gil Collar
Wetumpka
Keith Ayers
Collar
Wetumpka High School
South Alabama
Tyler Kendrick
California Gasoline Hits Fresh High as Prices Lead Nation
California motorists faced record prices with AAA reporting a statewide regular unleaded average of 4.655 per gallon on Sunday. The jump followed a 12 cent rise on Saturday, the highest since June 2008, as shortages pushed costs above Hawaii. Governor Brown ordered winter blend gasoline to be sold early to ease the price pressure amid limited summer-blend production.
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Los Angeles
California
AAA
Golden State
Hawaii
Jerry Brown
Border Patrol agent fatally shoots colleague false alarm in Arizona
In southern Arizona an agent who opened fire on two fellow agents was killed when they returned fire. The incident occurred after two groups approached a sensor area from different directions in heavy brush. National Border Patrol Council president George McCubbin identified Nicholas Ivie as the shooter.
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Phoenix
U.S. Border Patrol
Arizona
Border Patrol
Union
National Border Patrol Council
George McCubbin
Nicholas Ivie
Chavez wins re election in Venezuela in 2013 vote
President Hugo Chavez defeats Henrique Capriles to win a six year term with about 54 percent of the vote as 81 percent of nearly 19 million voters participate. Capriles concedes and Chavez supporters celebrate in Caracas.
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Caracas
Hugo Chavez
Henrique Capriles
Venezuela
Chavez
Capriles
National Electoral Council
Tibisay Lucena
Lucena
Afghan War Enters 12th Year Amid Ethnic Tensions
As the Afghan conflict reaches its 12th year, fears rise that ethnic divisions will reemerge after international combat forces depart by end of 2014. Wahidullah, once wounded in the civil war, reflects on past violence and concerns that minorities may resist a Taliban resurgence if central authority weakens.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Wahidullah
Darulaman Palace
Taliban
Iran's currency turmoil sits alongside regime strength
A report notes Iran's rial collapse amid protests while the Revolutionary Guard maintains power through oil revenues and industrial shows. Analysts say sanctions press hard but the clerical leadership remains entrenched, with fundamentals viewed as still intact.
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Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Iran
Tehran
Revolutionary Guard
Rial
Salman Shaikh
Brookings Doha Center
Qatar
U.S
Washington
European
Israeli jets fly mock raids over southern Lebanon
Israeli warplanes swept over villages in southern Lebanon in a show of force after a weekend unmanned drone incident. Israel links the drone to Hezbollah and possibly Iran, while officials withhold origin details and deny Gaza involvement. Local papers published maps claiming drone routes.
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Beirut
Hezbollah
Israel
Mediterranean
Gaza Strip
Hamas
Iran
Tehran
Yediot Ahronot
Maariv
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Darul Aman Palace
Brian Murphy
Miri Regev
Israeli Defense Forces
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