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Obama Resigns From Church
“The trail | Senator and wife resign membership from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.
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Democrats restore Michigan, Clinton may challenge (AFP)
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AFP - Democratic Party officials restored renegade state Michigan to its presidential convention Saturday with halved voting rights, but Hillary Clinton’s camp said it may challenge the ruling.
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Colombia landslide kills at least 6, more missing (Reuters)
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Reuters - Colombian emergency workers and
residents used spades and rescue dogs to hunt for victims on
Saturday after rains trigged a landslide that killed at least
six people when it swept over a poor Medellin neighborhood.
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Democrats seat half Florida and Michigan delegates (Reuters)
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Reuters - The Democratic Party backed a
compromise to seat half the disputed delegations from Michigan
and Florida on Saturday, rejecting Hillary Clinton’s call for a
full seating and dealing another blow to her faltering U.S.
presidential campaign.
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Tornado tears up homes, trees in Indianapolis (AP)
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AP - Residents cleaned up Saturday after a tornado plowed a trail of destruction through the east side of Indianapolis, but they gave thanks that nobody was killed and that the only injuries were minor.
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Tropical Storm Arthur, 1st of hurricane season, hits Yucatan (AP)
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AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.
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FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks (AP)
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AP - Cleveland Stampley grinned as he locked the door to his FEMA trailer one last time. Out front, a case worker’s pickup truck waited to take him to his new home at a nearby apartment complex.
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Tropical Storm Arthur hits Yucatan (AP)
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AP - A weak tropical storm formed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula and quickly made landfall at the Belize-Mexico border, dumping rain and kicking up surf.
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Prince William to patrol Caribbean with Royal Navy (AP)
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AP - Prince William is heading to the azure waters of the Caribbean as part of a two-month deployment in the Royal Navy despite his request to be as close as possible to conflict.
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Space shuttle carries Japanese lab into orbit (Reuters)
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Reuters - Space shuttle Discovery
blasted off a seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in
Florida on Saturday to deliver Japan’s huge new research
laboratory to the International Space Station.
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