Iran says it test-fires new missile (AP)

AP - Iran said Wednesday that it has successfully test-fired an upgraded version of a short-range surface-to-surface missile.

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RNC dismisses finance chief, deputy (AP)

AP - The Republican National Committee’s finance director and his deputy were forced out Friday as the organization still reels from reimbursements for donors to attend a lesbian bondage-themed nightclub in Los Angeles.

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Boy Scouts ordered to pay $18.5M in sex abuse case (AP)

AP - PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon jury’s decision to award a man $18.5 million in punitive damages in his case against the Boy Scouts of America will likely be the first of many financial hits the Scouts will take as it prepares to defend itself against a series of sex abuse lawsuits.

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Tenn. police rule ex-QB McNair’s death a homicide (AP)

AP - Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday. But authorities wouldn’t say it was a murder-suicide — even with his 20-year-old girlfriend dead at his feet from a single bullet

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Zelaya’s plane circles Honduran runway, can’t land (AP)

AP - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because the runway was blocked by military vehicles and groups of soldiers, some of them clashing with a crowd of thousands outside.

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WHO: Swine flu pandemic has begun, 1st in 41 years (AP)

AP - The World Health Organization told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic Thursday — the first global flu epidemic in 41 years — as infections climbed in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere.

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Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league (AP)

AP - The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years.

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WHO: Swine flu vaccine to take months to produce (AP)

AP - Drug manufacturers won’t be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, months later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

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