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Associated Press:
Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. — Heinz Kerry was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Kerry's Wife Is Flown for Emergency Care — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, became ill with a serious medical condition during a vacation on Nantucket on Sunday and was flown to a hospital in Boston for emergency treatment, the State Department said.
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New York Times:
Spitzer Seeks Ballot for City Comptroller's Race — Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York five years ago amid a prostitution scandal, is re-entering political life, with a run for the citywide office of comptroller and a hope that voters have forgiven him his previous misconduct.
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Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned after prostitution scandal, to jump into race for city controller — Currently, Scott Stringer is the front-runner. But Spitzer will start collecting petition signatures Monday. — He's back! Eliot Spitzer will start collecting signatures to get on the ballot for city controller.
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Dan Abrams / ABC News:
Analysis: George Zimmerman Probably Won't Be Convicted of Murder or Manslaughter — Here's Why — I drew a legal conclusion on “Good Morning America” Saturday that would have surprised the Dan Abrams who covered the George Zimmerman case leading up to, and shortly after, his arrest.
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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Why Zimmerman's Motion for Acquittal Should Have Been Granted — Immediately following the close of the State's case on Friday, Mark O'Mara, the lawyer leading George Zimmerman's defense team, stood before Judge Nelson and made his oral motion for a judgment of acquittal for his client …
BBC:
Egypt unrest: Morsi supporters shot dead in Cairo — At least 15 people have been killed in a shooting incident in Cairo, amid continuing unrest over the removal of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. — The Muslim Brotherhood says its members were fired on while holding a sit-in at a Presidential Guard barracks.
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Businessweek:
News From Bloomberg — Obama Call for Brotherhood Role Overtaken in Egypt
News From Bloomberg — Obama Call for Brotherhood Role Overtaken in Egypt
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain calls Morsi ouster a coup d'etat, urges blocking aid
McCain calls Morsi ouster a coup d'etat, urges blocking aid
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David DeSteno / New York Times:
The Morality of Meditation — MEDITATION is fast becoming a fashionable tool for improving your mind. With mounting scientific evidence that the practice can enhance creativity, memory and scores on standardized intelligence tests, interest in its practical benefits is growing.
CNN:
Pilot in deadly plane crash had no experience landing 777 in San Francisco — San Francisco (CNN) — [Breaking news update at 11:33 p.m.] — (CNN) — The pilot of the Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco on Saturday was making his first landing with a Boeing 777 …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
NTSB chief Hersman: San Francisco crash could have been worse
NTSB chief Hersman: San Francisco crash could have been worse
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Rep. Labrador: Bad immigration bill could be ‘the death’ of the GOP — Passing a bad immigration reform bill could politically damage the GOP, one prominent Hispanic Republican said Sunday morning. — “If we don't do it right, politically it's going to be the death of the Republican Party …
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower's Law Firm — The offices of a Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State Department whistleblower were broken into last weekend. Burglars stole three computers and broke into the firm's file cabinets.
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Corey G. Johnson / Sacramento Bee:
Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval — The Center for Investigative Reporting — Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals …
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Willie Deutsch / Bearing Drift:
What goes around comes around: Bob McDonnell to resign as part of plea agreement — The man who pushed out the RPV chairman over trumped up corruption charges while running for governor is currently in the middle of finalizing a plea agreement which includes his resignation as governor.
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Uphold the Third Amendment: Column — It's our right as American citizens to have privacy in our own homes. — Everyone has heard of the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment gets a lot of discussion, and so does the Second. On Independence Day this year, many people rallied in support …
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Perry: 2016 an option — Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't ruling out another Republican presidential run in 2016. But he didn't announce on Sunday whether he'll seek a fourth term as governor. — Asked about 2016 on “Fox News Sunday,” Perry said: “Well, certainly, that's an option out there …
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Perry vows Texas will pass abortion bill
Perry vows Texas will pass abortion bill
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