memeorandum: Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer (BBC)

9:50 PM ET, July 5, 2015

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Suzanne Daley / New York Times:

Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders — ATHENS — Greeks delivered a shocking rebuff to Europe's leaders on Sunday, decisively rejecting a deal offered by the country's creditors in a historic vote that could redefine the country's place in Europe and shake the Continent's financial stability.

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BBC:

Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer — Crowds gathered to celebrate in Athens as results began to come through — With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout.

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:

Defiant Greeks reject EU demands as Syriza readies IOU currency — Europe suffers biggest bloody nose since failed French and Dutch referendums a decade ago as Greeks turnout in favour of ‘No’ — Greek voters have rejected the austerity demands of Europe's creditor powers by a stunning margin …

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Michael D. Tanner / New York Post:

Think Greece can't happen here? You're wrong — A protester burns a euro note during a demonstration outside the European Union In Athens on June 28. — Most Americans look at the rerun of the Greek euro crisis with something between smug amusement and condescending disapproval.

Wall Street Journal:
Greeks Set to Reject Creditors' Bailout Terms, Projections Show

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Janet Daley / Telegraph: Greece has become a battleground for the worst ideas of the 20th century

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
EU warns of Armageddon if Greek voters reject terms

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Mehreen Khan / Telegraph:
Greek Referendum Day results live: Voting closes with polls showing ‘No’ …

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CBS News:

Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be “quite this severe” — Shares - — On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash …

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Ben Gittleson / ABC News:

Rick Perry on Donald Trump: ‘I Was Offended by His Remarks’ — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said he didn't believe that his fellow 2016 contender Donald Trump “understands the challenge” of strengthening the U.S.-Mexico border, adding he was “offended” when Trump labeled Mexicans “rapists” during a speech last month.

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Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:

Ted Cruz: ‘I Salute Donald Trump’ — While several of his competitors run in the opposite direction, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he won't attack primary rival Donald Trump for his comments on Mexican immigrants. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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ABC News:
???This Week??? Transcript: Gov. Rick Perry

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WCSH-TV:

One dead after fireworks accident in Calais — CALAIS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - One person is dead after a fireworks mishap Saturday night. — 22-year-old Devon Staples died instantly when he put a fireworks mortar on his head and set it off, said Maine Public Safety Spokesperson Steve McCausland.

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Nick Sambides Jr / Bangor Daily News:
Man killed in fireworks mishap in Calais

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New York Post:

Four sex scandals rock one hanky-panky high school — It's not clear how much reading, writing and arithmetic is going on at James Madison High School in Brooklyn — but it definitely has sex ed covered. — A special-ed teacher at the school allegedly had carnal relations with a student every …

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Sherryl Connelly / New York Daily News:

John LeFevre pens ‘Straight to Hell,’ a tell-all about his cocaine and sex-fueled days as a Wall Street banker — Blue-chip banker John LeFevre, after spilling Wall Street's secrets 140 characters at a time, is back with a whole book about his cocaine-fueled days as a master of the universe.

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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:

U.S. and Iran: the unbearable awkwardness of defending your enemy — It's always awkward to defend your enemies. But that's the position U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has found itself in with Iran as it pushes for an historic accord that would end a 12-year nuclear standoff.

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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
John Kerry: Iran deal can go ‘either way’

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Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:

California tax officials blast Blue Shield in audit — In a scathing audit, state tax officials slammed nonprofit health insurer Blue Shield of California for stockpiling “extraordinarily high surpluses” — more than $4 billion — and for failing to offer more affordable coverage or other public benefits.

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Mary Margaret / People.com:

Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick in Surprise Wedding at His Estate — Surprise! — Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening. — The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer's spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.

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CNN:

Mike Huckabee: ‘Redefinition of love’ threatens marriage — Huckabee calls for term limits on Supreme Court 04:04 — Washington (CNN)Mike Huckabee says marriage is “in trouble today” because of the “redefinition of love” — no matter who's in the relationship.

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Shawna Thomas / NBC News:

Ted Cruz on Supreme Court: The Justices ‘Put on an Obama Jersey’ — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, argued on NBC's “Meet the Press” that members of the Supreme Court “put on an Obama jersey” by voting to uphold the Affordable Care Act and strike down restrictions on same sex marriage.

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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear

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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:

Hillary Clinton Reporters Kept Behind Moving Rope Line At New Hampshire Parade — At the Fourth of July parade Hillary Clinton marched in today in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following the candidate were kept — and at moments, dragged — behind an actual moving rope line.