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•Vancouver mired in deadly gang war
41 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 4 (UPI) -- A brutal gang war is being waged in and around Vancouver as the Canadian city prepares for the 2010 Winter Olympics, authorities say.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•HRW criticizes inaction against al-Bashir
44 minutes ago
SIRTE, Libya, July 4 (UPI) -- African states should honor an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a Human Rights Watch official says.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Delaware River searched for boy's body
46 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA, July 4 (UPI) -- Police searched the Delaware River off Philadelphia Saturday for an 11-year-old boy believed drowned with his uncle in a boating accident.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Former Beatles, Stones manager Allen Klein dies
54 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Record label mogul Allen Klein, who handled the affairs of both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He was 77.
[From Reuters: Top News]
•Coroner: Teen 5th killed by apparent serial killer
57 minutes ago GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a teenage girl shot in her father's store has become the fifth person slain by a suspected serial killer....
[From AP Top Headlines At 3:36 p.m. EDT]
•Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks
by By MARIA CHENG
58 minutes ago LONDON (AP) -- As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given....
[From AP Top Headlines At 3:36 p.m. EDT]
•Overcrowding may have caused copter crash
1 hour ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 4 (UPI) -- A deadly crash of a military transport helicopter in Pakistan may have been caused by overcrowding, an expert says.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Statue of Liberty's crown reopens
1 hour ago
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- In honor of July Fourth, the Statue of Liberty's crown reopened Saturday for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, New York authorities said.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Woman, son killed in Ill. tollway crash
1 hour ago
WADSWORTH, Ill., July 4 (UPI) -- A head-on collision on a Chicago-area tollway claimed the lives of a 24-year-old Wisconsin woman and her toddler son, authorities say.
[From Top News - UPI.com]
•Serena Williams beats sisters Venus at Wimbledon
by By HOWARD FENDRICH
1 hour ago WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title....
[From AP Top Headlines At 3:36 p.m. EDT]
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