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Friday, June 19, 2015

Ralph Roberts, Comcast founder and U.S. media magnate, dead at 95

Ralph Roberts

Ralph Roberts, the U.S. business man who built Comcast from a small cable TV system in Mississippi, died Thursday night in Philadelphia of natural causes.

Thousands sign Confederate flag petition, saying #TakeItDown

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Thousands of Americans are petitioning for removal of Confederate flags from all government buildings in South Carolina, following the shooting deaths of nine people inside a historically black church in Charleston.

U.S. proposes 24% improvement in fuel efficiency for heavy trucks

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U.S. regulators on Friday proposed a 24 per cent improvement in fuel efficiency for heavy trucks by 2027 as part of the Obama administration’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Suspect faces 9 counts of murder in Charleston church shooting

Dylann Roof Charleston Shooting

Dylann Storm Roof has been charged with nine counts of murder and one charge of possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, following the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., police say.

Body found on London roof may be fallen stowaway from jetliner

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A man is in critical condition in a London hospital after he was found stowed away in the undercarriage of a plane that had just completed a 10-hour flight, and police are investigating whether a man found dead on a west London rooftop had fallen from the same plane.

Meet Daayiee Abdullah, America's gay imam

Daayiee-Abdullah

Daayiee Abdullah is known as the only openly gay imam in the United States. He lives in Washington, D.C., and for years he has married gay couples and encouraged Muslims to believe that the Qur’an does not forbid homosexuality.


U.S. Open: Tiger Woods concludes nightmare round of 80

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So much for Chambers Bay being the star of this U.S. Open in University Place, Wash. Thursday turned into another horror show for Tiger Woods. Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson set the tone on the wild terrain of Chambers Bay as both shot 5-under 65 and shared the lead.