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Afghan official: Country's top banker flees nation (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:50:49 -0400

AP - Afghanistan's top banker, who is alleged to have played a role in the failure of the nation's largest private lender, has fled the country, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Monday.

FACT CHECK: Bachmann bomblets raising eyebrows (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:29:16 -0400

AP - Michele Bachmann's claim that she has "never gotten a penny" from a family farm that's been subsidized by the government is at odds with her financial disclosure statements. They show tens of thousands in personal income from the operation.

Williams sisters, Wozniacki all lose at Wimbledon (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:50:45 -0400

AP - Walking away from Centre Court, Oracene Price — mother and sometimes-coach to Serena and Venus Williams — shook her head after watching one daughter lose at Wimbledon, then the other.

International court orders Gaddafi's arrest (Reuters)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:02:51 -0400

Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.

Famous Thatcher handbag auctioned for $40,000 (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:27:16 -0400

AP - One of Margaret Thatcher's famous handbags fetched 25,000 pounds ($39,953) at a London charity auction Monday.

Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team files bankruptcy (Reuters)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:26:05 -0400

Reuters - The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for rejecting a television deal that would have given the storied baseball team an urgent injection of cash.

Review: Parton's well-meaning message falters (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:57:44 -0400

AP - Dolly Parton, "Better Day" (Dolly Records/Warner Bros.)

Citigroup ex-VP arrested in NYC on fraud charges (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:48:30 -0400

AP - A former Citigroup vice president embezzled $19.2 million from the bank in a one-man "inside job" involving a series of secret money transfers, federal prosecutors said Monday.

Washington state abandons all tourism marketing (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:37:15 -0400

AP - Washington state is shuttering the official tourism agency that unifies its marketing message and abandoning all public support for one of its largest industries.

Bearded Mickey Mouse cartoon causes stir in Egypt (AP)

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:32:58 -0400

AP - An Egyptian Christian telecom mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.