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Reuters - Sputtering talks on ending North Korea’s
nuclear plans will gain a higher profile this week with an
unprecedented meeting of ministers, but lingering questions on
the North’s ambitions threaten to drag the process down.

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Iran faces more sanctions if it flouts a two-week deadline to reduce its nuclear activities, according to media reports.

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AP - Democrat Barack Obama reports spending $25.6 million in June for his presidential campaign, his lowest monthly operating costs of the year.

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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice accused Iran on Monday of using stalling tactics and
warned Tehran it faced more sanctions if it flouted a two-week
deadline to curb its nuclear program.

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The national seismic monitoring network has not detected any sign a strong earthquake would hit Beijing during the Olympics next month, a senior expert with the China Earthquake Networks Center said in the capital on Saturday.

The 107 quake-monitoring stations of the network cover a 150,000-sq-km area around the capital and are said to be the most extensive such network in the country. It can detect a temblor as light as magnitude 1.0 and report it within five to 10 minutes, Zhang Xiaodong, deputy director of the networks center, said at a press conference.

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Homicide detectives believe the last place anyone saw 18-year-old Kia Johnson alive was a heavily guarded area Downtown — the waiting room at the Allegheny County Jail.

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A brief look at the 95th Tour de France yesterday: Stage: A 113.7-mile trek from Embrun to the Italian ski resort of Prato Nevoso, with an uphill and rainy finish. Winner: Simon Gerrans of Australia won after escaping from the pack in a four-man breakaway, clocking 4 hours, 50 minutes, 44 seconds to beat Spain’s Egoi Martinez by 3 seconds, with U.S. rider Danny Pate third, 10 seconds behind. Yellow jersey: Frank Schleck of Luxembourg takes the yellow jersey from Cadel Evans by attacking the Australian in the final 500 yards. Schleck leads Bernhard Kohl of Germany by 7 seconds and Evans by 8 seconds. Down and out: Oscar Pereiro, who was declared the winner of the 2006 Tour after Floyd Landis was stripped of the title for doping, withdrew after breaking his left shoulder when he crashed over a guard rail during a sharp turn. Mark Cavendish, a sprinter who won four stages in this race, pulled out before a day of mountain racing. His team said he was fatigued and the Alps posed too big an obstacle. Cavendish will now concentrate on next month’s Olympics. Quote of the day: “We decide the race - or at least make it hard and put the pressure on, because we have the strongest team.” - Bjarne Riis, director of Schleck’s CSC team. Next stage: After today’s rest day, the second of the Tour, the race resumes tomorrow with a 97-mile stage from Cuneo to Jausiers, crossing back into France with two more major - and lengthy - climbs: the 13.3-mile Lombarde pass and the 15.8-mile Bonette-Restefond summit. - The Associated Press

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Brett Favre retired in early March, but recently has been having second thoughts about playing in 2008. Green Bay Packers fans have spent the off-season planning to move forward with Aaron Rodgers as their starter. (July 20)

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Padraig Harrington enjoys few moments more than the walk down 18th fairway of a century-old links course, especially with a four-shot lead in the British Open and the engraver putting the final touches on the oldest trophy in golf. He stopped Sunday to share the moment with 53-year-old Greg Norman, who knows this path all too well. Celebration for one, sympathy for the other.

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The national debate over opening more offshore areas to oil and gas exploration has begged the question: Just what are the companies doing with the tens of millions of acres they’re already leasing from the federal government?

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