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• Sandusky wife defends his contact with young boys
• US probe calls for punishment of troops in Koran burning
• WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks Ecuador asylum
• WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy
• Romney attacks Obama as president tackles foreign trouble
• UNHCR Reports 800,000 New Refugees in 2011
• CIA releases declassified documents from 9/11 file
• Wife: Nothing inappropriate between Sandusky, boys
• Kansas Boy Scout Merits All 132 Badges
• Ex-Giffords aide Barber sworn in to U.S. House
• Obama security record gives GOP few openings
• Jerry Sandusky's wife takes witness stand at trial
• Ron Paul to Offer Resolution Opposing Syria Intervention
• Psychologist: Sandusky has personality disorder
• No Obama response yet to Iraq plea on Exxon-Kurd deal, U.S. says
• Iraq shootings, bombing kill six
• Clashes in southeast Turkey kill 28
• Iraq asks Obama to halt Exxon's Kurdish deal
• Iraq oks $843 million oil contract with Weatherford: government
• Five Reasons Why Rob Portman Will Be Romney’s VP Choice
• Sandusky defense: Police gave details to accusers
• Turkish troops in big clash with PKK, 26 killed
• Iraq court hears testimony linking VP to killings
• Iraq PM warns of 'wars' over Exxon deal with Kurds
• Syrian Kurds find refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan
• US plans significant military presence in Kuwait
• Sandusky defence: Investigators shared accusers' details with other witnesses
• 26 killed in clashes in southeast Turkey
• Turkish troops in battles with PKK, 20 killed
• 18 killed in clashes in southeast Turkey
• Turkish troops in battles with PKK, 18 killed
• Afghanistan says Pakistan was involved in sectarian attack
• 5 Things To Know This Morning
• Security officials testify against Iraq's VP
• 10 Things to Know for Tuesday
• Salahi Announces Key Campaign Team For Va Governor's Race
• Smail Auto Group Raises Over $60,000 for Troops First Foundation
• U.N. investigator decries U.S. use of killer drones
• The Build Up: Engineering Services in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld

Sandusky wife defends his contact with young boys Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:10 PM PDT Jerry Sandusky's wife smiled as she took the witness stand on Tuesday to defend him against charges he sexually abused boys in their home and on Penn State's campus, and jurors also heard police investigators contradict themselves and psychological experts duel over evaluations of the defendant.

US probe calls for punishment of troops in Koran burning Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:02 PM PDT A US military investigation has recommended disciplinary action for up to seven troops over their role in the burning of Korans at a base in Afghanistan, a US official said Tuesday.

WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks Ecuador asylum Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:31 PM PDT WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday walked into Ecuador's embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.

WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador embassy Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:22 PM PDT QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London and asked for asylum, officials said on Tuesday, in a last-ditch bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime accusations. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said his country would weigh the request from the 40-year-old hacker, famous for leaking hundreds of thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables. ...

Romney attacks Obama as president tackles foreign trouble Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused the White House of weakness in dealing with Russia, his campaign's latest attack on President Barack Obama as he wrestles with prickly foreign policy issues. On the same day Obama held a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria, Romney said his political rival had not been tough enough with Moscow. ...

UNHCR Reports 800,000 New Refugees in 2011 Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:15 PM PDT The United Nations issued a report on Monday showing that 800,000 people, many of them from Africa, were newly forced to become refugees in 2011.

CIA releases declassified documents from 9/11 file Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:58 PM PDT In the months before the terrorist attacks of September 2001, the CIA unit dedicated to hunting for Osama bin Laden complained that it was running out of money, and analysts considered the likelihood of catching the terror leader to be extremely low, according to government records published Tuesday.

Wife: Nothing inappropriate between Sandusky, boys Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:30 PM PDT Jerry Sandusky's wife testified Tuesday that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she said he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.

Kansas Boy Scout Merits All 132 Badges Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:20 PM PDT Kansas Boy Scout Merits All 132 Badges

Ex-Giffords aide Barber sworn in to U.S. House Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ron Barber, a former aide to Gabrielle Giffords who was wounded along with her in a deadly shooting last year, was sworn in on Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives to take the Arizona seat she vacated to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head. Barber, a 66-year-old Tucson Democrat, won a special election last week to succeed his one-time boss, who retired in January from her position representing a southern Arizona district. "I'm going to approach my work ... ...

Obama security record gives GOP few openings Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:03 PM PDT President Barack Obama's not-so-secret counterterrorism fight against al-Qaida in Yemen and Somalia, the killing of Osama bin Laden and strong hints of a cyber war against Iran give Republicans few openings to challenge the commander in chief.

Jerry Sandusky's wife takes witness stand at trial Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:54 PM PDT Jerry Sandusky's wife testified Tuesday that she remembers most of the men who told a jury that her husband sexually abused them, but she said he never had inappropriate contact with them as boys.

Ron Paul to Offer Resolution Opposing Syria Intervention Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:35 PM PDT Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, announced his intention to introduce a measure in Congress to prevent an American military intervention in Syria, according to the Hill.

Psychologist: Sandusky has personality disorder Posted: 19 Jun 2012 12:26 PM PDT Jerry Sandusky has a personality disorder that might explain the "creepy" letters he sent to one of his accusers, a psychologist said Tuesday

No Obama response yet to Iraq plea on Exxon-Kurd deal, U.S. says Posted: 19 Jun 2012 12:19 PM PDT LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Barack Obama received a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to intervene to stop Exxon Mobil from proceeding with a deal with the Kurdistan region, but said Obama has not yet responded. Maliki, in a letter to Obama, warned that the deal would have dire consequences for Iraq's stability, an aide said. "We've received the letter but are going to decline comment until we respond to Prime Minister Maliki," White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said. The U.S. ...

Iraq shootings, bombing kill six Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:35 AM PDT Shootings and a bombing killed six people in Iraq on Tuesday, including four police in the main northern city of Mosul, security and medical officials said.

Clashes in southeast Turkey kill 28 Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:26 AM PDT Fighting between soldiers and Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey killed 28 people Tuesday, threatening to torpedo a rare opening for negotiations to resolve a decades-old separatist conflict.

Iraq asks Obama to halt Exxon's Kurdish deal Posted: 19 Jun 2012 11:02 AM PDT BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq has asked U.S. President Barack Obama to stop Exxon Mobil exploring for oil in its autonomous Kurdistan region, saying the U.S. company's actions could have dire consequences for the country's stability. An aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Reuters of a letter the premier had sent, seeking Obama's intervention, as Kurdistan said on Tuesday it would sign more deals with majors to raise its output five-fold. ...

Iraq oks $843 million oil contract with Weatherford: government Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:28 AM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Cabinet approved an $843 million service contract on Tuesday with U.S. oilfield services company Weatherford (WFT.N) to build six crude production facilities in Iraq's southern Zubair oilfield, the cabinet said in a statement. Italy's ENI, U.S.-based Occidental Petroleum Corp and South Korea's KOGAS signed a 20-year deal with Iraq to develop Zubair. They set an eventual output target of 1.2 million barrels per day by 2017. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; editing by Keiron Henderson)

Five Reasons Why Rob Portman Will Be Romney’s VP Choice Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:25 AM PDT Nearly every Republican holding political office has been considered for Mitt Romney, from Ayotte (Kelly), New Hampshire's new senator, to Zoellick (Robert), Bush's U.S. trade representative and ex-World Bank president.

Sandusky defense: Police gave details to accusers Posted: 19 Jun 2012 10:12 AM PDT Defense attorneys in Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial suggested in their questioning Tuesday that investigators shared details among accusers, planting the seeds of the alleged victims' evolving accounts of abuse.

Turkish troops in big clash with PKK, 26 killed Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:51 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants clashed on Tuesday in the most intense battles of the separatist conflict this year, with 26 combatants killed in fighting at three army outposts in the southeast, officials and security sources said. Up to 100 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) launched simultaneous dawn attacks on three military observation points in Hakkari province near Turkey's mountainous border with Iraq, killing eight soldiers and wounding 19, the sources said. ...

Iraq court hears testimony linking VP to killings Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:47 AM PDT The trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi resumed on Tuesday, with the court hearing testimony that silencers were found in raids on his house and that of his son-in-law.

Iraq PM warns of 'wars' over Exxon deal with Kurds Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:44 AM PDT Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki believes a contract between US oil giant ExxonMobil and Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region is dangerous and could lead to "wars," his spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.

Syrian Kurds find refuge in Iraqi Kurdistan Posted: 19 Jun 2012 09:41 AM PDT Syrian Kurds of all persuasions, from soldiers who did not want to kill their own countrymen to those seeking to escape the violence, have found refuge across the border in Kurdistan in north Iraq.

US plans significant military presence in Kuwait Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:45 AM PDT The United States is planning a significant military presence of 13,500 troops in Kuwait to give it the flexibility to respond to sudden conflicts in the region as Iraq adjusts to the withdrawal of American combat forces and the world nervously eyes Iran, according to a congressional report.

Sandusky defence: Investigators shared accusers' details with other witnesses Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:37 AM PDT BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Defence attorneys in Jerry Sandusky's child sex-abuse trial suggested in their questioning Tuesday that investigators shared details among accusers that led to evolving accounts of abuse.

26 killed in clashes in southeast Turkey Posted: 19 Jun 2012 08:26 AM PDT Kurdish rebels attacked Turkish military units with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades Tuesday in southeastern Turkey, sparking clashes that killed 18 rebels and eight soldiers, authorities said. The attack drew a strong condemnation from Turkey's leader.

Turkish troops in battles with PKK, 20 killed Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:45 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants clashed on Tuesday in the most intense battles of the separatist conflict this year, with 20 combatants killed in fighting at three army outposts in the southeast, officials and security sources said. Up to 100 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) launched simultaneous dawn attacks on three military observation points in Hakkari province near the country's mountainous border with Iraq, killing eight soldiers and wounding 16, the sources said. ...

18 killed in clashes in southeast Turkey Posted: 19 Jun 2012 07:41 AM PDT Kurdish rebels attacked Turkish military units with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades Tuesday in southeastern Turkey, sparking clashes that killed 10 rebels and eight soldiers, authorities said. The attack drew a strong condemnation from Turkey's leader.

Turkish troops in battles with PKK, 18 killed Posted: 19 Jun 2012 05:52 AM PDT DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers and Kurdish militants clashed on Tuesday in the most intense battles of the separatist conflict this year, with 18 combatants killed in fighting at three army outposts in the southeast, officials and security sources said. Up to 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas launched simultaneous attacks at dawn on the three military observation points in Hakkari province near the mountainous border with Iraq, killing eight soldiers and wounding 16, the sources said. ...

Afghanistan says Pakistan was involved in sectarian attack Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:17 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government on Tuesday accused neighboring Pakistan of involvement in a bloody attack last year on minority Shi'ite Muslims, one of the worst sectarian killings in Afghanistan for years. The December 6 attack, in which a suicide bomber blew himself up among hundreds of Shi'ites marking the Ashura rite on a Kabul street, killed dozens of people, including women and children. ...

5 Things To Know This Morning Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:17 AM PDT 5 Things To Know This Morning

Security officials testify against Iraq's VP Posted: 19 Jun 2012 04:06 AM PDT Police and army officers told a court they found a pistol silencer in the home of Iraq's fugitive vice president as testimony continued Tuesday in a terror trial that has deepened a split in the country's government.

10 Things to Know for Tuesday Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:43 AM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):

Salahi Announces Key Campaign Team For Va Governor's Race Posted: 19 Jun 2012 03:02 AM PDT Salahi calls Cuccinelli's Primary maneuvering undemocratic and sign of weakness

Smail Auto Group Raises Over $60,000 for Troops First Foundation Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:36 AM PDT Customers and employees of Smail Auto Group partnered together in May 2012 to raise over $60,000 for the Troops First Foundation. This was their largest fundraising effort, surpassing their previous one month record of over $50,000 for Breast Cancer Awareness in October 2011.Greensburg, PA (PRWEB) June 19, 2012 Smail Auto Group is honored to announce that they have raised $60,143 to support Troops First Foundation, as part of their "Smail Auto Group Cares" campaign, in honor of Memorial Day. ...

U.N. investigator decries U.S. use of killer drones Posted: 19 Jun 2012 02:05 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.N. investigator has called on the Obama administration to justify its policy of assassinating rather than capturing al Qaeda or Taliban suspects, increasingly with the use of unmanned drone aircraft that also take civilian lives. Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, urged Washington to clarify the basis under international law of the policy, in a report issued overnight to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The 47-member Geneva forum is to hold a debate later on Tuesday. The U.S. ...

The Build Up: Engineering Services in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld Posted: 19 Jun 2012 01:11 AM PDT After a period of subdued economic growth due to dwindling backlogs and declining demand, the Engineering Services industry is set to rebound. The economic recovery will boost demand for construction projects, which will require the industry's services. Larger industry operators will experience improved profit margins as they provide more multidisciplined services. While export earnings from projects in Iraq and Afghanistan will decline, growing demand for energy projects in South America and East Asia will further boost demand for engineering services. ...

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