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Thursday, June 28, 2012

SCOTUS: Healthcare mandate upheld

WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday the federal healthcare law's individual mandate survives as a tax, handing a major victory to President Obama. Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the prevailing opinion, abandoned his fellow conservatives and said the mandate... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Colorado wildfire burns out of control

COLORADO SPRINGS, June 27 (UPI) -- Colorado firefighters faced another day of inferno-like conditions Wednesday as they battled a 6,200-acre wildfire only 5 percent contained, officials said. The Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs was called "surreal" by Gov. John Hickenlooper late Tuesday... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Erdogan threatens military response

BRUSSELS, June 26 (UPI) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday threatened a military response if Syrian forces approach Turkey's border. Speaking in Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey's military rules of engagement changed after Syria shot down a Turkish warplane, The New York Times... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Healthcare ruling may come Thursday

WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court didn't rule Monday on President Obama's signature healthcare law, one of its biggest rulings "in the last 50, 60 years." But the court said the justices would sit again Thursday, presumably to issue the healthcare decision and other remaining... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Egypt's Morsi balks at oath before court

CAIRO, June 24 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi was elected as Egypt's next president, the first Islamist head of state to emerge from the Arab Spring, officials said. But a conflict already emerged Sunday. Saad el-Husseini, of the executive bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom... Sign in to see full entry.

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