Court Rules Against Britain in Life Terms for 3 Convicts
Date: 09 July 2013
By STEPHEN CASTLE
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, rules 16 to 1 that life sentences Great Britain handed to three convicted murderers amount to inhuman and degrading treatment because they have no hope of release; ruling deals blow to Britain and is one of several that have annoyed its dominant Conservative Party.
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A Home Run at Last, but Not Much Else From the Yankees’ Hitters
Date: 09 July 2013
By ZACH SCHONBRUN
Kansas City Royals defeat New York Yankees, 5-1.
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Arrest in Shooting of 4 Brooklyn Teenagers
Date: 09 July 2013
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Brandon Reese of Brooklyn is charged with murder in connection with shooting of four teenagers that left 18-year-old Mario Lopez dead; police believe shooting was outburst of gang violence.
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Pataki Changes Lawyers to Fight Suit by Men Confined After Prison for Sex Crimes
Date: 09 July 2013
By BENJAMIN WEISER
Former New York Gov George E Pataki drops state attorney general as his defense counsel on eve of trial scheduled to begin in Federal District Court in Manhattan; Pataki is facing civil suit filed by six men who claim that under an initiative he supported as governor, they were wrongfully confined to state mental hospitals after completion of prison sentences for sexually violent crimes.
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After Dominant Start, Phillies Hang On in 9th
Date: 09 July 2013
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baseball Roundup; Philadelphia Phillies defeat Washington Nationals, 3-2; other MLB scores and news noted.
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Latest Front for Equality of Women: Bocce Club
Date: 09 July 2013
By JOSEPH BERGER
Contest that has people steaming at the threadbare Har-Tru bocce courts in Marine Park, Brooklyn, is the election for president of the local Marine Park Bocce Club; most divisive issue is women--whether to admit more of them or not.
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Dangerous Conditions Impede Inquiry Into Quebec Crash
Date: 09 July 2013
By IAN AUSTEN
Eight more bodies are recovered in Lac-Megantic, small vacation town in Quebec where runaway railroad tank cars filled with oil had derailed and exploded, raising death toll to 13 with 50 people missing; dangerous conditions at site impede investigator's efforts to recover bodies, assess cause of crash and survey full extent of devastation.
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U.S. Considers Faster Pullout in Afghanistan
Date: 08 July 2013
By MARK MAZZETTI and MATTHEW ROSENBERG
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