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The President of the United States, Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev exchange documents during their meeting at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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MOSCOW - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans — a major stumbling block to such an agreement.

  • This undated picture made available by the British Library shows a reader examining a page from the earliest surviving Christian Bible. The British Library says the surviving pages of the world's oldest Bible have been reunited — digitally. The library says the early Christian work known as the Codex Sinaiticus had been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. It became available Monday for perusal on the Web so scholars and others can get a closer look. The library says the work will allow scholars to further study the 'unique treasure.' The project united organizations from Great Britain, Germany, Russia and Egypt. Each possessed parts of the 1,600-year-old manuscript. They worked together to publish new research into the history of the Codex and transcribed 650,000 words during a four-year period. (AP Photo/The British Library)
    World's oldest Christian Bible digitized AP - 50 minutes ago

    LONDON - The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. But starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web at http://www.codexsinaiticus.org so scholars and other readers can get a closer look at what the British Library calls a "unique treasure."

  • Anthony Brooks, a former Army corporal planning to attend USC as a pre-med in the fall under the new GI Bill comments about his education future at his home in Santa Clarita, Calif. on Thursday, June 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
    AP IMPACT: New GI benefits vary widely by state AP - 58 minutes ago

    When the new GI Bill kicks in Aug. 1, the government's best-known education program for veterans will get the biggest boost since its World War II-era creation. But the benefit is hardly the "Government Issue," one-size-fits-all standard the name implies.

  • This photo released by the El Segundo, Calif., Police Department shows actress Joyce DeWitt, who portrayed Janet on 'Three's Company,' after she was arrested Saturday, July 4, 2009, on the suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. (AP Photo/ El Segundo, Calif., Police Department)
    'Three's Company' star cited for drunken driving AP - 51 minutes ago

    EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - An actress who starred on the hit television series "Three's Company" has been arrested in Southern California and cited for drunken driving. Police say Joyce DeWitt, who played the character Janet Wood on the popular show, was pulled over Saturday afternoon after she drove past a barricade near a park in El Segundo.

  • Authorities remove 42 tons of trash from property AP - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

    MASTIC BEACH, N.Y. - A father and son are facing almost $20,000 in fees and fines after New York authorities said they removed about 42 tons of trash from their property. Brookhaven Town officials said they took away tires, car parts, hoses and other trash — about 85,000 pounds in all — piled up on a residential lot in Mastic Beach on eastern Long Island.

  • Soheyla Kazemi reacts at her home in Orange Park, Fla. Sunday, July 5, 2009 as she talks about the death of her sister, Sahel Kazemi, 20, in Nashville, Tenn. Sahel Kazemi and former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair were found dead Saturday at a Nashville condominium that he rented with a friend. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)
    Police: McNair's girlfriend bought gun Thursday AP - 59 minutes ago

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police say the gun found at the scene where former NFL star Steve McNair died was bought by his girlfriend less than two days before the two were shot to death.

  • U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, July 5, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young
    Obama agrees arms cuts, Afghan transit with Russia Reuters - Mon Jul 6, 2:55 PM ET

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Visiting President Barack Obama and Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev agreed a target for cuts in nuclear arms and a deal to let U.S. troops fly across Russia at the start of a trip intended to mend strained ties.

  • Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara speaks at a presentation of a documentary about his life in government at the University of California Berkeley campus January 4, 2004. REUTERS/Kimberly White
    McNamara dies, career haunted by Vietnam war Reuters - Mon Jul 6, 10:56 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara died on Monday aged 93. He will be remembered most as the leading architect of America's involvement in the Vietnam War.

  • As California struggles, Fitch cuts debt rating Reuters - 31 minutes ago

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California suffered a new setback in its financial crisis on Monday when Fitch Ratings cut its rating on the state's general obligation debt to just two notches above junk status.

  • Ex-Goldman programmer out on bail in theft case Reuters - 29 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer accused of stealing secret trading codes from the financial firm has been released from federal custody after posting bail, authorities said on Monday.

  • A video grab from CCTV shows an injured man in Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China July 6, 2009. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TV
    Xinjiang riot toll hits 156 as unrest spreads Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

    URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Chinese police dispersed 200 people gathering outside a mosque in the Silk Road city of Kashgar, the day after ethnic riots killed 156 in the capital of the Muslim Xinjiang region, state media said on Tuesday.

  • Congress back to wrestle with healthcare reform Reuters - Mon Jul 6, 3:39 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a week of holiday barbecues and hometown parades, the U.S. Congress returned to work on Monday to face what could be the year's most severe test -- finding common ground on a huge and costly U.S. healthcare overhaul.

  • An Afghan soldier keeps watch at the site of suicide car bomb attack in Kandahar province July 6, 2009. REUTERS/ Musa Khan
    Seven U.S. troops killed as Afghan violence flares Reuters - Mon Jul 6, 2:16 PM ET

    KABUL (Reuters) - Seven U.S. soldiers were killed in attacks across Afghanistan on Monday, including four in one bombing in the north, amid a spike in violence as the U.S. military pushed ahead with a big new offensive, officials said.

  • GM to get final $20 billion in U.S. funding this year Reuters - Mon Jul 6, 3:49 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A restructured General Motors Corp will get the remaining $20 billion in government bankruptcy financing over the rest of this year and could be ready to launch an initial public stock offering in early 2010, a senior U.S. official said on Monday.

  • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) exchanges documents with US President Barack Obama (L) at the Kremlin in Moscow. Medvedev and Obama on Monday announced agreements on Afghanistan and cutting their nuclear arsenals as they sought a new era in battered relations.(AFP/Natalia Kolesnikova)
    Russia, US agree nuclear arms cuts in Obama visit AFP - Mon Jul 6, 4:16 PM ET

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian and US leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama on Monday announced agreements on Afghanistan and cutting their nuclear arsenals as they sought a new era in battered relations.

  • People inspect a blood-stained rock in Urumqi. China said Tuesday at least 156 people were killed when Muslim Uighurs rioted in the restive region of Xinjiang in some of the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the country in decades.(AFP/Peter Parks)
    China says at least 156 dead in Uighur riots AFP - 2 hours, 57 minutes ago

    URUMQI, China (AFP) - China said Tuesday at least 156 people were killed when Muslim Uighurs rioted in the restive region of Xinjiang in some of the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the country in decades.

  • Former US defense secretary Robert McNamara, seen here during a visit to Havana in 2007, has died. McNamara was one of the main architects of the US war in Vietnam.(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)
    US Vietnam war architect Robert McNamara dies AFP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Robert McNamara, the US secretary of defense whose broad career as an industry leader and a global financial aid revolutionary was overshadowed by his role as key architect of the Vietnam war, died Monday aged 93.

  • Honduran troops occupy and control all the accesses to the Tocontin international airport in Honduras to prevent ousted President Manuel Zelaya from attempting to land a second time. Global concern mounted Monday after two people died in clashes as Honduran coup leaders blocked Zelaya from flying home, while his supporters took to the streets once again.(AFP/Orlando Sierra)
    Concern mounts over Honduras crisis as protests return AFP - 37 minutes ago

    TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Global concern mounted Monday after two people died in clashes as Honduran coup leaders blocked ousted President Manuel Zelaya from flying home, while his supporters took to the streets once again.

  • Cars wait on line to receive wristbands and tickets at the Michael Jackson Memorial Service ticket pick-up area held at a parking lot at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.(AFP/Getty Images/Michal Czerwonka)
    Jackson mother relieved of estate on funeral eve AFP - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A judge Monday removed Michael Jackson's mother as administrator of his estate as Los Angeles went into lockdown for a star-studded memorial service to which more than 1.5 million people were denied seats.

  • Flags fly outside the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors cleared a major hurdle toward a quick exit from bankruptcy as a judge approved a government-backed plan to create a "new GM" that sheds major debts of the ailing Detroit automaker.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)
    GM clears hurdle as bankruptcy plan approved AFP - 45 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (AFP) - General Motors cleared a major hurdle toward a quick exit from bankruptcy as a judge approved a government-backed plan to sell the best assets of the ailing Detroit automaker to a "new GM."

  • This file photo shows German chemical giant BASF's plant in Ludwigshafen. The German chemical giant BASF has said it would cut 3,700 jobs by 2013 under a restructuring following its acquisition of the Swiss group Ciba.(AFP/DDP/File/Alexander Heimann)
    BASF announces 3,700 job cuts, mainly at Ciba unit AFP - Mon Jul 6, 10:38 AM ET

    FRANKFURT (AFP) - The German chemical giant BASF announced on Monday 3,700 job cuts by 2013 under a deep restructuring plan that follows its takeover of the Swiss group Ciba.

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