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Clinton: Countries must put end to refugee crisis

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States is committed to helping the world’s 34 million refugees build safe and fulfilling lives, calling their struggle a “humanitarian emergency.”

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Downsizing the post offices

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:49 p.m.

We union folks understand the need to tighten the USPS belt; we just think there are better ways than cutting great local service.

Put on hold, again

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:47 p.m.

WE SAY Same-sex partners of federal employees should have full benefits.President Obama signed a presidential memorandum that extended some benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. But it only grants some previously excluded benefits such as visitation or dependent-care and doesn’t allow full health insurance to these federal employees’ partners.

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Power Trip

By Braden Cundiff · Sunday, June 21,2009 6:44 p.m.

Abuses of power happen in a small sense to everyday Americans.

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Como es my accent?

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, June 21,2009 6:42 p.m.

I used to be pretty confident I could speak Spanish. But as my departure for Peru creeps closer and closer, I find myself doubting my language abilities more and more.

A vehicle burns near a train derailment Friday, June 19, 2009, on Mulford Road just north of Sandy Hollow Road in Rockford.

Woman killed fleeing Ill. train derailment, blast

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:29 p.m.

ROCKFORD, Ill. – Railroad tank cars holding thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol derailed and exploded in flames, killing a 41-year-old woman as she tried to run to safety from a car stopped at a crossing.

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against North Korea's nuclear program while denouncing the ninth anniversary of the June 2000 summit between the South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in front of the former South President Kim's house in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 14, 2009. North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions. The Korean read "'Annihilate North Korea at the start of war and Support U.N. sanctions."

North Korea ship suspected of carrying missiles

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:27 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea – A U.S. Navy destroyer is tailing a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons toward Myanmar in what could be the first test of new U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its recent nuclear test, a leading TV network said Sunday.

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Wabash wildlife refuge project set to expand

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:26 p.m.

Land acquisition is under way for 2,700 acres along the Wabash River in western Indiana that could eventually become part of an 8,000-acre wildlife refuge.

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Swiss police find body of Ind. boy at waterfall

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:24 p.m.

 Swiss authorities said Friday they have found the body of a 12-year-old Indiana boy who apparently fell into a torrential waterfall during an outing last month.

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Gay rights group plans local demonstration

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:23 p.m.

A gay rights group says it’s planning a demonstration July 2 in Bloomington to fight a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage in Indiana.

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Search continues for Purdue grad in Wash.

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:21 p.m.

Rangers in Washington state have expanded their search for a hiker from Indiana who’s been missing for several days in North Cascades National Park.

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