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NAACP head likens voter ID measures to Jim Crow

NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd
The head of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group on Monday condemned state laws requiring photo identification of voters as an attempt to disenfranchise minorities through some "of the last existing legal pillars of Jim Crow."
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Norway police see attacker as probably alone

Norway's police believe Anders Behring Breivik probably acted alone in killing 76 people last Friday, and Norwegians united in revulsion against the worst attack in the Nordic nation since World War Two.
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'Dead' South African Man Wakes Up in Morgue

On the list of unpleasant places to wake up unexpectedly, a morgue has to top the list -- but that's what happened to a South African man who terrified morgue workers when he jolted back to consciousness on Sunday.
Norway attacker detained, claims collaborators

Norway attacker detained, claims collaborators

A judge ordered eight weeks detention on Monday for the Norwegian man who has admitted a bombing and shooting massacre that killed about 90 people and who claimed in court to have two more groups of collaborators.
Quasar Drenched in Water Vapor

Distant Quasar Holds Largest Water Reservoir Ever Found

Water covers more than half of the Earth, but astronomers have discovered a mass of water vapor that is at least 40 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean combined. Two teams of astronomers found what they believe is the largest and farthest water reservoir ever in a distant enormous black hole known as a quasar. The teams of astronomers were each led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech.
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Fashionable Teenage Girls Tend to Have Doppleganger Moms: Study

A temple University Fox School of Business professor found that teenage girls have a strong influence on the makeup and clothing their mothers buy. This is because their mothers have stronger tendency to mimic the teens' consumption behavior rather than the teenage girls doing so.
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Norway mass killer wants time in court to tell why

Anders Behring Breivik wants to tell Norway and the world why he killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage, but prosecutors have asked for Monday's custody hearing to be closed to the public.
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Man Declared Dead for 25 Years Found in Las Vegas

A former Chicago commodities broker who disappeared almost 32 years ago and was declared dead in 1986 was found working as a sports book writer in an upscale Las Vegas neighborhood, a job he had held for a decade.
Amy Winehouse performing at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival

Amy Winehouse Dead, Interest in Her Music Surges

Amy Winehouse was found dead at the age of 27 in her London apartment on Jul. 23. Although the cause of her death remains unknown, multiple sources report that she went on a drugs and alcohol binge hours before her demise.
People light candles as they mourn for the victims of the massacre on an island in the countryside and the bomb blast in the capital Oslo

Norway mourns victims of anti-Islam "Crusader"

Norway mourned on Sunday 93 people killed in a shooting spree and car bombing by a Norwegian who saw his attacks as "atrocious, but necessary" to defeat liberal immigration policies and the spread of Islam.
Brutal Heat Wave Cooling Down on East Coast, Not Other States (Photos of Heat Wave Fights)

Brutal Heat Wave Cooling Down on East Coast, Not Other States (Photos of Heat Wave Fights)

While a brutal heat wave persists, the National Weather Service has issued excessive heat warnings for wide areas of the central and eastern United States. Parts of New York’s electrical network failed and water usage had soared up to 50 percent higher than normal in New York as triple-digit temperatures combined with humidity forced everyone to try to keep cool.

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