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>Breaking News Alerts

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July 6, 2009

>The New York Times
Sunday, July 5, 2009 — 1:31 PM ET
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Roger Federer Wins Wimbledon

Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick, 16-14, in the fifth set, breaking Pete Sampras’s record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles.

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Sunday, July 5, 2009 — 11:52 PM ET
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Judge Approves Plan to Sell G.M. Assets

A federal judge late on Sunday approved a plan by General Motors to sell its best assets to a new, government-backed company, a crucial step for the automaker to restructure and complete its trip through bankruptcy court.

With the approval of the plan, G.M. and the government are seeking to close the sale by Monday or Tuesday, according to people briefed on the matter.

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The New York Times
Monday, July 6, 2009 — 9:02 AM ET
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Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara Dies at 93

Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday, according to his wife, The Associated Press reported. Mr. McNamara, who led the Defense Department during the Vietnam war under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was 93.

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>Breaking News Alert

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July 2, 2009

>The New York Times
Thursday, July 2, 2009 — 8:34 AM ET
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Unemployment at 9.5%; 467,000 Jobs Lost in June

The American economy shed 467,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent, its highest level in 26 years, the Labor Department reported on Thursday.

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July 1, 2009

>The New York Times
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 — 4:12 PM ET
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Karl Malden, Everyman Actor, Dies at 97

Karl Malden, the Academy Award-winning character actor whose half-century in show business carried him from the theater to films and then to television, where he policed the streets of San Francisco and became indelibly identified with a commercial for traveler’s checks, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 97.

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June 29, 2009

>The New York Times
Monday, June 29, 2009 — 10:16 AM ET
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Justices Rule for White Firefighters in Bias Case

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that Sonia Sotomayor, a Supreme Court nominee, endorsed as an appeals court judge.

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>~ On This Day ~

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>On June 29, 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

On June 29, 1868, George ElleryHale, the American astronomer, was born.

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1776: The Virginia state constitution was adopted.

1946: British authorities arrested more than 2,700 Jews in Palestine in an attempt to stamp out alleged terrorism.

1951: Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was ordained as a priest.

1967: Actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, and two male companions died when their car struck a trailer truck east of New Orleans.

1972: The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty could constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.”

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>Different

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June 23, 2009

>You may have noticed that even though I am doing the “~ On This Day ~” feature still, it looks a little different. The reason for that is I used to get an e-mail from the New York Times with headlines and the “~ On This Day ~” snippet with a link. For some reason, I’m not getting that anymore. Also I can’t find the link to in on NY Times home page. I tried going on the website and resubscribing to the e-mail, but I can’t find where to do that either. So, since I don’t have time to go looking up interesting headlines to include, until I get this resolved, I am just going to do the “~ On This Day ~” with no other headlines and the link will not always be there, although I will try to include it.

Thanks for your patience every body.

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>~ On This Day ~

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>On June 23, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the “Type-Writer.”

On June 23, 1892, The Democratic convention in Chicago nominated former President Grover Cleveland on the first ballot.

On June 23, 1894, Edward VIII, the British monarch who abdicated in 1936 in order to marry American Wallis Simpson, was born.

On June 23, 1923, Choreographer-director Bob Fosse was born in Chicago.

On June 23, 1931, Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on the first round-the-world flight in a single-engine plane.

On June 23, 1947, the Senate joined the House in overriding President Truman’s veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.

On June 23, 1956, Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.

On June 23, 1967, The Senate voted to censure Democrat Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut for using campaign money for personal uses.

On June 23, 1969, Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.

On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed a plan to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI’s Watergate investigation.

On June 23, 1985, All 329 people aboard an Air-India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland, apparently because of a bomb.

On June 23, 1995, Dr. Jonas Salk, the medical pioneer who developed the first vaccine against polio, died at age 80.

On June 23, 2005, Former Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison for the 1964 Mississippi slayings of three civil rights workers.

~The New York Times~

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>Ed McMahon dies at 86

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The New York Times
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 — 8:53 AM ET
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Ed McMahon, America’s Top Second Banana, Dies at 86

Ed McMahon, who for nearly 30 years was Johnny Carson’s affable sidekick on “The Tonight Show,” introducing it with his ringing trademark call, “Heeeere’s Johnny!,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, NBC reported, citing his spokesman, Howard Bragman. Mr. McMahon was 86.

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>~ On This Day ~

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June 22, 2009

>On June 22, 1940, during World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.

On June 22, 1898, Erich MariaRemarque, the German-born author of “All Quiet on the Western Front”, was born.

On June 22, 1611, English explorer Henry Hudson, his son and several other people were set adrift in present-day Hudson Bay by mutineers.

On June 22, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for the second time.

On June 22, 1868, Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.

On June 22, 1870, Congress created the Department of Justice.

On June 22, 1911, Britain’s King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

On June 22, 1938, Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling of Germany in the first round of their rematch in New York City’s Yankee Stadium.

On June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II.

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>~ On This Day ~

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June 18, 2009

>On June 18, 1948, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.

On June 18, 1884, Edouard Daladier,the French politician who was a signer of the Munich Pact of 1938, was born.

On June 18, 1812, The United States declared war against Britain.

On June 18, 1815, British and Prussian troops defeated the French under Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in Belgium.

On June 18, 1873, Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

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