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Obama is seeking to repair relations on visit to Russia

MOSCOW — President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry today, with each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship. ...

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Nation

• Fireworks kill total of 5; footbridge fall hurts 25
• Monorail driver killed in Disney World crash
• Around the nation
• Pakistani suspect faces forced day in court
• Like Jackson's life, access to LA service is complex
• 'Transformers,' 'Ice Age' tie at box office
• Jackson fans beat odds for memorial tickets
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• News from home
• Artists give mummy a face
• LA prepares for Jackson memorial's costs, crowds
• Lady Liberty's crown opens to visitors
• Jackson's 'mystery man' breaks his silence
• There's no holding back as NYC sends 22 tons of fireworks aloft
• Palin looks to national role, 'higher calling'
• Bald eagle released in N.C. as freedom rings
• Palin's decision to step down generates hype, speculation
• Cash-strapped states slow to deliver refunds to taxpayers
• Drawing to be held for Jackson memorial
• Suspect jailed in doc's killing using mail to decry abortion
• Malt-O-Meal recalls oatmeal with dry milk
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• Serial killer puts quiet South Carolina community on edge
• Kenneth Reusser, veteran combat pilot, dies at 89
• LATE SINGER RITCHIE VALENS HONORED
• Mother of two Jackson kids not sure if she'll seek custody
• Entertainment Briefs
• MySpace 'bully': tentative acquittal
• Schwarzenegger, Dems trade budget barbs
• Grade-school teacher's video for kids contains six X-rated seconds
• Aid needed to preserve police jobs
• US audit: Chicago air-traffic controllers subject to fatigue
• Wife says she'll forgive 'inexcusable' behavior
• Marshals seize Madoff's $7M penthouse, kick wife out
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• Ex-Nixon aide Herbert Klein dies at 91 in California
• Ariz. not alone in budget mess
• Boomers add new layer to nation's obesity crisis
• CDC: Private health-care coverage at 50-year low
• Health-care pitch is short on details
• First E. coli cattle vaccine OK'd as recalls proceed
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• Jackson's will is unveiled, but funeral plans are undecided AT A GLANCE
• Harve Presnell dies; got start with 'Unsinkable Molly'
• Judge sides with Salinger on 'Rye' sequel
• Malden, who specialized in crusty characters, dies
• Taser, pepper spray used as Texas pastor arrested
• AP: Ex-Edwards aide appears at federal courthouse
• Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings
• Sen. Al Franken 'can't wait to get started'
• Sanford admits more meetings with his Argentine mistress
• Calif., other states face tough budget decisions
• Kroger beef recall affects Fry's in AZ
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• Fawcett's life is celebrated at funeral
• Michael Jackson's will discovered; authorities dispute rites reports
• Medical examiner: Oregon girl appeared malnourished
• AP Exclusive: Insomniac Jackson begged for drug
• Fans gather for Apollo Theater's Jackson memorial
• Jackson family seeks reins on estate, kids' custody
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• Swine-flu course mirrored Mexican air-travel pattern
• FDA, panel discuss restrictions, warnings for acetaminophen
• Nestlé dough tests positive for E. coli
• Entertainer dies after battling cancer
• Mays suffered heart disease; official cause of death pending

World

• Obama is seeking to repair relations on visit to Russia
• Long-ruling Mexican party coming back to life
• Honduras blocks Zelaya's return
• Iraqis remain skeptical about significance of US military's pullback
• 3 British soldiers are killed in attacks by Afghan militants
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• Iran frees journalist; Ahmadinejad's ouster urged
• That you up there, mom?
• Estonians sing to lift spirits amid slump
• G-8 greeted skeptically by some in quake zone
• Iranians weighing Mousavi arrest on charge of being an agent for US
• Afghan frontal attack kills two GIs
• Iraq snubs Biden on help with factions
• In health-care debate, European system has pluses — and minuses
• US-funded bridge facilitates flow of Afghan opium, heroin
• Ousted president vows to seek return to Honduran office
• India cracks down on power theft
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• Ultra-Orthodox Jews, police battle in parking-lot protest
• Vatican reports '08 deficit; '07 was worse
• North Koreans defy the world, launch 7 missiles on July 4
• Japan's Cabinet approval rating falls below 20%
• Bomb blast near south Philippine cathedral kills 1
• Russia to let US transship arms to Afghan front
• Crew goes bare in the air for in-flight safety video
• Biden urges steps toward reconciliation in Iraq visit
• Marines maintain momentum in drive to root out Taliban
• Study: El Niño has 2 warming forms
• Syrian leader invites Obama to visit in a July 4 greeting
• Australia was home to large, fast and terrifying dinosaur
• Cleric: Iranians to put British Embassy employees on trial
• UK cardinal draws closer to sainthood
• Honduras rejects bid to restore exiled leader
• Protesters block Paris airport over Comoros crash
• Flight safety in Africa, historically, crowded with tragedy
• Bermuda woman sentenced in theft of premier's info
• Mexico wins praise for swine flu response
• UA-led space research concludes Mars once had water, perhaps life
• More N. Korea missile tests ratchet up tensions
• 2 killed, scores wounded in Pakistan bomb blasts
• Biden drops in to visit troops in Iraq, meet with Baghdad leaders
• Scottish sheep shrink as temps rise, study finds
• US soldier is believed held by Taliban
• Marines take first casualties of massive new Afghan push
• Air France plane hit sea intact, belly first, investigators say
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• UN chief to lobby Myanmar for Suu Kyi's release
• Rumors swirl over who will fill Jackson's O2 dates
• Marines flood to Taliban area with new goal of civilian safety
• June a deadly month for Iraqi civilians; 447 killed
• Mom's death kept from crash survivor
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• Violence continues as US leaves Iraq
• Study: Very frequent sex improves quality of sperm
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• Argentina's swine flu keeps kids from school
• Only one known survivor after jet crashes in ocean
• Iraqis taking charge; US troops exit cities
• Iran council confirms challenged vote results
• Obama and Chavez support Hondurans protesting coup
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Washington

• Potential pitfalls blunt effort to reject Sotomayor
• Health-care compromise called essential
• Obama to begin weeklong foreign trip
• What public wants is hard to pin down, politicians discover
• US history gone missing
• Wash. Post publisher acknowledges mistakes on 'salons'
• Cut in dependence on oil from foreign suppliers is modest in House bill
• Sunday's TV news shows
• Group advised by Sotomayor filed job-test suits
• Refusal to buy affordable insurance may lead to fines
• Some question integrity of 'organic' label
• Foods linked to milk processor recalled
• 400,000 dangerous cribs recalled
• Big rigs may get limiters on speed
• FDA requires Chantix, Zyban to have 'black box' warnings
• Highways blamed in half of fatal crashes
• Saddam had wide-ranging talks with FBI
• Limits urged for medicine in Tylenol, other products
• Sometimes the dead receive Social Security
• After a call from Inouye's office, bank he's invested in got bailout
• Gates seeking 'more humane' don't-ask law
• Medical-treatment studies: Report lists 100 priorities
• White firefighters ruled bias victims
• EPA seeks to tighten standard for nitrogen dioxide emissions
• Obama tells Dem fundraisers his plans will be in place by the end of the year
• Obama meets gay activists, says they're not forgotten

Arizona/West

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• Maricopa reports state's first '09 West Nile case
• House approves boost in funding for those seeking office next year
• GOP legislative leaders try to save budget deal
• Coal-ash threat near Willcox is revealed
• Audit: CPS fails to complete timely reports on child abuse
• Pet bills aplenty pouring forth from Legislature
• Brewer wants budget right away, but not those other, lesser bills