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Spirit Airlines pilots strike, stranding thousands (AP)

Laurie Holmes of Grand Rapids, Michigan, right, talks with a Spirit Airlines employee at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Saturday, June 12, 2010. Holmes' flight to Detroit was canceled due to a strike by Spirit Airlines pilots. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)AP – A strike by Spirit Airlines pilots has shut down the discount carrier, stranding thousands of travelers.


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How Apple iPad security breach revealed thousands of emails, including CEOs and celebrities

iPad owners were thrown into a panic Wednesday evening over reports that a security breach had left at least 114,000 of them exposed to hackers.

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Thousands march to protest Ariz. immigration law (AP)

Ray Kolisar, of Chandler, Ariz., holds a sign in protest against Arizona's controversial immigration bill as he marches through the downtown streets on his way to the State Capitol Saturday, May 29, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)AP – Thousands of people from around the country descended on the Phoenix area Saturday as supporters and opponents of Arizona’s tough new crackdown on illegal immigration held separate rallies.


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Thousands of immigration law opponents march in AZ (AP)

Ray Kolisar, of Chandler, Ariz., holds a sign in protest against Arizona's controversial immigration bill as he marches through the downtown streets on his way to the State Capitol Saturday, May 29, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)AP – Thousands of people from around the country marched to the Arizona state Capitol on Saturday to protest the state’s tough new crackdown on illegal immigration.


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Pope leads open-air Mass in Malta for thousands (AP)

Pope Bendict XVI arrives to celebrate a mass at the Granaries in Floriana, Malta, Sunday, April 18, 2010. The pope is in Malta for a two-day visit during which he met with the president and visited a grotto linked to St. Paul. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)AP – Malta’s top archbishop said Sunday that the church must recognize “the failures and sins” of its members as he opened a papal Mass in Malta, a heavily Catholic nation rocked by the worldwide sex abuse scandal.


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At least 300 dead, thousands injured as earthquake, aftershocks strike near Tibet

A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said.

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Thousands of vets missing out on better benefits (AP)

Retired soldier Orin Higgins holds his military ID card in Mountain Grove, Mo., in a Monday, March 29, 2010 photo. Higgins was initially discharged from the Army with no medical benefits after injuring his back, but successfully appealed to the Physical Disability Board of Review for higher disability rating. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)AP – Only a fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims.


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