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• Greece enters uncharted territory after referendum 'no' vote
• 4 lessons from Hillary Clinton’s New Hampshire trip
• Fans cheer as Princess Charlotte christened on royal estate
• Captured New York fugitive moved to prison from hospital
• Maine man dies after trying to light firework on his head
• Police kill gunman inside posh downtown Austin hotel
• A family divided: Emotions run high as Greeks vote
• Obama speechwriter reveals secret same-sex marriage at White House
• Tunisia declares state of emergency after beach attack

Greece enters uncharted territory after referendum 'no' vote Posted: 05 Jul 2015 05:10 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece lurched into uncharted territory and an uncertain future in Europe's common currency Sunday after voters overwhelmingly rejected demands by international creditors for more austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy.

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Fans cheer as Princess Charlotte christened on royal estate Posted: 05 Jul 2015 10:51 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, Kate, marked a milestone for their newborn baby Princess Charlotte on Sunday — a christening ceremony on Queen Elizabeth II's country estate that was steeped in royal tradition.

Captured New York fugitive moved to prison from hospital Posted: 05 Jul 2015 12:52 PM PDT Captured prison escapee David Sweat was released on Sunday from a New York hospital where he had been treated for gunshot wounds and moved to a prison more than 250 miles from the one he fled, authorities said. Sweat, captured last Sunday following a three-week manhunt, will be locked up alone in a cell for 23 hours a day and placed on suicide watch at Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus, in the state's Finger Lakes region, the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said. Sweat, 35, and accomplice Richard Matt escaped from maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York on June 6.

Maine man dies after trying to light firework on his head Posted: 05 Jul 2015 11:07 AM PDT Devon Staples, 22, of Calais, Maine, was drinking and celebrating the holiday in a friend's backyard when he placed the fireworks mortar tube on his head around 10 p.m., said Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. McCausland said it was unclear whether the firework was already lit, or whether Staples lit it once it was on his head. The tube Staples was using was a reusable mortar shell but said McCausland said investigators did not know what type of firework he was attempting to shoot.

Police kill gunman inside posh downtown Austin hotel Posted: 05 Jul 2015 01:24 PM PDT The shootings at the Omni Austin Hotel, about four blocks from the Texas state Capitol, happened just before 5 a.m. CDT, police said. A 911 caller reported a man walking around with a gun in the lobby of the hotel, a sleek high-rise with a soaring atrium overlooking the city's historic Sixth Street district, said Assistant Police Chief Brian Manley. "The 911 operator was able to hear crying in the background as well as yelling," Manley said.

A family divided: Emotions run high as Greeks vote Posted: 04 Jul 2015 11:09 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Dimitris is voting "yes" because he fears Greece would be in danger if it leaves the European Union. His daughter Alexandra is voting "no" because she is tired of richer European nations bossing Greece around.

Obama speechwriter reveals secret same-sex marriage at White House Posted: 04 Jul 2015 10:51 AM PDT During a special presentation of the popular live storytelling podcast The Moth at this year's Aspen Ideas festival, former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett shared a story about how, years before gay marriage would become legal nationwide, he secretly performed a same-sex marriage at the White House.

Tunisia declares state of emergency after beach attack Posted: 04 Jul 2015 06:18 PM PDT President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a state of emergency following last week's beach massacre claimed by jihadists that he said had left Tunisia facing a "special type of war". In a televised address to the nation, Essebsi said the state of emergency, effective from Saturday for a 30-day period, was decided on after consultations with the parliament speaker and prime minister. A state of emergency, granting special powers to the police and army, was in force for three years up until March 2014, following longtime secular president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ouster in a 2011 revolution.

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