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Dish won't submit revised bid for Sprint

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. said Tuesday it would not submit a revised bid for Sprint, leaving the path open for the wireless carrier to accept what it already considers a superior offer from Japan's Softbank. Dish said that Sprint Nextel Corp.'s decision to cut Dish's due diligence process ...

Winning numbers drawn in 'Mega Millions' game

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 06-17-34-40-48, Mega Ball: 30 (six, seventeen, thirty-four, forty, forty-eight; Mega Ball: thirty)

Winning numbers drawn in 'Megaplier' game

The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Megaplier" game were: 2 (two)

EPA report critical of Wash. oversight at Hanford

A new report released Tuesday faults Washington state for lax oversight at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site, saying the state employs too few inspectors and gives advance notice of inspections to the federal agency charged with managing the cleanup. The report by the Environmental Protection Agency sharply criticizes the ...

Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports

An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States. Environmentalists and elected officials in Washington, Oregon and Montana have called on the federal government to look at the cumulative ...

In this Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Amanda Knox arrives at the courthouse for the appeal trial in Perugia, Italy. On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Italy's high court has explained why it reversed the acquittal of American student Amanda Knox, saying the decision acquitting her of murder was full of contradictions. In March, 2013, the Court of Cassation overturned Knox's acquittal in the 2007 murder of flatmate Meredith Kercher and ordered a new trial. (AP Photo/Stefano Medici)

Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal

Italy's high court on Tuesday harshly faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions. It ordered a new appeals court to consider all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill the young ...

Sprint sues to stop Dish Clearwire buyout

Sprint is suing to stop Dish Network's buyout of wireless data network operator Clearwire. The nation's third-largest cellphone carrier said the proposed deal violates the rights of Sprint and other Clearwire shareholders. Dish has offered to pay $4.40 per share for Clearwire, which has recommended that its shareholders approve the ...

In this Monday, June 17, 2013 photo, a menu board showing calorie counts hangs at a Starbucks in New York. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so. (AP Photo/Candice Choi)

Wake-up call: Starbucks to post calorie counts

Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so. Calorie counts on menus are ...

Air Lease Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Steven F. Udvar-Mazy, left, and Boeing Commercial Airplane President and chief executive officer  Ray Conner, right, pose while holding documents, after signing a memorandum of understanding to purchase 33 airplanes. The Los Angeles-based leasing company has committed to order three 787-9 and 30 787-10X Dreamliners, during the 50th Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, France, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.  (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Boeing nets orders for 102 stretch 787s

Boeing Co. won major orders from five customers for a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet at the Paris Air Show Tuesday, further evidence of a strengthening market for more expensive long-haul jets. Boeing announced the formal launch of its 787-10 program at the Paris Air Show on ...

In this pool photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin and reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, the self-proclaimed terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, wearing a camouflage jacket and white turban, is seen during a break in the pretrial hearings at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Monday, June 17, 2013. Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks returned to court Monday as arguments resumed over the preparations for a trial that remains distant. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

9/11 accused in Guantanamo court but trial distant

Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terror attack returned to court Monday as arguments resumed over preparations for a trial that remains distant. It was the first time the five prisoners had been in court since February and they sat calmly through a morning's worth ...

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