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Obama golfs with Bloomberg, discusses the economy
By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff EDGARTOWN -- After a six mile bike ride with his famliy this morning, President Obama is back on the links...
YT: Budget Blues
Baptist church is closed, but it gets a tax bill
By Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent The town of Whitman has...
Human cases of West Nile virus and EEE reported in Boston, South Shore
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff A 46-year-old Boston woman has been diagnosed with West Nile virus, the first human case of the mosquito-borne virus in...
How fantasy sports site HuddleHub ended up as the punchline of a joke on late-night TV
Free exposure on national television is one of those things...
LOCAL NEWS
Poll: Conn seat best use nearly 90 percent
A new highway and traffic survey says nearly 90 percent of Connecticut motorists are using their seat beats, a statistic Gov. M. Jodi Rell says is an all-time high for the state. (AP, 5:08 p.m.)
Coast Guard searches RI bay for missing man
The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island for an unidentified 25-year old man who has fallen into the water. (AP, 4:38 p.m.)
Maine mini-quake barely noticed
The U.S. Geological Service says a 2.3 magnitude earthquake occurred in the southern Maine town of Hollis, but it was news to police agencies. (AP, 3:28 p.m.)
OTHER LOCAL HEADLINES
- Ceremony set for renovated Conn. sub base daycare (AP, 3:08 p.m.)
- Nigerian citizen faces sentencing for fraud (AP, 2:08 p.m.)
- Glen, NH, house destroyed (AP, 1:28 p.m.)
- New schedule among changes at RI school (AP, 1:28 p.m.)
- GOP candidate faces tough bid in RI gov's race (AP, 6:08 p.m.)
NATION
Obama says he isn't worried about Muslim rumors
President Barack Obama said Sunday he isn't worried about a recent poll showing that nearly one-fifth of Americans believe he is a Muslim. "The facts are the facts," said Obama, who is a Christian. In an interview broadcast on "NBC Nightly News," the president blamed the confusion over his religious beliefs on "a network of misinformation that in a new ... (AP, 9:40 p.m.)
Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self
A gunman entered a western Arizona home and fatally shot five people, including the mother of his two children and her boyfriend, before fleeing with the kids to Southern California where he killed himself, police said Sunday. (AP, 11:40 p.m.)
OTHER NATION HEADLINES
- New York imam: Politics behind mosque opposition (AP, 11 p.m.)
- Shootings leaves Mormon official, suspect dead (AP, 11:30 p.m.)
- Stars do sunset shades on Emmys red carpet (AP, 8:10 p.m.)
- Imam behind NYC mosque faces divisions over center (AP, 8 p.m.)
- NY legislators want chickens vaccinated (AP, 10 p.m.)
WASHINGTON
HUD chief cites progress in New Orleans housing
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan says solid progress has been made in the last 18 months to return families to their homes in New Orleans. (AP, 9:40 a.m.)
OTHER WASHINGTON HEADLINES
WORLD
China-Russia crude oil pipeline begins operations
Russia has opened its section of a crude oil pipeline from eastern Siberia to China, a major step in expanding energy cooperation between the neighboring powers. (AP, 11:44 p.m.)
Asian shares rise; Central bank hopes power Nikkei
Asian stock markets advanced in early trading Monday, with Japan's benchmark jumping more than 3 percent after the central bank called an emergency policy board meeting. (AP, 10:50 p.m.)
OTHER WORLD HEADLINES
- Mayor in violent Mexican border state killed (AP, 11:30 p.m.)
- King orders coalition talks to continue in Belgium (AP, 5:40 p.m.)
- Titanic expedition shows off some crisp new images (AP, 9:40 p.m.)
- Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary (AP, 4:15 p.m.)
- Report: 100 Russian skinheads attack concertgoers (AP, 4:10 p.m.)
