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Travelers says Rose is coming

Justin Rose walks from the first hole during the final day of the U.S. Open golf tournament on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Matt Smith)

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — U.S. Open champion Justin Rose has no plans to take any time off after winning his first major championship.

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Solheim Cup to donate to firefighters

PARKER, Colo. (AP) — Never afraid to let a tear or two drop, U.S. Solheim Cup captain Meg Mallon did, indeed, get choked up when asked about the fundraising effort the tournament is organizing for firefighters battling blazes close to the golf course.

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Pakistan _ Nuclear-armed but short of electricity

A worker uses a sewing machine at a textile factory that is partially powered by privately-produced electricity in Faisalabad, Pakistan on Friday, June 7, 2013. Faisalabad, the third-largest city in Pakistan with a population of about 2.6 million, is known for its textiles. But from the low-end workshops that produce for the domestic market to the warehouse-sized factories that export sheets and pillowcases to international chains, that industry is hurting badly as a result of the electricity crisis, say workers and factory owners. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

GUJAR KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — A woman named Rehana Yasmin struggles to keep her sick 2-year-old granddaughter cool in a sweltering hospital where working air conditioners are rare and electric fans are idle for much of the day.

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Web giants get broader surveillance revelations

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, a Facebook User Operations Safety Team worker looks at reviews at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook's top attorney says that after a week of negotiations with U.S. security officials, the company is allowed to make new revelations about government orders for user data, Friday, June 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Microsoft Corp. representatives said that after negotiations with national security officials their companies have been given permission to make new but still very limited revelations about government orders to turn over user data.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Early results in Iran presidential election give reformist-backed Rowhani wide lead

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