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Syria 'emboldened by UN inaction' The failure of the UN security council to take action has emboldened Syria to make an "all out assault" on opponents, the UN's human rights chief says.
Israel envoys 'target of attacks' Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Iran after bombers apparently targeted diplomats in India and Georgia, injuring four people.
Houston 'was underwater' in bath Whitney Houston was underwater and unconscious when she was found in a bath at her Los Angeles hotel room on Saturday, according to police.
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It's been two weeks since the Speaker of the State Assembly Sheldon Silver proposed increasing the minimum wage in New York. Eighteen other states already have set their minimum wage above the U.S. mandate. Despite the high rate of poverty in Western New York, Silver may have a hard time winning support for his plan among members of the local delegation. Senator Mark Grisanti says if the increase is passed, the state will have to change its motto to "closed for businesses."
The lives of 51 people were honored last night at a somber memorial in Clarence Center marking the third anniversary of the crash of Continental Flight 3407. With nearly 200 people in attendance, bells rang 51 times starting at 10:17 p.m., the exact time the commuter plane crashed into a Long Street residence in 2009. The tragedy rocked the community and revealed major safety issues inside the regional airline industry.
With $20 million in Community Development Block Grant funding available, city officials are asking for residents to share their priorities at a public meeting at 6 tonight at the Central Library. City officials intend to focus the money on smaller parts of the "liveable communities" selected in 2008. More demolitions, both commercial and residential, are under consideration.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Monday for aggressive spending to boost growth and for higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for America in a budget that was criticized sharply by Republicans for failing to curb the deficit.
ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe gave Greece until Wednesday to convince skeptical international creditors that it would stick to the punishing terms of a multi-billion-euro rescue package, endorsed by parliament as rioters torched downtown Athens.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google Inc won unconditional EU regulatory approval on Monday for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of mobile handset maker Motorola Mobility.
US
HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - A judge on Monday granted nearly all requests from ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, allowing most of his 14 grandchildren to visit him under house arrest and securing a local jury for his child sex abuse trial.
World
AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief blamed disagreement in the Security Council on Monday for encouraging the Syrian government to step up attacks on opposition strongholds in its campaign to crush an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year rule.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Whitney Houston was found underwater and apparently unconscious when she was discovered in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub, police said on Monday.