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Author: By the CNN Wire Staff
Published On: Jun 18 2012 12:08:57 AM EDT   Updated On: Jun 18 2012 06:32:39 PM EDT
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UPCOMING

Greece-Election (will update)

Three of the top four votegetters in Sunday's parliamentary elections will meet Tuesday at the presidential palace to form a coalition government, an official with socialist party Pasok told CNN. The official spoke not for attribution because of the sensitivity of the discussions.

Mexico-G-20-Summit (will update)

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the results of the Greek election as he prepared to join other world leaders at a summit aimed at boosting a sluggish global economic recovery.

US-Mexico-G20-Obama-Putin (will update)

President Barack Obama said Monday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict in Syria and "agreed that we need to see a cessation of the violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war."

Somalia-Libyan-Weapons

While Moammar Gadhafi is gone, the weapons used by the rebels who overthrew him are now a threat to the whole region, according to Amanda Dory, a top Defense Department policy official on Africa.

Pakistan-Singer-Killed

A popular female Pakistani singer who defied the Taliban's decree against singing and dancing was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting Monday night, but police say early indications are that the Taliban was not involved.

Canada-Body-Parts (will update)

A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany on Monday and was headed back to Canada, government officials said.

MONEY-Microsoft-Tablet (will update)

Microsoft's long-promised tablet is finally (almost) here. The company scheduled a last-minute, mysterious event to be held at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday in Los Angeles. Microsoft didn't give attendees much notice -- invitations went out Thursday.

Darth-Vader-Boy

Max Page, the 7-year-old who played a mini Darth Vader in a Volkswagen commercial, left a hospital in Los Angeles on Monday where he had undergone heart surgery.

US-Clemens-Trial-Verdict (will update)

Famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty Monday of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use among major league players.

Colorado-Fires (monitoring)

Firefighters in northern Colorado face another day of nightmare conditions as high temperatures, low relative humidity and gusty winds whip a blaze near Fort Collins. (Last update from fire authorities about 5:30 p.m. ET had unchanged numbers from the previous update)

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INTERNATIONAL

Greece-Election

Two elections, two interim prime ministers and 221 days since Greece last had an elected government, Greek President Karolas Papoulias asked the leader of the center-right New Democracy party Monday to try to hammer out a coalition.

Syria-Unrest

The quest for peace in Syria is now crippled with setbacks, as a U.N. observer mission has suspended operations and attempts to rescue civilians trapped amid violence have proved futile.

US-Mexico-G20-Obama-Putin

President Barack Obama said Monday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the conflict in Syria and "agreed that we need to see a cessation of the violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war."

US-Syria-McCain

Sen. John McCain called Monday for the United States to lead a military coalition to help the Syrian opposition rid the country of President Bashar al-Assad.

Analysis-US-Russia-Syria

U.S.-Russian sniping over Syria's growing conflict isn't the early frost of a new Cold War, but it highlights the chilly spots that remain between the onetime foes, longtime observers say.

Syria-Cargo-Ship

The U.K. marine insurer the Standard Club has stopped coverage for Russian operator Femco's cargo ship, MV Alaed, amid allegations it is carrying weapons to Syria.

Mexico-G20-Summit

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed the results of the Greek election as he prepared to join other world leaders at a summit aimed at boosting a sluggish global economic recovery.

Iran-Nuclear-Talks

Negotiators for Iran and six world powers completed the first day of discussions on Iran's nuclear program Monday in Moscow.

Iran-Nuclear-Talks-Peres

Time is running out for a diplomatic solution to Western concerns about Iran's nuclear program, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Monday in an interview with CNN.

Egypt-Election

An Islamist backed by the Muslim Brotherhood declared victory as Egypt's first democratically elected president even as the country's military rulers issued a decree that stripped the position of much of its power.

Muslim-Brotherhood-needs-new-strategy

Egypt suffered a political earthquake Thursday when the country's Supreme Constitutional Court effectively dissolved the democratically elected parliament and ruled that Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister can remain a presidential candidate. These events have been widely interpreted as a "judicial coup," the start of a "counter-revolution" and "the end of Egypt's Arab Spring." While the situation is still in flux and the future is unknown, there is one claim can be made with certainty: This is a naked power grab by the country's ruling military.

Yemen-Military-Leader-Killed

One of Yemen's top military leaders died Monday in the southern port city of Aden in a suicide attack for which al Qaeda claimed responsibility.

Afghanistan-ISAF-Attack

Attackers in Afghan police uniforms gunned down a member of NATO's peacekeeping force in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the allied command in Kabul reported.

TECH-Google-Transparency-Report

Western governments, including the United States, appear to be stepping up efforts to censor Internet search results and YouTube videos, according to a "transparency report" released by Google.

France-Election

New French President Francois Hollande tightened his grip on power Monday as the Interior Ministry confirmed that his Socialist party and its allies won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections Sunday.

Israel-Border-Shooting

A Palestinian terrorist group claimed responsibility Monday for the attack on an Israeli border fence construction site that left one worker and three attackers dead, according to a North Sinai intelligence officer.

India-Daughter-Beheaded

Police in the northern India state of Rajasthan say they were stunned when a man showed up at a police outpost holding a bloody human head in one hand and a sword in another. The head was that of the man's daughter, chopped off because of her "indecent behavior," Umesh Ojha, deputy superintendent of the district police, told CNN.

Iraq-Funeral-Bombing

A suicide bomber targeting two senior military officials blew up his explosive vest in Iraq's Diyala province Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 41, police officials in Baquba said.

Nigeria-Church-Bombings

A militant Islamist group claimed responsibility Monday for bombings the day before that the Nigerian Red Cross said left 50 people dead at three Christian churches in Nigeria.

Canada-Body-Parts

A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal left Germany on Monday and was headed back to Canada, government officials said.

Saudi-Arabia-Crown-Prince

Saudi Arabia named Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to be crown prince Monday, the state news agency reported, putting him next in line to the throne of the oil-rich kingdom.

MED-PIP-Breast-Implants

Controversial breast implants made by the French company PIP do not cause cancer and are not toxic, but they do have a high rupture rate, a British Department of Health study reported Monday.

MED-South-Africa-New-Skin

Severely burned 3-year-old Isabella "Pipi" Kruger has experienced a level of horror and pain that would test the nerves of a soldier. Her survival alone is miraculous and the procedure being undertaken to save her is a first of its kind in South Africa.

SPORT-Euro-2012-Spain-Croatia-Italy-Republic-Ireland

Italy and Spain reached the quarter finals of Euro 2012 -- but the World and European champions Spain were given a real fright before sealing their progress as group winners in Gdansk.

SPORT-Tennis-Nalbandian-Police-Assault

David Nalbandian is under police investigation for an alleged assault after a line judge was injured when the Argentine tennis star kicked over an advertising board in Sunday's Queen's Club final.

U.S.A.

Florida-Zimmerman-Calls

Despite telling the court they were indigent, George Zimmerman and his wife discussed -- in code, according to prosecutors -- money raised online to help in his defense on second-degree murder charges, transcripts of jailhouse phone calls released Monday show.

Pennsylvania-Sandusky-Trial

Closing arguments in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse trial could begin as soon as Thursday, Judge John Cleland said Monday.

Pennsylvania-Standoff

A standoff between Pennsylvania police and an off-duty New Jersey police officer appears to have been an intentional setup by the suspect, authorities said Monday.

Colorado-Fires

Firefighters in northern Colorado face another day of nightmare conditions as high temperatures, low relative humidity and gusty winds whip a blaze near Fort Collins.

US-Clemens-Trial-Verdict

Famed baseball pitcher Roger Clemens was found not guilty Monday of lying to Congress during an investigation of steroid use among major league players.

US-Rodney-King-Autopsy

An autopsy to determine why Rodney King was found dead in his swimming pool began Monday morning, but it will be several weeks before the findings are made public, a San Bernadino County, California, coroner's spokeswoman said Monday.

US-5-Rodney-King-&-LA-Riots-Takeaways

Rodney King died Sunday, 21 years after he first became a household name. But it was the way that he almost died, in a severe beating by Los Angeles police officers, that made him a reluctant symbol of police brutality and spurred a conversation about race, economics and justice in America. The subsequent riot a year later, after the acquittal and mistrial of the four officers charged in the beating, was the "nation's deadliest urban race riot since the Civil War," according to Lou Cannon in his book "Official Negligence." What impact did the beating of Rodney King, and the subsequent race riots a year later, have on America?

US-Conrad-Murray-Complains

Seven months in the Los Angeles County jail have taken a physical toll on Conrad Murray, the doctor convicted in Michael Jackson's death, his lawyer told CNN Monday.

MED-Kids-Prescriptions-FDA

American children are taking fewer antibiotics now than 10 years ago, but prescriptions to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, have increased, according to a new report by the Food and Drug Administration.

MED-Hospitalizations-Hypertension-Children

The number of hospitalizations for children with high blood pressure more than doubled from 1997 to 2006, according to a new study. The number rose from 12,661 hospitalizations in 1997 to 24,602 in 2006. The study is published in the American Heart Association journal, Hypertension.

SPORT-Webb-Simpson-US-Open-Golf

Golf is a sport where concentration and the ability to perform under pressure is key. So how was Webb Simpson feeling during Sunday's final round of the U.S. Open, knowing he was within touching distance of winning his first major title?

POLITICAL

POL-Iraq-Ambassador-Nominee

President Obama's embattled pick to be ambassador to Iraq withdrew his nomination Monday, a day before facing an uncertain vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

POL-Holder-Contempt

Attorney General Eric Holder agreed Monday to meet with the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, but sought to add top congressional Democrats in the latest step of a showdown over the panel's push for more Department of Justice documents on the botched Fast and Furious gun-running sting operation.

POL-Immigration

President Barack Obama received praise Monday from Mexico's president for the decision last week to stop deporting some young illegal immigrants.

POL-Adelson-Republican-Donations

Fresh off a major donation to the pro Mitt Romney super PAC, Nevada billionaire and major Republican donor Sheldon Adelson is expected to continue his support for some other GOP causes and may donate as much as $100 million this campaign cycle, a source with knowledge of his donations told CNN.

POL-Romney-Wisconsin-Prediction

Mitt Romney's feel-good tour of small-town America rambled onward Monday with stops in Wisconsin, where the sunniness outside seemed to be reflected by the presumptive GOP nominee.

POL-Romney-Spanish-Ad

Mitt Romney unveiled a Spanish language version of an English ad he released last week targeting President Barack Obama's record on the economy, days after the president announced a new policy aimed at stopping the deportation of some young illegal immigrants.

POL-Kerry-Romney-Debate

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has been tapped to play Mitt Romney in debate preparations for President Barack Obama, an Obama campaign official confirmed Monday.

MONEY

MONEY-Stocks-Markets

Stocks ended mixed on Monday after a day of choppy trading, following the election in Greece which yielded a win for the pro-bailout party.

MONEY-Microsoft-Tablet

Microsoft's long-promised tablet is finally (almost) here. The company scheduled a last-minute, mysterious event to be held at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday in Los Angeles. Microsoft didn't give attendees much notice -- invitations went out Thursday.

MONEY-Facebook-Acquires-Face

Facebook has acquired Israel-based Face.com for an undisclosed sum, Face.com confirmed Monday in a post on its blog.

MONEY-Sequoia-Worlds-Fastest-Supercomputer

America is back on top in the race to claim ownership of the world's most powerful supercomputer. In a ranking released Monday of the world's top 500 supercomputers, the United States scored the top spot with Sequoia, a supercomputer housed at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. The U.S. had been trailing China and Japan in the supercomputer race since June 2010, when a Chinese system took over the No. 1 spot.

MONEY-Spain-Bond-Yields

As the political crisis in Greece slowly moves toward a resolution, Spain continues to lose credibility in the bond market.

MONEY-Spanish-Banks-Debt

With Greece's election over, the concern of investors and economists has shifted to the larger Spanish banking and sovereign debt crisis.

MONEY-World-Markets-Greece

An early rally in world markets lost momentum Monday after Greek elections put the main pro-bailout party on top but still needing to form a coalition government.

MONEY-Greece-Election

Greece took a step back from the brink this weekend, but the nation faces a long road to recovery.

FEATURES, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY

ENT-Mike-Tyson-Broadway-Show

Mike Tyson is making the popular move from the big screen to Broadway with his one-man show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth." The production, under the direction of Spike Lee, will play at the Longacre Theatre for six nights only starting July 31.

ENT-Glenn-Beck-Web-TV-Network

Hugely successful and often controversial, Glenn Beck is a man full of complexities. He points the finger in his new book "Cowards" but calls for "Restoring Love" in his upcoming rally. He jokes about being "Unelectable" on his comedy tour, but his new studio in Dallas includes a replica Oval Office for his mock presidential addresses. Now, the media mogul is dropping his name from the online TV network based on his personal brand. GBTV will be merged with TheBlaze.com, the Beck-owned but independently operated news and opinion website. The entire network will be called TheBlaze.

ENT-Jennie-Garth-wishes-ex-well-on-Father's-Day

Jennie Garth's marriage to Peter Facinelli is over, but she still supports him as a parent. The actress took to Twitter with well wishes for her soon-to-be-ex-husband on Sunday, indicating that she harbors no hard feelings as they head toward a divorce.

MED-seizures-epilepsy-myths

Up to 10% of the population will have at least one seizure, the World Health Organization says. Having one seizure does not signal epilepsy, and there can be many causes, experts say. Seizures occur when the electrical system of the brain malfunctions. Many people go about their daily lives hiding the fact that they have seizures, a doctor says.

MED-Ironman-Champ-Joins-CNN-Team

It is an absolute privilege and an honor to be able to introduce myself as a guest coach of CNN's 2012 Team Fit Nation Tri Challenge.

MED-Triathlete-Trains-in-Murky-Water

One of the major fears I had when I started my CNN Fit Nation triathlon journey was the viability of swimming in the Bay just 1.5 miles from my house.

TRAVEL-Outstanding-Airport-Amenities

It's inevitable these days. If you fly, you're going to have to spend a good amount of time at the airport, either waiting to take off or between flights. Thankfully, more and more airports are sympathetic to your situation and are adding unique amenities to help keep you entertained.

TECH-Predictive-Technology-Future

I know where to find the future. It will show up, I predict, on Tuesday at London's Westminster Central Hall. Don't blink. It will arrive in the shape of Le Web, Europe's illustrious two-day Internet conference which, this year, is focusing on next-generation digital products that are "faster than realtime."

TECH-An-unreasonable-organist

I'm unreasonable - as most organists will tell you. (My agent would agree). If you play the guitar or the violin, or if you're a singer - or if you play any reasonable musical instrument that can be moved from place to place without a five-figure tab and a debate-ridden crew of experts; if you play any reasonable instrument that you can mention to your friends without invoking images of "The Abominable Dr. Phibes," "Phantom of the Opera" (and "Dr. Phibes Rises Again") -- if you play any instrument that doesn't cost millions of dollars to build - then you are LUCKY. Because you sure don't play the pipe organ.

FEA-'Game-of-Thrones'-fan-art

You've heard of fanfiction. Meet fan art -- an established but less celebrated subculture of fandom. Often inspired by a favorite science fiction or fantasy franchise, fan artists gain exposure for their work on social media sites like Deviantart, Tumblr and Etsy. One of the most popular franchises permeating fan art territory today is the imaginative world of Westeros in George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" book, now an HBO TV series that recently completed it's second season. (HBO is a Time Warner network, as is CNN.)

FEA-Why-do-people-like-"Fifty-Shades-of-Grey"?

Fifty Shades of Confused: Why do people like this book?

FEA-Gay-Fathers-Lesbian-Mothers

On Father's Day our daughter's papa was at the beach. Not just any beach but that New York Mecca for wealthy, sun-tanned gay party boys called Fire Island. Luna, our daughter, was with her two mommies adoringly decorating a ceramic plate to celebrate their day. "I Love Papa and Daddy," she painted on their gift.

FEA-How-Jesus-Saved-My-Family

All I had ever known up until I was 10 years old was chaos in my home. I was the oldest of four children and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us.

FEA-Catholic-Group-Drops-Support-for-Contraception-Plan

The Obama administration's key Catholic ally on its controversial plan to require health insurers to provide free contraceptive coverage is dropping support for the plan, potentially complicating the president's relations with Catholics in an election year.

US-Education-U-Texas-book-flap

The University of Texas' prestigious Center for Middle Eastern Studies recently got a blunt taste of the turbulent region it studies. Arab authors pulled out of a planned short-story anthology honoring a late professor because it included Israeli writers, and that stance eventually led to the cancellation of the project.

Dictators-evolve-with-the-times

We tend to think of dictators as all-powerful leaders who act with naked cruelty and impunity. Think of Bashar al Assad in Syria. Or, for a celluloid reminder, think of Sacha Baron Cohen as Gen. Admiral Aladeen, a North African despot. But the film "The Dictator" --- and our imagination of dictators --- is getting outdated. The new dictator is more evolved and more attuned to how people think.

COMMENTARY-Opinion-Falls-Technology-Fear

As "faster than real time" technology capable of predicting our every move is discussed at LeWeb in London this week, it seems prudent to ask whether such developments will actually improve our lives.

COMMENTARY-Frum-Three-Leaps-Ahead

Crisis begets innovation. In the Great Depression, Americans and Britons developed important new technologies: television, movie sound, refrigeration, automatic transmissions for cars. The supermarket was born, as were the passenger aviation industry and the first franchised food company: Dairy Queen.

COMMENTARY-Jennings-Sandusky-Football

A few days ago, a sportswriter friend of mine posted on his Facebook page a picture of a child-sized athletic T-shirt with the words "Destined to Be Drafted" printed on front. He commented, "Just in case anybody thought youth sports culture ISN'T getting outta hand."

COMMENTARY-Britain-Leveson-Cathcart

So it begins. As the big-name politicians drift away from Britain's Leveson inquiry into the media's conduct and the hearings turn towards the technicalities of press regulation, the newspaper industry has grabbed its megaphone and started bellowing out its message.

COMMENTARY-Ghitis-Europe-Crisis

How much should the rest of the world worry about the crisis unfolding in Europe? For anyone who cares about the state of their personal finances and the size of their reserves for retirement, the answer is: A lot. For investors, it's a time of risk and opportunity.

COMMENTARY-Benton-White-House-LGBT

As my companion and I passed through security on a gorgeous Washington afternoon Friday, invited by President Barack Obama to join hundreds of openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender folks at the White House for a reception celebrating LGBT Pride Month, I couldn't help but reflect back.

COMMENTARY-Brazile-Obama-Romney

We all know this election is going to be about the economy. President Barack Obama knows it, Mitt Romney knows it and so do the media -- even though at times pundits pretend it's about much smaller and sillier topics.

COMMENTARY-Zelizer-Campaign-Mistake

Late last week, the campaigns of President Obama and Mitt Romney released Web videos highlighting the mistakes their rivals have made on the campaign trail.

COMMENTARY-How-I-constructed-'The-American-Bible'

Over the past year or so, I have been working on a book called "The American Bible." The hardest part was the table of contents. "The American Bible" isn't a new translation of the Christian Bible. It's my term for the texts that function like scripture in American public life, the voices to which we are forever returning as we reflect together on what America is all about.