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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174109&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK President Barack Obama will sign legislation Thursday imposing tough new sanctions against Iran as further punishment for the country's unwillingness to give up its ambitions of becoming a nuclear power.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174108&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A reputed mob boss from northeastern Pennsylvania has gotten nearly two years knocked off his federal prison sentence after the government said he provided "substantial assistance" in the investigations of a casino owner and a businessman.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174105&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The operator of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday imposed a temporary ban on raves at the historic venue after a 15-year-old girl died of a suspected drug overdose and scores of people were injured at a weekend party that drew a crowd of 185,000.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174104&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A wildfire burning four miles north of Flagstaff is fully contained after charring more than 15,000 acres.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174102&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congress has sent President Barack Obama a plan to give homebuyers an extra three months to finish qualifying for federal tax incentives that boosted home sales this spring.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174079&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The criminal trial surrounding one of the nation's deadliest construction-crane collapses has honed in on claims that a worn polyester strap was used and broke at a key point in securing the towering crane. But the crane rigger had been provided with brand-new straps, a witness testified Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174077&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A conservative activist group says it raised more than $8 million in June to help conservative candidates and causes ahead of midterm elections in November.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174076&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK An alleged member of a Russian spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America's suburbs vanished in Cyprus on Wednesday, a day after being released on bail.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174070&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A protest at Puerto Rico's Capitol has turned violent with police using pepper spray and wielding their batons in clashes with demonstrators.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79174069&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three men face assault charges after they allegedly attacked an off-duty Harrisburg police officer in a dispute over dog waste. Police said brothers Matthew Stauffer, 33, and Daniel Stauffer, 31, attacked police Officer John Doll earlier this month.