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President Barack Obama told his communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, "The bear's loose," before he and Chief of Staff Denis McDonough slipped out of the White House for a run to a nearby Starbucks, ahead of the knot of reporters who normally accompany Obama.

Paul McCartney, who turns 72 next week, postponed until October seven U.S. tour dates that were due to begin Saturday as he continues to recover from a virus that led to the cancellation of his Japan tour last month.

Myron Thompson, a federal judge, said he intends to rule by the end of July on whether Alabama can enforce a new law requiring doctors at abortion clinics to have approval to admit patients to nearby hospitals.

Ron Paul, the former presidential candidate, added his name to the list of Tea Party supporters of Chris McDaniel's effort to deny longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi a seventh term.

Trudy Price of Bowling Green, Ohio, who lives at a retirement home and turned 100 on Monday, got her birthday wish to do some yard work and smell fresh-cut grass with the help of the grounds crew at Bowling Green State University, who let her push one of the university's mowers and plant flowers.

Andrew Young, 48, a former John Edwards aide who was a key government witness against the 2008 Democratic presidential contender at his campaign finance trial, was arrested in Raleigh, N.C., on charges of drunken driving and child abuse and told police he drank four large beers at a concert before driving away with his teen son.

Jon Meis, 22, the college student who ended a Seattle campus shooting by pepper-spraying the gunman, said in a statement that he's praying for the victims, that the tragedy deepened his respect for the work of first responders and that the gunman appeared to be a sad, troubled young man.

Michael Dunn, 47, a Florida man accused of killing Jordan Davis, 17, during an argument over loud music, will face a second murder trial after jurors at his original trial deadlocked on the charge, a judge decided.

Jeffrey Edward Fowle, 56, an Ohio man being detained in North Korea, was on vacation as part of a tour and "loves the adventure of experiencing different cultures and seeing new places," a spokesman said.

A Section on 06/10/2014

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