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the government's attempt to make an example of someone in the name of enforcing campaign finance laws.
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• 6. IT'S A SPECTACLE THAT WON'T REPEAT FOR ANOTHER CENTURY
• The celestial phenomenon beginning Tuesday, when Venus slowly inches across the face of the sun, likely will not again be witnessed by any of us alive today.
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• 7. BRITONS POISED FOR QUEEN'S JUBILEE
• The normal ebb and flow of British life gives way in the next four days to a series of street parties, flotillas, outdoor concerts and finally the appearance of Queen Elizabeth II, who is marking 60 years on the throne.
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• 8. THE FASHION FAUX PAS CAPITAL OF THE U.S.
• Travel and Leisure readers deem the residents of Anchorage, Alaska, as the worst dressed in the nation.
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• 9. OLD IS NEW AGAIN AT FAMED DISCO
• Set designer John Lee Beatty is tasked with transforming the famed Studio 54's cellar, turning it into a swanky nightclub and restaurant called 54 Below.
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• 10. CHAMPION BOXER HEADS TO PRISON
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. is expected to surrender at 7:45 a.m. and will spend the next three months at a Las Vegas prison for domestic battery.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Friday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2012. There are 213 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On June 1, 1912, Paramount Pictures had its beginnings as Adolph Zukor incorporated the Famous Players Film Co., which later merged with the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co.
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