Friday,  June 8, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 330 • 24 of 33 •  Other Editions

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• 8. HANNIBAL MORE THAN WHERE MARK TWAIN SLEPT
• A growing number of artists, many of national and international repute, are calling this small Missouri town home.
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• 9. NOW HEAT IS ON CELTICS
• LeBron James scores 45 points and Miami averts elimination, defeating Boston 98-79 and forcing a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals.
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• 10. THIS POE TELLS LONG TALE

• Timothy Michael Poe, who has won over the crowd and the judges of NBC's "America's Got Talent," has been embellishing his military record, Minnesota Army National Guard officials say.
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AP News in Brief
Fundraising gluttony: Dash for cash by Obama and Romney comes at a cost in time and focus

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fundraising gluttony is in. Can a political stomach ache be far behind?
• President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney are on an unprecedented fundraising binge that shows no sign of ending.
• Motivated by the sheer terror of being outspent by one another, the two candidates are locked in an ever-escalating game of financial one-upmanship. And it

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