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• 8. WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT GAY PRIDE PARADES--BESIDES SPEEDOS AND FORMAL GOWNS
• The more conventional participants are some of America's most well-known companies: From Starbucks to eBay to Macy's, corporations are becoming increasingly visible as sponsors.
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• 9. GROUP OF DEATH NOW FACES SUDDEN DEATH
• The U.S. makes it to the knockout phase of the World Cup, playing Belgium next week in the round of 16.
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• 10. WHO WENT 1-2-3 IN NBA DRAFT
• Cleveland chose Andrew Wiggins, Milwaukee selected Jabari Parker and Philadelphia took Joel Embiid.
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AP News in Brief
Obama seeks $500M to arm select Syrian rebels as fighting gets intertwined with Iraq conflict
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is seeking to bolster U.S. efforts to train and arm select members of the Syrian opposition, a move that comes amid increased U.S. concern that the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are becoming an intertwined fight against the same Sunni extremist group.
• Obama sent Congress a $500 million request Thursday for a Pentagon-run program that would significantly expand previous covert efforts to arm rebels fighting both the Sunni extremists and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. If approved by lawmakers, the program would in effect open a second front in the fight against militants spilling over Syria's border and threatening to overwhelm neighboring Iraq.
• Obama has long been reluctant to arm the Syrian opposition, in part because of concerns that weapons may fall into extremist hands. But administration officials say the U.S. has grown increasingly confident in recent months about its ability to distinguish the moderate rebels from the more extremist elements that include the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which has stormed into Iraq and captured much of the northern part of the country.
• The risk of U.S. weapons and ammunition falling into the wrong hands appears (Continued on page 24)
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