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• 7. FTC: T-MOBILE MADE MILLIONS OFF BOGUS CHARGES
• The government claims the wireless carrier billed consumers for subscriptions to premium text services that were never authorized.
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• 8. JP MORGAN BOSS HAS THROAT CANCER
• Jamie Dimon, the CEO of the nation's biggest bank, says he will undergo treatment while remaining actively on the job.
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• 9. ARTHUR THREATENS U.S. HOLIDAY
• With the July Fourth weekend on the horizon, the Atlantic hurricane season's first named storm may mean a wet week for the East Coast.
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• 10. HOW THE U.S. WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE WORLD CUP
• With three extra-time goals in a thrilling match, Belgium came out with a 2-1 victory over the Americans and a quarterfinal match against Lionel Messi and Argentina.
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AP News in Brief
Ethnic Chechen who served in Georgian army is rising star of al-Qaida breakaway group
• BEIRUT (AP) -- A young, red-bearded ethnic Chechen has rapidly become one of the most prominent commanders in the breakaway al-Qaida group that has overrun swaths of Iraq and Syria, illustrating the international nature of the movement.
• Omar al-Shishani, one of hundreds of Chechens who have been among the toughest jihadi fighters in Syria, has emerged as the face of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, appearing frequently in its online videos -- in contrast to the group's Iraqi leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdad, who remains deep in hiding and has hardly ever been photographed.
• In a video released by the group over the weekend, al-Shishani is shown standing next to the group's spokesman among a group of fighters as they declare the elimination of the border between Iraq and Syria. The video was released just hours before the extremist group announced the creation of a caliphate -- or Islamic state -- in the areas it controls.
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