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Dish passes on making new offer for Sprint

Dish Network Corp. says a number of factors have made it impracticable for it to submit another offer to buy Sprint Nextel Corp. in time to beat a deadline set by the phone company. Sprint had given Dish until Tuesday to make its best and final offer. Sprint's demand came ...

'Dead zones' predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay

Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fish, shellfish and ...

Cape Wind gets $200M investment from Danish fund

The Cape Wind offshore wind project has secured a $200 million investment from a Danish pension fund in what the wind farm's president said Tuesday is a milestone for the long-delayed project. In a statement announcing the commitment, PensionDanmark's chief executive Torben Moger Pedersen noted the fund has already invested ...

Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley stands in Judge Cynthia Hathaway's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as the judge instructs jurors to continue to work toward a verdict after they sent her a note saying they are "stuck". The judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial. Weekley is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, John T. Greilick) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Jury can't reach verdict in Detroit cop's trial

A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew. Loud voices could be heard in the ...

North Carolina ousts Tigers from CWS with 4-2 win

Home runs are few and far between at the College World Series these days, which made Brian Holberton's first-inning shot all the more important for North Carolina. Holberton staked freshman starter Trent Thornton to a two-run lead before he even took the mound Tuesday, and No. 1 national seed Carolina ...

FILE - This June 29, 2011 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows James DeRosa. DeRosa is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, June 18, 2013 for the Oct. 2, 2000 murders of Curtis Plummer, 73, and Gloria Plummer, 70. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted last month against recommending that Gov. Mary Fallin commute DeRosa's death sentence to life in prison without parole. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections, File)

Okla. executes inmate convicted of killing couple

Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for the October 2000 stabbing deaths of a couple on whose ranch he had worked. James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was the second inmate the state executed this year. Prosecutors say DeRosa ...

Storm clouds are seen over Denver International Airport on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, where a tornado touched down and forced passengers and employees into shelters. No one was injured and there was no apparent damage. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Radar shows tornado touched down at Denver airport

Radar indicated a tornado briefly touched down Tuesday over the east runways of Denver International Airport, where thousands of people took shelter in bathrooms, stairwells and other safe spots until the dangerous weather passed, officials said. Airport spokeswoman Laura Coale reported no damage. Nine flights were diverted elsewhere during a ...

DreamWorks says TV revenue to hit $200M by 2015

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the studio behind "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda," said Tuesday that a new deal to provide original TV shows to Netflix will help it double the revenue it gets from TV shows to $200 million by 2015. The extra $100 million represents a 13 percent increase ...

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2001 file photo, rows of 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokees are lined up outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. In early June 2013, the company refused the government's request to recall the Jeeps. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contended that the gas tanks could rupture if hit from the rear, causing fires. NHTSA said 51 people had died in fiery crashes. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

After initially defying federal regulators, Chrysler abruptly agreed Tuesday to recall some older-model Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. But the recall, which came in an 11th-hour deal between the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, covers only 1.56 million of ...

Icahn changes tack, seeks $16B Dell stock buyback

Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort to take the struggling computer maker private. Icahn, now the company's second-largest shareholder after buying 72 million shares from fellow activist investor Southeastern Asset Management Inc., ...

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