MSNBC’s Breaking and Most Viewed News [June 2011 Bulletin]

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Senior al-Qaida operative Ilyas Kashmiri, regarded as one of the world's most dangerous militants, has been killed by a U.S. drone strike, Pakistani intelligence officials and a militant group confirmed Saturday.

Source: US strike kills top al-Qaida militant in Pakistan

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Two members of a famed acrobatic family commemorated patriarch Karl Wallenda on Saturday by completing the stunt that killed him, walking between two towers of a seaside hotel on a wire 100 feet (31 meters) above the ground, without a net.

Source: 'Wallendas are still here': Acrobats fly again

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This time the river crossing was a lot slower, and a lot drier.

Source: Plane that landed in Hudson heads to NC museum

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Sarah Palin says she didn't mess up her history on Paul Revere.

Source: Palin: I didn't mess up Paul Revere history

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The USPS has stayed afloat by borrowing $12 billion from the U.S. Treasury. This year it will reach its statutory debt limit. After that, insolvency looms.

Source: The postal service is running out of options

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Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond said on Sunday he planned to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor, after his nomination was repeatedly opposed by Republicans.

Source: Obama Fed pick withdraws, cites party politics

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A forensic expert testified Monday in the Casey Anthony trial that the odor of human decomposition in an air sample taken from her car was "extremely, overwhelmingly strong."

Source: Anthony jury hears from air expert

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After days of denials, a choked-up New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner confessed Monday that he tweeted a bulging-underpants photo of himself to a young woman. "The picture was of me, I sent it."

Source: Weiner: 'The picture was of me, I sent it'

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A New Mexico man's decision to lash out with a billboard ad saying his ex-girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes has touched off a legal debate over free speech and privacy rights.

Source: Jilted ex-boyfriend puts up abortion billboard

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While police say conclusive evidence in the case of missing Northern California nursing student Michelle Le points to homicide, her family said they believe she is still alive.

Source: Cops: Missing Calif. nursing student likely killed