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Morning Digest: U.S. considers talks with Iran as Iraq insurgents advance

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06/16/2014

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U.S. considers talks with Iran as Iraq insurgents advance

MOSUL/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States is contemplating talks with its arch enemy Iran to support the Iraqi government in its battle with Sunni Islamist insurgents who routed Baghdad's army and seized the north of the country in the past week..

Israel expands West Bank hunt for missing teens, Palestinian killed

RAMALLAH West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces searching for three teenagers believed to have been kidnapped swept into a second West Bank city on Monday, touching off street confrontations in which they killed a Palestinian, witnesses and hospital officials said..

Medtronic to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion, rebase in Ireland

(Reuters) - U.S. medical device maker Medtronic Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to buy Covidien Plc for $42.9 billion in cash and stock and move its executive base to Ireland in the latest transaction aiming for lower corporate tax rates abroad..

'Jump Street' guns down 'Dragon' to lead weekend box office

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - "22 Jump Street," starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as cops who return to college undercover, collected $60 million in ticket sales at domestic theaters over the weekend, out-gunning animated "How to Train Your Dragon 2.".

San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat to clinch NBA title

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs delivered a decisive end to LeBron James' two-year reign atop the basketball world by routing the Miami Heat 104-87 on Sunday to win the NBA Finals four games to one..

In China, LinkedIn must beat local rivals, win over 'loser' workforce to avoid Google syndrome

BEIJING (Reuters) - After taking a social media drubbing in the West for accepting self-censorship in China, jobs networking site LinkedIn Corp faces bigger obstacles to growth in a market it is counting on - local rivals and a unique workforce mindset..

Warm blooded or cold? Dinosaurs were somewhere in between

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The hot question of whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded like birds and mammals or cold blooded like reptiles, fish and amphibians finally has a good answer..

Coast Guard rescues man trying to row from New York to Scotland

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man trying to row across the Atlantic from New York to a Scottish island was rescued during a storm early on Saturday by a U.S. Coast Guard team who plucked him from choppy waters off Long Island, an official with the agency said..