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Escaped Inmate David Sweat Shot, Ending Three-Week Manhunt
Escaped Inmate David Sweat Shot, Ending Three-Week Manhunt



1. The search is over: After three weeks of hunting for two escaped prisoners convicted of murder, one has been killed and the other captured. David Sweat was in critical condition at an Albany hospital Sunday night. Read more here.


2. Anxious Greek pensioners are lining up outside of banks on Monday hoping to take their money out. Global markets 'plunged' following one of the worst weekends in Greece's five-year financial crisis, and many are predicting a messy default for Greece, and an exit from the Euro. Read more here.


3. Funerals continue in South Carolina, where the funeral for the victim whose husband said he forgave the suspect of the deadly shooting will be held Monday at the church where the attack took place. Read more here.


4. Ohio Governor John Kasich is set to announce throwing his hat into the crowded GOP 2016 race next month. The Governor is set to formally enter the race on July 21 from his alma mater, Ohio State University. Read more here, and see all the candidates in the race so far:


5. Investigators are looking into the possibility of a link between a cigarette butt and the blaze that injured almost 500 people at a Taiwan water park when colored powder that was being sprayed from the stage caught fire. Read more here.

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