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We look at the players behind the 'spontaneous' protest that preceded the shutdown of Miami-Dade's recount.
Inside the forced shutdown of Iran's most popular reformist paper, Shargh.
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The Shutdown Corner AFC West draft review podcast with Greg Cosell
After a brief hiatus, our good buddy Greg Cosell of NFL Films, ESPN's NFL Matchup, and Shutdown Corner is back to talk a little football. And with more than a month passed since the draft, we thought it would be … Continue reading ?
June 17, 2013 - Shutdown Corner via Yahoo! Sports
43-day shutdown ends at Palisades
COVERT, Mich. – After a 43-day shutdown, the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwest Michigan went back on line Monday.
June 17, 2013 - South Bend Tribune
Power Ranking the Best Shutdown Cornerbacks in the NFL
True shutdown corners are rare in the NFL . And as offenses continue to develop and throw new wrinkles into the system every year, elite cornerbacks are becoming more and more valuable. The following five cornerbacks are the few who have established themselves as the game's shutdown corners. They're the ones who can be left on an island and consistently handle the league's elite receivers ...
June 17, 2013 - Bleacher Report

Timothy Keating in Guardian Unlimited
We will try to verify the shutdown of Yongbyon in support of and in coordination with other agencies like the IAEA,US Pacific Commander Timothy Keating told a news conference. "You bet, we're gonna pay very close attention."
Mohamed ElBaradei in Reuters UK
ElBaradei said: "Agency inspectors have observed that some equipment previously removed by North Korea during the disablement process has been brought back. This has not changed the shutdown status of the nuclear facilities at Yongbyon....
Paik Hak-soon in Forbes
By allowing the IAEA delegation to visit Yongbyon, the North demonstrated to the international community its will to keep the promise to carry out the shutdown and sealing,Paik said.