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On Thursday, the New York City Health Board in an 8-0 vote, with one abstention, to approve Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal of banning sugared beverages 16. Oz or larger to be sold at any type of eatery that receives a grade for food service.

Senator John McCain tells reporters that US Ambassador Christopher Stevens, who was killed along with three other American staff members in the embassy attacks in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday, that Stevens was "one of the finest people I've ever known in my life," as reported by Yahoo News

Tuesday's deadly attacks on the US embassy in the city of Benghazi in Libya in which three embassy staff members and the US ambassador Christopher Stevens have been killed has been attributed to Islamist fundamentalist angered by a US film which derided the Muslim religion and prophet Mohammad.