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    • Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement

      - 05/09/2008 04:55 PM CDT

      Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.

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    • Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector

      - 05/09/2008 04:50 PM CDT

      Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.

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    • Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar, but so is rain VIDEO

      - 05/09/2008 04:45 PM CDT

      More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar - but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.

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    • NC officials: Fatal twister could have been worse

      - 05/09/2008 03:20 PM CDT

      Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell.

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    • Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness

      - 05/09/2008 04:50 PM CDT

      Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday.

    • Calls mount for Olmert's resignation

      - 05/09/2008 02:25 PM CDT

      Calls for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation mounted on Friday as police probed allegations that he accepted hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars in cash-stuffed envelopes from a U.S. citizen.

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    • Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1

      - 05/09/2008 10:43 AM CDT

      Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina.

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    • Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize

      - 05/09/2008 04:45 PM CDT

      A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.

    • Clinton presses on, urges supporters to ignore calls to quit

      - 05/09/2008 06:04 AM CDT

      Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.

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    • US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest

      - 05/09/2008 12:36 PM CDT

      The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul.

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    • 'Best Santa ever' arrested in N.J. on child sex charges

      - 05/09/2008 04:13 AM CDT

      A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen."

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    • More shoppers seeking shelter from economy in discounters

      - 05/09/2008 01:54 AM CDT

      Caught in the maelstrom of higher gas and food prices, Americans - even more affluent ones - are seeking shelter in wholesale clubs and discount apparel chains.

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    • 7 more cops pulled from Philly streets over taped beating

      - 05/09/2008 09:59 AM CDT

      Seven more police officers were taken off street duty Thursday as investigators look into the videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects during a traffic stop.

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    • Church records offer rare look inside polygamist families

      - 05/09/2008 09:59 AM CDT

      Hand-scrawled records taken from a polygamist sect are helping untangle the spider-web network of family relationships at the Yearning For Zion ranch, where some husbands had more than a dozen wives.

    • Obama accuses McCain of 'losing his bearings'

      - 05/09/2008 08:24 AM CDT

      Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.

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    • UN blasts Myanmar for visa policy on aid workers VIDEO

      - 05/09/2008 06:29 AM CDT

      Myanmar's refusal to give visas to relief experts is "unprecedented" in the history of humanitarian work, the United Nations charged Friday.

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    • Obama gets big welcome, fresh support on Capitol tour

      - 05/09/2008 12:44 AM CDT

      Sen. Barack Obama got a front-runner's welcome back at the Capitol Thursday, pressing congressional "superdelegates" to support him in a visit that had the look and feel of a campaign victory lap.

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    • Housing aid bills face vetoes by President Bush

      - 05/08/2008 06:12 PM CDT

      The House on Thursday passed a massive homeowner rescue plan to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to half a million debt-ridden borrowers and bolster an economy crippled by the housing crisis.

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    • Sectarian street clashes in Beirut boil up into gunbattles

      - 05/08/2008 05:42 PM CDT

      Running gunbattles raged in parts of Beirut on Thursday after the leader of Hezbollah accused Lebanon's Western-backed government of declaring war on his Shiite militant group. At least four people were killed and eight wounded in the capital.

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    • Olympic flame summits Mount Everest

      - 05/08/2008 03:37 PM CDT

      Cheering mountaineers raised the Olympic torch at the summit of the world's highest peak Thursday, producing the triumphant image that China has longed for in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

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    • Putin signals he intends to stay in charge of Russia

      - 05/08/2008 05:42 PM CDT

      When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign important documents and decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power to Russia's new president. When Putin left the Kremlin, he took the pen with him. Putin, who became prime minister Thursday, has signaled that he intends to remain Russia's principal leader, at least in the short term - and possibly much longer. He is keeping the trappings of his presidency and many of its powers as well.

    • Authorities: Fla. courthouse shooter had ammo, gas mask

      - 05/08/2008 01:26 PM CDT

      About 12 seconds was all it took for two bailiffs to gun down a man who shot at them in a courthouse lobby, and authorities said the swift response helped prevent anyone else from being seriously hurt.

    • Obama: I'm not taking nomination for granted

      - 05/08/2008 11:37 AM CDT

      Barack Obama is trying to win over superdelegates and says he's not taking the Democratic presidential nomination for granted.

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    • Residents says Iraqi soldiers warn them to leave Sadr City

      - 05/08/2008 10:42 AM CDT

      Iraqi soldiers for the first time warned residents in the embattled Sadr City district to leave their houses Thursday, signaling a new push by the U.S.-backed forces against Shiite extremist who have been waging street battles for seven weeks.

    • AP Interview: Paulson says credit crisis may be fading

      - 05/08/2008 02:49 AM CDT

      The worst of the nation's credit crisis may have passed, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday, though he acknowledged rising gas prices will blunt the effect of 130 million economic stimulus checks.

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    • UN: Relief flights to Myanmar have not received clearance

      - 05/08/2008 08:45 AM CDT

      A U.N. official says Myanmar's government has not given clearance for relief flights to land with food aid for cyclone survivors.

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    • US: Former Gitmo prisoner carries out recent attack in Iraq

      - 05/07/2008 09:59 PM CDT

      A Kuwaiti freed from Guantanamo Bay carried out a suicide car bombing recently in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday, confirming what is believed to be the first such attack by a former detainee at the U.S. military detention center in Cuba.

    • Clinton vows to press on as time, options running out

      - 05/07/2008 10:09 PM CDT

      Her money drained and her options dwindling, a resolute Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to press on with her presidential bid even as she and top advisers were hard-pressed to describe a realistic path for her to wrest the nomination from Barack Obama.

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    • Bush criticizes new Cuban leadership

      - 05/07/2008 11:33 PM CDT

      President Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform" and rejected calls for easing of U.S. restrictions on the communist island.

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    • Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash

      - 05/07/2008 07:08 PM CDT

      A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage.

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