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Obama gains fresh burst with North Carolina win, loses Indiana to Clinton
WASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama easily captured North Carolina on Tuesday and narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton in Indiana, rebounding with a fresh burst after his roughest few weeks ...
Obama wins North Carolina in Democratic race; Clinton leading in Indiana
WASHINGTON - Democratic front-runner Barack Obama easily captured North Carolina and was running just behind Hillary Clinton in Indiana, rebounding with a fresh burst of energy after his roughest few ...
Japanese, Chinese leaders pledge cooperation on gas dispute, future relations
TOKYO - The leaders of Japan and China say they will work toward resolving a sometimes bitter dispute over maritime gas deposits. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda are hol...
Minnesota couple claims $180 million Powerball jackpot
ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Paul and Sue Rosenau say they already have everything they need, so their lives won't change that much after winning a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot. "We realize that money is...
Baby satisfactory after being found in yard waste bin
ST. LOUIS - Remembering a forecast of rain, Wesley Falker decided to dump his grass clippings in a yard waste bin rather than leave them until morning. Falker now thinks a higher power was making s...
8 in NYC accused of torturing, robbing drug dealers
NEW YORK - A gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by holding their families hostage or threatening to squeeze t...
Man who killed girlfriend is executed - 1st inmate put to death in US after 7-month pause
JACKSON, Georgia - A man who killed his live-in girlfriend was executed Tuesday, the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections. Willia...
TV video shows Philly officers kicking, hitting 3 suspects
PHILADELPHIA - A half-dozen police officers kicked and beat three men pulled from a car during a traffic stop as a TV helicopter taped the confrontation. The video, shot by WTXF-TV, shows three pol...
Suspect dies after shootout in wealthy west London neighbourhood
LONDON - British authorities say a suspected gunman is dead after trading fire with police while holed up in a house in a wealthy west London neighbourhood. Marksmen from Britain's Metropolitan pol...
First international aid reaches Myanmar after devastating cyclone
YANGON, Myanmar - International aid began to trickle into Myanmar on Tuesday, but the stricken Irrawaddy Delta, the country's rice bowl where 22,000 people perished and twice as many are missing, rema...
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