Death toll in China earthquake exceeds 12,000
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:40:10 GMT
AP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.
Now the underdog, Clinton looks for win in W.Va.
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:46:24 GMT
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton collided with Barack Obama in the West Virginia primary on Tuesday, persisting in the Democratic presidential race despite dwindling chances and a lengthening delegate deficit. Obama campaigned lightly in the state, conceding defeat in advance while looking ahead to the Oregon primary later in the month and the fall campaign against John McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting.
Senate votes to halt oil reserve shipments
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:39:29 GMT
AP - The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel and could better be used to add supplies to a tight market and possibly lower prices.
Bombs kill 60 and wound 150 in western India
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:39:07 GMT
AP - Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said. The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and temples that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, said A.S. Gill, the state's police chief.
Pastor Hagee apologizes for anti-Catholic remarks
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:41:20 GMT
AP - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."
Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:13:56 GMT
AP - One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.
Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:36:35 GMT
AP - Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years starting as young as age 12 can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause.
NYC judge sentences Remy Ma to 8 years in prison
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:38:51 GMT
AP - A weeping Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub. "I feel so bad for all the physical and mental pain you've gone through," the Grammy-nominated rapper told the victim. "This has taken a toll on us and both our families. I would never wish you harm and I pray the best for all of us."
Man says JetBlue made him sit on toilet
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Tue, 13 May 2008 18:56:40 GMT
AP - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.
Ex-Patriots video assistant meets Goodell, Specter
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Tue, 13 May 2008 20:33:51 GMT
AP - Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh disclosed no new rules violations in the Spygate scandal during his meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or in the tapes that the league released Tuesday. The clips, shown after Walsh's nearly 3 1/2-hour meeting with Goodell, cut between shots of opposing coaches sending in signals and the play that followed.
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