Edwards gives Obama prized endorsement
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:02:16 GMT
AP - Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy.
Red Cross: Up to 128,000 may have died in Myanmar
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:49 GMT
AP - The Red Cross estimated Wednesday that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 ? a much higher figure than the government tally. The U.N. warned a second wave of deaths will follow unless the military regime lets in more aid quickly.
AP video shows China earthquake's first moments
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:55 GMT
AP - The moment that a devastating earthquake struck central China, the hills surrounding the city of Chengdu shook, people ran outside in confused panic, and a thick, white cloud of dust enveloped a mountain reserve.
McCain's wife sells Sudan-related investments
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:32 GMT
AP - Cindy McCain, whose husband has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African nation.
Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe
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Wed, 14 May 2008 23:59:55 GMT
AP - A woman accused of booking clients for a high-priced call girl ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Scandal-plagued attorney general of Ohio resigns
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:18:16 GMT
AP - Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.
US lists polar bear as threatened species
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Wed, 14 May 2008 23:59:00 GMT
AP - The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming.
Galaxy's youngest known supernova is 140 years old
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Wed, 14 May 2008 23:59:01 GMT
AP - Astronomers have discovered the youngest known supernova in the Milky Way galaxy, still just a baby at 140 years old. The scientists, who announced their findings Wednesday, used a radio observatory in New Mexico and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in space to identify when the supernova, or stellar, explosion occurred. They put the star-dying event at sometime around 1868.
Teen sells 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies
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Thu, 15 May 2008 00:05:32 GMT
AP - A Girl Scout sold 17,328 of the group's signature cookies this year by setting up shop on a street corner, shattering her troop's old mark and probably setting a national record. Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old from Dearborn, plans to travel to Europe with her troop with the proceeds from her feat.
Payton hits grand slam as Orioles beat Red Sox 6-3
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Wed, 14 May 2008 23:56:28 GMT
AP - Jay Payton hit his fourth career grand slam to back a gritty pitching effort by Daniel Cabrera, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 Wednesday for a two-game sweep.
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