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  Beer executive could be next first lady AP - 3 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - On a spring day at a speedway in the South, John McCain posed with his wife, Cindy, and racing star Dale Earnhardt Jr., highlighting the couple's political and business interests in a single snapshot.

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  'American Idol' cuts another contestant AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  LOS ANGELES - Say goodbye, Malubay. Ramiele Malubay — the diminutive singer with the big voice — was booted from "American Idol" as the show trimmed the competition to eight hopefuls.

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  Sex therapists: A few minutes is best AP - 24 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great sex life.

• Toddlers can no longer marry in Ark AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas' marriage-age crisis is over. A law that mistakenly allowed anyone — even toddlers — to marry with parental permission was repealed by a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike Beebe, ending months of embarrassment for the state and confusion for county clerks.

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  Carmona, Silva, Saunders shine in AL AP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  Fausto Carmona felt that familiar sinking feeling. So did the Chicago White Sox, who pounded his signature sinker into the dirt over and over again in the Cleveland Indians' 7-2 win on Wednesday night.

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  Obama battles to limit expectations in Pennsylvania Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 1:05 AM ET

  WALLINGFORD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Barack Obama tried his hand at bowling, bottle-fed a calf at a dairy farm and toured a chocolate factory as he sought to connect with voters in Pennsylvania, a crucial state in the fight for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination.

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  NATO to endorse U.S. missile shield: U.S. official Reuters - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest were set to endorse a planned U.S. missile shield for Europe on Thursday, a senior U.S. official told reporters.

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  Mugabe's party ready for runoff, expects to win Reuters - 30 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party expects a runoff election and is confident President Robert Mugabe will retain power, Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said on Thursday.

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  Paulson says China market reforms to continue Reuters - 49 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China is too far down the road toward a market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S. financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.

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  Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S. Reuters - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against U.S. "occupation," a potentially destabilizing show of force after his followers battled U.S. and government troops.

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  France's Sarkozy confirms troops for Afghanistan Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 3:06 AM ET

  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed at a NATO summit on Thursday that France will send a battalion of troops to the east of Afghanistan as part of efforts to bolster the alliance's peacekeeping force.

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  Japan police arrest U.S. sailor for murder Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in the country.

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  Americans prefer energy fix to cancer cure: poll Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 12:44 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nationwide survey of nearly 700 people suggests that Americans would prefer more money be invested in technology to solve the nation's energy ailments than to cure cancer or other diseases.

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  NATO snubs Bush as it denies membership to Georgia, Ukraine AFP - 58 minutes ago

  BUCHAREST (AFP) - European leaders kept Georgia and Ukraine waiting at NATO's doorstep Thursday in a major setback for US President George W. Bush at his last summit of the transatlantic alliance.

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  Mugabe party ready for run-off to save president AFP - 22 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's ruling party geared up for a final battle to keep Robert Mugabe in power, saying Thursday it was ready for a presidential election run-off with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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  Chinese activist Hu Jia jailed ahead of Olympics: lawyer AFP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese activist Hu Jia was jailed Thursday for three-and-a-half years for subversion, his lawyer said as rights groups said the charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics.

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  Boeing says it has flown a hydrogen-powered plane AFP - 41 minutes ago

  OCANA, Spain (AFP) - US aircraft maker Boeing flew a plane earlier this year that was powered by a hydrogen battery in a first for the aviation industry that could herald a greener future, senior company officials said in Spain on Thursday.

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  Smallest black hole proves a giant find for science AFP - Thu Apr 3, 2:15 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The discovery in our own galaxy of the smallest black hole known in the universe is a feather in the cap for NASA, but it will present new challenges to future space travelers who may venture too close.

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  Alitalia reviews its options after Air France-KLM drop takeover bid AFP - 19 minutes ago

  ROME (AFP) - Alitalia's board of directors met Thursday to review the failing airline's options after Air France-KLM abandoned a bid to take over the Italian flagship and its chairman Maurizio Prato resigned.

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  Societe Generale trader has not laid dismissal case: source AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - The trader Jerome Kerviel who allegedly cost Societe Generale bank 4.9 billion euros with unauthorised activities has not begun a wrongful dismissal claim, a source close to him said on Thursday in response to a press report.

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  Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a leader: poll Reuters - Tue Apr 1, 9:50 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or more a year are far more likely to be a leadership type that other people.

• Rise of the 'rock star' school superintendent The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Mar 31, 4:00 AM ET

  ATLANTA - The list reads more like demands from a Hollywood agent than from a candidate to lead the schools for an antebellum-tinged suburb of Atlanta.

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  Jay-Z on verge of $150 million Live Nation deal: report Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 3:19 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay-Z is on the verge of a deal with concert promoter Live Nation worth about $150 million that rivals the biggest music contracts ever, the New York Times reported on its Web site on Wednesday.

• Naked cop proves arresting sight for Kiwi car thief Reuters - Mon Mar 31, 11:07 PM ET

  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A policeman in a small New Zealand town did not let the fact that he was naked hold him back from chasing a thief trying to steal his car.

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  McCain working on list of VP candidates Reuters - Wed Apr 2, 6:25 PM ET

  PENSACOLA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has begun a list of potential vice presidential running mates -- a decision he quipped was especially big "given my age."