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  Tornado hits central Arkansas AP - 52 minutes ago

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The National Weather Service says an unknown number of people were injured when a tornado swept through the Little Rock, Arkansas, area last night. At the North Little Rock Airport, the tornado destroyed a hangar and several small planes and left several others flipped over onto their wings.

• Britain seeks pedophiles Facebook ban AP - 54 minutes ago

  LONDON - The British government wants to ban convicted pedophiles from using social networking Web sites such as Facebook, the Home Office said Friday.

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  Rapper Remy Ma plans NYC jail nuptials AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Rapper Remy Ma isn't letting jail derail her wedding plans. The Grammy-nominated artist aims to marry her fiance, fellow rapper Papoose, at the city's Rikers Island jail while she awaits her sentencing for shooting a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000, lawyer Ivan Fisher said.

• Hawk swoops, attacks girl at Fenway Park AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  BOSTON - Once again, an A-Rod got an unfriendly welcome from the home of Red Sox Nation. This time, it was 13-year-old Alexa Rodriguez and not the Yankees All-Star third baseman Alex Rodriguez. She was touring Fenway Park on a school trip Thursday and was attacked by a resident red-tailed hawk that drew blood from her scalp. Rodriguez wasn't seriously hurt.

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  Nady, Pirates beat Braves in 10 innings AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - Xavier Nady drove in Nyjer Morgan with a 10th-inning single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Thursday night.

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  U.S. economy sheds 80,000 jobs in March Reuters - 12 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. employers cut payrolls for a third month in a row in March, slashing 80,000 jobs for the biggest monthly job decline in five years as the economy headed into a downturn, government data on Friday showed.

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  Clinton and Obama spar over long Democratic contest Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 1:10 AM ET

  PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Depending on who is talking, Hillary Clinton should either drop out of the race for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination for the good of the party or fight on because all voters have a right to be heard.

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  Petraeus to update Congress on Iraq Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 2:11 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, will not promise Congress large troop withdrawals beyond July, saying it is too soon to make decisions about the second half of the year, defense officials say.

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  King still roils U.S. politics 40 years after death Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 1:18 AM ET

  MEMPHIS (Reuters) - Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in a racially charged assassination, the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics.

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  Fed officials play down rate cut expectations Reuters - 2 minutes ago

  PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - For the second time this week, a senior Federal Reserve official conceded the United States economy could slip into recession, but suggested the central bank should wait to see if more rate cuts are needed.

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  Putin happy U.S. heard its missile shield concerns Reuters - 3 minutes ago

  BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he was encouraged that Washington had listened to Russian concerns about the planned U.S. missile shield site and said discussions would continue.

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  Aircraft bombings in "revenge for Iraq": court Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Six Britons accused of plotting to blow up at least seven transatlantic airliners recorded martyrdom videos saying the attacks were revenge for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a London court heard on Friday.

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  Mugabe's party expects to fight runoff Reuters - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - The leadership of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party met on Friday to decide whether President Robert Mugabe should contest a runoff vote against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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  Mugabe gathers top lieutenants after parliament poll defeat AFP - 18 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and top aides thrashed out his survival prospects Friday as the opposition upped pressure for presidential poll results to be declared after its parliamentary victory.

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  Tensions rise at Russia-NATO summit AFP - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

  BUCHAREST, April 4, 2008 (AFP) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday started a tense summit with NATO leaders amid mounting tensions over US anti-missile defence plans and the alliance's expansion toward Russian territory.

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  Nations inch towards new climate deal AFP - 22 minutes ago

  BANGKOK, April 4, 2008 (AFP) - More than 160 nations are working Friday to clear the initial hurdle in drafting an ambitious new treaty on global warming, expected for the first time to consider rising emissions from planes and ships.

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  Domestic violence exacts lasting toll on women: UN study AFP - Fri Apr 4, 1:05 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Injuries inflicted to women by violent male partners extends well beyond the short term, according to a 10-nation survey of domestic violence released on Friday.

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  Study pours cold water on drinking eight glasses a day AFP - Fri Apr 4, 1:07 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Drinking enough to quench your thirst is sufficient for the body's needs, and there is no evidence to support the common advice to drink eight glasses of water a day, according to a new study.

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  EDF might make takeover bid for British Energy AFP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - French state-owned electricity and nuclear power group EDF might bid to takeover British Energy, valued at 8.8 billion euros, the La Tribune economy newspaper reported here on Friday.

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  UBS under attack as former head urges investment bank sale AFP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  ZURICH (AFP) - Embattled Swiss banking giant UBS faced calls for its break up on Friday as its former boss called for the sale of the troubled investment banking unit and the head of its newly installed chairman.

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  Pregnant man tells Oprah: It's a miracle Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 12:43 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.

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  Diamond thong the highlight of Singapore show Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 9:23 AM ET

  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A diamond thong worth S$168,000 ($122,000) was the highlight of a lingerie fashion show in Singapore on Thursday.

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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 than other people.

• Study pours cold water on drinking eight glasses a day AFP - Fri Apr 4, 1:07 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Drinking enough to quench your thirst is sufficient for the body's needs, and there is no evidence to support the common advice to drink eight glasses of water a day, according to a new study.

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  Cypriots tear down barricades on division symbol Reuters - Thu Apr 3, 3:56 AM ET

  NICOSIA (Reuters) - Greek and Turkish Cypriots pulled down on Thursday barricades separating them for half a century on Ledra Street, a thoroughfare which has come to symbolize partition on war-divided Cyprus.