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  Clinton outlines anti-crime plan AP - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

  PHILADELPHIA - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing to spend $4 billion a year on anti-crime measures, including programs meant to reduce the number of ex-convicts who return to prison.

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  Dangerous animal virus on US mainland? AP - 55 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.

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  Michael Johns is booted from 'Idol' AP - 56 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Michael Johns is gone from "American Idol." The Australian-born singer was eliminated Thursday from Fox's popular singing competition as the contest was narrowed down to the top seven finalists following Wednesday's "Idol Gives Back" charity event.

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  Rose, Immelman share Masters lead AP - 23 minutes ago

  AUGUSTA, Ga. - Masters golf resumes this morning. England's Justin Rose and South Africa's Trevor Immelman share the first-round lead at 4-under-68. That's good for a one-shot lead over Englishman Lee Westwood and Americans Brian Bateman and Brandt Snedeker.

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  Olympic torch makes Latin American stop AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina is billing Friday's Olympic torch run as an easygoing street fiesta launched by a tango orchestra. But officials are worried enough about anti-China protests to mobilize thousands of police after protesters warned of a Buenos Aires "surprise."

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  GE reports unexpected profit drop, shares tumble Reuters - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

  BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co reported on Friday an unexpected 6 percent drop in profit, as the slumping U.S. economy and credit crunch drove down profits at its financial, industrial and healthcare units.

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  Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics Reuters - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it was outraged by a resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to claimed plots to attack the Beijing Olympics.

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  Iran cleric rejects Bush's accusations on Iraq Reuters - 47 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - An influential Iranian cleric on Friday rejected President George W. Bush's accusations that Iran was arming and funding Shi'ite militias in Iraq to kill American soldiers, state radio reported.

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  Obama closing superdelegates gap Reuters - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama is gaining steadily on Hillary Clinton among Democratic superdelegates, nearly erasing her last advantage in a presidential race where those party insiders could be the ultimate kingmakers.

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  Air strikes in Baghdad, Basra kill 12 Reuters - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and British forces killed 12 gunmen in air strikes on Iraq's southern oil-hub of Basra and the eastern Baghdad militia stronghold of Sadr City overnight, military officials said on Friday.

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  Russia army vows steps if Georgia, Ukraine join NATO Reuters - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will take military and other steps along its borders if ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia join NATO, Russian news agencies quoted the armed forces' chief of staff as saying on Friday.

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  Relief, pride in Nepal as counting starts after poll Reuters - Fri Apr 11, 3:48 AM ET

  KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Porters carried ballot boxes on their backs along mountain paths high in the Himalayas on Friday, to trucks, tractors and helicopters waiting to take them to counting centers after Nepal's first election in nine years.

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  Zimbabwe raises doubt on Mugabe attending summit Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe raised doubts on Friday over whether President Robert Mugabe would attend an emergency regional summit at the weekend to discuss deepening concern over a post election deadlock.

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  Opposition leader's lawyer arrested ahead of Zimbabwe summit AFP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President Robert Mugabe's regime on Friday of stepping up a crackdown by arresting its leader's lawyer ahead of a key summit on the country's post-election crisis.

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  IOC chiefs to end talks after week of protests AFP - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - International Olympic Committee chiefs met Friday to wrap up a week of meetings in Beijing that have been overshadowed by controversy surrounding China and disruptions to the Olympic torch relay.

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  Israel sends tanks, bulldozers into Gaza AFP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  BUREIJ, GAZA STRIP (AFP) - Israeli tanks and bulldozers, backed by helicopters, crossed into Gaza on Friday after the Jewish state vowed to retaliate against Hamas for an explosion of violence earlier this week.

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  Lungless frog could shed light on evolution: scientist AFP - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

  JAKARTA (AFP) - The discovery of a rare species of Indonesian frog that breathes without lungs could shed light on how evolution works, a scientist said Friday.

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  New drug protects against radiation damage: study AFP - Fri Apr 11, 4:06 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Researchers have developed a new drug that can protect healthy cells and bone marrow against anti-cancer radiation therapy and maybe even against the effects of a nuclear bomb, a study has shown.

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  Cadbury revenue rises, awaits shareholder vote AFP - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Cadbury Schweppes, the world's biggest maker of chocolate, said Friday that revenue grew during the first quarter at its confectionery arm, and its US drinks business being spun off by the group.

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  EDF readies British Energy bid worth 11 billion pounds AFP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - French electricity and nuclear power group EDF was assembling a takeover bid for British Energy worth more than 11 billion pounds (13.7 billion euros, 21.7 billion dollars), The Times reported on Friday.

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  Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study AFP - Wed Apr 9, 2:46 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey released Wednesday by Nature, Britain's top science journal.

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  Retirement jitters on the rise The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Apr 10, 4:00 AM ET

  A confluence of adverse forces – notably falling wealth and rising inflation – is making many Americans less confident about their well-being in retirement.

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  China says it foils Olympics terrorist plot Reuters - Thu Apr 10, 2:41 PM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities foiled plots to kidnap foreigners and carry out suicide attacks around the Beijing Olympics, police said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to the image of harmony China has sought to promote before the Games.