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  Gas suspected in Ill. plaza explosion AP - 42 minutes ago

  WAUKEGAN, Ill. - Some shop owners smelled gas for the last couple of days at a shopping plaza rocked by an explosion that injured at least eight people and rattled nearby buildings, authorities said.

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  Candidates' backers not as predictable AP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton can bank on the support of women. Conservatives will never trust John McCain. Southern white men won't vote for Barack Obama.

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  Microsoft cuts price for boxed Vista AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday.

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  'American Idol' cuts 4 more contestants AP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Four more aspiring singers failed to convince viewers that they have what it takes to win the star-making talent contest "American Idol."

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  Nowitzki praises Duncan as Spurs win AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO - Dirk Nowitzki has seen this before from Tim Duncan. The Spurs star had another typically excellent game. His totals: 31 points, 15 rebounds — good enough to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 97-94 win over their in-state rival on Thursday night.

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  Obama has small lead in Texas, close in Ohio Reuters - Fri Feb 29, 1:07 AM ET

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama holds a slight lead on Hillary Clinton in Texas and has almost pulled even in Ohio before contests that could decide their Democratic presidential battle, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Friday.

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  Iraq council approves "Chemical Ali" hanging Reuters - Fri Feb 29, 2:51 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's presidency council has cleared the way for the long-delayed execution of Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as "Chemical Ali," to be carried out, Iraqi officials said on Friday.

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  Turkey confirms its troops withdrawn from Northern Iraq Reuters - 25 minutes ago

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military General Staff said on Friday that its troops had returned to bases in Turkey after a major ground offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq.

• Marine in Okinawa rape case released Reuters - 7 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine arrested earlier this month on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl was released to U.S. military custody on Friday, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Okinawa, southern Japan, said.

• Britain to withdraw Prince Harry from Afghanistan Reuters - 35 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan immediately, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, after news leaked on the Internet that he had been secretly fighting on the front lines for 10 weeks.

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  Israel minister warns Palestinians of "shoah" Reuters - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli defense official said on Friday that Palestinians firing rockets from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would bring upon themselves what he termed a "shoah," the Hebrew word for holocaust or disaster.

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  Toxin ricin found in Las Vegas hotel room: media Reuters - 9 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ricin, a deadly poison, was discovered in a hotel room in Las Vegas but officials don't believe the incident is terrorism-related, media reported on Friday.

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  Putin seeks big voter turnout to help successor Reuters - 59 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin appealed to Russians to vote in large numbers on Sunday in a presidential election he hopes will hand his chosen successor a convincing victory and rebuff opponents who call his democracy a sham.

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  Iraq approves execution of 'Chemical Ali' AFP - Fri Feb 29, 4:58 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's presidency has endorsed the execution for genocide of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's enforcer known to the world as "Chemical Ali" for ordering gas attacks on Kurds in the 1980s, Iraqi and US officials said on Friday.

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  Prince Harry pulled out of Afghanistan after cover blown AFP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The British military decided Friday to pull Prince Harry "immediately" out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment leaked out in the media, the Ministry of Defence said.

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  Kenya leaders thrash out details of sharing power AFP - 40 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's rival camps sat down Friday to hammer out the details of a power-sharing deal signed by President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to end a bloody two-month political crisis.

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  Turkish army says offensive in Iraq over AFP - 12 minutes ago

  ANKARA (AFP) - The Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq "achieved its objective" and the troops began returning home on Friday morning, the military said.

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  Australian scientists in Lou Gehrig's disease breakthrough AFP - Fri Feb 29, 3:11 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian scientists Friday said they have discovered a gene abnormality responsible for the crippling condition known as Lou Gehrig's disease, which causes gradual paralysis in sufferers.

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  Oil price strikes record high above 103 dollars AFP - 54 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The price of New York crude oil hit an all-time high point of 103.05 dollars per barrel on Friday owing to record weakness of the dollar but then fell back, traders said.

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  Dollar slides to record low against euro AFP - 46 minutes ago

  LONDON, Feb 29, 2008 (AFP) - The dollar slumped to a fresh record low point against the euro on Friday and a near three-year trough versus the yen on increasing worries about the weakness of the US economy, traders said.

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  Blind Irishman sees with the aid of son's tooth in his eye AFP - Thu Feb 28, 1:30 AM ET

  DUBLIN (AFP) - An Irishman blinded by an explosion two years ago has had his sight restored after doctors inserted his son's tooth in his eye, he said on Wednesday.

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  Vast immigrant smuggling ring smashed in L.A. Reuters - Thu Feb 28, 1:33 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials said on Thursday they had dismantled a Guatemalan human smuggling ring that brought more than 100 illegal immigrants a week into the Los Angeles area.

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  Bush raps Obama pledge to meet hostile leaders Reuters - Thu Feb 28, 6:07 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday sharply criticized foreign policies advocated by Democratic front-runner Barack Obama, saying it would be a mistake to meet the leaders of Iran and Cuba without preconditions or swiftly change course in Iraq.

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  Help hard to get for troubled home owners Reuters - Wed Feb 27, 8:08 AM ET

  DETROIT (Reuters) - As the housing crisis deepens, major lenders say they will help borrowers avoid foreclosure, but nonprofit groups and others say their actions are not living up to their promises.

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  U.S. sends warship off Lebanon coast Reuters - Thu Feb 28, 6:52 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Signaling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a show of support amid Beirut's political crisis, U.S. officials said on Thursday.