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  3 dead in Ind. floods, 1 in Ark. tornado AP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  REMINGTON, Ind. - Rescuers used a front-end loader to pluck a woman and three children from the roof of a sport utility vehicle that strayed into floodwaters on a rural road. But they were unable to reach her other two young children trapped inside the SUV.

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  Bhutto's death stokes regional rivalry AP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  KARACHI, Pakistan - When vast crowds paid their last respects to Benazir Bhutto before her burial, angry mourners from her native Sindh province chanted separatist slogans: "We don't want to be part of Pakistan!"

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  Best Buy nervous about TV conversion AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  LAS VEGAS - Best Buy Inc.'s chief executive said Tuesday that he is "very nervous" about being able to supply customers with the millions of digital TV converter boxes needed ahead of the shutdown of most analog TV transmissions in 13 months.

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  People's Choice Awards get around strike AP - Wed Jan 9, 5:43 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES - The stars of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" were among the fan favorites at the 34th annual People's Choice Awards on Tuesday, as CBS scrapped its usual live broadcast of the show in favor of a strike-friendly, pre-taped program.

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  Knicks, T'wolves snap losing streaks AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  It was a good night for a couple of the NBA's bad teams. And another reminder that the Miami Heat are now one of them. The New York Knicks snapped a seven-game losing streak, and league-worst Minnesota ended an eight-game skid. Of course, the Timberwolves did it by beating Miami, so maybe that wasn't saying much.

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  Clinton, McCain head to next campaign fights Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Led by Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, candidates fanned out across the country on Wednesday in a U.S. presidential race dramatically reshaped by their comeback wins in New Hampshire.

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  Bush arrives in Israel to press peace effort Reuters - 53 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - George W. Bush began his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories as U.S. president on Wednesday, saying he saw a new opportunity for peace he aims to nurture in the face of deep skepticism.

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  Iran warned of consequences of any new naval crisis Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Iran must bear the consequences of any new confrontation between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior U.S. official warned on Wednesday.

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  African Union head meets Kenya's feuding parties Reuters - 17 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed about 500 people.

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  North Korea still wants nuclear deal: U.S. envoy Reuters - Wed Jan 9, 4:59 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is still committed to an international disarmament-for-aid deal, a U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday, urging patience even though the reclusive state missed a deadline to list its nuclear arms program.

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  UK lawyer says Spain complicit in Guantanamo abuse Reuters - 26 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish authorities were complicit in the secret U.S. transfer of two British residents to Guantanamo Bay and took part in their interrogation there, a lawyer for the two men said on Wednesday.

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  A drink a day for a longer life: study Reuters - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking is healthy, exercise is healthy, and doing a little of both is even healthier, Danish researchers reported on Wednesday.

• Japan researcher proposes stem cell bank Reuters - Wed Jan 9, 2:56 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Creating a bank to store a new type of stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on Wednesday.

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  Bush in Israel to push Mideast peace AFP - 15 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said he saw a new opportunity for peace in the Holy Land as he arrived in Israel on Wednesday at the start of a landmark regional tour marked by escalating tensions with Iran.

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  Clinton gets sorely needed win over rival Obama AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AFP) - Hillary Clinton escaped with a much-needed upset win Tuesday in New Hampshire's key Democratic presidential nominating contest, beating Barack Obama and righting her listing campaign.

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  Georgian president seals re-election victory AFP - 49 minutes ago

  TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia's leader Mikheil Saakashvili won re-election Wednesday sealing a bitterly fought victory that his main challenger has refused to accept.

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  African Union chief meets political leaders in Kenya crisis talks AFP - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  NAIROBI (AFP) - African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenyan leaders on Wednesday to mediate an end to political turmoil following disputed presidential polls that sparked widespread violence and left at least 600 dead.

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  Stem cell treatment could work in decade: scientist AFP - Wed Jan 9, 5:43 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Stem cell technologies could be used to cure diseases and heal injuries within 10 years, a Japanese scientist who recently broke new ground in the field said Wednesday.

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  France headed for record 2007 trade deficit: analysts AFP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - France is on track to post a record trade deficit in 2007, following a huge surge in the shortfall in November that threatens to weigh heavily on prospects for the French economy.

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  EU drops antitrust case against Apple's iTunes AFP - 42 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Apple escaped on Wednesday a potentially costly antitrust battle with EU competition regulators after promising to cut British prices for music downloads on its popular iTunes online media store.

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  New Hampshire turning 'blue' The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Jan 8, 3:00 AM ET

  Exeter, N.H. - The Republican Party in New England's only "red state" may be going the way of the Old Man of the Mountain, the craggy icon of independence that crumbled a few years back in a rock slide.

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  Obama and McCain get early win in New Hampshire hamlet Reuters - Tue Jan 8, 1:02 AM ET

  DIXVILLE NOTCH (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama won seven of the 10 votes cast for Democrats in the first balloting of the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday in the northern hamlet of Dixville Notch, while Sen. John McCain won the Republican balloting.

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  More violence in Kenya as AU prepares for talks Reuters - Tue Jan 8, 6:10 PM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya suffered fresh violence overnight as the African Union prepared for talks on Wednesday to end post-election turmoil that has killed 500.

• A cold-war case of CIA detention still echoes The Christian Science Monitor - Tue Jan 8, 3:00 AM ET

  Behind the debate over the Central Intelligence Agency's destruction of videotapes depicting waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques lies a fundamental question: Can government officials use such aggressive tactics without violating US law?

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  US regulators set to approve cloned meat, milk: report AFP - Fri Jan 4, 11:23 AM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to declare milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring safe to eat as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.