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  Report: Worrisome rise in underweight babies AP - 45 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in poverty.

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  Casino debuts new touch-screen bar table AP - 47 minutes ago

  LAS VEGAS - Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.

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  Closing arguments to begin at R. Kelly trial AP - 49 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - A total of 34 prosecution and defense witnesses have testified in R. Kelly's child pornography trial. As the case comes to a close, someone won't be taking the stand: The man on trial himself.

• Utah town may revise ban on bikinis at city pool AP - 50 minutes ago

  KANAB, Utah - A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead to poolside G-strings.

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  US Open to begin today with Tiger testing knee AP - 53 minutes ago

  SAN DIEGO - The 108th U.S. Open gets under way at Torrey Pines this morning as golfers compete in the second major of the year. Players will tackle the 7,643-yard South course at the San Diego facility, the longest track in major championship history.

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  First lock on Mississippi River closes amid flood Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 4:25 AM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first lock and dam on the upper Mississippi River closed to barge traffic on Thursday due to flood conditions that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of corn and soybeans, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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  Donors pledge over $15 billion for Afghanistan Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  PARIS (Reuters) - Donors led by the United States pledged more than $15.54 billion in aid for Afghanistan on Thursday but said Kabul must do more to fight corruption and the international assistance must be better coordinated.

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  Six killed by tornadoes ripping through Midwest Reuters - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Tornadoes killed four people at a boy scout camp in Iowa and two others in Kansas late on Wednesday as more than 30 twisters ripped through the Midwest, rescue officials said.

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  China denies hacking U.S. lawmakers' computers Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 5:16 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday dismissed accusations from two United States lawmakers that it had hacked their office computers as alarmist and unfounded.

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  Zimbabwe police arrest senior opposition official Reuters - 46 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe police arrested the opposition MDC's secretary general as he arrived in the country on Thursday, in the latest move against the party ahead of a June 27 presidential run-off vote, party officials said.

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  China and Taiwan start talks but avoid politics Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official will visit Beijing's often bitter political rival Taiwan later this year, state media said on Thursday, as the two sides sat down to their first formal talks in almost a decade.

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  Israel's Barak makes move towards early election Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 5:10 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel edged closer on Thursday to an early election over corruption allegations against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after a key coalition partner voiced support for legislation that would force a ballot.

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  Japan stabbing suspect "wanted someone to stop me" Reuters - Thu Jun 12, 4:45 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - A 25-year-old factory worker arrested over the killing of seven people in a frenzied attack on a crowd of shoppers in Tokyo has told police he wanted someone to stop him, Japanese media said on Thursday.

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  US coalition releases video of Pakistan air strikes AFP - Thu Jun 12, 4:06 AM ET

  KABUL (AFP) - The US-led coalition in Afghanistan on Thursday deflected accusations that it killed 11 Pakistani soldiers in an air strike, releasing video footage which it says shows its forces targeting insurgents.

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  Ireland votes in knife-edge EU poll AFP - Thu Jun 12, 5:41 AM ET

  DUBLIN, June 12, 2008 (AFP) - Irish voters are voting Thursday in a knife edge referendum on the EU reform treaty which threatens to plunge the 27-nation bloc into new crisis if it is rejected.

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  Afghanistan seeks 50 billion dollars at aid conference AFP - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday sought 50 billion dollars to rebuild his country at an international aid conference expected to raise more than 15 billion dollars to launch his campaign.

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  China, Taiwan agree to exchanges during historic talks AFP - 45 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - China and Taiwan agreed on Thursday to set up their first ever offices in each others' territories, as they began historic talks aimed at consolidating a dramatic rapprochement and building trade ties.

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  New telescope launched to canvass the cosmos AFP - Thu Jun 12, 3:47 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astronomers will get a chance to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays and look deeper into the universe and its origins after NASA launched the high-tech GLAST telescope into orbit .

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  Oil prices drop after five-dollar surge AFP - 24 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Thursday as the dollar strengthened and after a five-dollar gain in response to a US government report that showed American crude reserves dipped for a fourth week running.

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  InBev shares up after Anheuser-Busch bid AFP - 20 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - Shares in Belgian-Brazilian brewing giant gained nearly 3.0 percent on Thursday after launching 46 billion dollar (30 billion euro) bid to takeover US rival Anheuser-Busch.

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  North America tomato industry reeling: growers Reuters - Tue Jun 10, 3:52 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's tomato industry is in "complete collapse" and growers in California and Mexico are having trouble selling their crops as U.S. regulators hunt the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to certain tomato varieties, growers said on Tuesday.

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  Two truck drivers die as fuel protests spread across Europe AFP - Tue Jun 10, 4:49 PM ET

  MADRID (AFP) - Two lorry drivers were killed on picket lines in Spain and Portugal on Tuesday as strikes by thousands of truckers over soaring fuel prices turned deadly.

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  Eldest child in Austria incest case wakes from coma Reuters - Tue Jun 10, 8:44 AM ET

  VIENNA (Reuters) - The eldest daughter from an incestuous relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and his daughter who he kept locked in a cellar for 24 years has been revived from an artificial coma, hospital sources said on Tuesday.