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  Astronauts to work on giant robot AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.

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  New sales program pays Facebook members AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout so far has proven to be a better place for promoting fun and games than peddling products.

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  'American Idol' axes first finalist AP - 48 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - A juicy backstory wasn't enough to keep David Hernandez on "American Idol." The 24-year-old ex-stripper from Glendale, Ariz., was dismissed Wednesday, leaving 11 aspiring singers to vie for the "Idol" title and a record contract.

• Conn. school backs off candy punishment AP - 28 minutes ago

  NEW HAVEN, Conn. - An eighth-grade honors student who was suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of his title as class vice president after he was caught with contraband candy in school will get his student council post back, school officials said.

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  Rockets top Hawks for 20th straight win AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - The Houston Rockets became the third team in NBA history to win 20 consecutive games, tying for the league's second-longest winning streak with an 83-75 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.

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  New York Gov. Spitzer resigns but more woes likely Reuters - Thu Mar 13, 2:26 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Resigning over reports he paid for a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal.

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  Race flap forces Clinton supporter to quit Reuters - Thu Mar 13, 12:36 AM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - A high-profile supporter quit Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on Wednesday after a remark about black Democratic rival Barack Obama was interpreted as racist.

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  Rockets hit Israel after West Bank raid Reuters - 39 minutes ago

  GAZA (Reuters) - Islamic Jihad fired rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, in renewed violence that threatened prospects for an Egyptian-brokered truce.

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  U.S. passion for guns has roots in hunting Reuters - 26 minutes ago

  FORT WORTH (Reuters) - The life-sized stuffed animals at the massive Cabela's store in Fort Worth can give the impression of being in a natural history museum.

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  U.S. soldiers, militia exchange fire in south Iraq Reuters - 24 minutes ago

  KUT, Iraq (Reuters) - Fighters from the Shi'ite Mehdi Army and U.S. soldiers exchanged rocket and mortar fire on Thursday, threatening a ceasefire declared by the militia's leader, the anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al Sadr.

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  Former Democratic Sen. Metzenbaum dies: media Reuters - Thu Mar 13, 4:56 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, a self-made millionaire who championed workers and consumers during almost 20 years in the Senate, has died at age 90, according to media reports on Thursday.

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  China sees conspiracy behind Olympics criticisms Reuters - Thu Mar 13, 5:20 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China said the United States is unfit to present itself as a "defender of human rights" and a senior official accused Western critics of conspiring to use the Beijing Olympic Games to subvert Communist Party rule.

• Feb retail sales tumble unexpectedly Reuters - 6 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales plunged 0.6 percent in February, the Commerce Department said on Thursday in a report that showed a worried consumer as the economy dramatically slowed.

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  Gaza violence lull ends with Israeli strikes, rockets AFP - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago

  GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip Thursday after militants rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day lull and threatening efforts to strike a more permanent truce.

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  Serbia calls early vote over EU, Kosovo dispute AFP - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

  BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved the parliament and called early legislative elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over ties with the EU and Kosovo's disputed independence.

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  Suicide attack, clashes kill 20 in Afghanistan AFP - 31 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - A suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of US troops killed six Afghan civilians in Kabul on Thursday, while fresh violence in the restive south left at least 15 Taliban fighters and policemen dead.

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  Tibetan marchers arrested in India: police official AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  DEHRA, India (AFP) - Indian police Thursday arrested 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk to their homeland as part of a major protest ahead of the Beijing Olympics, although the demonstrators vowed the march would go on.

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  Short sleepers more likely to be fat: Japanese study AFP - 23 minutes ago

  TOKYO (AFP) - Men who sleep fewer than five hours a night run greater risks of becoming obese and of having high levels of blood sugar that could lead to diabetes, a Japanese study showed.

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  Global markets dive on US credit woes, weak dollar AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Asian and European stock markets plunged on Thursday as investor sentiment was hammered by resurgent credit concerns, the plunging dollar and record high oil prices, dealers said.

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  Dollar rocked by rising US recession fears AFP - 38 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The dollar slumped to a fresh record low against the euro and below 100 yen Thursday on mounting fears of a US recession, driving gold to an all-time high of 997.10 dollars an ounce, dealers said.

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  Scientists find 'master' breast cancer gene AFP - Wed Mar 12, 2:13 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Geneticists have identified a super gene which causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly process by which the disease spreads to other organs, according to a study released Wednesday.

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  Afghan war trend worse than Iraq: U.S. trainer Reuters - Wed Mar 12, 11:25 AM ET

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The tide of the war in Afghanistan is running against the United States and its allies, in contrast to an improving trend in Iraq, a U.S. military official and counter-insurgency expert said on Wednesday.

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  Will Spitzer make list of politicians who survive scandal? The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Mar 12, 4:00 AM ET

  NEW YORK - In politics, there are scandals and then there are scandals that end careers.

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  McCain begins vice president search, mum on Romney Reuters - Wed Mar 12, 7:22 PM ET

  MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Wednesday he has begun the process of finding a vice presidential running mate and wants someone who shares his views and can take his place.

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  U.S. sees long fight to oust Al Qaeda in Mosul The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Mar 12, 4:00 AM ET

  Mosul, Iraq - US and Iraqi troops are now repairing breaches in an earthen berm, a 20-foot high barricade built around this northern city in 2004. It's perhaps the most visible part of a grinding fight for control of the last supposed urban stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq.