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  Report: New NY governor admits affair AP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  ALBANY, N.Y. - With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.

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  Astronauts to attach robot to station AP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - Now that the space station's new robot is fully assembled, astronauts prepared to attach the giant machine directly to the orbiting outpost for the first time on Tuesday.

• Amazon says Vista SP1 to arrive Tuesday AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  SEATTLE - A major package of updates and security fixes for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will be available for download Tuesday, according to Amazon.com Inc.'s Web site.

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  Diddy denies LA Times' Tupac story AP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Sean "Diddy" Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.

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  NCAA tourney starts tonight with play-in AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  DAYTON, Ohio - The NCAA men's basketball tournament begins tonight with the play-in game between Coppin State and Mount St. Mary's.

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  Markets set for big Fed rate cut as turmoil persists Reuters - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to slash interest rates by as much as a whole percentage point at its policy meeting later on Tuesday as investors warily await investment bank results that could aggravate fears of a full-blown markets crisis.

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  China and Dalai Lama trade barbs over Tibetan riots Reuters - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the Dalai Lama on Tuesday of orchestrating Tibetan riots to wreck Beijing's Olympic Games, but the exiled spiritual leader denied the charge and vowed to stand down if the violence spiraled out of control.

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  Obama seeks to quell pastor controversy in speech Reuters - 28 minutes ago

  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama will seek to quell a controversy over inflammatory rhetoric by his former pastor in a speech on Tuesday on the issue of race.

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  U.S., Russia fail to agree on missile shield: report Reuters - 26 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Basic disagreements remain between Moscow and Washington over U.S. plans for a missile defence shield, the Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday, quoting a source close to talks between the two countries' foreign and defense ministers.

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  Iraq reconciliation talks hit by walkouts Reuters - 49 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A conference to reconcile Iraq's warring political groups began to unravel even before it got under way on Tuesday, with the main Sunni Muslim Arab bloc pulling out and protesting it had not been properly invited.

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  High court considers landmark gun-rights case Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court considers on Tuesday a landmark legal battle over gun rights, taking up for the first time in nearly 70 years whether Americans have the right to keep and bear arms.

• Feb home starts fell 0.6 pct to 1.065 mln pace Reuters - 6 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home building projects started in February fell by 0.6 percent to a higher-than-expected annual rate while building permit activity, a sign of future construction plans, dropped off 7.8 percent, a government report on Tuesday showed.

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  "Diddy" Combs linked to Tupac shooting: report Reuters - Mon Mar 17, 8:23 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times has linked two former associates of rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs to a 1994 assault on singer Tupac Shakur and suggested Combs knew of the attack in advance. Combs called the story "a lie."

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  Dalai Lama offers to resign, Tibet exiles say 19 more dead in China AFP - 27 minutes ago

  DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - The Dalai Lama vowed Tuesday he would resign as leader of Tibet's exiles if violence back home worsened, just hours before his aides said 19 people were killed in new demonstrations.

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  World markets attempt rebound before Fed decision AFP - 13 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets rallied sharply on Tuesday before a widely expected sharp cut in US interest rates by the Federal Reserve to fight the global credit crisis which sank Bear Stearns, dealers said.

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  Under pressure, Obama to tackle race in major speech AFP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama was expected Tuesday to take on directly the testy issue of race in politics in a major address aimed at distancing himself from the inflammatory statements by his former pastor.

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  French rogue trader Kerviel released on bail AFP - 18 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was freed on bail Tuesday while French investigators continue their probe into his role in the biggest ever bank trading scam, the prosecutor's office said.

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  UN refugee agency says Iraq fuelling rise in asylum seekers AFP - Tue Mar 18, 5:18 AM ET

  GENEVA (AFP) - Iraqis are still fleeing their country five years after the US-led invasion and top the list of asylum seekers in the industrialised world, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.

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  Inflation top priority for China: Wen AFP - Tue Mar 18, 1:26 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - Taming inflation while ensuring steady economic growth is China's top priority, but mounting pressures will make targets hard to achieve, Premier Wen Jiabao told reporters on Tuesday.

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  Fed set to slash rates to battle banking liquidity crisis AFP - 48 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve could cut interest rates by as much as one percentage point on Tuesday in a drastic effort to halt a mushrooming financial crisis, analysts say.

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  Iraq invasion was "successful endeavor": Cheney Reuters - Mon Mar 17, 12:16 PM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavor" in a visit to Iraq that was overshadowed by a suicide bombing that killed at least 25 people.

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  Landlords find deals in housing crisis Reuters - Mon Mar 17, 6:57 AM ET

  LOMBARD, Illinois (Reuters) - The housing crisis and credit crunch may end the American dream of property ownership for millions of people, but for landlords seeking bargain investment properties the market is looking up.

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  NATO holds line in north Kosovo after Serb riots Reuters - Mon Mar 17, 4:59 PM ET

  MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - NATO troops were left holding the line against a hostile Serb population in north Kosovo on Monday after riots forced the pullout of United Nations police and civilian staff.

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  JPMorgan to buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share Reuters - Mon Mar 17, 12:52 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Sunday it would buy stricken rival Bear Stearns for just $2 a share in an all-stock deal that values the U.S. investment bank at the centre of the credit crisis at about $236 million.

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  Missiles hit Pakistan's Waziristan, 12 militants dead Reuters - Sun Mar 16, 9:40 AM ET

  WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Up to three missiles struck a house in a Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants on Sunday, killing 12 people including eight foreign militants, officials in the area said.