Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

• Good marriage equals good blood pressure AP - 49 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - A happy marriage is good for your blood pressure, but a stressed one can be worse than being single, a preliminary study suggests.

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  New Orleans says census numbers too low AP - 47 minutes ago

  NEW ORLEANS - This hurricane-ravaged city and neighboring St. Bernard Parish top a U.S. Census Bureau list of fast-growing counties released Thursday, but some local officials aren't happy that the agency estimated New Orleans' population to be less than 240,000.

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  US stocks heading for higher open AP - 52 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were heading for a higher open Thursday, with investors poised to buy back into the market following its steep slide a day earlier.

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  `American Idol' axes Amanda Overmyer AP - 3 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Amanda Overmyer sang "Back in the U.S.S.R." — and now, she's going back home.

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  UCLA, Kansas help kick off NCAA today AP - 25 minutes ago

  OMAHA, Neb. - UCLA, Kansas help kick off NCAA today

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  China makes arrests in Tibet crackdown Reuters - 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet authorities said on Thursday they had arrested dozens of people involved in a wave of anti-Chinese violence that has swept the mountain region and prompted Beijing to pour in troops to crush further unrest.

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  Clinton takes lead over Obama in Gallup poll Reuters - 33 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has moved into a significant lead over Barack Obama for the first time in weeks in the race for the party nomination, according to a Gallup poll.

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  Cheney visits Afghanistan ahead of NATO summit Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Vice-President Dick Cheney visited Afghanistan on Thursday and met President Hamid Karzai ahead of a NATO summit where Washington will urge its allies to send more troops to the war-torn country.

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  At least 200 arrested in U.S. antiwar protests Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 1:01 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 200 people were arrested across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq obstructed downtown traffic and tried to block access to government offices.

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  Views of Obama's pastor reflect black U.S. tradition Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 1:05 AM ET

  CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Many U.S. voters have been shocked by the sentiments expressed by the pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama but they should not be surprised, say faith leaders with experience of black American churches.

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  Republicans and Democrats diverge on health care Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 12:25 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans' views of the U.S. health care system differ widely based on political party preferences, with Republicans far more likely than Democrats to call it the world's best, a poll released on Thursday showed.

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  Five years on, Bush again talks of Iraq victory Reuters - Wed Mar 19, 4:55 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he had no regrets about the unpopular war in Iraq despite the "high cost in lives and treasure" and declared that the United States was on track for victory.

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  U.S.: Non-essential embassy staff in Yemen can leave Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 12:45 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is offering free flights out of Yemen to non-essential diplomats and family members, after three mortars hit a school near the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa.

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  China pours troops into Tibet AFP - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Thousands of soldiers were seen in Lhasa on Thursday amid reports of a huge military build-up, as the Dalai Lama expressed fears China's crackdown on Tibetan protesters had caused many casualties.

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  Brutal Iraq war enters sixth year AFP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (AFP) - The US-led war on Iraq that toppled the torturous regime of dictator Saddam Hussein entered its sixth year on Thursday with millions of Iraqis still battling daily chaos and rampant bloodshed.

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  US teeters on recession, eurozone could weather crisis: OECD AFP - 21 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - The US economy is teetering on the brink of recession but eurozone countries could pull through the global financial crisis without special measures, the OECD said on Thursday

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  Karzai and US VP Cheney urge more from NATO in Afghanistan AFP - 10 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney and Afghan President Hamid Karzai jointly urged NATO Thursday to sustain and even expand its work to crush extremists in Afghanistan and rebuild the war-torn country.

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  In a first for astronomy, methane is spotted on distant planet AFP - Thu Mar 20, 4:03 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Astronomers have announced they have detected methane in the atmosphere of a planet 63 light years away, boosting prospects for identifying any life that exists beyond our Solar System.

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  European stocks slip amid London trading probe AFP - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Europe's stock markets sank Thursday ahead of the Easter holiday weeken after sharp US falls overnight and earlier in Asia, as nervous investors digested a share trading probe in London, dealers said.

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  Swiss bank Credit Suisse warns no profits expected in first quarter AFP - 58 minutes ago

  ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse issued a profit warning on Thursday because of its exposure to the US subprime loan crisis, fuelling renewed concerns on the health of the banking sector here.

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  Men and women differ in their eating habits: study AFP - Wed Mar 19, 10:35 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Men and women have different tastes in food, with men favoring meat and poultry, and women fruits and vegetables, researchers said in what was touted as the most extensive study to date of gender differences in eating habits.

• Views of Obama's pastor reflect black U.S. tradition Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 1:04 AM ET

  CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Many U.S. voters have been shocked by the sentiments expressed by the pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama but they should not be surprised, say faith leaders with experience of black American churches.

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  At least 200 arrested in U.S. antiwar protests Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 1:01 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 200 people were arrested across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq obstructed downtown traffic and tried to block access to government offices.

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  Canadian says U.S. interrogators threatened rape Reuters - Wed Mar 19, 7:13 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - A young Canadian prisoner held at Guantanamo said in legal documents that U.S. interrogators repeatedly threatened to rape him and Canadian government visitors told him they were powerless to do anything.

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  Disfigured woman found dead after French court rejects euthanasia AFP - Wed Mar 19, 10:34 PM ET

  PLOMBIERES-LES-DIJON, France (AFP) - A severely disfigured French woman was found dead at her home Wednesday, a local prosecutor said, only two days after a court rejected her request for the right to die, in a case that has stirred much emotion in France.