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  Kan. museum unveils foul weather exhibit AP - 26 minutes ago

  TOPEKA, Kan. - After a year in which Kansas endured destructive ice storms, killer tornadoes and severe flooding, it seemed the state history museum carefully timed the opening of an exhibit on extreme weather.

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  Wall Street culture not likely to change AP - 20 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Wall Street investment bankers got another lesson about the dangers of risk-taking this past week with the downfall of Bear Stearns Cos. The question now obviously is, how long will it last?

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  Pamela Anderson's marriage nears end AP - 20 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Pamela Anderson's new husband — apparently a specialist in short relationships with celebrities — agrees that their two-month marriage should be voided, according to court papers filed Friday.

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  Flakey sale nets Virginia sisters $1,350 AP - 19 minutes ago

  CHICAGO - Two sisters from Virginia sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay Friday night for $1,350.

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  Tampa makes NCAA history with 4 upsets AP - 18 minutes ago

  TAMPA, Fla. - First Drake, then Connecticut. Vanderbilt and Clemson, too. If you're looking for Upset City, then Tampa's the place for buzzer-beaters and bracket-busters in the NCAA tournament.

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  Taiwan's Ma wins election Reuters - 12 minutes ago

  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party won the presidential election by a landslide on Saturday, heralding improved ties with giant neighbor China which claims the self-ruled island as its own.

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  Three U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, toll nears 4,000 Reuters - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll closer to the 4,000 mark in a bloody start to the sixth year of the war for U.S. troops.

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  China ups death toll in Tibet riots Reuters - Sat Mar 22, 3:28 AM ET

  KANGDING, China (Reuters) - China said 19 people were killed in riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.

• Cheney heads to Israel to press peace talks Reuters - 30 minutes ago

  RIYADH (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Israel on Saturday to try to push forward Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, his spokeswoman said.

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  Gov. Richardson backs Obama Reuters - Sat Mar 22, 2:56 AM ET

  PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama won a coveted endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Friday while the State Department apologized that employees snooped into the Illinois Democrat's passport files and those of his two main White House rivals.

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  U.S. navy nabs sailor; hints of link to Japan murder Reuters - Sat Mar 22, 12:08 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. navy took a sailor into custody early Saturday in Tokyo on the charge of desertion, the U.S. Naval Forces Japan said.

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  Floods sweep central U.S. Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 1:20 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Swollen rivers flooded parts of the central United States on Friday and threatened to engulf a major interstate highway in Missouri, after violent rainstorms caused at least 16 deaths, according to reports on Friday.

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  Candidate for next Pakistani PM to be announced Reuters - 56 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, which is set to lead a coalition government, will announce its candidate for prime minister on Saturday, party officials said.

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  Opposition's Ma sweeps to Taiwan presidential victory AFP - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

  TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou surged to victory over his ruling party rival in a presidential vote dominated by concern over the economy and hopes for better relations with China.

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  Defiant China rejects dialogue, vows to smash Tibetan protests AFP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - China turned its back Saturday on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to 19.

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  Bhutto party to unveil Pakistan PM candidate AFP - 4 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party was due Saturday to announce the name of its candidate for prime minister, as a nominee of President Pervez Musharraf's allies quit the race.

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  Sci-fi guru Arthur C. Clarke to be buried in Sri Lanka AFP - Sat Mar 22, 3:03 AM ET

  COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka prepared to bury famed sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke on Saturday with the government calling for a minute's silence across the island, officials said.

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  Everest climbing season threatened by Tibet turmoil AFP - Fri Mar 21, 11:06 PM ET

  KATHMANDU (AFP) - Expeditions to Mount Everest are being cancelled because of Chinese restrictions on access to Tibet as it prepares to put the Olympic torch on the summit and clamps down on unrest in the Himalayan region, an organiser said.

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  Australian states mull donation ban after scandal AFP - Sat Mar 22, 4:30 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian state leaders said they were considering bans on political donations Saturday in the wake of a sex and bribes scandal that has rocked politics in New South Wales.

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  Societe Generale vows vigorous challenge to US law suit AFP - Fri Mar 21, 3:43 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - French bank Societe Generale vowed Friday to mount a "vigorous" challenge to a New York lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors and failing to clamp down on a rogue trader who ran up massive losses.

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  California's fiscal crisis hits schools The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Mar 21, 4:00 AM ET

  Los Angeles - California, home to 1 in 9 American schoolchildren, is on the brink of what may be the biggest public education crisis in state history. Facing a $16 billion state budget shortfall, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed $4.8 billion in school-funding cuts, or 10 percent of education spending.

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  Can U.S. avert a Japan-style economic bust? The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Mar 21, 4:00 AM ET

  From Japan to Sweden, other nations have traveled from real estate busts to financial crises in recent years, leaving behind a simple lesson: Effective policy makes the difference between a long or a slow recovery.

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  Tibetans say several died in latest riots Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 1:04 PM ET

  KANGDING, China (Reuters) - Tibetans in China's tense southwestern province of Sichuan said on Friday they believed police had killed several people in anti-Chinese riots there this week, disputing official claims none died.

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  Richardson to endorse Obama's White House bid: source Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 8:07 AM ET

  PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination for president, Obama's aides said on Friday, in a boost for the Illinois senator.

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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.