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  Tornado kills 1, injures 13 in northern Colorado AP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

  WINDSOR, Colo. - Residents of a devastated neighborhood grabbed what they could from their debris-strewn homes before police imposed an overnight curfew after a tornado swept through northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring 13.

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  American Axle workers vote to end 3-month strike AP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  HAMTRAMCK, Mich. - Workers at American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. expect to return to their jobs early next week after overwhelmingly approving a new contract that contains steep pay cuts and other concessions.

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  Madonna to show film at Michael Moore's festival AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Madonna's new film on the impoverished nation of Malawi has wowed another maker of documentaries: Michael Moore.

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  Report says nation's wildlife refuges underfunded AP - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - America's wildlife refuges are so short of money that one-third have no staff, boardwalks and buildings are in disrepair, and drug dealers are using them to grow marijuana and make methamphetamine, a group pushing for more funding says.

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  Pistons beat Celtics to steal home-court advantage AP - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago

  BOSTON - The Big Three has a big problem: The Detroit Pistons now own the home-court advantage that has meant everything to the Boston Celtics so far in the playoffs.

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  Myanmar agrees to "all" cyclone aid workers Reuters - 23 minutes ago

  NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta agreed on Friday to admit cyclone aid workers "regardless of nationalities" to the hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta, a breakthrough for delivering help to survivors, U.N. officials said.

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  Russia and China condemn U.S. missile shield plan Reuters - 42 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia on Friday condemned the United States' plans to set up a missile defense system that Washington says is crucial to protecting the security of it and its allies.

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  McCain's health good, no cancer recurrence: CBS Reuters - 52 minutes ago

  PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican John McCain is in good health and has had no signs of skin cancer since 2002, CBS television said medical records of the presidential candidate to be released on Friday will show.

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  China says found radiation sources after quake Reuters - 56 minutes ago

  CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, though he insisted the situation was under control.

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  Texas court rules against polygamist removals Reuters - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas overstepped its authority when it removed some of about 460 children from a polygamist compound last month, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday.

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  McCain and Obama battle over military service Reuters - Thu May 22, 9:22 PM ET

  UNION CITY, California (Reuters) - Republican John McCain took aim at presidential rival Barack Obama's lack of military service on Thursday, drawing a rebuke from the Democratic front-runner for his "endless diatribes and schoolyard taunts."

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  House OKs defense bill despite veto threat Reuters - Thu May 22, 11:19 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $601.4 billion defense spending bill despite a veto threat by the White House.

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  Wasted fuel from flight delays costs billions Reuters - Thu May 22, 2:35 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flight delays could cost airlines more than $2 billion in wasted jet fuel this year, according to a congressional report released on Thursday.

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  Myanmar agrees to allow 'all aid workers': UN chief AFP - Fri May 23, 3:37 AM ET

  NAYPYIDAW (AFP) - Myanmar has agreed to allow "all aid workers" to stage a relief effort for cyclone survivors, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said after meeting junta leader Than Shwe here on Friday.

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  SAfrican anti-immigrant violence reaches Cape Town AFP - 52 minutes ago

  JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A wave of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa spread to Cape Town on Friday, even as troops and police appeared to have quelled the unrest in the hotspot of Johannesburg.

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  Russian, Chinese leaders denounce US missile defence plans AFP - 33 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said here Friday a planned US missile shield would set back international disarmament efforts.

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  China eyes three years to rebuild quake zone AFP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

  DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - China said Friday it would take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake zone as the death toll from the nation's worst disaster in a generation surpassed 55,000.

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  Israeli PM grilled again in graft probe AFP - 53 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Police grilled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday for the second time in three weeks in the latest corruption probe against him, which has sparked calls for his resignation.

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  US probe to make perilous landing on Martian arctic AFP - Thu May 22, 11:30 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - After a nine-month journey through space, the US probe Phoenix will land on the arctic surface of Mars on Sunday to dig for ice in a new quest for signs of life on the Red Planet.

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  Oil prices rebound towards record heights AFP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Crude oil prices bounced above 132 dollars on Friday, about three dollars from record highs seen in tumultuous trading this week on worries that global supplies will not satisfy huge demand for energy, traders said.

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  Vandals damage Stonehenge AFP - Thu May 22, 7:22 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - Vandals used a hammer and screwdriver to vandalize England's world-famous Stonehenge ancient monument, the first such incident for decades, officials said Thursday.

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  Steven Tyler walks this way to rehab: report Reuters - Thu May 22, 8:01 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, a poster boy for rock 'n' roll decadence in the 1970s, has entered a Los Angeles rehab facility after two decades as a passionate advocate of sobriety, according to an report.

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  Iceland tops list of peaceful nations, U.S. 97th Reuters - Tue May 20, 3:35 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iceland is the world's most peaceful nation while the United States is ranked among the bottom third, according to a study released on Tuesday.

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  McCain and Obama battle over military service Reuters - Thu May 22, 9:22 PM ET

  UNION CITY, California (Reuters) - Republican John McCain took aim at presidential rival Barack Obama's lack of military service on Thursday, drawing a rebuke from the Democratic front-runner for his "endless diatribes and schoolyard taunts."

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  Clinton campaigns as attention wanders elsewhere Reuters - Thu May 22, 1:06 AM ET

  SUNRISE, Florida (Reuters) - The souvenir vendors outside Hillary Clinton's campaign appearances have added a new button to their wares that reads "Chelsea in 2016" with a picture of the former first daughter.