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Ferraro quits Clinton campaign after Obama remarks (U.S., 52 articles)
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Ferraro's initial comments about race and the Illinois senator's success were attacked by the Obama campaign, creating another issue in a tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Obama campaign says it will not accept the two January results because Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan and did not campaign in Florida. Obama on Wednesday said he did not believe " there is a directive in the Clinton campaign saying, Let's heighten the racial elements in the campaign. After repeated requests from The Associated Press for that information, Obama's presidential campaign said Thursday night that he made no other extra spending requests during the rest of his legislative career. The Clinton campaign confirms Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from her role on the finance committee of Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign after making racially charged remarks about Sen. Barack Obama. PHILADELPHIA - The Democratic presidential contest was jolted Tuesday by accusations surrounding race and gender, set off by remarks by Geraldine Ferraro, the former congresswoman and vice-presidential candidate, who said Sen. Barack Obama had received preferential treatment because he is black. Obama won roughly 90 percent of the black vote in Mississippi on Tuesday, but only about one-quarter of the white vote.
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New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer linked to prostitution ring (U.S., 35 articles)
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Paterson, the Democratic lieutenant governor who officially takes over the state's top office on Monday following Spitzer's resignation on revelations he patronized prostitutes, faces an April 1 deadline for the state's $124 billion budget. A law enforcement official said Spitzer's high-powered defense team was believed to be negotiating a plea deal with prosecutors over his connection to a high-end prostitution ring, but attorneys were not commenting Thursday about the discussions. " David is extremely intelligent, charming and witty, and enjoys the goodwill of people in both parties said state Sen. Martin Connor, the Democrat Paterson knocked off as Senate minority leader in 2002.
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Why Leeds needs an elected mayor (U.S., 13 articles)
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Organisations doing business in Leeds and West Yorkshire have three large universities on their doorsteps - all with a strong focus on business, management and working closely with the private and public sectors locally and beyond. Over the past five years the explosive growth in residential apartment building in Leeds city centre has overshadowed the more sedate pace of the city's office development. Stephen Timms said that banging on about the gap obscured the enormous progress made by the regions in recent years in raising their economic performance.
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Hubert Glenn Agee: Deliveryman at The Dallas Morning News was also 'a family man' (U.S., 21 articles)
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Family was on a rocky road before mother flung boys, self from I-30 overpass 12:00 AM CDT on Thursday, March 13, 2008. They kept on for children's sake, daughter says of parents 08:49 PM CDT on Thursday, March 13, 2008. He touts aid center, calls on support from local businesses 06:42 PM CDT on Thursday, March 13, 2008.
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Boeing allies target McCain amidst tanker loss :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business (U.S., 10 articles)
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Boeing on Tuesday filed a formal protest of the tanker award with the Government Accountability Office, citing "irregularities" in the contract competition. WASHINGTON Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss of a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to the parent company of European plane maker Airbus. Critics have pounced on presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, saying his campaign's ties to a European company have cost Americans jobs.
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ABC News: Southwest Airlines to Ground 44 Planes (U.S., 15 articles)
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USA TODAY Southwest Airlines on Wednesday grounded 38 jets in the midst of a federal probe of the low-cost carrier prompted by last week's $10.2 million fine for missed safety inspections. Four of the planes that Southwest Airlines Co. grounded for inspections this week were found to have cracks in their fuselages and were undergoing repair, the company said Thursday. Southwest canceled about 4 percent of its flights Wednesday after deciding to perform new inspections on 43 Boeing jets, including 38 that had been carrying passengers Tuesday.
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Kansas woman spent 2 years sitting on boyfriend's toilet (U.S., 7 articles)
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WICHITA, Kansas (AP) A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, the boyfriend said. The case drew nationwide attention after Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom. McFarren said he can't be certain how long Pam Babcock stayed in the bathroom because " time just went by so quick I can't pinpoint how long.
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Post Politics Hour (U.S., 8 articles)
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Washington Post national political reporter Anne E. Kornblut was online Friday, March 7 at 11:30 a.m. ET to discuss the latest news in politics. Get the latest campaign news live on s The Trail, or subscribe to the daily Post Politics Podcast. Wednesday, March 5 at 2 p.m. ET, Allen will come online for a special chat to answer readers' questions about her article and the public's reactions and rebuttals to it.
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Obama: McCain Changed Views on Tax Cuts (U.S., 12 articles)
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Britons hiding money in tax havens have evaded up to $1.5bn of tax a year, according to the first official estimate of the "tax gap". The Senate rejected calls from both parties' presidential candidates to take an election-year break from pork-barrel spending as a Democratic-run Congress pushed budget plans that would torpedo hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts won by President Bush. (WASHINGTON) - The Senate on Thursday gave a sweeping endorsement to some of President Bush's tax cuts but rejected renewing others as all three major presidential candidates interrupted their campaigns to cast key votes on the budget.
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Alzheimer's diagnosis doesn't trigger depression, study finds (U.S., 6 articles)
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Mr Pratchett has a rare form of the disease called posterior cortical atrophy, in which areas at the back of the brain begin to shrink and shrivel. CHICAGO - One parent with Alzheimer's disease is tough enough, but imagine the memory-robbing illness striking both parents - and knowing chances are high you 'll get it, too. The study, in March's Archives of Neurology, found more than 22 percent of the adult children of 111 couples with Alzheimer's had the disease.
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Alistair Darling hits back at Budget critics (U.S., 7 articles)
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Alistair Darling told MPs that he was presenting a responsible Budget that sought to maintain stability for Britain's economy in the face of global insecurity. The Chancellor said that the Government's record meant that the economy was better prepared to withstand a downturn while preparing for future challenges, confronting climate change and ending child poverty in this generation. Alistair Darling defended his first Budget this morning, insisting that it would help people facing financial problems and steer Britain safely through the current global economic turmoil.
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The Chronicle puts six wine experts to the test with two challenging dishes (U.S., 8 articles)
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Asia's improved promise as a high-growth market for wine combined with a softening US outlook prompted a decision to hold the world's largest wine and spirits show in Hong Kong this year. He is one of dozens of people making wine at the Harford Vineyard wine making facility, the first of its kind in the county, said owner Kevin Mooney. P One would assume that the wine director at Slanted Door would have a deep-rooted knowledge of Asian cuisine, or at least a palate specifically tailored to pairing wine with exotic, spice-laden foods.
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Bush: Surveillance Bill Inadequate (U.S., 7 articles)
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WASHINGTON Defying the Bush administration, the House is expected to vote today on legislation that would expand the government's wiretapping authority but stop short of giving telecommunications companies immunity from lawsuits for helping U.S. spy agencies. (WASHINGTON) - President Bush said Thursday that the House Democrats' version of a terrorist-surveillance bill would undermine the nation's security and that if it reaches his desk, he would veto it. WASHINGTON (CNN) The House of Representatives agreed to go into a secret session Thursday night to debate revisions to federal surveillance laws, closing off the chamber for the first time since 1983 at the request of its Republican minority.
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EPA chief moves to expand efforts to reduce smog (U.S., 11 articles)
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WASHINGTON - The air in hundreds of U.S. counties is simply too dirty to breathe, the government said Wednesday, ordering a multibillion-dollar expansion of efforts to clean up smog in cities and towns nationwide. The new standard still falls short of what most health experts say is needed to significantly reduce heart and asthma attacks from breathing smog-clogged air. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson modestly lowered limits on ozone pollution Wednesday, angering both industry groups who lobbied against changes and medical, scientific and environmental groups who pushed for tougher limits.
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About our reviews (U.S., 5 articles)
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Two elements set the year apart: The large, flashy restaurants have given way to smaller, more personal places; and the restaurant boom has spread to Napa Valley and the Peninsula. The most obvious, of course, is when a restaurant closes, as in the cases of Wu Kong and Alain Rondelli. P There's a downside to the booming economy and the strong showing of restaurants in the past year: Prices are skyrocketing.
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How Moko the dolphin gave humans a masterclass in saving stranded whales (U.S., 5 articles)
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Human attempts to guide the two pygmy sperm whales through a narrow escape route from the beach had consistently failed, and all seemed lost until the dolphin intervened. (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies: Taken under NOAA permit 932-1489, with the authority of the US MMPA) By Globe Staff. Scientists today are continuing to monitor two female right whales off Cape Cod that were spotted earlier this week with rope tangled in their mouths.
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Plano City Council races may signal change (U.S., 4 articles)
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By TIARA ELLIS / The Dallas Morning News tellis A standoff continued Thursday night between a 19-year-old Plano man and police after his mother called authorities and said he threatened to harm himself. Plano tactical officers surrounded the home in the 4400 block of Turnberry Court, near Preston Meadow and Legacy drives, after the man got into an argument with his mother Thursday morning. About 10 p.m., Garland tactical officers were called in to relieve the Plano officers who had been on the scene more than 10 hours.
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Victim 'always trying to do the hardest thing' (U.S., 4 articles)
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P (03-11) 18:45 PST Cupertino The Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy who struck and killed two competitive bicyclists Sunday was charged in 2001 in Los Angeles with drunken driving and engaging in an exhibition of speed, court records show. P (03-09) 22:28 PDT San Francisco After competing in a bicycle race in Menlo Park on Saturday morning, Matt Peterson and his teammates went on a leisurely ride through Woodside. That was the way Matt Peterson approached life, his friends said after the 29-year-old San Franciscan was fatally struck by a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy on Sunday morning during a training ride in Cupertino.
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The Seattle Times: Flu outbreak closes schools in Hong Kong (U.S., 4 articles)
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Hong Kong on Thursday took the first step towards reforming its highly regarded healthcare system as a rapidly ageing population threatens to make its public health regime financially unsustainable. The proportion of elderly people in Hong Kong is expected to double within the next 20 years to reach one in four by 2033. A consultation paper outlined the options, which include raising taxes, increasing service fees, and requiring workers to pay into a social health insurance fund.
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The Seattle Times: Man arrested after running toward plane on Heathrow airport runway (U.S., 9 articles)
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Heathrow Airport's controversial Terminal 5 is set to be opened by the Queen in a ceremony involving hundreds of airport and construction workers. One of the airport's two runways was partially closed after the security alert, and a Heathrow spokeswoman said some flights were being delayed. LONDON - Armed police arrested a man carrying two knapsacks who ran onto a runway at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday, authorities said.
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Slow pace of change in southern Dallas frustrated Rufus Shaw (U.S., 4 articles)
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Shaw, a Baton Rouge, La., engineering company worth $5 billion, is hardly a brand name in this town. Stone & Webster was once one of Boston's bedrock companies, a place where generations of engineers took special pride in building everything from the MIT campus to many of the nation's nuclear plants. The son spent the next few hours calling relatives and trying to reach his parents Dallas Police Department homicide supervisor Lt. Craig Miller said.
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Tax increase for high-emission cars (U.S., 4 articles)
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The Budget revamp of tax rules for company cars will not only intensify corporate Britain's determination to push its employees into smaller, cleaner cars. A new round of expedient announcements by business of plans to green car fleets - ostensibly for environmental reasons - were likely, they said. Because companies typically kept vehicles in their fleets for several years, the switch to smaller cars was unlikely to be immediate.
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The Seattle Times: Slaughterhouse owner apologetic (U.S., 4 articles)
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Cows at his Southern California plant were shown prodded, jammed with forklifts, falling to the ground and yanked back up so they could be dragged to slaughter - a violation of federal rules. Dressed soberly in black, Mendell was flushed but composed, apologetic and insistent that the meat at his plant was safe for consumption. The president of the slaughterhouse that caused the nation's largest meat recall went before Congress today with a prepared statement, but a video of the horrific treatment of cattle at the plant took his words away.
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Car dealers pressured to combine (U.S., 5 articles)
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Steven Landry said Chrysler dealers are generally seven to nine miles apart in metro areas, too close to be profitable. Most carry all three brands, have high customer satisfaction and are community pillars, said Gary Dilts, a former Chrysler sales executive who now heads J.D. Power & Associates' automotive group. Toyota dealers each sold an average of 1,766 vehicles last year, while the average Dodge dealer sold only 374, according to J.D. Power and the trade publication Automotive News.
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Two men held over Scarlett Keeling's rape and death (U.S., 8 articles)
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She continued to push for an investigation by the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into why police initially claimed that her daughter drowned. The British mother, from Bideford, Devon, has accused local police, politicians and drug dealers of trying to cover up the rape and murder. Placido Carvalho appeared in court in Goa yesterday to be remanded in custody for 14 days on suspicion of rape, murder and supplying drugs with intent to cause harm, police said.
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Duty rises fail to end binge fears (U.S., 8 articles)
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Alistair Darling's 9.1 per cent rise in alcohol taxes will not succeed in tackling Britain's binge drinking culture unless the government also stops heavy price discounting by supermarkets, health groups and brewers warned on Wednesday. The chancellor surprised the alcohol industry with his decision to raise taxes on beer, wine, cider and spirits by 6 per cent above the rate of inflation. LONDON - Britons are up in arms about the imposition of "sin taxes" that will increase the cost of alcohol, cigarettes, gas-guzzling cars and, potentially, plastic bags.
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Barbaro's injury may be too much for racing to bear - (U.S., 8 articles)
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While trainer Michael Matz and jockey Edgar Prado attended to Barbaro, Bernardini, a lightly raced bay with royal bloodlines, stormed to a 5 1/4 -length victory ahead of Sweetnorthernsaint. To the 500-plus people who showed up yesterday at the Delaware Park Race Track and Casino, Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, was more than a racehorse. Gretchen Jackson was just about to go out and help trim the hooves on some of her cows at Lael Farm yesterday afternoon when the telephone rang.
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Iowa Town Offers Bounty on Stray Cats (U.S., 4 articles)
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When my husband and I were married, I brought a new kitten into his condo to live with his 8-year-old grouch of a cat. As we introduced two new kittens over the years, we would bathe all of the cats with the same shampoo, and the new babies were accepted without problems. The tiny town of Randolph is fed up with wild cats and is offering a $5 bounty for each one turned in.
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The Seattle Times: Competition grows for salmon (U.S., 4 articles)
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Poor salmon returns make commercial fishing unlikely off the coasts of California and Oregon this year, heating up the competition for fish off portions of Washington's coast. Doug Fricke said that is bad news for Washington commercial fishermen, who for years have had to make do with ever-smaller quotas and shorter seasons because of diminished salmon runs. Development, logging, dams, water withdrawals from rivers and other habitat damage are taking their toll.
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Police Hunt for Second Suspect in UNC Coed Murder (U.S., 7 articles)
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Authorities have charged two suspects with first-degree murder in the slaying of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson, police said Wednesday in a news conference. Police are still searching for the second defendant , Lawrence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, and have obtained a warrant for his arrest. One arrest had already been made in his death: Stephen Lavance Oates is being held without bond on charges of murder and of robbing 18 people, including Mahato.
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FCC urged to improve tracking system for complaints (U.S., 6 articles)
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According to a report released on Thursday by the General Accountability Office, only about 9% of the completed investigations resulted in enforcement action, while 83% resulted in no enforcement. The bipartisan request was contained in a letter sent to FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin and signed by the chairmen and ranking members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its oversight subcommittee. The Government Accountability Office said the agency " needs to improve how it collects and analyzes data on complaints received, investigations conducted and enforcement actions taken to better manage its enforcement program.
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State Supreme Court grills lawyers in same-sex marriage case (U.S., 6 articles)
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P When defenders of the "sacred union of marriage" held a news conference last Tuesday after oral arguments on same-sex marriage at the state Supreme Court, they weren't facing a friendly crowd. P The divisive issue of same-sex marriage appeared to split the California Supreme Court down the middle Tuesday as the justices agonized over questions of tradition, discrimination and democratic government during a 3 1/2-hour hearing. The state is entitled to "adhere to the common and traditional basis of marriage, while at the same time providing all the rights and benefits associated with marriage" to same-sex partners, said Deputy Attorney General Christopher Krueger.
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Team notes: NASCAR's best bracing for Bristol (U.S., 5 articles)
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This week: The defending winner of this race is also the first driver ever to win with NASCAR's new car, which was called the "Car of Tomorrow" in this race last year. Busch's win last year for Hendrick Motorsports was one of two top-five finishes and four top-10s at Bristol in six career starts. Last week: Busch gave Toyota Racing Development its first Cup victory when he led eight times for 173 laps at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
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Chicago curator Jay Xu to run Asian Art Museum (U.S., 5 articles)
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P The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has hired Jay Xu, an expert in Chinese antiquities who heads the department of Asian and ancient art at the Art Institute of Chicago, as its new director. He takes over the museum's stewardship from Emily Sano, who retired in January after a momentous and sometimes controversial 15-year tenure highlighted by the opening of the museum's $170 million home at Civic Center in 2003. W. Richard West Jr. the founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, and its public face throughout its planning and its first two years of operation, announced yesterday that he would leave next year.
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Hundreds of schools make the news (U.S., 5 articles)
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The Connecticut high school senior called her school administrators "d bags" on her online journal and told other students to e-mail the school superintendent to complain. Doninger's blog post is now the subject of a federal First Amendment lawsuit that questions schools' ability to monitor and punish what students say online. The School Report initiative, which has this year involved more than 10,000 students, culminates in a News Day on 13 March, when schools from Cornwall to Orkney work to a 1400 GMT news deadline.
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Bill on Capitol Hill: Gates Wants Visas (U.S., 5 articles)
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Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday he expects the next decade to bring even greater technological leaps than the past 10 years. WASHINGTON - More investment in math and science education and a more liberal policy toward skilled foreign workers are crucial if America is to avoid losing its competitive edge in the world, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates told Congress yesterday. Gates got a good reception from the committee, which was holding the hearing to mark the 50th anniversary of the panel's founding following the Soviet Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957.
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Ill. Governor Proposes Health Plan (U.S., 5 articles)
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Democrats' plans involve regulating insurers and offering all Americans a menu of insurance choices similar to those available to federal workers. Here are the Democratic and Republican front-runners' stands on several key health questions: Will all Americans be covered by health insurance? Hillary Clinton: Yes. CHICAGO Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) has announced a plan to provide health coverage to the state's 1.4 million uninsured residents.
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'Shocking' study: 25% of teen girls have a sexually transmitted disease (U.S., 5 articles)
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In a first-ever analysis, 25 percent of all teenage girls in the U.S. and nearly half of African-American girls ages 14 to 19 were found to have a sexually transmitted disease. Some experts familiar with high levels of sexual activity among teenagers as well as young women's greater vulnerability to STDs weren't surprised by the results. But researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who managed the survey in 2003-2004 were troubled that an estimated 3.2 million teen girls have had at least one of four common STDs, including chlamydia and human papillomavirus (HPV).
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High rents, housing crunches drive teachers from N.W.T. communities (U.S., 5 articles)
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Sometimes their concerns come out of years of frustration with teachers and with a school system that allows some teachers not to take responsibility for their own less-than-ideal performance. Rising housing costs are forcing teachers to leave the Northwest Territories' remote communities, with officials in two hamlets urging the territorial government to help them out. New teachers arriving in remote northern communities like Paulatuk and Sachs Harbour find themselves paying more than half their monthly salaries on rent.
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Children's rights to homeschooling attacked (U.S., 5 articles)
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P There was a certain paradox in last week's state appeals court ruling that requires parents who school their children at home to hold teaching credentials. P Imagine the outrage that would result if someone in the California Legislature introduced a bill mandating that our credentialed public schoolteachers must come from the bottom quartile of their college classes. " Every California child deserves a quality education, and parents should have the right to decide what's best for their children Schwarzenegger said in response to the ruling, which said children educated at home must be taught by a credentialed teacher.
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He said that "any thoughtful reflection" should "l... (U.S., 5 articles)
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Candidates for election or re-election to the General Assembly now have to raise substantial funds, mostly from donors who make large contributions. This key election reform has been endorsed by more than a dozen Maryland civic organizations, including the League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Progressive Maryland and the Sierra Club. Just to become a member of this disgusting group, young recruits must prove their worthiness by committing a violent crime - and not just on rival gang members.
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The Seattle Times: WA high court says random school drug testing unconstitutional (U.S., 4 articles)
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P (03-13) 17:47 PDT SAN FRANCISCO A city can't require all job applicants to be tested for narcotics and must instead show why drug use in a particular job would be dangerous, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled against the city of Woodburn, Ore., which argued it was entitled to maintain a drug-free workplace by requiring job candidates to be screened for drugs and alcohol. The city was sued by Janet Lanier, whose job offer as a part-time page at the city library was withdrawn in 2004 when she refused a drug and alcohol test.
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When Holy Week includes St. Patrick's Day, some revelers conflicted (U.S., 4 articles)
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By DAVID FLICK / The Dallas Morning News dflick St. Patrick's Day - a cause for piety or party? Few days in the Christian calendar have such a split personality as March 17. The day dedicated to the bishop who overthrew paganism in Ireland has long since become, for most Americans, an excuse to wear (or drink) something green. " There is a tension there, the idea of celebrating it as a religious feast compared to a secular holiday said John Norris
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Additional testing required in possible equine virus case - (U.S., 4 articles)
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The removal of restrictions yesterday morning, after a Department of Agriculture veterinarian took temperatures of Bailes' 19 horses and found nothing out of the ordinary, was something of a surprise. On Thursday afternoon, Bailes had been told his suspect horse was being retested and those results would not be known until yesterday afternoon. But while Maryland officials were gathering the samples, the lab was doing more tests on the original nasal swab and determined that there was no sign of the neurological form of the virus.
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Americans average 59 hours a week, up from 56, study shows (U.S., 4 articles)
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There are 30 types or reasons for insomnia that can range from a primary sleep problem, such as sleep apnea or restless leg syndrome, to secondary reasons, such as anxiety, depression, pain or other medical problems or medications. For example, receptors in the eye receive light and send triggers to your brain that it is time for sleep or time to be awake. The new findings run counter to the widespread public perception that Americans are getting less and less sleep because of increasing workplace demands and the plethora of distractions available 24/7 on the Internet and cable television.
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The Seattle Times: City of Seattle won't buy bottled water (U.S., 4 articles)
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To cut down on trash and help the environment, the city of Seattle will stop buying bottled water, Mayor Greg Nickels announced Thursday. The city could save as much as $58,000 a year, officials said, by not purchasing bottled water for events or water-cooler jugs for its workers. The mayor also said that bottled water costs about $8 per gallon, compared to a gallon of tap water that costs a fraction of a penny.
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Report: FBI abuse of investigative tool continued in 2006 (U.S., 4 articles)
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The Justice Department's Inspector General made the disclosure in reviews of the FBI's powers to obtain information such as phone records or credit-card data in terrorism probes or other security investigations. An influential Senate Democrat accused the FBI of "systemic failure" and the American Civil Liberties Union said the reviews demonstrated a need to check the agency's authority. Fine said the FBI and Justice Department had made significant progress in implementing revised procedures since last year but some measures still are not fully in use or tested.
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Fundraising gives Naval Academy a boost - (U.S., 4 articles)
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Larson set up what would become the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, moving the military academy into private fundraising like other institutions of higher learning, and in 1996 that same alumnus gave Larson a $300,000 check to get the ball rolling. The donations also have helped pay for renovations at the football stadium and a sailing center - things Congress are likely to shrug off when making budget decisions - and to help build a Jewish worship center. In an unrelated case, Midshipman First Class Michael S. Pollard, a senior, has been charged with receiving, possessing and attempting to distribute child pornography stored on computer equipment at Bancroft Hall.
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Testing Expert Questions Data in Landis Case; Cyclist's Ex-Manager Enters Rehab (U.S., 4 articles)
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Attorneys for Floyd Landis began trying to paint a picture yesterday of incompetence at the French laboratory where the cyclist's urine was tested. Baltimore Ravens return specialist B.J. Sams was acquitted of driving under the influence and negligent driving charges in district court in Towson, Md. " I kept fighting, never stopped believing Landis told the crowd at the victory ceremony with the Arc de Triomphe forming a dramatic backdrop.
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Jury to deliberate John Ritter death lawsuit - (U.S., 4 articles)
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" We 're not saying John Ritter was negligent and caused his own death said attorney Stephen C. Fraser, addressing claims that Ritter failed to seek adequate medical care long before he was stricken. Ritter died in 2003 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after becoming ill while working on his hit TV show " 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter. The plaintiffs claim that Dr. Joseph Lee, the cardiologist who was summoned to the hospital that night, mishandled the case.
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