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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama talk tough, then break bread (U.S., 56 articles)
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Mr. Obama said on Monday that most economists had called the gas tax plan counterproductive, and his campaign began running a television advertisement in North Carolina and Indiana deriding the idea. At the same time, her campaign is pushing back against those who want Clinton to quit the race, maintaining that the contest with Obama is still incredibly tight. At the same time, an overwhelming majority of voters said candidates calling for the suspension of the federal gasoline tax this summer were acting to help themselves politically, rather than to help ordinary Americans. Clinton's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination , Sen. Barack Obama, has called her proposed moratorium on the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gas tax a "gimmick" designed to win votes in Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. Galston said that, while Indiana was less Catholic than many other states, 18 percent of people there still claimed membership in that faith and the percentage of Catholic Democratic primary voters there would probably be even higher. With all districts reporting, Obama collected 2,264 votes to 2,257 for Clinton in an election that sparked wide interest even though Guamanians, like other citizens in US territories, have no vote in the November presidential election.
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Yahoo Microsoft Google (Finance, 52 articles)
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Yahoo shares ended last week at $28.67, slightly below the $29.40 per share that Microsoft was offering before Chief Executive Steve Ballmer agreed to raise the offer to $33 per share in a last-ditch effort to get a deal done. Yang and Filo said Yahoo's board wanted $37 per share - a price the company's stock hasn't reached in more than two years. Yang held out for $37 per share, saying that even the sweetened offer did not value Yahoo properly for its Web search advertising technology, its prominence in selling display ads and its lucrative overseas holdings.
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Myanmar Reels as Cyclone Toll Hits Thousands (World, 16 articles)
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First lady Laura Bush on Monday said the United States stands ready to pump more aid into Myanmar to help its recovery from a cyclone so devastating the death toll could top 10,000. NEW DELHI - The government of Myanmar said today that the death toll from a weekend cyclone in the Southeast Asian nation could hit 10,000, with potentially hundreds of thousands of people left homeless, aid agencies reported. The ruling junta, an authoritarian regime which cut the nation off from the international community for decades, appealed for foreign aid to help in the recovery from Saturday's disaster, the country's deadliest storm on record.
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Another Horse-Racing Horror (Sports, 28 articles)
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The trainer of euthanized filly Eight Belles said Monday his jockey handled the horse properly during her second-place finish at the Kentucky Derby. A horse breaks down in one of the signature events of horse racing - precisely at the time average Americans turn their gaze to the spectacle. Her death has raised thorny issues about the whole thoroughbred industry, including track safety, whether fillies should be allowed to run against colts, and whether horses are bred too much for speed and not for soundness.
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Post Politics Hour (U.S., 10 articles)
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Washington Post campaign finance reporter Matthew Mosk was online Tuesday, April 22 at 11 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. Read Michelle's latest columns, check out her Color of Money Book Club selection archive or sign up for her weekly e-mail newsletter.
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