 Romney, Santorum swap charges in fiery 20th debate
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 23.02.2012 3:38  1 views  0 comments
AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum traded fiery accusations about health care, spending earmarks and federal bailouts Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination. Read more »
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Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
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23.02.2012 3:30 1 views 0 comments
 AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
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Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria
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23.02.2012 3:29 1 views 0 comments
AP - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria. Read more »
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Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy
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23.02.2012 3:29 1 views 0 comments
AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period. Read more »
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Police say love triangle led to CA murder-suicide
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23.02.2012 3:26 1 views 0 comments
AP - A 73-year-old gunman entangled in a love triangle shot and killed the treasurer of a remote-controlled airplane club who police said was having an affair with the estranged wife of the attacker. Read more »
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Teenage girl dies after inhaling helium at party
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23.02.2012 3:26 1 views 0 comments
AP - Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, she piled into a car with a bunch of her friends and rode to a condo in Medford, Ore., where police say the big sister of one of her friends was throwing a party with booze and marijuana. Read more »
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Police: Girl forced to run 3 hours dies; 2 charged
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23.02.2012 3:26 1 views 0 comments
AP - At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and her death days later was ruled a homicide. Read more »
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2nd degree murder verdict in lacrosse death trial
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23.02.2012 3:24 1 views 0 comments
AP - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fueled slaying of his ex-girlfriend, rejecting a verdict of first-degree murder and a possible life sentence. Read more »
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Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M
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23.02.2012 3:22 1 views 0 comments
 AP - Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.
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Cowell: 'X Factor' wants 2 female judges, 2 hosts
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23.02.2012 3:22 1 views 0 comments
AP - Simon Cowell is playing it coy about rumors that Fergie, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are being considered for "The X Factor." Read more »
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Santorum at center stage in Arizona Republican debate
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23.02.2012 3:04 1 views 0 comments
 Reuters - Rivals heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, hoping to stall his surge at a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.
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Romney and Santorum swap charges in 20th debate
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23.02.2012 2:54 2 views 0 comments
AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped accusations about spending, taxes and congressional earmarks Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination. Read more »
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2nd degree murder verdict in lacrosse death trial
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23.02.2012 2:38 2 views 0 comments
AP - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fueled slaying of his ex-girlfriend, rejecting a verdict of first-degree murder and a possible life sentence. Read more »
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Santorum at center stage in crucial Arizona debate
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23.02.2012 2:32 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - Rick Santorum finally got his chance at center stage in a debate of Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday that represented the best chance to address large numbers of voters before a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.
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Judge strikes down law mandating sale of
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23.02.2012 2:32 2 views 0 comments
Reuters - A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional. Read more »
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Police: Girl forced to run 3 hours dies; 2 charged
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23.02.2012 2:30 2 views 0 comments
AP - At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and her death days later was ruled a homicide. Read more »
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Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
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23.02.2012 2:13 2 views 0 comments
AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
Read more »
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Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria
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23.02.2012 2:13 2 views 0 comments
AP - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria. Read more »
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Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy
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23.02.2012 2:13 2 views 0 comments
AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period. Read more »
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2nd degree murder verdict in lacrosse death trial
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23.02.2012 2:12 2 views 0 comments
AP - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend that was fueled by jealousy over her relationship with another lacrosse player. Read more »
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