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UNDERDOG RICK Santorum now must scramble to raise enough cash to compete with Mitt Romney after his stunning sweep of three swing states rattled the Republican presidential race. Santorum’s Tuesday hat trick, following a fallow stretch in which his campaign was given up for dead, stunned...(more)
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An 85-pound Argentine mastiff dog dramatically rescued a day earlier from an icy lake was impounded Wednesday after viciously biting a Denver television news anchor on her face during a live in-studio segment.
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A student who was allegedly fed semen-laced cookies at Miramonte Elementary School has broken her silence as Los Angeles County investigators sift through a new cache of 200 bondage-style student photos.
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An elderly woman was shot in the face when a bullet pierced through a window of her Brooklyn apartment while she watched television Wednesday evening, cops and witnesses said.
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A judge says a convicted serial killer on California's death row can be extradited to New York to stand trial for two 1970s-era murder cases there. A Marin County judge on Tuesday ruled that 68-year-old Rodney Alcala, who was a contestant on "The Dating Game" in...(more)
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US helicopter Prince Harry will fly isn't the fastest, takes 16 months of training to master, but is the attack aircraft of choiceThe army regards the Apache helicopter as the attack aircraft of choice in Afghanistan. It is not the fastest helicopter, but those who have...(more)
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If you want a picture of deprivation, the east end of Richmond, Virginia paints it. But look closer and you will see changeThe east end of Richmond, Virginia is a community rich in people, but depressingly poor otherwise. It's like every other inner city in America....(more)
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Mark Thompson has admitted the broadcaster does not have enough older female newsreaders and presentersThe BBC director-general, Mark Thompson, has admitted the broadcaster does not have enough older female newsreaders and presenters. He said the corporation had a "case to answer" over the lack of older...(more)
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Eric Woerth alleged to have taken cash from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt to fund Sarkozy's 2007 election campaignA former government minister has been charged with corruption by judges investigating whether he took envelopes stuffed with cash from France's richest woman to fund Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election...(more)
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Political leaders finally decide on a course that would avert a chaotic default for the debt-choked nationAfter three days of high drama, political posturing and brinkmanship, Greece's coalition government reached a tentative agreement on the draconian terms required to unlock €130bn (£109bn) in aid for the...(more)
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A spat over forgetting to wish his wife a happy birthday landed a South Florida man in jail on domestic violence charges....
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Ministry of Defence confirms that the prince has qualified as best pilot in his class to fly Apache attack helicoptersPrince Harry could return to combat duties in Afghanistan within the year following an announcement on Thursday that he has successfully completed an intensive training course to...(more)
