Tornado knocks vehicles around in N. Carolina, kills 1
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
GREENSBORO, NC (AP) - Authorities were waiting for daylight early Friday so they could begin assessing the damage from a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina.
Reported twister tears through central North Carolina CNN
Storms hit Southeast WKYC-TV
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Race Over or Not, Obama Takes a Victory Lap
New York Times - 36 minutes ago
Senator Barack Obama came to the Capitol on Thursday, trying to rally Democrats around him. By CARL HULSE and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON - Senator Barack Obama began trying to rally the Democratic Party around him on Thursday and struck a tougher ...
McCain girding for battle with Obama Reuters
Clinton urges supporters to ignore dire predictions The Associated Press
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Clinton superdelegate jumps ship
CNN - 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Another supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton's is abandoning her candidacy to back Sen. Barack Obama for president, according to an Obama campaign aide.
Obama picks ups superdelegates in New Jersey, Oregon The Associated Press
Clinton's campaign chairman says contest will be decided by June Los Angeles Times
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Congress Agrees on Farm Bill as Bush Veto Is Threatened
New York Times - 9 hours ago
By AP WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional negotiators announced a final agreement on a $300 billion farm bill on Thursday, as the White House and key conservatives continued to signal opposition to the legislation.
Negotiators Agree on Farm Bill, but Bush Vows to Veto It Washington Post
Bush set to veto $300 billion farm bill San Francisco Chronicle
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International alert leads to arrest of suspected pedophile
Kansas City Star - 9 hours ago
By DAVID PORTER AP The arrest of Wayne Nelson Corliss, 58, on Wednesday capped a two-day global manhunt for the suspected pedophile of young boys.
Interpol snares high-profile perv suspect in its Web Boston Herald
'Best Santa ever' arrested in NJ on child sex charges The Associated Press
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Fossella Admits He Had an Extramarital Affair
New York Times - 9 hours ago
By JAMES BARRON Representative Vito J. Fossella, the Staten Island Republican who was arrested on drunken-driving charges in Virginia last week, acknowledged on Thursday that he had fathered a daughter, now 3, in an extramarital affair.
NY Congressman Acknowledges Affair, Child Washington Post
Neighbors often saw Vito Fossella with Family No. 2 New York Daily News
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Chancellor's post goes to state senator
San Jose Mercury News - 4 hours ago
AP SACRAMENTO - State Sen. Jack Scott of Pasadena has been named the next chancellor of California's community colleges. The Board of Governors for the 109-campus system voted unanimously for Scott on Thursday.
State senator named to run community colleges San Francisco Chronicle
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State Department Asks Congress To Keep Quiet About Details of Deal
Washington Post - 8 hours ago
By Glenn Kessler Washington's civil nuclear deal with India is in such desperate straits that the State Department has imposed unusually strict conditions on the answers it provided to questions posed by members of Congress: Keep them secret.
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• Panel Clears La. Senator In Call-Girl Complaint
Washington Post - 8 hours ago
By Paul Kane Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) was cleared yesterday of any ethical misconduct for his association with prostitutes from the escort service run by the late Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the so-called "DC Madam" who was convicted of running a call-girl ...
Senate ethics panel dismisses Vitter complaint Reuters
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Polygamists Are Asked About Fostering Children
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By KIRK JOHNSON ST. GEORGE, Utah - Utah’s attorney general, Mark L. Shurtleff, sat before a room of perhaps 400 people, most of them fundamentalist polygamists, at a town hall meeting here on Thursday night.
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Sinkhole and Town: Now You See It ...
New York Times - 9 hours ago
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL DAISETTA, Tex. - A huge and ravenous sinkhole that threatened to swallow this little East Texas oil town gobbled more crumbling earth Thursday but spared, at least for now, homes, the high school and the main road, Farm to Market ...
Huge Texas sinkhole's appetite decreasing, officials say The Associated Press
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A Call Criminal Inquiry on Deadly Mine Collapse
New York Times - 10 hours ago
By IAN URBINA WASHINGTON - The general manager and possibly other senior staff members at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, Utah, where nine miners died last August, withheld information from federal officials that could have prevented the ...
Congressman wants criminal inquiry on collapsed mine CNN
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Family of woman who died after airport arrest sues Phoenix
USA Today - 6 hours ago
By Jahna Berry, The Arizona Republic PHOENIX - The family of a New York woman who died at an Arizona airport filed a lawsuit against the city of Phoenix on Thursday.
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Groundbreaking' Santa Clara County study reveals lives of female
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago
By Karen de Sá Female convicts in Santa Clara County are mostly the walking wounded - survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence, adults who drowned their untreated childhood trauma in methamphetamine and crack cocaine.
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Unique Study on Women in Santa Clara County Jail KCBS
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12 children hurt in Yosemite school bus collision
The Associated Press - 15 hours ago
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - Two school buses carrying sixth-graders to Yosemite National Park collided Thursday, injuring a dozen children and a parent, park officials said.
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Judge Plans To Review Opinion on CIA Tactics
Washington Post - 8 hours ago
By Dan Eggen A federal judge in New York intends next week to review one of the Bush administration's most controversial legal opinions related to detainee interrogations, to decide if it has appropriately been withheld from public view.
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Strong Winds Cause Damage in Va.; Flood Warnings Posted
MyFox Washington DC - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The National Weather Service says it has had multiple reports of structural damage caused by hail, heavy rain and strong winds in two Virginia counties.
WEATHER: Tornado watch issued for Va. Shore; flood watch in Del. Salisbury Daily Times
Rains to raise White River levels Indianapolis Star
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District will issue layoff notices to 100 teachers
San Diego Union Tribune - 2 hours ago
By Bruce Lieberman Carlsbad Unified School District trustees unanimously approved issuing layoff notices to 100 teachers yesterday in a move clouded by uncertainties over the state budget for 2008-09.
CARLSBAD: School district to send 100 'final' layoff notices North County Times
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Report Urges Greater US Response to Terrorist Ideology on Internet
Voice of America - 13 hours ago
By Deborah Tate A US Senate panel has released a report concluding that terrorist groups have stepped up their appeals to English-speaking audiences, including those in the United States.
Report: US lacks plan to counter terrorist messages The Associated Press
Extremists hone Internet skills: Senate report Reuters
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Investigation at Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson hid
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) - National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains.
Behind the Scenes: Body hunt at Manson ranch CNN
Calif. search possible for Manson victims United Press International
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