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Clinton wins West Virginia

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Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination.  BLOG:  The Politiker


Severe Weather

22 dead in 3 states after weekend storms

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PICHER, Okla. (AP) – Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornados and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.


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Clashes with Darfur

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KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan’s capital Saturday for the first time and clashed with security forces, rebel and government officials said.


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Stamp prices go up Monday

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WASHINGTON – The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.




Severe Weather

22 dead in 3 states after weekend storms

PICHER, Okla. (AP) – Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in piles of debris after tornados and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier and killed at least 22 people in three states.


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Clashes with Darfur

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of Darfur rebels reached the outskirts of Sudan’s capital Saturday for the first time and clashed with security forces, rebel and government officials said.



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Stamp prices go up Monday

WASHINGTON – The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.


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Obama overtakes Clinton in Democratic superdelegates

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton’s once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party’s nomination for president.



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Around the World

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A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday.



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13 dead, 9 wounded in Tijuana

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Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.


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Sharpton vows to ‘close this city down’

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Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.



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Around the World

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A Texas appeals court Thursday agreed to hear arguments that hundreds of children the state took from a polygamist compound should be allowed to see their mothers while the massive custody case is resolved. The Yearning For Zion Ranch was raided three weeks ago, but many of the mothers had not been separated from their children until Thursday. Two buses took the women back to the west Texas ranch from nearby San Angelo Coliseum, where the state had been keeping them and the children. One woman held up a cardboard sign that read, “SOS; Mothers Separated; Help.”


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Abbas to appeal for more US help in Mideast peace process

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WASHINGTON – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants the Bush administration to press Israel to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank – a step he says is needed to make progress in Mideast peace talks. The White House acknowledges the talks are stagnant five months after both sides pledged to reach a deal by January.