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Clinton campaign working to erase debtsByCHICAGO _ In a new Internet video, Hillary Clinton acknowledged to potential contributors Monday that "running for president is an arduous undertaking." In the extended battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, it's also an expensive one. Challenged to compete with rival Barack Obama's surprising and unparalleled fundraising ability, Clinton's campaign ended February with more than $8. |
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CodePink April Fools' hoax backfiresApr. 2, 2008ByBERKELEY, Calif. _ CodePink should be turning red. That seems to be the consensus of many who were on the receiving end of a bogus announcement Tuesday by the radical anti-war group that the embattled U.S. Marine Corps recruiting center in Berkeley was caving to the pressure of weekly protests and leaving town. |
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Teen says she's sorry for role in MySpace suicideApr. 2, 2008ByST. LOUIS _ The young co-creator of a make-believe MySpace heartthrob that led to a teen's suicide took responsibility for her actions Tuesday, publicly expressing remorse for the first time. Ashley Grills said that she was part of a scheme to win the trust of 13-year-old Megan Meier through a fictitious online romance, and that, indeed, she wrote the final, angry message some claim pushed Megan to suicide more than a year ago. |
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Terror suspect should be charged in federal court, victim's widow saysApr. 2, 2008ByMIAMI _ An American college professor whose Kenyan husband was killed in the 1998 al-Qaida suicide bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania said Tuesday that a Guantanamo captive accused in the attack should be tried in a federal court, not by military commissions. |
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Proposed settlement reached in tainted pet food suitsApr. 2, 2008ByCAMDEN, N.J. _ A year after tainted pet food led to the deaths of thousands of dogs and cats nationwide, a proposed settlement was announced Tuesday that would resolve more than 100 class-action lawsuits filed by grief-stricken pet owners in the United States and Canada. |
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Sept. 11 first responders ask Congress to reopen victim compensation fundApr. 2, 2008ByWASHINGTON _ After the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Michael Valentin spent months helping with recovery efforts among the pulverized concrete, asbestos and toxic fumes where the World Trade Center once stood. Six and a half years, four surgeries and two tumors later, the now-retired New York City Police detective thinks it's time for the federal government to give him a hand. |
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Timing, weaknesses in Iraqi offensive surprised Bush administrationApr. 2, 2008ByWASHINGTON _ The Bush administration was caught off-guard by the first Iraqi-led military offensive since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a weeklong thrust in southern Iraq whose paltry results have silenced talk at the Pentagon of further U.S. troop withdrawals any time soon. |
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Obama, Clinton fire on McCainApr. 2, 2008ByWILKES-BARRE, Pa. _ Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton focused their fire Tuesday on the opponent one of them will face in November amid worries within the party that their prolonged primary battle is providing a free pass to presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain. |
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WWE investigates what went wrong in Orlando fireworks displayApr. 1, 2008ByORLANDO, Fla. _ John Voit's sons live for the theatrics of World Wrestling Entertainment _ the larger-than-life characters, the fierce rivalries and the showy pyrotechnics. All that changed at WrestleMania 24 Sunday night when a fireworks-show malfunction dropped live rockets into the cheering fans below. |
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