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Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthqu...
Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary as her campaign tried to use the contest to raise doubts about...
Retail sales dip for second time in 2 months
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April....
Lawmakers want to end oil shipments to US reserve
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying...
Dozens of homes lost as Florida battles wildfires
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Relentless wildfires burned into the early morning Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with g...
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Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthqu...
Myanmar regime accused of hoarding cyclone aid
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The United Nations said Tuesday that only a tiny portion of international aid needed for Myanmar's cyclone victims is making it into the country, amid reports that the military...
Officials: Clashes in Iraq's Sadr City kill 11
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi ...
Teens trapped in collapsed Chinese school
JUYUAN, China (AP) -- The bodies of the young teenagers were brought out of the wreckage on doors scavenged from what remained of their school....
Effect of quake on panda preserve still unknown
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve remained unknown Tuesday, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area from the res...