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GOP Race Turns to Colorado, Minnesota
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Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine. With back-to-back victories fueling him, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is looking toward the next states that hold GOP nominating contests as main rival Newt Gingrich brushes aside any talk...
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Heavy snow disrupts travel across much of Britain
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Heavy snow has brought disruption to many parts of Britain, with road closures and flight cancellations. Up to 16cm (6in) of snow fell in some areas, and icy conditions have prompted warnings from the Met Office. as the...
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Afghanistan: Seven dead in Kandahar car bomb attack
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At least five police officers and two civilians have died in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. At least 19 people were wounded in the blast in a car park...
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Watchdog finds cybersecurity 'shortcomings' with stimulus-backed power grid program
FOX News
A multibillion-dollar stimulus push to modernize the nation's power grid is raising cybersecurity concerns, as the Department of Energy's official watchdog reports that dozens of grant recipients came to the table with inadequate security plans. The finding comes amid...
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Dominican migrant boat overturns; at least 10 dead
MSNBC
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Caribbean country, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, officials said.The...
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Occupy D.C. camp raided by police
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Eight protesters were arrested Saturday after a pre-dawn raid on the Occupy D.C. camp in McPherson Square, with dozens of police clearing away tents, bedding and dead rodents. U.S. Park Police — on horseback and on foot with...
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Ore. mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days
MSNBC
PORTLAND, Ore. — A family of three huddled on the edge of an old-growth Oregon forest for six days, lost and cold, unable to signal search helicopters flying low and slow overhead. Without food, water or even warm...
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Komen aims to restore credibility
Washington Post
The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy group has gone into full damage-control mode. Executives of the embattled Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation held conference calls with affiliates Saturday to discuss a new strategy for working with...
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Super Bowl Last-Minute Tickets from $10,000?
ABC News
Dante Cassiani of Boston is earning his stripes as a "diehard" New England Patriots fan by driving 950 miles to Indianapolis with eight friends in the hope of getting tickets to watch his home team play the Super...
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Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro launches memoirs
BBC
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs. The book, Guerrilla of Time, is almost 1,000 pages long and relates his childhood and rise to power in the Cuban Revolution. Fidel...