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Edwards gives long-awaited endorsement to Obama
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a move designed to help solidify support for the party's likely presidential nominee even as Hillary Rodham Clinton refuses to give up her long-shot candidacy....
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Rescuers at China quake epicenter, digging by hand
HANWANG, China (AP) -- Soldiers rushed to shore up a dam cracked by this week's powerful earthquake, and rescuers came by helicopter and ship Wednesday into the isolated epicenter but still were forced to dig for survivors with their bare hands....
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China: Troops rush to plug dam cracks
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- Hundreds of dams around the epicenter of China's earthquake have been damaged and Chinese troops scrambled Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding of already devastated communities....
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Lebanese Cabinet reverses anti-Hezbollah decisions
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The U.S.-backed Cabinet on Wednesday reversed measures against the militant Hezbollah movement that set off Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war....
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Boeing shuts down Chinook production line in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Army criminal investigators are looking into damage to two military helicopters on a production line at a Boeing Co. plant in suburban Philadelphia, prompting the company to shut down the line....
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Sen. Specter wants independent investigation into Spygate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hold on, NFL. Spygate isn't over. Not if the "incensed" Pittsburgh Steelers fan in Congress has anything to do with it....
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Customs agents seize 26 giant beetles in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Customs agents seized more than two dozen potentially harmful giant beetles - some the size of a child's hand - from an overseas package after postal workers heard the insects making scratching noises....
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Pa. senators question value of graduation test proposal
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Members of a Senate panel on Wednesday joined a chorus of skeptics who question whether the state should spend millions of dollars on a proposed state graduation testing program for Pennsylvania high school students....
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Pa. Supreme Court urged to block beer license for Sheetz
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- In a case that has implications for beer drinkers across Pennsylvania, lawyers for beverage distributors urged the state Supreme Court to bar takeout sales of six-packs unless a retailer allows the beer to be consumed on the premises....
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Animal lovers urge tougher laws against Pa. puppy mills
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- When Carly the Pomeranian tries to bark, she doesn't emit a full-throated "ruff" or a high-pitched "yip." It's more like a hoarse squeak....
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Rendell's judicial nominees rejected in partisan showdown
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Four vacancies on Pennsylvania's appellate courts, including one on the Supreme Court, will remain unfilled for now, stuck in a partisan dispute....
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Philly prosecutors detail lead-up to policeman's slaying
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A carjacking suspect planned to take part in the recent bank robbery that led to a policeman's death, but got cold feet and was replaced on the three-man team, a prosecutor said Wednesday....
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Pittsburgh zoo says mother tiger has milk shortage
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A rare Amur tiger is being given a drug to spur milk production in hopes she will begin to care for a cub she gave birth to earlier this week, the head of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium said Wednesday....
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