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Myanmar still will not accept US aid workers

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar says the junta is not ready to accept American aid workers to help cyclone survivors....
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UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, prompting the world body to suspend further help on Friday....
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Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war....
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US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul....
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Mourners pay respects to slain Philadelphia police officer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Mourners lined up in the pouring rain Friday outside a cathedral to pay their respects to slain Philadelphia police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, who was fatally shot in the line of duty....
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Cheney tells Philly workers: The check is in the mail

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney made a stop Thursday at a government check printing facility to tout the economic stimulus checks going out to more than 130 million Americans as "a shot of energy at the right time and in the right way."...
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Hard-hit consumers turn to Amish-run stores, expired goods

MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio (AP) -- In a quiet gas-lit farmhouse, two girls in bonnets and long blue dresses wind tape around expired bottles of Newman's Own salad dressing, and wipe dust off dented cans of vegetables and crumpled boxes of Butterfinger candy bars....
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Pa. congressman, a superdelegate, backs Clinton

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton has gained the endorsement of one of Pennsylvania's handful of remaining uncommitted Democratic superdelegates....
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Sharpton: Philly police beating 'worse than Rodney King'

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton called a videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects in Philadelphia "worse than Rodney King," prompting the city's police commissioner to chide anyone "fanning flames ... from afar."...
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Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Facebook, the world's second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday....
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Philly officials: Assault weapons ban must be reinstated

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Hours after a third suspect was charged with killing a Philadelphia police officer with a high-powered rifle, the mayor and Pennsylvania's governor called on Congress to reinstate a ban on assault weapons....
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Ironworkers' pension fund sues Alcoa over bribery allegation

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- An ironworkers' pension fund has sued aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. and its board of directors over a purported scheme to bribe officials in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain....
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Christian group sues Pa. university over free-speech rights

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A religious student group claims that Shippensburg University violated its free-speech rights by threatening to shut it down because it requires members to be Christians and its president to be a man....
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Opinion Poll

Do you support or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of capital crimes? <More Info>

Support:
Oppose:
Support:
74%
Oppose:
26%
Total Votes: 239

Yesterday's Poll

Do you agree with Chief Harper that the teen’s shooting was justified?

Yes:
97%
No:
3%
Total Votes: 514

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