Rescuers at China quake epicenter, digging by hand
Last Updated: 9:33 PM 05/14/08 -
Nearly 26,000 people remained buried in collapsed buildings from Monday's magnitude 7.9 earthquake, and the death toll of almost 15,000 was expected to climb as relief operations spread into the mountains of Sichuan province. The quake triggered landslides that blocked roads to hardest-hit areas. - (Full Story) |
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and former Democratic presidential hopeful, John Edwards, wave to the crowd Wednesday, May 14, 2008 in Grand Rapids, Mich. after Edwards announced his endorsement of Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee. (AP Photo Adam Bird)
Edwards Endorses Obama In Move To Unify Support
Last Updated: 9:32 PM 05/14/08 -
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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Edwards Backing Obama
Last Updated: 9:15 PM 05/14/08 -
Former Presidential candidate John Edwards throws his support behind Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic nomination. The two made the announcement Wednesday night at a joint appearance in Michigan.
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Winehouse Won't be Charged in Alleged `Drug' Video
Last Updated: 9:10 PM 05/14/08 -
Amy Winehouse will not face charges over video footage that allegedly shows her taking drugs, her spokesman said Wednesday.
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Uprooted Kenyans Head Home in Fits and Starts
Last Updated: 7:28 PM 05/14/08 -
Kenyan government begins to help return poeple to their homes. People had been driven away due to violence following the rigged December 27 presidential election.
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Guns in Restaurants Draw Stares but Little Outcry
Last Updated: 6:13 PM 05/14/08 -
The patrons at Champps, an upscale restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement: He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons.
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Britain's Brown Ponders Reality TV Offer
Last Updated: 6:04 PM 05/14/08 -
Bruised at the ballot box and savaged by critics, Britain's beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown plotted a political comeback Wednesday - armed with a raft of new policies and pondering a surprising proposal to become a reality television star.
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Coin Dealers Examining Gold Find Off Louisiana Coast
Last Updated: 5:51 PM 05/14/08 -
A steamship that sank off the Louisiana coast during an 1846 storm has produced a trove of rare gold coins, including some produced at two largely forgotten U.S. Mints in the South, coin experts say.
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SEC charges Broadcom co-founders in stock options probe
Last Updated: 4:58 PM 05/14/08 -
A civil complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission also charges former chief financial officer William J. Ruehle and general counsel David Dull. It seeks injunctions, unspecified monetary penalties as well as removing Samueli and Dull from their positions.
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Clinton to continue, regrets racial tension in contest
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 05/14/08 -
The former first lady spoke to the major news networks in Washington as her campaign looked to parlay her lopsided victory in West Virginia into a last-ditch effort to persuade superdelegates to give her flagging candidacy another look.
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McCain's wife sells Sudan-related investments
Last Updated: 4:50 PM 05/14/08 -
The sale on Wednesday came after The Associated Press questioned the investments in light of calls by John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, for international financial sanctions against the Sudanese leadership.
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CBS network adds more comedy to its fall schedule
Last Updated: 4:48 PM 05/14/08 -
The network said Wednesday it will air six comedies instead of four next fall. CBS has confined its comedies to Mondays in recent years, but will air Julia Louis-Dreyfus' "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and a new comedy with Jay Mohr as a recently divorced painter on Wednesdays.
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AP video shows China earthquake's first moments
Last Updated: 4:40 PM 05/14/08 -
Exclusive footage shot by John Dkar, a Peruvian resident of Chengdu, and obtained by AP Television News shows the terrifying first moments of Monday's quake as he motorbiked with friends in the hills outside the city.
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Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing
Last Updated: 4:34 PM 05/14/08 -
"This flight was absolutely excellent," the former fighter pilot and extreme sports enthusiast said after touching down on an airfield near the eastern shore of Lake Geneva.
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Divers Find Caesar bust That May Date to 46 B.C.
Last Updated: 4:28 PM 05/14/08 -
Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.
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Anonymous Rape Tests are Going Nationwide
Last Updated: 4:13 PM 05/14/08 -
Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges.
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Analysis: Maybe Obama Should Worry
Last Updated: 4:00 PM 05/14/08 -
Barack Obama is in hot pursuit of general election voters, hoping America won't notice he got his head handed to him in West Virginia.
The Illinois senator virtually pretended the primary didn't happen Tuesday, with no election night speech or any public appearance at all after the polls closed and gave Hillary Rodham Clinton a more than 2-1 victory even though her candidacy is likely doomed.
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Violence in Mexico Spills Across US Border
Last Updated: 3:53 PM 05/14/08 -
Three Mexican police chiefs have requested political asylum in the U.S. as violence escalates in the Mexican drug wars and spills across the U.S. border, a top Homeland Security official told The Associated Press.
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AP Television News Video Shows Quake's 1st Moments
Last Updated: 3:12 PM 05/14/08 -
The moment that a devastating earthquake struck central China, the hills surrounding the city of Chengdu shook, people ran outside in confused panic, and a thick, white cloud of dust enveloped a mountain reserve.
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Heavy Rains Head Toward Cyclone-Devastated Myanmar
Last Updated: 3:11 PM 05/14/08 -
Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta on Wednesday. The U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors. The International Red Cross said in a new estimate that the death toll already may be between 68,833 and 127,990.
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'Darth Vader' Spared Jail In Jedi Church Attacks
Last Updated: 9:53 AM 05/14/08 -
Man dressed as Darth Vader spared jail for attack on founder of Britain's Jedi Church.
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Man Accused Of Handing Pot To Court Security
Last Updated: 9:50 AM 05/14/08 -
Man arrested for allegedly pulling marijuana from his pocket at court security check.
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