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Israeli strikes kill 26 in fierce Gaza clashes (AFP)
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AFP - Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a series of strikes on Saturday, killing at least 26 Palestinians, including four children, medical officials said.
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No text messages or calls for NJ drivers (AP)
“AP - For New Jersey drivers, the message is clear: Keep your thumbs on the wheel and off the keypad.”
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Northrop, EADS win $35B Air Force deal (AP)
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AP - The Air Force on Friday awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. and a European partner a $35 billion contract to build airborne refueling planes, delivering a major blow to Boeing Co.
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Toxin mystery at Las Vegas motel deepens (AP)
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AP - As police tried to piece together how a rare, deadly poison ended up in a motel for transients, the 57-year-old man who could hold the key lay unconscious in a hospital.
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Physics lab completes world’s largest jigsaw puzzle (Reuters)
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Reuters - A 100-tonne wheel, the last piece of an
ambitious experiment that scientists hope will help unlock the
secrets of the universe, was successfully lowered into an
underground cavern on Friday.
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Plans to raze NIU shooting site debated (AP)
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AP - Kevin Smith wants to forget about the Valentine’s Day shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University, but the memories are hard to shake.
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Dow loses 315 on economic worries (AP)
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AP - Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports as well as high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy. The major stock indexes fell more than 2.5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials lost 315 points.
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Audits sting hospitals, physicians (AP)
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AP - In coming weeks, private audit companies will begin scouring mountains of medical records. Their mission: Determine if health care providers erred when billing Medicare and require them to return any overpayments to the federal government. The auditors will keep a tidy percentage for their services.
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Can Clinton overcome Obamania? (AP)
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AP - A year ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-Inevitable, was joshing about whether she could appoint her husband secretary of state when she became president, and Barack Obama was urging a throng to be realistic about his own chances. “Let’s face it,” he said. “The novelty’s going to wear off.”
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Judge allows Wikileaks site to re-open (AP)
“AP - A federal judge who shuttered the renegade Web site Wikileaks.org reversed the decision Friday and allowed the site to re-open in the United States.”
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