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“Rambunctious” McCain says he had chip on shoulder (Reuters)


Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain’s is on a nostalgic tour this week of
some of the places he has known, featuring a lot of straight
talk about what a difficult young man he was.

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Report: Low grad rates in US cities (AP)

“AP - Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday.”
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With calm restored, Iraqis ask `Who won?’ (McClatchy Newspapers)


McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Relative calm settled over Basra, neighboring provinces and Baghdad on Monday as a ceasefire took hold after nearly a week of pitched fighting between the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr and Iraqi government forces.

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North Korea lashes out at South’s new president (Reuters)


Reuters - North Korea unleashed a torrent of
insults at South Korea’s new president on Tuesday in a first
mention of Lee Myung-bak since he won a December election with
a pledge to get tough on his communist neighbor.

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McCain Building Nov. Machine

“Senator moves to transform his ragtag primary campaign into a general-election operation.


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Ky. snakes seized as owner loses fingers (AP)

“AP - A Kentucky man wasn’t around when officers seized reptiles from his home. That’s because he was at a hospital having fingers amputated after a snakebite, his wife says.”
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Independence strains Kosovo’s police force (The Christian Science Monitor)


The Christian Science Monitor - – In this ethnically Serbian enclave in northern Kosovo, Siniša Milić’s blue sweater and badge are a sign of betrayal. Mr. Milić is a Serb, but as a member of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS), he’s seen by his neighbors as a representative of a state they consider illegal.

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Adam Sandler breaks ankle (AP)

“AP - Adam Sandler may wish he stuck to being “The Waterboy.””
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Clinton’s convention strategy in doubt (Politico)


Politico - If the fight over whether to count the results in Florida and Michigan makes it to the Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton will not have enough pledged votes on the 169-member Credentials Committee to deliver a majority decision in her favor, according to an analysis conducted for Politico.

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Students apparently copied honor code (AP)

“AP - Their goal was an honor code that discouraged cheating and plagiarizing.”
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