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Dean says either Clinton or Obama must drop out in June (AP)
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AP - Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention and win the election in November.
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Wright says criticism is attack on black church (AP)
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AP - The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says criticism surrounding his fiery sermons is an attack on the black church.
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Choir director brings prayers for lower gas prices to SF (AP)
“AP - A choir director who hopes prayer can bring down high gas prices is trying out his approach at some of the costliest pumps in the country.”
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Tax rebates start going out today, earlier than planned (AP)
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AP - Tax rebates will start going out today, earlier than previously announced. President Bush announced the change in schedule on Friday.
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Doomed Chernobyl reactor to be buried in giant steel coffin
“Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant.”
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The Science of Thinking Smarter
“Intellectual capital is what business is all about in the knowledge economy. Yet as with any new field of knowledge, there’s a lot of hype about the benefits that recent developments in brain science might bring—for example, the popular notion that executives can become better leaders by emulating the “management” secrets of the human brain.”
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Father confesses in Austrian abuse case (AFP)
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AFP - An elderly Austrian, portrayed by media as a “monster”, confessed Monday to imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children, prosecutors said.
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McCain focuses on lower costs on health-care tour (Reuters)
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Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John
McCain on Monday will argue the way to improve U.S. health-care
coverage lies in lowering costs and increasing competition
rather than the “big-government” schemes he says the Democrats
advocate.
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Mars, Buffett, cooperate in $23 billion bid for Wrigley (AP)
“AP - Candy maker Mars Inc. says it’s buying confectioner Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. in an all-cash deal valued at almost $23 billion.”
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Wildfire burns near LA, 1,000 flee homes, fire comes near (AP)
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AP - Fire crews battling a wildfire had a close call early Monday as winds, which had been fairly tame, unexpectedly kicked up and sent flames within yards of several houses.
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