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The Lion Sleeps Tonight [News Bits]
Sen. Edward Kennedy, the "Lion of the Senate", dies at 77 after long battle with brain cancer
CIA interrogators choked a prisoner repeatedly and threatened to kill another detainee’s children
Karzai widens lead over Abdullah in Afghan presidential election
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Police Say West Campus Deaths Were Double Homicide [News Bits]
Police investigating West Campus deaths as double homicide
LULAC may sue City of Austin to force single-member district elections
LCRA trying to address long-range water needs for Austin area
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Please Welcome Senator Al Franken [News Bits]
Ladies and gentlemen, Senator Al Franken
FDA panel urges ban on Vicodin, Percocet; and limits on acetaminophen
Nurse says Michael Jackson begged for powerful sedative for insomnia
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Iran Will Not Yield 'At Any Cost' [News Bits]
Iran's supreme leader says the country will not yield to protests "at any cost"
Doctor who treated her own breast cancer at the South Pole back in 1999 dies at 57
South Carolina governor was in Argentina, not Appalachia
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Mousavi Calls for Massive Rally in Iran [News Bits]
Mousavi calls for massive rally in Iran to protest "shameful fraud"
FDA says some Zicam nasal products can cause permanent loss of smell
Obama to extend federal employee benefits to same-sex partners
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News Bits: Tax Day
Your taxes are due today, and the recession isn't helping
Nationwide anti-tax and anti-spend "tea party" protests expected
That Senate election in Minnesota? Yeah, it's still not over
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News Bits: A Call to Action Amid Protests
President Obama stresses the "sense of urgency" needed to confront the global economic crisis
Russia and the United States will pursue a new deal to reduce the number of nuclear warheads
Charges to be dropped against former senator Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens
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Rick Wagoner to Take Extra-extended Vacation [News Bits]
GM's Rick Wagoner out, US Treasury in
MI Gov. Granholm: Rick Wagoner a "sacrificial lamb"
The Guardian UK: "Afghanistan's failing army"
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News Bits: Obama the Lecturer
Obama turns lecturer in news conference
Administration targets flow of guns, profits from U.S. to Mexico
Abortion debate dogs Obama's plan to deliver Notre Dame commencement address
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News Bits: Treasury Says No to AIG Bonuses
Treasury secretary says AIG executives must pay back bonus money
Austrian man pleads guilty to imprisoning his daughter and fathering seven children with her
Madagascar military hands power to opposition leader
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News Bits: Multiple Shootings in Alabama, Germany
Eleven people killed in Alabama shooting spree
Gunman opens fire at German school, killing at least 15 people
Former Iraqi official 'Chemical Ali' sentenced for war crimes
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News Bits: Bad Economic News Keeps Coming
Nearly 700,000 private-sector jobs were lost in February
1 in 5 U.S. homeowners owe more than their property is worth
War crimes warrant issued for the president of Sudan
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News Bits: Nine Dead in Amsterdam Plane Crash
At least nine people dead as Turkish plane crashes in Amsterdam
Obama takes optimistic tone in speech to Congress
Toddler among seven people injured in a Mardi Gras afternoon shooting
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News Bits: Hummer, Saturn, Saab Off to Car Heaven
GM and Chrysler need billions more; Saturn, Saab, and Hummer are done for
President Obama to outline plan today to stop foreclosure flood
Facebook does an about-face on changes to terms of service
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News Bits: Stimulus Plan Faces First Test
House to vote on Obama's economic stimulus plan
After suspension for nodding at Obama, drum major quits
Rabbit Remembered: Pulitzer-winning author John Updike dies at 76
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News Bits: Auto CEOs Present Plans to Congress
Automotive CEOs drove hybrids this time to ask Congress for money. Couldn't they carpool?
Obama set to name Bill Richardson as Secretary of Commerce
Folk singer Odetta, one of the voices of the civil rights movement, dies at 77
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News Bits: Al-Qaida Taunts Obama With Name-Calling
Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
Consumer prices fell last month; biggest one-month decline in 61 years
Former president Clinton offers concessions to help Hillary become secretary of state
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News Bits: Connecticut to Allow Gay Marriage
Judge clears way for gay marriages in Connecticut
US House votes next week on a plan to prop up the automobile industry
New mortgage programs may help some troubled borrowers, but they won't restart the housing market
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News Bits: Obama-mercial Hits Airwaves Tonight
The 30-minute Obama-mercial blankets the primetime airwaves tonight
Earthquake in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 160
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is, well, very ill
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News Bits: Palin's New Wardrobe Cost RNC $150,000
Report: Republican National Committee shells out $150,000 on Palin's wardrobe
Stocks slumped this morning as fear of a recession mounted
Hacker who published provocative Miley Cyrus photos raided by FBI
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News Bits: Obama, McCain Head Into Final Debate
Stakes are high as Obama and McCain head for final debate
President Bush says he's confident that the economy will come back "in the long run"
Hurricane Omar nears Puerto Rico with 80-mph winds
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News Bits: Debate More Letdown Than Showdown
The second presidential debate: "remarkably sedate", "low-voltage", "tedious"
The Federal Reserve and other world banks enact an emergency rate cut
Work with glowing jellyfish leads to Nobel Prize in chemistry
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News Bits: Senate Set to Vote on Bailout
Senate to vote today on the bailout plan (or rescue plan, if you like)
Journalism major Palin doesn't name a single paper she reads
Somali pirates still holding tanks and weapons for ransom
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News Bits: Financial Mess Triggers FBI Investigation
FBI investigating four firms at the heart of this financial meltdown
Warren Buffett in a buying mood; pours $5 billion into Goldman Sachs
McCain aide’s firm was paid by Freddie Mac up through last month
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News Bits: Government Saves AIG
The Federal Reserve lends insurer AIG $85 billion to stay afloat
Howard Stern pranksters make out behind live news report from Wall Street
16 die in attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen
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News Bits: Particle Accelerator Switched On: Universe Survives
"Big Bang" machine, Large Hadron Collider (hee hee): Still, it works
Was Obama referring to Palin when he said "lipstick on a pig"?
Hurricane Ike enters Gulf; on path for Texas
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News Bits: Palin Takes the Stage Tonight
Palin takes the stage tonight to speak to Republican convention
Google releases a new web browser, called Chrome, to take on Microsoft
Following up on Gustav, Tropical Storm Hanna expected to hit Friday
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News Bits: Clinton Energizes Convention
Clinton's convention speech: "No way, no how, no McCain"
Chatter over Hutchison as McCain's possible VP pick gets louder. Isn't she running for governor?
Suffering from exhaustion, Dalai Lama cancels international trips
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News Bits
Deaths reported as plane skids off runway at Madrid airport
Hua Guofeng, who succeeded China's Chairman Mao, dies at 87
Obama and his new VP choice to campaign together on Saturday
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News Bits: Truce Broken in Georgia
Georgian president says "there is no cease-fire" as Russian convoy advances
Phelps makes Olympic history with two more golds; US women gymnasts take silver
Opening ceremonies singer, chosen for her cuteness, lip-synched song
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