- AP IMPACT: Losing racehorses killed in Puerto Rico
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- For thoroughbreds in this U.S. Caribbean territory, being fast enough to win, place or show is a matter of life and death - losers often don't even make it off the racetrack grounds alive. More than 400 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by injection at a clinic behind the Hipodromo Camarero racetrack, said chief veterinarian Jose Garcia.
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- California voids ban on same-sex marriages
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- WASHINGTON — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that gays have a constitutional right to marry, overturning state laws forbidding it with a decision likely to re-energize the election-year debate over same-sex marriages and gay rights.
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- Neighbor is indicted in MySpace suicide case
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- LOS ANGELES — A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor, who committed suicide.
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- Chinese student rescued after 80 hours
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- A Chinese state news agency says rescuers have pulled a student to safety after being trapped for 80 hours in the debris of a school following this week's massive earthquake.
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Other World & Nation News
- GOP revolt helps kill Bush war funding request
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WASHINGTON — President Bush’s Iraq War funding request collapsed in the House on Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U. S. troops overseas.
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- Survivors from apartment building recount quake
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Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped.
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- Vitamin D may help in curbing breast cancer deaths, study finds
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or see it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found, adding to evidence that the “sunshine vitamin” has anti-cancer benefits.
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- China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000
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Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.
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- Obama is endorsed by Edwards
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 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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The Race For The White House
- Florida, Michigan cannot save Clinton
- Obama criticizes McCain, Bush on appeasement talk
- McCain talks of 2013 for a big Iraq pullout
- Clinton's W.Va. victory does little to slow Obama
- Obama ‘less than 200’ delegates from Democratic nomination
- Former Obama pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, cites ‘devious’ use of sound bites
- Where the presidential candidates stand on major issues
State
- High fuel prices may put crimp in holiday travel
- Ex-head of security for Pataki kills himself
- Displaying a noose is felony under new law
- West Point songs facing update
- Pension fraud probe targets school chiefs
- Portrait of Eloise is returned to its place of honor in Plaza Hotel
- Sex offenders required to reveal Web data
- 2 charged in theft of village light poles
- Woman linked to Spitzer takes plea
- Taxi driver fined for using bad language
International
- Bush comment provokes storm
- Myanmar junta warns against plundering aid
- Amid heartache from quake, childless parents
- Some flip wigs as British judges get makeover
- President-elect doubts future unity with China
- Civilian deaths alleged in foreign covert raids
- Medvedev makes debut as commander in chief
- 100 killed in inferno from pipeline rupture
- Bus conductor arrested in deaths of man, child
- 3 Iranians wounded in Iraq
National
- Winning Mega Millions ticket sold near Cincinnati
- Carnival ride collapses in California; 24 injured
- Calif. wine patriarch Robert Mondavi dies at 94
- Alabama sheriffs feed inmates on $1.75 a day
- Same-sex marriage ruling also victory for SF mayor
- Mo. lawmakers approve anti-illegal immigrant bill
- Financier sentenced in congressman's bribery case
- Colombian paramilitary member appears in US court
- San Diego courthouse blast probe leads to arrest
- Texas minister charged in Internet sex sting
Columns
Pandering to voters a few weeks ago by supporting a summertime gasoline tax “holiday” didn’t seem to do much good for any of our elected officials. Neither did opposing it.
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More Columns
Another Voice
- Spending freeze threatens students, state’s economy
- McCain gets it backward on importing drugs
- State agency jeopardizing massive upstate investment
- Legislature plan would send property taxes soaring
Everybody's Column
- It’s time for region to capitalize on assets
- Where is world outcry over Gaza Strip crisis?
- McCain should choose Rice as running mate
- All Americans entitled to the right to privacy
