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Clarification: Gulf Oil Spill-BP story

Clarification: Gulf Oil Spill-BP story

Clarification: Gulf Oil Spill-BP story

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In a March 3 story, The Associated Press reported about BP PLC's settlement with businesses and individuals harmed by its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The story noted that BP was also responsible for pipeline disasters in Alaska in 2006, 2009 and 2011.

Gas stations running dry as Brazil truckers strike

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Sao Paulo's 2,000 gas stations are rapidly running out of fuel as a strike by truck drivers who haul gas in South America's largest city entered a second day Tuesday, according to business representatives.

Dow falls more than 200, interrupting 2012 rally

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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Stocks in the U.S. are down more than 1 percent at the opening bell, following similar declines in Europe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)Stocks suffered their biggest losses in three months Tuesday, the first hiccup in a strong and steady rally to start the year. Wall Street worried about the global economy and waited while Greece pressured the last investors to sign on for its bailout.

Detective: Student did web searches for roommate

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Dharun Ravi sits in the courtroom during his trial at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, March 5, 2012. Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having an intimate encounter with another man. Days later Clementi committed suicide. Ravi, 19, faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)An investigator says a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounters with another man did several Internet searches seeking information on his roommate.

Vets prone to drug addiction get risky painkillers

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In this photo taken Monday, March 5, 2012, Steve Countouriotis, a Chief Emergency Services Command Officer, stands beside an anchor that sits outside his office at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Petaluma, Countouriotis, a 30-year Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, refused to take addictive drugs prescribed for his war-related back and shoulder pain, and says doctors should offer veterans less risky medication. He said he doesn't have PTSD, but that some colleagues who do have also been given the drugs. Doctors are too quick to prescribe them, Countouriotis said, adding, Morphine and similar powerful painkillers are sometimes prescribed to recent war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress along with physical pain, and the consequences can be tragic, a government study suggests.

Mets ace Santana throws 2 shutout innings vs Cards

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New York Mets starting pitcher Johan Santana throws during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals,, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)New York Mets ace Johan Santana pitched two scoreless innings in an 8-6 win against St. Louis on Tuesday in his first game facing major league hitters in 18 months.

Gas price hikes end after 27 days; oil sinks

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In this Feb. 28, 2012 photo, a delivery driver connects hoses on a gasoline tanker, prior to replenishing the tanks at a BP station in Pittsburgh. The nationwide average for regular unleaded slipped less than a penny to $3.764 per gallon on Tuesday, March 6,2012. That ended a streak of price hikes that began on Feb. 8. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Gasoline prices have finally dropped after 27 straight days of increases.

'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' composer dies

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FILE - In this April, 5,1965 file photo actress Debbie Reynolds poses with Academy awards winners for best music Richard M. Sherman, right and Robert Sherman, left, who received the award for Mary Poppins in Santa Monica Calif. Songwriter Sherman, who wrote the tongue-twisting How do you sum up the work of songwriter Robert B. Sherman? Try one word: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."

LA investment scam defendant dies in French jail

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A man charged in Los Angeles with running a $228 million real estate investment scam has died in a French prison.

Brazil says Blatter apologizes over Valcke remarks

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2012 file photo, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke speaks at a news conference in Brasilia, Brazil. The sports minister of Brazil announced at a Saturday March 3, 2012 news conference that they refuse to deal with with Valcke following his FIFA President Sepp Blatter apologized for remarks by one of his top executives about Brazil's preparations for the 2014 World Cup.

Kennedy Center plans Nordic arts festival in 2013

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Nordic artists, including a percussionist who carves instruments from Norwegian glacier ice, will take over the Kennedy Center next year for a monthlong festival to cap a new season of programs in 2012 and 2013 that were announced Tuesday.

Highway bill fails to clear hurdle in Senate

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Lawmakers are under pressure to find a way to keep federal aid flowing to highway and transit programs beyond the end of this month after a transportation bill failed Tuesday to clear a procedural hurdle in the Senate.

World powers agree Iran nuclear talks can resume

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The armchair of Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh remains empty at the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)Efforts to find a diplomatic solution to Iran's disputed nuclear program appeared to get a boost Tuesday when world powers agreed to a new round of talks with Tehran, and Iran gave permission for inspectors to visit a site suspected of secret atomic work.

Report: Minority students face harsher punishments

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FILE - In this March 2, 2012 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks during a forum on education at American University in Washington. More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American, according to an Education Department report. It's raising new concerns among civil rights groups about a More than 70 percent of students involved in school-related arrests or cases referred to law enforcement were Hispanic or African-American, according to an Education Department report that raises questions about whether students of all races are disciplined evenhandedly in America's schools.

Prince Harry runs with Usain Bolt in Jamaica

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Britain's Prince Harry, right, and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt run during a mock race in Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday March 6, 2012. The Prince is in Jamaica as part of the Diamond Jubilee tour in honor of Queen Elizabeth II who celebrates 60 years on the throne. His visit comes as the new prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has called anew for the severing of ties with the British monarchy. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)It wasn't much of a race, but then it really couldn't have been as the world's fastest man and Britain's Prince Harry met up on a track Tuesday in the Jamaican capital.

Overhead bins get bigger to fit more carry-on bags

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This undated photo provided by American Airlines parent company AMR, shows workers installing larger bins for carry-on luggage on a Boeing 737, in Tulsa, Okla. Fliers can stop sharpening their elbows. Overhead bins are getting bigger. (AP Photo/AMR)Fliers can stop sharpening their elbows. Overhead bins are getting bigger.

Arguments intensify in LA detective's murder trial

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FILE - In this July 6, 2009 file photo, former Los Angeles detective Stephanie Lazarus appears in court in Los Angeles. Lazarus is accused of killing an ex-boyfriend's wife 23 years ago. Attorneys on Monday, March 5, 2012 are expected to begin presenting final arguments in the love triangle case. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool, File)Prosecution and defense lawyers have made intense arguments as they prepare to submit a 26-year-old murder case against a former Los Angeles police detective to the jury.

Urban League: Voting laws threaten equality gains

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The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as a means of countering state laws the group says threaten education and economic progress made by blacks.

Q&A on administration's latest mortgage-aid plan

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The Obama administration is offering some relief to homeowners who have government-backed mortgages. Under a program President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday, the government would cut the fees it charges to insure those borrowers.

Factbox: Key quotes as Obama, Republicans spar over Iran

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(Reuters) - Below are quotes about Iran from President Barack Obama at a news conference and from Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference on Tuesday. MITT ROMNEY, SPEAKING VIA VIDEO LINK TO AIPAC CONFERENCE "I will bring the current policy of procrastination toward Iran to an end. I will not delay in imposing further crippling sanctions, and I will not hesitate to fully implement the ones we currently have. ...

Eastern Libya pulls away from central government

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A Libyan man, wearing the colors of the pre-Gadhafi flag, weeps for his brother at a funeral in Benghazi, Libya, Monday, March 5, 2012 for victims buried in a mass grave. Thousands of mourners gathered Monday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to bury 155 bodies unearthed from a mass grave of people were killed during last year's civil war. It was the largest grave yet to be discovered from the conflict that began as a popular uprising and ended with the capture and killing of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi last October.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)Tribal leaders and militia commanders declared oil-rich eastern Libya a semiautonomous state on Tuesday, a unilateral move that the interim head of state called a "dangerous" conspiracy by Arab nations to tear the country apart six months after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi.

Two UK Murdoch journalists in apparent suicide bids

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A sign is seen in front of the the NewsCorp building in New YorkLONDON (Reuters) - Two senior journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's News International have apparently attempted suicide as pressure mounts at the scandal-hit publisher of the now-defunct News of the World. Three sources close to the company told Reuters on Tuesday the two journalists at the Sun daily appeared to have tried to take their own lives. Investigations sparked by a phone-hacking scandal continue to expose dubious practices by present and past employees. ...

Two UK Murdoch journalists in apparent suicide bids

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LONDON (Reuters) - Two senior journalists working for Rupert Murdoch's News International have apparently attempted suicide as pressure mounts at the scandal-hit publisher of the now-defunct News of the World. Three sources close to the company told Reuters on Tuesday the two journalists at the Sun daily appeared to have tried to take their own lives. Investigations sparked by a phone-hacking scandal continue to expose dubious practices by present and past employees. ...

Financier Stanford convicted in $7 billion fraud

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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2010 file photo, jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford arrives in custody at the federal courthouse in Houston. Stanford, charged with bilking investors out of $7 billion in a massive Ponzi scheme, was found guilty on 13 of 14 counts by a jury Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas and made him fabulously wealthy, was convicted Tuesday of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme he operated for 20 years.

US stocks suffer biggest losses of year

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US stocks registered their biggest losses of the year TuesdayUS stocks registered their biggest losses of the year Tuesday amid worries about a looming Greek debt swap and slowing growth in the global economy.

Rep. of Congo: 246 dead after arms depot blasts

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Red Cross officials aid people displaced by deadly explosions at a munitions depot, at the reception center at Notre Dame du Rosaire cathedral in the Bacongo district of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue Tuesday as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo.(AP Photo/Louis Okamba)Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue Tuesday as state radio reported at least 246 people had died from two days of explosions at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo.

Britain says handshakes OK for its Olympians

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2008 file photo, United States' gold medal winner Michael Phelps looks on as Hungary's silver medalist Laszlo Cseh, left, and Japan's bronze medalist Takeshi Matsuda shake hands during the medal ceremony after the men's 200-meter butterfly final at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, in Beijing. The British government on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, rejected a warning by the Olympic team's top doctor that athletes should avoid shaking hands at the London Games. (AP Photo/ David J. Phillip, File)On the other hand ...

Democrats seek hearing into judge's Obama email

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Two Democrats are calling for a congressional hearing to examine a Montana judge's conduct in forwarding an email that included a racist joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama's mother.

India's ruling Congress party loses key state poll

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Samajwadi Party supporters smear each others' faces with colored powder as they celebrate an early lead of the party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh state election in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elections that are being seen as a test of strength for the country's ruling Congress party. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)India's governing Congress party was badly beaten in a key state election Tuesday, a sharp rebuke that could cripple the already embattled national government over the final two years of its term.

Athens, creditor group turn up heat on Greek bondholders

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People leave the Bank of Greece as cleaning works are in progress, in central AthensLONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - Athens turned up the heat on its creditors on Tuesday as it sought to secure a bond swap that will cut its mountainous debt, while the main bondholders group warned a disorderly default would cause more than a trillion euros of damage to the euro zone. Greek private creditors have until Thursday night to say whether they will participate in the exchange that is a key part of a bailout program to help Greece manage its wrecked finances and meet a debt repayment on March 20. ...

Pittsburgh's ToonSeum: Hundreds of comics damaged

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Holy leaky roof, Batman!!!

Analysis: Wal-Mart's price push tests manufacturers' prowess

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A worker walks through the NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Consumer staples companies have a problem. It costs more to make everything from soup to soap to soda, but when they raise prices they turn off consumers and strain their relationships with Wal-Mart Stores Inc , their biggest customer. For some companies, like Clorox Co and Kraft Foods Inc , the problem can be comparatively easy to handle. They either have brands that consumers like, and therefore Wal-Mart needs, or they are big enough to have significant negotiating power. ...

US robotic 'cheetah' breaks speed records

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A demonstration of the The Pentagon's main research agency has created the fastest-ever land robot, named "Cheetah," which can gallop at a speed of 18 miles (29 kilometers) per hour, scientists said Tuesday.

Another station dumps Limbaugh over Fluke comments

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Another radio station is dropping Rush Limbaugh's talk show following the conservative host's derisive comments about a law student advocating for coverage of birth control in the health care debate.

Stanford found guilty of $7 bn Ponzi scheme

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Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford, pictured in 2008, was found guilty of perpetrating a $7 billion Ponzi schemeFinancier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was found guilty by a US jury of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme Tuesday, closing the book on the flamboyant ex-tycoon's remarkable fall from grace.

Romney, GOP rivals vie in 10 Super Tuesday states

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane before taking off for Boston, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The marathon race at a crossroads, Mitt Romney and his Republican rivals battled coast-to-coast in a Super Tuesday showdown across 10 states for more than 400 delegates — by far the busiest day of the campaign for the party's presidential nomination.

Romney, Santorum look to Ohio for Super Tuesday

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney talks to reporters on his campaign plane before leaving ColumbusCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Mitt Romney fought to open an unassailable lead over chief rival Rick Santorum in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Tuesday, with Ohio the biggest prize among 10 states holding contests. Romney, the winner of the past five state races, carried momentum into "Super Tuesday," the biggest day so far in the roller coaster Republican campaign. Some 419 of the 1,144 delegates needed to win the party's nomination are at stake. ...

Obese US man's plea becomes YouTube sensation

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A morbidly obese California man whose tearful, videotaped plea for help became a YouTube sensation may be getting the support he wanted.

Stanford guilty of bilking investors of billions

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Allen Stanford smiles as he waits to enter the Federal Courthouse where the jury is deliberating in his criminal trial in HoustonHOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford was convicted on Tuesday of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, a verdict that caps a riches-to-rags trajectory for the former Texas financier and Caribbean playboy. It was a vindication for the U.S. government, which closed down Stanford's financial empire in February 2009 but had failed for years to address signs that the business was built on air. The Stanford case was the biggest investment fraud since Bernard Madoff's. ...

Romney eyes Republican crown in Super Tuesday vote

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Diana Sizemore fills out her ballot at a polling station in OhioAmericans in 10 states voted in key "Super Tuesday" contests with White House hopeful Mitt Romney seeking to lock down his party's backing to be the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
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