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1/25/08 (Day 302)

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U.S.: 'Demonic' militants sent women to bomb markets in Iraq. Two mentally disabled women were strapped with explosives Friday and sent into busy Baghdad markets, where they were blown up by remote control, a top Iraqi government official said. At least 98 people died and more than 200 were wounded.
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CHICAGO, Illinois - A gunman who shot and killed five women in a clothing store at a suburban Chicago strip mall Saturday remains at large, police said.
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Obama to Run Ad During Super Bowl: Obama, neck and neck with Hillary Rodham Clinton heading into Tuesday's nominating contests, is airing ads during the Super Bowl in television markets serving 24 states that are in play on Super Tuesday and beyond. The 30-second ad is a summary of Obama's political message, played against images of crowds of supporters, despair in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina's destruction.
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US President George W Bush acknowledged on Monday a weaker economy would lead to higher budget deficits, as he unveiled a $3.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2009 that would nearly freeze domestic programs. The budget makes military spending and the Iraq war its centerpiece, proposing a 7.5 percent increase for the Pentagon to $515 billion. On top of that Bush also sought $70 billion more for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton put the brakes on surging rival Barack Obama in a series of Super Clinton-Obama fight far from over: Tuesday contests that left them where they started: Roughly at parity, each with enough wins and delegates to continue their historic quests to become the first female or black nominee of a major party.
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Residents in five Southern states rose Wednesday to widespread clusters of destruction caused by an unusually ferocious winter tornado system. At least 55 people were killed, and scores more were injured. “The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it,” Gov. Phil Bredesen of Tennessee.
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Senate Passes Economic Stimulus Bill: The Senate today added payments for seniors and disabled veterans to an economic stimulus package approved by the House that would send checks to most American families, then overwhelmingly approved the $151 billion shot in the arm to the U.S. economy
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Police say a woman shot and killed two other women before shooting herself in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College this morning. 'It appears that one of the deceased is the actual shooter, that she shot two other young women inside the classroom, killing both of them before then turning the gun on herself. she did not at any point ever leave the classroom, no other students outside of that classroom were involved or in any danger.'
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Union leaders for striking Hollywood writers said they have reached a tentative contract deal with studios and urged members on Saturday to support it, calling for an end to a three-month walkout that has crippled TV production and overshadowed Oscar season.
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Rapper Kanye West, the leading nominee at the Grammy Awards, won three prizes during early proceedings on Sunday, while another top contender, Amy Winehouse, won a pair of statuettes.
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan in this file photo from March 1, 200 obtained by the Associated Press. The Pentagon is planning to charge and seek the death penalty for Mohammed and five other detainees at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America. he Pentagon is charging six detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks on America, and will seek the death penalty.
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The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the White House much of the latitude it wanted and granting legal immunity to telecommunications companies that helped in the snooping after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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Four-time All-Star Chuck Knoblauch is being subpoenaed by a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball after he failed to respond to an invitation to give a deposition. Knoblauch, who played for the Yankees, Twins and Royals, was asked to appear Thursday, the first of five depositions or transcribed interviews scheduled by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee prior to its Feb. 13 hearing.
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President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite - and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel - by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday. The effort - the first of its kind - will be undertaken because of the potential that people in the area where the satellite would otherwise crash could be harmed, the officials said.
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A gunman opened fire Thursday at suburban Chicago university, wounding 17 people, including three critically, before killing himself in the latest in a spate of US school shootings, officials said. Witnesses said the shooter, described as a white male around six-foot (1.8 meters) tall and armed with a shotgun, burst into an auditorium at Northern Illinois University with more than 100 students inside and began firing. 'He was aiming towards the crowd but I don't think he was aiming at a specific person,' a witness named Sheila told WBBM radio. 'He was quiet. He just stood on the stage in front of everybody and just started shooting. 'I saw him holding the gun and it was huge. I thought it was fake and then I realized he was really shooting at people and I got down,' she said. 'I saw a lot of blood. I have blood all over my clothes.' Officials of the 112-year-old university 65 miles (105 kilometers) west of Chicago quoted police as saying the gunman killed himself after the rampage.
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People in Pocatello and Chubbuck head to the polls tomorrow to vote on a multi-million dollar bond to renovate Holt Arena. Channel 3 Eyewitness News Reporter Sarah Schwabe has a break down of the issue.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issues the largest recall of beef in U.S. history, as they have recalled 143 million pounds of beef from a meat-packing company in Chino, California, which has been linked to abuse of sick cows. The USDA recall is the largest in U.S. history, topping the recall of 35 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat back in 1999.
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Pakistanis are gearing up for parliamentary elections on Feb. 18 but there are concerns the day could be marred by violence and vote rigging. The elections, originally scheduled for early January, were postponed following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto -- killed in an attack on her SUV on Dec. 27.
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Fidel Castro has announced that he will step down as Cuba's president after almost 50 years in power, the Granma daily said on Tuesday. The leader of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, and the man who has outlasted nine hostile U.S. presidents, Castro said in his address to the nation that he could not consent to be elected president of the National Assembly and commander-in-chief of the armed forces due to health problems. 'It would betray my conscience to take up a responsibility that demands mobility and a total devotion that I am not in a physical condition to offer,' his statement read.
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A specially-armed US Navy warship is moving in to position in the Pacific to destroy the satellite, known as L21, using missiles originally designed to intercept ballistic missiles. But waves in the Pacific may prove too big for US warships to get into a correct position to fire, an official said.
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was 'not true.'
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President Bush says Congress's failure to reauthorize a controversial wiretapping law is irresponsible. During his weekly radio address Saturday, Mr. Bush accused the U.S. House of Representatives of not doing enough to protect Americans from terrorists.
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The US embassy in Serbia has begun pulling out non-essential staff following the storming of the building on Thursday. Around 1,000 protesters set fire to the embassy in Belgrade in protest at Washington's support for Kosovo's declaration of independence.
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Nader, 73, said he is running because mainstream candidates are too closely tied to corporate America. 'The issue is do they have the moral courage, do they have the fortitude to stand up against the corporate powers and get things done for the American people?' Nader said. 'We need to shift the power from the few to the many.'
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Robed Obama picture ignites row: Mr Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe accused Mrs Clinton's aides of 'the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we've seen from either party in this election' The accusation was dismissed by Mrs Clinton's campaign manager Maggie Williams. 'If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed,' she said.
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A wide-ranging blackout swept across Florida on Tuesday, affecting nearly one million households and businesses, knocking out traffic signals and trapping scores of people in elevators. It also forced two nuclear reactors to shut down.
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The European antitrust regulator imposed a record $1.35 billion fine against Microsoft on Wednesday in a ruling intended to send a clear message to the world’s largest software maker — and to any other company — of the dangers of flouting Europe’s competition rulings.
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'We'll see the effects of this pro-growth package,' Bush told reporters at a White House news conference. 'I know there's a lot of, here in Washington people are trying to — stimulus package two — and all that stuff. Why don't we let stimulus package one, which seemed like a good idea at the time, have a chance to kick in?'
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Britain's defense chief decided Friday to immediately pull Prince Harry out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment was leaked, citing concerns that media coverage could put him and his comrades at increased risk. Harry, third in line to the British throne, has been serving on the front line with an army unit in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province since mid-December. He was originally due to return to Britain within weeks, but 'the situation has now clearly changed,' the statement said.
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