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Last Updated: May 6th, 2008 - 01:03:03 |
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Gasoline price at new record, diesel falls: EIA
The U.S. average retail price for gasoline rose a penny over the last week to a new high of $3.61 a gallon, while the price of diesel fuel fell, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Monday.
May 6, 2008, 01:01
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North America
Wal-Mart expanding its low-priced drug program
Wal-Mart Stores Inc expanded its low-priced drug program, saying on Monday that it is now offering more than 1,000 over-the-counter items for $4 or less and selling some 90-day generic prescriptions for $10.
May 6, 2008, 00:57
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North America
Los Angeles man wins right to use wife's last name
All Michael Buday wanted to do was take the last name of his wife, Diana Bijon, when they married.
May 6, 2008, 00:54
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North America
Hospital ERs overwhelmed, one-day study finds
A one-day snapshot of emergency room conditions at 34 U.S. hospitals shows they are all overwhelmed and none is prepared to handle a big event like a disaster or attack.
May 6, 2008, 00:50
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North America
Yankees-Red Sox argument ends in murder
A New York Yankees' fan was accused on Monday of murdering a Boston Red Sox supporter and injuring another by running both down with a car after a heated argument over one of America's oldest sporting rivalries.
May 6, 2008, 00:46
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North America
Superhero fashion invades N.Y.'s Met art museum
The superhero mania that is invading American cinemas this summer has taken hold at one of the country's most distinguished art museums with an exhibit on how their colorful costumes have influenced fashion.
May 6, 2008, 00:43
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North America
U.S. fugitive financier Vesco dead, relative says
Fugitive U.S. financier Robert Vesco, notorious for his nefarious dealings in the 1970s, died of cancer in Havana in November, according to a relative who said his family did not know where his money is.
May 6, 2008, 00:39
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North America
Jury deliberations begin in Thurman stalker trial
A New York jury began deliberations on Monday in the case of a man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman and harassing her family.
May 6, 2008, 00:30
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North America
Italy's Muti named new Chicago Symphony director
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra named Italian conductor Riccardo Muti on Monday as the 10th music director in its 117-year history.
May 6, 2008, 00:18
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Asia
Myanmar believes 13,000 dead, missing from cyclone
Myanmar's military junta believes at least 10,000 people died in a cyclone that ripped through the Irrawaddy delta, triggering a massive international aid response for the pariah state in southeast Asia.
May 5, 2008, 23:47
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Australia
Austrian incest father planned dungeon for years
An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had planned the construction of her basement prison years in advance, police said on Monday.
May 5, 2008, 23:40
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Middle East
Ten Iraqi soldiers slain in checkpoint attack
Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 10 Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in Iraq's restive Diyala province north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.
May 5, 2008, 23:17
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Africa
Ban discussing U.N. help for Zimbabwe re-run
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he was talking to African states about how the world body could help ensure an election run-off in Zimbabwe is credible and voiced concern at growing violence.
May 5, 2008, 23:08
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Africa
Sudan bombs Darfur school and market
Sudanese government bombs have hit a primary school and a busy market place in Darfur, killing at least 13 people, including seven children, two aid organizations said on Monday.
May 5, 2008, 22:58
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Caribbean
Haiti riot instigators set deadline to install PM
Slum leaders in the southern town of Les Cayes who started Haiti's recent food riots handed lawmakers an ultimatum on Monday to install a new government within a week or face more protests.
May 5, 2008, 22:47
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South America
Erupting volcano prompts new evacuation in Chile
Chile prepared to evacuate another town in its remote Patagonian south on Monday, as ash spewed from a snowcapped volcano for a fourth day after its first eruption in thousands of years.
May 5, 2008, 22:40
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