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  • Hillary Clinton misplays race card while Barack Obama is treated like rock star
  • Barack Obama has come off his North Carolina victory looking like the presumptive nominee, while Hillary Clinton (below) is dodging calls to drop out. Raedle/Getty Hillary Clinton clumsily raised the issue of race Thursday in the Democratic primary, while Barack Obama deftly raised the roof over the ...
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  • Lebanon govt denounces Hezbollah "coup" in Beirut
  • BEIRUT : Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup". At least 18 people have been killed and 38 wounded in three days of battles between pro-government gunmen and ...
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  • DJIA Leaders and Laggards: AIG JPM
  • NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of American International Group Inc. took the biggest loss on the Dow Jones Industrial average Friday after the insurer posted a steeper-than-expected loss in the first quarter, helping to drag the index lower. The blue-chip index slipped 120.90 points to close at 12,745.88 ...
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  • Hulk Hogan's son gets 8 months in jail for wreck
  • CLEARWATER, Florida (AP) -- A judge in Florida has said the 17-year-old son of pro wrestler Hulk Hogan should serve eight months in jail for reckless driving. Nick Bollea was led off to begin his sentence immediately after Friday's ruling. He will be on five years' probation and lose his driving ...
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  • Stocks slide on oil and AIG
  • NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks tanked Friday, with the Dow losing more than 100 points, after AIG's weak quarter revived worries about the credit crisis, and record oil and gas prices exacerbated fears about the threat of inflation. The Dow Jones industrial average ( INDU ) lost nearly 1%. The ...
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  • In Oregon, Clinton hits Obama while he targets McCain
  • Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, shakes hands with supporters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (Jae C. Hong - AP) Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a conversation with employees at Vernier ...
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  • Bronco Drilling 1Q EPS 31 cents; revenue falls to $62.3 million
  • NEW YORK (Thomson Financial) - Bronco Drilling Co. Friday said first-quarter net income was $8.1 million, or 31 cents a share, above the mean estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters of 27 cents a share. Revenue for the Oklahoma City-based oil company fell to $62.3 million. Three analysts ...
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  • Sexson hit with suspension
  • Sexson charged the mound Thursday night, starting a bench-clearing brawl The penalty will not go into effect until after his appeal is heard Richie Sexson charged Rangers pitcher Kason Gabbard and threw his helmet. NEW YORK (AP) -- Seattle slugger Richie Sexson was suspended for six games and fined ...
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  • Rapper DMX arrested for drugs, animal cruelty
  • PHOENIX— DMX was arrested on drug and animal-cruelty charges following an overnight raid on the rapper's house Friday, authorities said. The 37-year-old rapper, whose given name is Earl Simmons, initially tried to barricade himself in his bedroom but emerged when a SWAT team entered his north ...
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  • Texas may claim Amazon owes sales taxes
  • DALLAS -- Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer. A 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling lets states collect sales taxes from out-of-state retailers that have a "physical presence" in their state. Seattle ...
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California news

  • MALDEF rushes to Villaraigos'as defense
  • So Rush Limbaugh called Antonio Villaraigosa "the shoeshine guy" and LA's mayor turned the other cheek. Not so the Mexican American Defamation League, which came out with a vigorous protest. The group's president, John Trasviña, wrote a letter criticizing Limbaugh's...
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  • Ruling on Miura double jeopardy expected this afternoon
  • Prosecutors want to try Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura with the fatal shooting of his wife on a downtown street in 1981. (That's Miura and his late wife, Kazumi, on their wedding day.)Trouble is, Miura was already tried and convicted in...
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  • Scores of car windows blown out in Azusa shooting spree
  • Someone with a pellet gun took target practice in Azusa early this morning, shooting out the windows of at least 50 cars. Francisco Vara-Orta has the details: Shortly before 2 a.m., police received calls of a car window being shot...
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  • Steve Harvey: No waiting in line
  • Len Kuhn of La Crescenta encountered what looked like a great selection of restroom possibilities in San Antonio. Actually, the signs were going to be used in the citywide Fiesta Days celebration. --Steve Harvey Photo: Len Kuhn
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  • Six-packs, porn stars and iTunes - oh my!
  • Believe me when I say I looked and looked for a different way to illustrate this story. A pool of red ink, perhaps, or a hand reaching for your wallet, or dollar signs dancing in a politician's eyes. Zippo. But...
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  • LAPD Chief Bill Bratton says nope, he's not headed for London
  • Joel Rubin passes along the news that, contrary to what the British papers may say, L.A.'s top cop, Bill Bratton, won't be moonlighting in England after all. Here's Bratton's memo: There have been several recent news articles indicating that I...
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  • Good morning -- here's what's happening 5.09.08
  • Peregrine falcons in California cities have more flame retardants in their bodies than any living organism anywhere on the planet. The chemicals come from the pigeons the falcons eat, more proof of how these chemicals, which damage developing nervous systems,...
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