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Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union endorsement
(AP)
AP - Barack Obama all but erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign.
Military adds armor to Iraq vehicles as roadside bombs surge
(AP)
AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.
Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties
(AP)
AP - Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels.
Aid on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain
(AP)
AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.
Dig for human remains to begin at ranch where Manson hid
(AP)
AP - The sheriff of the remote region where Charles Manson hid after a killing spree in the summer of 1969 said Friday that he will allow researchers to begin digging into the sandy soil in search of possible human remains.
Body of woman, 90, found on toilet in inhabited Wis. home
(AP)
AP - A sheriff's deputy discovered the remains of a 90-year-old woman on a toilet in a house she apparently shared with a woman and two children.
Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident
(AP)
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
Judge sends wrestler's son to jail for 8 months for crash
(AP)
AP - A judge in Florida says the 17-year-old son of 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 privileges for three years.
Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
(AP)
AP - One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.
Lilly pitches Cubs to 3-1 win over Diamondbacks
(AP)
AP - Ted Lilly kept his glove on his hand this time.
Lebanon government denounces Hezbollah "coup" in Beirut
(Reuters)
Reuters - 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."
U.N. launches Myanmar appeal and resumes aid flights
(Reuters)
Reuters - The United Nations appealed for $187
million in aid on Friday to help 1.5 million victims in
cyclone-ravaged Myanmar and said it would resume relief flights
despite the military government's seizure of food supplies.
Obama gathers support as he looks to November
(Reuters)
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama turned
his focus to a general election showdown with John McCain on
Friday and said the Republican White House candidate would
continue the failed policies of President George W. Bush.
U.S. sees record world food crops easing crisis
(Reuters)
Reuters - Good weather will help the world's
farmers reap record wheat and rice crops this year, the U.S.
government said on Friday, which should allay fears of
shortages and help bring prices down from current high levels.
McCain and blogger trade barbs over his 2000 vote
(Reuters)
Reuters - Did U.S. Republican presidential
candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in
2000?
