| 6 teens killed, 2 hurt in Ohio SUV crash Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:57 PM PDT  A sport utility vehicle carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into a swampy pond in northeast Ohio, killing five boys and a girl, while two other boys escaped, the state highway patrol said.
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| Christine Quinn launches campaign for NYC mayor Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PDT  Christine Quinn made it official on Sunday, announcing her intention to run for mayor of New York City mayor. "I'm running because I love this city," Quinn said in a glossy, often-emotional video posted to her campaign's website, QuinnforNewYork.com. In it, the Democrat talked about her Irish Catholic, middle class upbringing on Long Island, as [...]
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| Jeb Bush on 2016 speculation: ‘Man, you guys are crack addicts’ Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:23 AM PDT  Capping what felt like an endless week of book promotion and positioning for 2016, Jeb Bush appeared on all five major morning talk shows on Sunday, saying he supports a conditional path to citizenship—a point he seemed to stumble on earlier in the week—and claiming he hasn't talked about a potential White House run with [...]
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| Before the conclave, horse-trading for power has begun Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:27 AM PDT  The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection.
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| Many left behind as Silicon Valley rebounds Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:35 PM PDT  On a morning the stock market was sailing to a record high and a chilly storm was blowing into Silicon Valley, Wendy Carle stuck her head out of the tent she calls home to find city workers duct taping ...
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| Afghanistan's Karzai blasts U.S., marring Hagel visit Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:41 PM PDT  Afghan President Hamid Karzai ratcheted up his criticism of the U.S. on Sunday, marring a debut visit by the new U.S. defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, and highlighting tensions that could undermine Washington's strategy to wind down the unpopular war.
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| Princess whose forbidden love gripped Sweden dies Posted: 10 Mar 2013 04:28 PM PDT  She was one of the better kept secrets of Sweden's royal household: a commoner and divorcee whose relationship with Prince Bertil was seen as a threat to the Bernadotte dynasty.
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| Lawmakers: Obama wooing might break budget logjam Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:50 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans' jobs at risk.
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| Uncle tried to save 7 from burning Ky. house Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:10 AM PDT  GRAY, Ky. (AP) — Family members say the uncle of one of the seven victims of a rural Kentucky house fire desperately tried to save them from the burning home.
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| Relief in South Africa as Mandela leaves hospital Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:50 AM PDT  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The building that houses South Africa's highest court, made partly with bricks from an apartheid-era prison, symbolizes what Nelson Mandela hoped his country would become, a haven of tolerance wiser for the nation's past anguish.
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| Falklands votes in sovereignty referendum rejected by Argentina Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:51 AM PDT  STANLEY, Falkland Islands (Reuters) - Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory. Diplomatic tension between Britain and Argentina has flared up after more than three decades since they went to war over the South Atlantic archipelago, and that has unsettled some of the roughly 2,500 islanders. ...
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| Captured Syrian city a test for rebel forces Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:32 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Since rebels seized the capital of Raqqa province in northern Syria from the government last week, they have posted guards at state buildings, returned bread prices to pre-war levels and opened a hotline that residents can phone to report security issues, anti-regime activists said Sunday.
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| Christian protesters, police clash in Pakistan Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:55 AM PDT  LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Christians clashed with police across Pakistan on Sunday, a day after a Muslim mob burned dozens of homes owned by members of the minority religious group in retaliation for alleged insults against Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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| Armenian opposition chief on hunger strike over lost election Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:17 PM PDT  YEREVAN (Reuters) - Former Armenian presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian began a hunger strike on Sunday calling on President Serzh Sarksyan to resign, accusing him of rigging his re-election last month. Hovannisian, leader of the opposition Heritage Party took 37 percent of the vote in the February 18 election while Sarksyan was declared the victor with 58.6 percent. Hovannisian objected and filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court. ...
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| Iran blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:43 AM PDT  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most "virtual private networks", a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday. A widespread government Internet filter prevents Iranians from accessing many sites on the official grounds they are offensive or criminal. Many Iranians evade the filter through use of VPN software, which provides encrypted links directly to private networks based abroad, and can allow a computer to behave as if it is based in another country. ...
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| Ryan says budget deal possible as he readies own plan Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:46 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republicans' point person on fiscal issues in Congress said on Sunday that compromise with President Obama is possible on taxes and spending even though his soon-to-be-unveiled budget plan faces certain rejection from Democrats.
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| Dick Cheney unconcerned with critics in new documentary Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:04 AM PDT  The ex-VP got straight to the point in R.J. Cutler's latest documentary "The World According to Dick Cheney," telling the filmmaker he doesn't care what his critics think.
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