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GOP Senate hopes once again rest on insurgents
17 May 2012 at 2:30am
For Senate Republicans, 2012 is starting a lot like 2010.
Four attackers killed in Afghan governor assault
17 May 2012 at 2:25am
Four attackers launched an assault on the governor's compound in Afghanistan's western Farah province on Thursday and were shot dead in a firefight, an official said.
Limbless Frenchman swims from PNG to Indonesia
17 May 2012 at 2:23am
A Frenchman who lost his limbs in an electrical accident swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia in strong winds and currents Thursday, finishing the first stretch in a mission to swim between five continents.
House GOP defense bill challenges Obama policy
17 May 2012 at 2:23am
House Republicans are pushing ahead with a defense budget that adds billions of dollars, boosts nuclear weapons programs and slows cost-cutting reductions in the force.
Purple, Red and Yellow Wiggles leaving Aussie band
17 May 2012 at 2:10am
Three members of the world-famous preschool quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year.
Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births
17 May 2012 at 2:16am
For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
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