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AP Top Headlines At 3:11 p.m. EDT
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AP Top Headlines At 3:11 p.m. EDT
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149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said....
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Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite....
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Norway: Russia to cut all military ties with NATO
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Norway's Defense Ministry says Russia has informed it that it plans to cut all military ties with NATO....
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Officials say US, Iraq finish draft security deal
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have finished work on a draft security agreement that would see all American troops leave Iraqi cities by June 30 and the rest of the country by the end of 2011, Iraqi officials said Wednesday....
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US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio in critical condition
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, had a brain hemorrhage and was in critical condition with limited brain function, a doctor said Wednesday....
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Sen. Joe Lieberman to speak at GOP convention
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic Party's vice presidential candidate in 2000 and now an independent who is one of John McCain's strongest supporters, will speak at the Republican National Convention, an official said....
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Jamaica's Bolt breaks 200 mark, gets sprint double
BEIJING (AP) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics....
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States push laws to require paid sick days
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- For school bus driver Jamille Aine, a cold is more than an inconvenience. His employer does not offer paid sick days, so if he can't shake the bug, he may not be able to pay his bills....
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China refuses to let Gary Glitter into Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) -- British glam rocker Gary Glitter, who served nearly three years in a Vietnamese prison for molesting children, was denied entry to Hong Kong after refusing to return to England, officials said Wednesday....
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Mourning gorilla holds on to body of her baby
BERLIN (AP) -- A gorilla at a zoo in the German city of Muenster is refusing to let go of her dead baby's body several days after it died of unknown causes....
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