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Oil Prices Surge Ahead Of Driving Season
Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. |
Myanmar Seizes Supplies, U.N. Halts Aid
Myanmar's junta seized two planeloads of critical aid sent by the U.N. for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help. |
"Best Santa Ever" A Pedophile?
A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children's parties and performed as "the best Santa Claus anyone has ever seen." |
Sharpton Chimes In On Philly Cop Beating
The Rev. Al Sharpton called a videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects in Philadelphia "worse than Rodney King," prompting the city's police commissioner to chide anyone "fanning flames ... from afar." |
Obama Takes First Steps To Unify Dems
Barack Obama began taking the first steps to unify the fractured Democratic Party for a general-election battle, even as Hillary Clinton continued to insist that she has the backing of a broader coalition, the Washington Post reports. |
McCain Pushed Land Swap That Helps Backer
John McCain championed bill that lets an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest for acres of valuable federally owned property, a land swap that now stands to benefit one of his top fundraisers, the Washington Post reports. |
Deadly Tornado Strikes Southeast
A line of severe storms sweeping across the Southeast damaged homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado in North Carolina. |
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