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Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000

DUJIANGYAN, China - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.  Read More

World Sports

Sorenstam to retire this year

Annika Sorenstam will retire after the season, ending an LPGA Tour career in which she has won 72 tournaments to date and produced a defining moment when she teed it up against the men on the PGA Tour.  Read More

Business News

Stocks decline after retail sales report, oil spikes

NEW YORK - Wall Street pulled back Tuesday after a report on retail sales and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave investors little incentive to extend the previous session's big advance. A jump in oil prices added to the selling.  Read More

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`In the Heights' heads list of 2008 Tony nominees

NEW YORK - "In the Heights," a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, more than any other show.  Read More

Technology News

EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.  Read More

International News

EarthLink to pull the plug on Wi-Fi in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - EarthLink Inc. is pulling the plug on its troubled wireless high-speed Internet network in Philadelphia, once touted as a model for how big cities should deploy Wi-Fi.  Read More

National News

Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - Hundreds of Marines were conducting a combat training mission in the Mojave Desert when an air patrol spotted something kicking up dust: A civilian pickup truck speeding across the barren landscape.  Read More

Washington News

US to give North Korea food relief

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the aid would be made in conjunction with a U.N. program and assistance from U.S. non-governmental organizations.  Read More

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