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Tiger Will Be a Marked Man at the Masters

The golf superstar announced he will make his return at the game's grandest event

McCain and Palin to Campaign Together Again

Pair will Make First Public Appearance Together since Conceding the Presidential Election in 2008

TV, Film Star Peter Graves Dies at 83

Graves Starred in "Mission: Impossible" TV Series, "Airplane!" Films, and WWII Drama "Stalag 17
PICS: Remembering Peter Graves

AP: Shooters' Guns Came Via Memphis Police

Weapons Used in Pentagon & Las Vegas Shootings Traced to Same Evidence Vault

Shark Fin Soup Demand Feeding Extinctions

Surging Demand for Shark Fin Soup in Asia Driving Many Species to the Brink of Extinction

PICS: Shark Fins on Display at Hong Kong Seafood Shop

Vatican Defends Pope Over Abuse Scandal

Officials Deny Benedict was Involved in Decision, Before Becoming Pontiff, to Transfer Suspected Child Abuser in Germany

World Cup to be Beckham-less

Soccer Superstar & Former England Captain Tears Achilles' Tendon Playing for AC Milan

`South Park' Begins 14th Season by Taking on Tiger

Episode to Air on Wednesday

World's Shortest Man Dies

The world's shortest man has died in Italy, where he was to take part in a TV show, the program's production company said Tuesday. He Pingping, of China, who was 2 feet, 5.37 inches tall...

Fed Holds Rates at Record Lows, Again

Central Bank Vows to Hold Rates Down for "Extended Period," says Job Market Stabilizing

14-Hour LA-NY Flight Riles Passengers

Virgin America Plane Sits on Tarmac for 6 Hours Before Bus Ride to JFK; Passenger Reportedly Told to "Shut the Hell Up"

Man Killed By Plane Making Emergency Beach Landing

Robert Gary Jones of Georgia died instantly when the plane hit him as it made an emergency landing

Mike Tyson To Host Pigeon Racing TV Show

Former champ has raised pigeons for years

Obama Presses For Dem Votes On Health Care Reform

Housing Construction Down For February

Commerce Dept says heavy snow on East Coast to blame after strong January

Northeast Storm Still Pounds New England

Torrential Rainstorm Caused Nine Deaths in Region; Hundreds of Thousands Without Power in NY Metro Area

Rielle Hunter Talks About Edwards Affair

Mistress to Former Presidential Candidate Tells GQ Magazine She and Edwards are Still in Love

"American Idol" Judge's Dad to Run for Senate

Former Republican Congressman Joe DioGuardi is the Father of Kara DioGuardi

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Brazen Conn. warehouse heist nets $75M in pills
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind - not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs....

Police: 4 missing women may be among killer's pics
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Family and friends of four women who have been missing since the 1970s have told police they recognize their loved ones in photos found in a serial killer's locker....

Hearing set in lesbian teen's suit to force prom
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get "guys" to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls against slow dancing with each other because that could "push people's buttons," according to documents filed Tuesday in federal court....

Clinic: Ohioan championed by Obama will keep home
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at the Ohio hospital where she is being treated....

Mexico-bound bus crashes in Texas, killing 2
CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) -- A crowded bus carrying young families and spring breakers toward Mexico went careening off a Texas highway and flipped onto its side Tuesday, killing two people and forcing dozens of bloodied passengers to climb to safety through broken windows and an emergency exit....

Montana man spends 4 days stuck in car in snowbank
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A 67-year-old country musician from Montana who spent four days in his car stuck on a remote mountain road said he wrote a goodbye letter and was preparing himself for death when he was rescued....

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Corey Haim's Death Linked to Drug Ring
Calif. Attorney General Jerry Brown tells KNX the former child star's death is being linked to an "illegal and massive prescription drug ring"

Gardner's Truck is Latest Piece of Evidence in King Case
KNX 1070's John Brooks reports

John Gardner AP Report
The convicted sex offender charged with murdering Chelsea King, and suspected of killing Amber Dubois could have been sent back to prison years ago. AP Writer Don Thompson, who broke the story, talks with KNX

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Clashes erupt in Jerusalem; US envoy cancels trip
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem set tires and garbage bins ablaze on Tuesday and hurled rocks at Israeli riot police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. The heaviest clashes in months broke out as an American envoy abruptly canceled a visit, deepening a U.S.-Israeli diplomatic feud....

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FBI: No evidence Mexico hit men targeted Americans
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employees....

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Challenger overtakes Iraq PM in overall vote count
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although it still trails in the crucial province-by-province count....

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German bishop surprised at number of abuse cases
BERLIN (AP) -- The Roman Catholic bishops in Pope Benedict XVI's native Bavaria sought Tuesday to deal with a sexual abuse scandal whose ever-widening scope has left church leaders baffled....

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New Colombian party linked to right-wing gangs
BOGOTA (AP) -- A new party accused of ties to far-right criminal bands has emerged as a surprising force in Colombian politics, adding to worries that President Alvaro Uribe has failed to weaken drug-funded paramilitaries in the provinces....

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London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift
LONDON (AP) -- They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips....

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Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men....

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Ukraine to pass law scrapping NATO ambitions
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine's new governing coalition in parliament said Tuesday it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as NATO, a move that is sure to please Russia while tilting Ukraine away from its previous pro-Western course....

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