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Intelligence official: US believes Mehsud is dead
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. counterterrorism officials believe Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead following a missile attack last month, a senior intelligence official said Wednesday in the strongest signal that Washington has offered about the militant's fate....Brown demands to be sworn in earlier than planned
By News on Feb 3, 2010
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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown changed course and demanded he be sworn in to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Thursday, an accelerated timetable that conservatives had been clamoring for and one that Democrats quickly accepted - and had already been moving to accommodate....Study: Vegetative brains show signs of awareness
By News on Feb 3, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them - findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people....
Confusion the winner in Ill. governor primaries
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The primary election that was expected to launch a political battle in President Barack Obama's home state instead left Democrats and Republicans squabbling amongst themselves Wednesday over governor's races that were virtually tied....Clinton says no prisoner swap with Iran
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday ruled out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran be swapped with Iranian citizens held in the United States....