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Bust Likely Won't Stop Drug Use on Campus
Final exams start next week at San Diego State University, but dozens of students won't be in class. They face prosecution on drug-related charges after an unprecedented bust on campus. Still, some students and experts say this week's crackdown is not likely to change a thing. Andrew Phelps reports for member station KPBS in San Diego.
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Final exams start next week at San Diego State University, but dozens of students won't be in class. They face prosecution on drug-related charges after an unprecedented bust on campus. Still, some students and experts say this week's crackdown is not likely to change a thing. Andrew Phelps reports for member station KPBS in San Diego.
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Can Obama Be Called the 'Presumptive Nominee'?
Several more superdelegates threw their support behind Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama on Friday, all but erasing the once substantial lead of his rival, Hillary Clinton. Clinton vows to continue campaigning. Political analysts E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times talk about the race.
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Several more superdelegates threw their support behind Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama on Friday, all but erasing the once substantial lead of his rival, Hillary Clinton. Clinton vows to continue campaigning. Political analysts E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times talk about the race.
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Aid Trickles into Myanmar
Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to let one U.S. cargo aircraft, loaded with relief supplies, into the country. The U.S., the United Nations and international aid groups express growing frustration as they wait for permission to help victims of last week's deadly cyclone. Earlier, Myanmar's government seized two planeloads of critical aid sent by the U.N. Paul Risley, a spokesperson for the World Food Program, tells Michele Noris about his agency's attempts to help cyclone victims. The agency is now planning to send two flights of food to Myanmar on Saturday.
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Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to let one U.S. cargo aircraft, loaded with relief supplies, into the country. The U.S., the United Nations and international aid groups express growing frustration as they wait for permission to help victims of last week's deadly cyclone. Earlier, Myanmar's government seized two planeloads of critical aid sent by the U.N. Paul Risley, a spokesperson for the World Food Program, tells Michele Noris about his agency's attempts to help cyclone victims. The agency is now planning to send two flights of food to Myanmar on Saturday.
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Why Is Myanmar Reluctant to Accept Help?
Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, talks about the military government of Myanmar and why it's been so reluctant to accept outside assistance in the aftermath of the cyclone.
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Bridget Welsh, assistant professor of Southeast Asian studies at Johns Hopkins University, talks about the military government of Myanmar and why it's been so reluctant to accept outside assistance in the aftermath of the cyclone.
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Hezbollah Seizes Control of West Beirut
After a night of heavy fighting, Shiite Hezbollah militiamen seize control Friday of most parts of Muslim West Beirut from ragtag Sunni militias. The Lebanese army has so far stayed out of the fray.
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After a night of heavy fighting, Shiite Hezbollah militiamen seize control Friday of most parts of Muslim West Beirut from ragtag Sunni militias. The Lebanese army has so far stayed out of the fray.
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Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accidentAP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
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Poll indicates Berlusconi support
ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- Italians have more confidence in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi than in his government as a whole, a poll indicated Friday.
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ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- Italians have more confidence in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi than in his government as a whole, a poll indicated Friday.
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Judge allegedly napped, made bailiff rub feet
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Air Canada adds fuel surcharges
Tickets will cost up to $60 more on some one-way flights in North America; WestJet mulling whether to follow suit
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Tickets will cost up to $60 more on some one-way flights in North America; WestJet mulling whether to follow suit
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