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  • Democrat Bob Kerrey and Republican Deb Fischer are battling for a U.S. Senate seat in Nebraska. The Fischer camp is disputing poll figures indicating that Mr. Kerrey has significantly closed the gap between them. The race had been considered a lock for Republicans eager to regain control the Senate. (Associated Press)

    Kerrey making a race of it in Nebraska

    Once thought to be a lock, Republican Deb Fischer is losing her edge in the race to represent Nebraska in the U.S. Senate.

  • With his family behind him, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination at McKelvie Intermediate School in Bedford, N.H., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    Romney attacks Obama as too cozy with Europe

    Europeans awoke Wednesday to find themselves plunged into the middle of the U.S. presidential race after the Republican front-runner accused President Obama of cozying up to Europe while ignoring basic American values.

  • UN: AIDS epidemic stabilizing, still work to do

    The AIDS epidemic is leveling off and the number of people newly infected with the virus that causes it has remained unchanged since 2007, the United Nations said in a report Monday.

  • Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters play jump rope outside St Paul's Cathedral, near the London Stock Exchange in London, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. The protesters who have camped outside the building in central London for six days have forced the venerable cathedral to close to visitors for the first time since World War II, church officials said Friday. The Dean of St. Paul's, Rev. Graeme Knowles, said the decision to shut the doors of the iconic London church to visitors and tourists following the afternoon service was made with "heavy hearts" because of health and safety concerns. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    'Occupy' protest forces closure of St. Paul's Cathedral in London

    Anti-capitalism protesters camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral have forced the iconic church to shut its doors for the first time since World War II out of concern for what it says are health and safety risks posed by the "Occupy the London Stock Exchange" movement, now entering its 10th day.

  • FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2011 file photo, police arrest a man for looting in Clapham Junction in south London, as violence and looting spread across some of London's most impoverished neighborhoods, with youth setting fire to shops and vehicles during a third day of rioting in the city that will host next summer's Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson, File)

    Rioting sparks concern about London Olympics

    The rioting and looting that shocked Britain two weeks ago are raising questions about whether London is a secure location for next year's Summer Olympics.

  • Vietnam jails French-Vietnamese teacher over blogs

    A French-Vietnamese math professor was sentenced Wednesday to three years in a Vietnamese prison for belonging to a banned pro-democracy group and publishing an anti-Communist blog, his lawyer said.

  • FILE - In this Feb. 17, 1981 file photo, band leader Billy Taylor, center right, joins Mercer Ellington, left; dancer Judith Jamison, second left, and band leader Woody Herman at a special Broadway preview of "Sophisticated Ladies," in New York. Taylor, a jazz pianist and composer who became one of the music form's most ardent promoters through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010 in New York. He was 89. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye, File)

    Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89

    Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89.

  • WikiLeaks chief lashes out at media during debate

    WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange lashed out at the mainstream media during a debate at a London university Thursday, fighting back at a string of unfavorable stories that have appeared since his organization's publication of a cache of U.S. intelligence documents.

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