Yahoo Takeover Bid Takes Dramatic Turn

Breaking News
April 10, 2008
Yahoo Takeover Bid Takes Dramatic Turn

Yahoo Inc. is surrendering some of its advertising space to Internet
search leader Google Inc. Also, in a surprise twist, Microsoft has
contacted Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. about joining forces to buy
Yahoo.
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U.S.

Another Iraq Contractor Worker Claims Rape

An Illinois woman who says she was raped while working for a contractor
in Iraq recounted the experience in a congressional hearing. 
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World

Nepalis Defy Violence, Head To Polls

Nepalis have voted in a historic election intended to bring communist
insurgents into the country's democratic mainstream and expected to end
the world's last Hindu monarchy. 
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Politics

Obama Poised To Turn Down Public Financing

Despite his early suggestions otherwise, Barack Obama may opt out of
public financing for the general election, the first time a major party
candidate has done so since the system was implemented in 1974, reports
Brian Montopoli. 
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Health

Does Mumps Vaccine Fade By College Years?

Most of the college students who got the mumps in a big outbreak in 2006
had received the recommended two vaccine shots, according to a study
that raises questions about whether a new vaccine or another booster
shot is needed.