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• Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead

  CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary as her campaign tried to use the contest to raise doubts about front-runner Barack Obama's electability in the fall. »Read Story...
  

    

• 7.9-magnitude quake rattles China

  BEIJING — A powerful earthquake hit central China on Monday, killing nearly 10,000 people, as schools and other buildings collapsed across four provinces and tremors shook buildings as far away as Bangkok. »Read Story...
  

       

• Surveillance of U.S. citizens on the rise as prosecutions fall

  WASHINGTON — The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court — one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing — has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously. »Read Story...
  

    

• Amphibian Ark designed to save imperiled frogs

  NEW YORK — The 300 Kihansi spray toads residing in a small room at the Bronx Zoo chirp cheerily as they bask in a light sprinkling of water 14 times a day. Until a few years ago, the tiny, mustard-colored toads existed only in a river gorge in Tanzania. Now the survivors are confined to the Bronx and Toledo zoos, having gone extinct in the wild. »Read Story...
  

    

• PTSD battle only beginning

  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Forget what they say about time healing all wounds. »Read Story...