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Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000 (AP)

AP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.

Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead (AP)

AP - 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.

Retail sales dip for second time in 2 months (AP)

AP - Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April.

Lawmakers want to end oil shipments to US reserve (AP)

AP - Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve.

Dozens of homes lost as Florida battles wildfires (AP)

AP - Relentless wildfires burned into the early morning Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with garden hoses.

Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off (AP)

AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.

ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows (AP)

AP - ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.

`In the Heights' heads list of 2008 Tony nominees (AP)

AP - "In the Heights," a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, more than any other show.

Man says JetBlue made him sit on toilet (AP)
AP - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.

Matt Walsh to meet with Goodell, Specter (AP)

AP - Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh arrived at the NFL offices Tuesday morning to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss New England's videotaping of opposing coaches' playcalling signals in violation of league rules.

More than 18,000 buried in one China town: Xinhua (Reuters)

Reuters - China said on Tuesday 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead.

Rain lashes Myanmar cyclone survivors (Reuters)

Reuters - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease.

Clinton aims for big win in West Virginia (Reuters)

Reuters - Hillary Clinton appeared headed to a big West Virginia victory over front-runner Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, although it could be too late to turn around her faltering White House bid.

Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad ignore truce (Reuters)

Reuters - An agreement aimed at ending fighting in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after gunmen launched a spate of attacks on U.S. troops.

Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes (Reuters)

Reuters - President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad skepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months.