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AP - The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi is suing to force a school district to host a prom it canceled after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.

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Lesbian teen sues Miss. school over prom flap
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Reuters - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp’s U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures

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Toyota discounts boost sales, U.S. mulls "black box"
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AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S.

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Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics
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First results from Iraq’s election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.

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Iraq results point to tight race

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Oil giant BP announces a $7bn (£4.7bn) deal that will allow it to begin exploring for oil off the coast of Brazil.

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BP to explore for oil in Brazil

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates got a closer view of the Afghanistan war Tuesday, with a visit to troops fighting the Taliban in the country’s rugged south

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Gates meets with troops in southern Afghanistan
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Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it had found no flaw with its throttle controls as it seeks to dismiss an external study critical of its electronic safety systems.

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Toyota finds no flaw with safety electronics
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AP - Two of the oldest people in the world have died on the same day.

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2 of oldest people in US die: in NH 114, Mich. 113
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AFP - Palestinians and Israelis held their first indirect talks in more than a year in a tentative boost to the Middle East peace process, frozen since the Jewish state’s devastating war on Gaza.

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Tentative Mideast peace talks begin
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