Newt Gingrich sought to rally his grass-roots coalition against the heavy campaign machinery of a resurgent Mitt Romney.

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Romney and Gingrich Scrap Amid Shifting Fortunes

For the many who basked in the surprisingly warm winter days recently, it may be time to break out the heavy coats.

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Cold weather back with a vengeance

The sudden death of rapper Heavy D was due to a pulmonary embolism caused by deep leg vein thrombosis, a Los Angeles coroner has decided.

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Heavy D’s death attributed to DVT

Recording artist Heavy D, the self-proclaimed “overweight lover” of hip-hop who became one of rap’s biggest stars in the 1980s, dies in Los Angeles.

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Hip-hop star Heavy D dies aged 44

The crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is not fully prepared for the heavy rain and winds of a typhoon bearing down on Japan, the plant’s operator admits.

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Japan plant ‘unready’ for typhoon

A landslide in Malaysia hit an orphanage near Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, killing at least five children and burying six more who have since been pulled out from the wet earth with injuries. A local lawmaker confirmed that the heavy mudslide happened…

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Landslide Kills Five Children in Orphanage

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief is expected Monday to brief the Security Council on fighting between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces and rebels, including the heavy toll it has taken in the port city of Misrata.

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Misrata survivor: ‘Like a horror movie’

Muammar Gaddafi’s forces surrounding Misrata, Libya, have been firing into residential neighborhoods with cluster bombs, which have been banned in much of the world, and other heavy weaponry, The New York Times reports. The bombs in use appeared to be…

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Gaddafi Forces Bomb Civilian Areas

Nato says pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya are using human shields in the western town of Misrata and are hiding their heavy armour after air strikes.

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Nato: Libya using human shields

A device meant to shield healthy tissue from radiation during surgery for breast cancer left hundreds of tiny particles of the heavy metal tungsten inside dozens of patients.

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Riddled With Metal by Mistake in a Study

The former lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden is given a nine-month jail term after admitting benefit fraud.

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Ex-Iron Maiden singer is jailed

It’s not easy to stay out of the water when your town will be flooded for weeks, but that’s exactly what Australian officials are telling many of the Outback’s flood victims. Aside from floating detritus brought on by the heavy rains, crocodiles and…

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Crocs Lurk in Australia Floods

New figures reveal a sharp drop in the number of High Street shoppers due to the heavy snowfall, with the West Midlands and South East worst hit.

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Christmas sales ‘hit by weather’

Further heavy snow has hit parts of the UK, causing school closures and travel disruption, but why have such harsh conditions arrived early this year?

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Why such cold weather so early?

Haiti is preparing to deal with a renewed cholera outbreak after it was hit by Hurricane Tomas over the weekend. The official death toll currently stands at 544, with over 8,000 confirmed cases, and is expected to rise further as the heavy rain caused…

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