Protesters threw shoes on Wednesday at candidate.

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Egypt Votes for Second Day

Hurricane Bud formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico late Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.

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Hurricane Bud forms near Mexico

More than a year after resorting to bankruptcy court, the orchestra on Wednesday submitted its plan to erase debt and cut costs to a judge.

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Philadelphia Orchestra Submits Reorganization Plan

CBS can call itself the country’s most-watched network for the ninth time in the past 10 years. The network won the 2011-12 television season, which ended Wednesday, by averaging nearly 12 million viewers each week. That’s about 3 million more viewers than closest-competitor Fox, the largest margin of victory of any network in more than two decades. Read full article > >

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CBS wins network ratings-war again; reality-competition shows still dominate

A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason, officials told CNN.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in its hunt for Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason in a ruling by tribal agency authorities in northwestern Pakistan, officials there said. Read full article > >

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Pakistani doctor who helped CIA locate bin Laden sentenced to prison for treason

Officials from six world powers are due to hold talks with Iranian representatives in Baghdad on Wednesday about Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

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6 nations talk to Iran about its nukes

After weeks of debate, speculation and argument, Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the Arab world’s first competitive presidential election.

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Egyptians Go to Polls in Presidential Vote

More tickets are to go on sale on Wednesday for events at the London 2012 Olympics, with people who already have tickets able to buy more.

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More Olympic tickets go on sale

The University of West Georgia graduate student infected with rare “flesh-eating” bacteria has proven to be “amazingly resilient,” her father said Wednesday, and a second apparent case has been reported.

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D.C. United put forth a comprehensive performance Wednesday night, and if not for Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens’s sensational interventions, the outcome might’ve been decided by halftime. Instead, United had to wait until the 60th minute and beyond to secure a 2-0 victory over the Rapids in front of 11,593 at RFK Stadium. Read full article > >

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D.C. United vs. Colorado Rapids: Dwayne De Rosario, Hamdi Salihi score to lead United to win

Chuck Brown, known as the “Godfather of Go-Go,” a genre blending funk, jazz and soul and other musical forms, died Wednesday, his manager said.

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Go-go music pioneer Chuck Brown dies

A paralyzed Massachusetts woman picked up a bottle of coffee and sipped from it by moving a robotic arm with her thoughts, researchers reported Wednesday — the latest advance in the race to restore movement to people who have lost control of their muscles. Read full article > >

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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria said in an interview broadcast Wednesday that he faced no real domestic opposition in the 15-month-old uprising against him.

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The defense team for John Edwards rested its case Wednesday without calling the former Democratic presidential candidate's ex-mistress to testify at his corruption trial.

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John Edwards doesn’t take stand