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--> Philadelphia, PA: Sen. Hillary Clinton acknowledged today that her White House bid is on the line in Pennsylvania, as primary voters headed to the polls."Well, I have to win," Clinton told ABC. "I believe that's my task. And I'm going to do everything I can to win."
A CNN "poll of polls" on Tuesday suggested Clinton is in a position to pull off the victory over Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama. The polls of polls, which averages the three latest surveys in Pennsylvania, placed Clinton ahead of Obama by 9 percentage points, 51 percent to 42 percent, with 7 percent of voters undecided.
--> San Francisco, CA: EBay filed a lawsuit today in the state of Delaware against Craigslist, the online classified advertising company in which it owns a minority interest.
In a statement released Tuesday, eBay said that in January, Craigslist’s two directors, the founder Craig Newmark and the chief executive, Jim Buckmaster, took actions that unfairly diluted eBay’s economic interest in the company. eBay did not specify what those actions were.
“The recent actions by the Craigslist directors have disadvantaged eBay and its investment in Craigslist,” said Mike Jacobson, eBay’s senior vice president and general counsel, in a written statement. “Since negotiating our investment with Craigslist’s board in 2004, we have acted openly and in good faith as a minority shareholder, so we were surprised by these recent unilateral actions. We are asking the Delaware court to rescind these recent actions in order to protect eBay’s stockholders and preserve our investment."
--> Indianapolis, IN: Two high school students were being questioned this afternoon after a bank teller pregnant with twins was shot in the lower abdomen during a robbery on Indianapolis' east side, the city's police chief said.
Katherine Sheffield, a 30-year-old Franklin resident who is five months pregnant with twins, was conscious but in serious condition when she was taken from the bank to Methodist Hospital to undergo surgery, Indianapolis police Lt. Duhamell said. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, who visited the bank and the hospital after the robbery, told 6News that the bullet did not strike the unborn children.
--> Havana, Cuba: A group of Cuban women peacefully seeking the release from prison of their loved ones Monday were picked up and dragged into buses by Cuban police in Havana -- marking their second failed attempt to deliver a letter with their plea to the Interior Minister.
--> San Francisco, CA: EBay filed a lawsuit today in the state of Delaware against Craigslist, the online classified advertising company in which it owns a minority interest.In a statement released Tuesday, eBay said that in January, Craigslist’s two directors, the founder Craig Newmark and the chief executive, Jim Buckmaster, took actions that unfairly diluted eBay’s economic interest in the company. eBay did not specify what those actions were.
“The recent actions by the Craigslist directors have disadvantaged eBay and its investment in Craigslist,” said Mike Jacobson, eBay’s senior vice president and general counsel, in a written statement. “Since negotiating our investment with Craigslist’s board in 2004, we have acted openly and in good faith as a minority shareholder, so we were surprised by these recent unilateral actions. We are asking the Delaware court to rescind these recent actions in order to protect eBay’s stockholders and preserve our investment."
--> Indianapolis, IN: Two high school students were being questioned this afternoon after a bank teller pregnant with twins was shot in the lower abdomen during a robbery on Indianapolis' east side, the city's police chief said.Katherine Sheffield, a 30-year-old Franklin resident who is five months pregnant with twins, was conscious but in serious condition when she was taken from the bank to Methodist Hospital to undergo surgery, Indianapolis police Lt. Duhamell said. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, who visited the bank and the hospital after the robbery, told 6News that the bullet did not strike the unborn children.
--> Havana, Cuba: A group of Cuban women peacefully seeking the release from prison of their loved ones Monday were picked up and dragged into buses by Cuban police in Havana -- marking their second failed attempt to deliver a letter with their plea to the Interior Minister.The 10 women, members of Las Damas de Blanco or the Ladies in White, caused a morning melee captured by international photographers in front of the plaza.
''They were not beaten but they were mistreated,'' said Yolanda Huerga, the Miami spokeswoman for the group and an original member who was on a cellphone with one of the women dragged on the bus by female police officers.
--> Sidney, OH: Another round and amen! Beer was on tap and a mechanical bull inspired the sermon as a new church held its inaugural service in a western Ohio bar.The Country Rock Church drew about 100 people to Sunday night's meeting at the Pub Lounge in Sidney.The barroom church is an offshoot of Sidney United First Methodist Church, whose head pastor says he has been looking for creative ways to reach people in unconventional places.
The church's Web site for its new branch advertises "Top regional bands, pizza, wings, rowdy fun & a short message.''
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