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APTOPIX Maldives Politics
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Supporters of Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned Tuesday from his post as Maldivian president, cheer him during a meeting in Male, Maldives, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Supporters of Nasheed rioted through the streets Wednesday demanding he be reinstated as the country's new leader appealed for unity to end the months of political turmoil roiling this Indian Ocean island nation.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

A court in the Maldives issued an arrest warrant Thursday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, a day after his supporters rampaged in the capital and his claim of being ousted in a coup left unclear the stability of the fledging Indian Ocean democracy.

Pebble Beach Golf
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Vijay Singh, from Fiji, hits from the fourth fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Dustin Johnson pitched in for eagle on the third hole at Pebble Beach to get a small measure of revenge. He wound up with a 9-under 63, and part of a three-way atop the leaderboard in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Ford Management Changes
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FILE - This March 28, 2010 file photo , shows Ford executive vice president and CFO Lewis Booth, at the Volvo plant and headquarters in Torslanda, Gothenburg, Sweden. Lewis Booth and global product development chief Derrick Kuzak both will retire April 1, 2012. (AP Photo/ SCANPIX, Bjorn Larsson Rosvall, File) SWEDEN OUT

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Two of the architects behind Ford's remarkable turnaround are retiring, and their departures have intensified the guessing game over who will become the next CEO.

People Bruce Springsteen
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FILE - In this Sunday, April 30, 2006 file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs during the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Springsteen has announced that two saxophonists, including Clarence Clemons' nephew, will join his upcoming world tour with the E Street Band. The announcement was made Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, on Springsteen's website. Springsteen says longtime collaborator Eddie Manion will "share the saxophone role" with Jake Clemons.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

It takes two men to replace The Big Man.

State Budget Michigan
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder presents his executive budget proposal to a joint House and Senate committee, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. At left is Lt. Gov. Brian Calley.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Michigan's governor said Thursday that the state should capitalize on its brightest economic outlook in a decade by opening its checkbook to school districts - but only those that can show their students actually are learning from year to year.

Obama Fundraising
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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Falls Church, Va. Reversing an earlier stand, President Barack Obama is now encouraging donors to give generously to the kind of political fundraising groups he has assailed as a "threat to democracy." Obama's re-election campaign says he has little choice if he is to compete with the big-money conservative groups that have proven highly successful with attack ads in the Republican primaries.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind.

Armstrong Cycling
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FILE - This Sept. 24, 2011 file photo shows Lance Armstrong talking to the media after the 2011 Xterra Nationals triathlon at Snowbasin Ski Resort, near Ogden, Utah. Armstrong is relieved the federal investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and says he always stayed confident he would not be charged.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

As far as Lance Armstrong is concerned, it's all over.

Kodak Cameras
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In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, a Kodak Easyshare digital camera is displayed at B&H Photo & Video, in New York. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in order to focus on its more profitable businesses.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business.

Mortgage Settlement
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Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, second from right, and others, watch as Attorney General Eric Holder announces a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at the Justice Department in Washington.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials Thursday as long-overdue relief for victims of foreclosure abuses. But consumer advocates countered that far too few people will benefit.

House Republicans
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio watches as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The House on Thursday joined the Senate in voting to explicitly prohibit members of Congress and other top officials from making investments on insider information. But an effort to bridle purveyors of Capitol Hill political intelligence could delay the bill's enactment.

Marines Nazi Symbol
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This Sept. 2010 photo posted recently on the Titiusville, Fla.- based arms manufacturer Knight's Armament's Internet blog, shows members of Charlie Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif. in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Marine Corps confirmed Thursday Feb. 8, 2012 that one of its scout sniper teams in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS - a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

A man accused of brandishing a gun in a North Dakota courtroom was convicted Thursday of two counts of attempted murder involving the prosecutor and sheriff, but was acquitted on 12 other counts related to jurors.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Greece gave in to more painful spending and job cuts Thursday, only to have European ministers question whether they were enough to deliver a euro130 billion bailout and stave off bankruptcy.

Earns Pepsico
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This Feb. 7, 2012 photo, shows cans Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry at a store in Pittsburgh. PepsiCo said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, it will cut 8.700 jobs in a cost-cutting move as it increases investment in advertising and marketing in North America.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

PepsiCo is trying to put some fizz back into its business. The food and drinks maker announced a restructuring on Thursday that includes cutting 8,700 jobs globally and plowing money into advertising drinks like Pepsi and Mountain Dew in North America.

Prison Guard Killing
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South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, second from right, addresses the media while surrounded by the family of slain prison guard Ronald Johnson in this Feb. 9, 2012 photo in Sioux Falls, S.D. Two inmates pleaded guilty to killing Johnson during a botched prison escape and have been sentenced to die. A third inmate, Michael Nordman, pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree and felony murder for providing the pipe and plastic wrap used in the slaying. A judge sentenced him to life in prison in a plea agreement with prosecutors.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Lynette Johnson has repeatedly said in court that death is the only sentence befitting three inmates charged in the slaying of her prison guard husband during a botched prison escape at the South Dakota State Penitentiary.

APTOPIX Greece Financial CrisisI
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The flags of Greece, right, and European Union flutter from the roof of the Finance Minister at Athens' main Syntagma square, as in the background is seen the ancient Parthenon temple during in Athens on Thursday Feb, 9, 2012. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and his coalition partners have struck a deal on new cuts demanded by creditors to secure a vital euro130 billion bailout.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.

Wall Street
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In this Feb. 8, 2012 photo, trader Gregory Rowe, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets remained optimistic Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, that Greece will secure its next bailout despite an 11th hour snag that has delayed the signing off of another batch of austerity measures.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The stock market finally got a deal in Greece, but it didn't produce much of a rally.

Alcohol Lawsuit Reservation
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Attorney Tom White, legal council to the Oglala Sioux Tribe, speaks to reporters in Lincoln, Neb., Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. The Oglala Sioux Tribe announced it will file a $500 million federal lawsuit against some of the nation's largest beer distributors, alleging that they knowingly contributed to the chronic alcoholism, health problems and other social ills on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The lawsuit also targets the four beer stores in Whiteclay, a Nebraska town (pop. 11) on the South Dakota border that sells about 5 million cans of beer per year.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

An American Indian tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued a 30-day stay of execution Thursday for a death-row inmate who had been scheduled to die next week for the 1986 murder of the mother of his two children.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

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Germany Cycling Ullrich Doping
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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2011 file picture former German cycling star Jan Ullrich participates in the Oetztal marathon cycling race over the distance of 238 kilometers in Soelden, Austria. Sport's highest court has banned 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich for two years for doping, and stripped him of his third-place finish behind Lance Armstrong in the 2005 race. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Thursday Feb. 9, 2012 that the 38-year-old German, who retired in 2007, was connected to the Opeation Puerto probe in Spain. Ullrich is banned hfrom cycling through August 2013. However, CAS rejected the International Cycling Union's request to impose a life ban and disqualify all Ullrich's results since May 2002. CAS said Ullrich's six-month ban for using amphetamines out-of-competition in 2002 should not be classed as a doping offense. A second offense can trigger a life ban.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Another day, another doping case, another Tour de France result amended.

Mideast Syria
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This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, purports to show Syrians chanting slogans during a demonstration in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL. TV OUT

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage.

Mideast Egypt
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An Egyptian passes by a police checkpoint near the interior ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Egypt's ruling generals are playing a risky game of brinksmanship by cracking down on American nonprofit groups that promote democracy, threatening a relationship with Washington that has brought the military billions of dollars in aid over the past three decades.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called Thursday on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in the country.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Hours after Greece made the unpopular decision to slash government spending in an attempt to ease its debt crisis, Germany's finance minister questioned whether the deal goes far enough to earn a crucial euro130 billion bailout.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

In a story Feb. 7 about a lack of progress by a commission established to right the wrongs of Chicago's police torture scandal, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the commission hasn't met since August and cancelled an October meeting. The commission postponed, but didn't cancel, an October meeting, and met later that month. It did cancel its meetings in December and February, as reported.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

House-Senate negotiations on extending jobless benefits and a two percentage point cut in the payroll tax remained stalled Thursday, despite a proposal in which Democrats urged a modest six-week cut in the maximum time unemployed workers can receive jobless benefits.

South Korea World Markets
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A currency trader reacts near the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi), at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. South Korea's Kospi rose 0.54 percent, or 10.89 points, to close at 2,014.62.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Markets were shored up by the news that Greece's party leaders agreed a deal on new cuts that are necessary for the country to get crucial bailout funds.

Romania Politics Prime Minister
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Prime Minister designate, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, currently the head of Romania's foreign intelligence service, delivers a speech, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The designation, by President Traian Basescu, follows the resignation of former Premier Emil Boc and his government.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Romania's Parliament approved a new government led by a former spy chief on Thursday, and he promised to keep up the austerity measures the country imposed to win international loans but to raise public-sector salaries as soon as he can.

Armstrong Cycling
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FILE - This Sept. 24, 2011 file photo shows Lance Armstrong talking to the media after the 2011 Xterra Nationals triathlon at Snowbasin Ski Resort, near Ogden, Utah. Armstrong is relieved the federal investigation into doping allegations against him has ended, and says he always stayed confident he would not be charged.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Lance Armstrong says he's relieved by the end of a nearly two-year federal investigation into doping allegations against him, and that he always remained confident he would not be charged.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally joined al-Qaida, according to a video translation released Thursday of a message from al-Qaida's leader.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The White House is lauding a rosier election-year economic forecast, predicting the economy could add two million jobs this year. But the upbeat projection is based partly on the shaky premise that Congress will sign off on President Barack Obama's jobs agenda.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Next year's Winter Classic could set an attendance record.

Germany ECB Interest Rates
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The President of the European Central Bank , Mario Draghi, laughs during a press conference in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low 1 percent on Thursday while it waits to see whether the economy needs more help as the 17 countries that use the euro struggle with a debt crisis and likely recession.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The European Central Bank kept its key interest rate at a record low of 1 percent on Thursday as it waits to see if the 17-nation eurozone needs more help to stave off recession.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Syrian forces fired mortars and rockets that killed scores of people Thursday in the rebellious city of Homs, activists said, the latest strike in a weeklong assault as President Bashar Assad's regime tries to crush increasingly militarized pockets of dissent.

Wholesale Inventories
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In this Feb. 7, 2012 photo, Costco members pump gas outside a Costco Wholesale store in West Homestead, Pa. Wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles sharply in December although the gains are expected to slow in coming months, a development that could slow overall economic growth.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles sharply in December although the gains are expected to slow in coming months, a development that could curb overall economic growth.

Spain Judge on Trial
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People hold red carnations during a protest outside the Supreme Court with a banner showing photos of some of the Spanish civil war victims on the last day of judge Baltasar Garzon's trial in Madrid Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. The Spanish judge who became an international human rights hero is on trial for knowingly overstepping the bounds of his jurisdiction with his unprecedented albeit abortive probe of crimes committed by the Franco side. Both sides in the Spanish war _ the Republican side and Franco's rebel rightwing forces _ committed atrocities. But they were addressed by a post-Franco-era amnesty approved by Parliament. Republican atrocities against pro-Franco civilians had already been thoroughly documented by the regime.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

The Spanish judge celebrated for pursuing international human rights cases was convicted of overstepping his jurisdiction in a domestic corruption probe Thursday and barred from the bench for 11 years, completing a spectacular fall from grace for one of Spain's most prominent people.

Teacher Classroom Bondage
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Ivis Urbina, right, with her granddaughter Alexa Agillon, 6, protest with others outside Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

The decision to replace every teacher and staff member at a Los Angeles-area elementary school where two instructors were charged with lewd conduct will cost at least $5.7 million.

Unemployment Benefits
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In this Jan. 18, 2012 photo, job seekers line up to attend a Career Fair event in San Francisco.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue in the coming months.

Britain Soccer Premier League
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England manager Fabio Capello looks on before the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Monday Feb. 6, 2012.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

The head of the English Football Association says he will not rush to hire Fabio Capello's successor ahead of this year's European Championship.

Wall Street
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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2012 file photo,trader Luigi Muccitelli, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Markets were hopeful Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, that a long-awaited deal to allow Greece to claim its second bailout was near despite another delay to discussions between the country's political leaders.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

U.S. stock futures are falling after Greek leaders failed to accept the entire batch of new austerity measures demanded by creditors, leaving its bailout in limbo.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

The Bank of England is to inject another 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) into the British economy, which contracted in the last three months of 2011 and is likely to face further difficulties as Europe struggles to contain its raging debt crisis.

Published Thursday, Feb. 09, 2012

Strong sales of Mercedes luxury cars in China and the United States helped German automaker Daimler AG post a stronger than expected 57 percent increase in fourth quarter profits.

Missing Mom Utah
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A growing memorial of candles, toys, and balloons are placed in back of the home, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday, in Graham, Wash., in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. Powell, the husband of missing Utah woman Susan Powell, died along with his children Sunday in Washington. An autopsy showed the children also suffered hatchet wounds to their necks. He was a person of interest in his wife's 2009 disappearance.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Emergency call logs show that nearly eight minutes elapsed between when a social worker called 911 to report that Josh Powell's children were in danger and when sheriff's deputies were dispatched. By the time officers were on their way, the home was exploding in a gas-fueled inferno, with Powell and his two young boys inside.

Duke NCarolina Basketball
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Duke's Austin Rivers (0) reacts after his game-winning basket against North Carolina following an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Duke won 85-84.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Austin Rivers and his Duke teammates kept hanging around, doing just enough to keep North Carolina from blowing the game open until the Tar Heels finally gave them an opening.

Pebble Beach Golf
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Golfers practice on the seventh green at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Padraig Harrington has been coming to the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for a half-dozen years, for reasons that cause some players to stay away.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

EAST

China Inflation
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A security guard stands in front of a hamburger advertisement outside a fast food restaurant in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. China's inflation rebounded in January as food prices soared, renewing pressure on the communist government to control surging living costs while it tries to boost slowing economic growth.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

China's inflation rebounded in January as food prices soared, renewing pressure on Beijing to control living costs as it tries to boost slowing growth amid warnings of a looming global downturn.

Pakistan Daily Life
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A poor man sits in a quilt during severe winter in an old part of Rawalpindi city in Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

A U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, killing three suspected militants in the second such attack in as many days, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Duke NCarolina Basketball
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North Carolina's Harrison Barnes, top, drives for a basket as Duke's Ryan Kelly defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.

Published Wednesday, Feb. 08, 2012

Harrison Barnes shook off his nagging ankle injury and a series of undersized defenders to help No. 5 North Carolina take charge in the second half. He just couldn't finish off No. 10 Duke.


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