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Long Time No See: Pittsburgh and New York will meet in the playoffs for the first time since 1996. Pittsburgh, led by Mario Lemieux and current Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr, defeated New York in five games -- Lemieux and Jagr ...
In a sharp turnaround, the Republican candidates has opened a 5-point lead on his Democratic rival and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll.
AFP - Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions planned rallies Thursday to ask Russia for recognition as independent states, two weeks after Russian troops occupied both provinces.