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Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E7A56A77-D3A0-4241-A0BA-7D4251278FBF/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/wiccantexan/">wiccantexan</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/" title="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/">www.msnbc.msn.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/wiccantexan/512/AA252FC1-E814-493C-9058-C97807350C8D.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Japan's oldest giant panda, Ling Ling, a longtime star at Tokyo's largest zoo and a symbol of friendship with China, died Wednesday of heart failure, zookeepers said.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>Ling Ling was 22 years and seven months old, equivalent to about 70 human years, the Ueno Zoo said. It said he was the fifth-oldest known male panda in the world.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>Keepers and visitors mourned the panda, which was the zoo's most popular attraction for more than 15 years. Public broadcaster NHK showed many visitors writing condolence messages, with some brushing away tears.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Fukuji Sugimoto, chief panda keeper at the zoo, said he felt something was wrong as soon as he entered Ling Ling's cage early Wednesday.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="textBodyBlack"><SPAN id="byLine"></SPAN>"He always turned around when I called 'Ling Ling.' This morning he didn't. I rushed to him and touched his head, and he was already cold. That broke my heart," Sugimoto said. "He was such a darling."</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/japan/" rel="tag">japan</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">wildlife</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/panda/" rel="tag">panda</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/zoo/" rel="tag">zoo</a></div>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24386784/Thu, 01 May 2008 05:14:08 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/EC4F6EA3-ED64-43EF-ADA1-8A8F1A7D667E/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/wiccantexan/">wiccantexan</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_el_pr/obama_pastor_s_impact" title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_el_pr/obama_pastor_s_impact">news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Black and white voters in next week's primary states agreed on one thing Wednesday: <SPAN id="lw_1209612196_0" class="yshortcuts">Barack Obama</SPAN>'s preacher had hurt the Democratic presidential candidate at a crucial time. The question was how much.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The issue threatens the multiracial coalition that is crucial to Obama's hopes of becoming the first black president, and it has highlighted a gulf between white and black Americans on matters of church and religion. But interviews with more than two dozen Indiana and North Carolina voters Wednesday suggested Obama may have made the best of a bad situation, even if belatedly.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>While many white voters were shocked to hear a minister curse America and promote conspiracy theories from the pulpit, some accepted Obama's argument that he should not be blamed for his former pastor's words. Many black voters, meanwhile, were far more familiar with Wright's style of preaching — whether or not they agree with it — and believe the issue will not cripple Obama's campaign.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/clinton/" rel="tag">clinton</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/obama/" rel="tag">obama</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wright/" rel="tag">wright</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/controversy/" rel="tag">controversy</a></div>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_el_pr/obama_pastor_s_impactThu, 01 May 2008 05:07:01 GMT