Today's Headlines -- Wednesday

• Wow...sorry folks...I'm stuck on Tuesday! :) 
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• Violent thunderstorms kill 9 in Okla., Kan., Ark. (AP)
• In Joplin, leaders hold tight to rescue hopes (AP)
• Day of diplomacy for Obama in Britain (AP)
• Medicare key to shocking Dem win in NY House race (AP)
• IMF chief may use tried-but-tricky consent defense (AP)
• Tea party targets schools for 'Constitution Week' (AP)
• France's Lagarde formally announces IMF bid (AP)
• Suicide bomb kills 5 at Pakistani police building (AP)
• Hines Ward part of a string of `Dancing' athletes (AP)
• Heat top Bulls 101-93, move 1 win away from finals (AP)
• France's Lagarde launches IMF bid, BRICs complain (Reuters)
• AIG share sale raises $8.7 billion after record bailout (Reuters)
• Tornado death toll climbs, many still missing (Reuters)
• $1 trillion on the table in debt talks (Reuters)
• OECD sees growth firm, but risks abounding (Reuters)
• Anti-Americanism rife in Pakistan army institution: Wikileaks (Reuters)
• French women accuse minister of sex harassment (Reuters)
• Democrat Kathy Hochul wins upstate New York race (Reuters)
• Berlin airports to close because of volcano ash cloud (AFP)
• Obama, Cameron hold talks on Arab Spring (AFP)