Americans start choosing a president this week The Iowa caucuses kick off the 2008 nominating process Thursday. And for man to win, candidates are criss-crossing the state, delivering their final pitches. Both show close races shaping up for Democrats and Republicans.

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Osama bin Laden has released a new message. In a posting on the Internet, bin Laden slams Sunni Arabs for fighting Al-Qaeda in Iraq and launches a verbal attack against Isreal. Bin Laden does not mention Pakistan or the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

Two brothers who survived a tiger attack in San Francisco are out of the hospital. And police have released transcript from the night the large cat escape her enclosure. According to the report, it took officers about 20 minutes after the first emergency call to kill the tiger.

And the Patriots have put a stamp on perfection. Coming from behind, to beat the New York Giants, New England becomes the first undefeated team since the Miami Dolphin ran the table in 1932

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