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National Headlines - AP Top U.S. News At 9:45 p.m. EDT

Records show Sharpton owes overdue taxes, other penalties
NEW YORK (AP) -- Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week when he led protests against police brutality that briefly shut down six of Manhattan's major bridges and tunnels....

Kids, mom lived with 90-year-old's corpse for weeks in Wis.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Two children and their mother lived for about two months with the decaying body of a 90-year-old woman on the toilet of their home's only bathroom, on the advice of a religious "superior" who claimed the corpse would come back to life, authorities said Friday....

NC officials: Fatal twister could have been worse
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Amber Parker watched on television as the storm near her home grew into a tornado threat. Then, when the roaring wind outside suddenly fell silent, she grabbed her two toddlers and rushed to get under the stairwell....

World Headlines - APTop International News At 10:29 p.m. EDT

Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar - but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments....

Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess....

Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution
HLEGU, Myanmar (AP) -- Voting began this city near Yangon and other parts of cyclone-ravaged Mayanmar Saturday on a referendum for a controversial constitution - but the balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital....