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Current events of
May 3, 2008
(
2008-05-03
)
(Saturday)
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Microsoft
withdraws its bid for
Yahoo!
after the two companies fail to reach agreement on a price.
(
The New York Times
)
United States presidential election, 2008
: The
Guam caucuses
result in a near-perfect tie, with
Barack Obama
ahead by only 7 ballots in 4,521.
(AP via Google News)
(AP via Yahoo! News)
Big Brown
wins the
2008 Kentucky Derby
.
Eight Belles
, the only
filly
in the field, breaks down after finishing second in the race, and is
euthanized
.
(NBC Sports)
At least 18
prisoners
are killed during a fight in a
jail
in
Tegucigalpa
, the capital of
Honduras
. This follows the recent deaths of nine prisoners in a riot in
San Pedro Sula
with both riots being blamed on overcrowding and
gang
rivalry.
(BBC News)
In
Chilean
Patagonia
, almost all
Chaitén
's inhabitants flee the capital city of
Palena Province
when a nearby
volcano
erupts after being inactive for 450 years.
(
The Telegraph
)
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