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Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM EDT
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A week of soaring prices and a huge primary win. Hillary Clinton hung in, and the campaign moved on to Indiana and North Carolina. General Petraeus got the nod to ship out to a higher post.

The U.S. made striking claims about Syrian-North Korean nuclear ties. President Bush set the table for more Mid-East peace talks.

Rupert Murdoch charged at the Manhattan media market. Gas prices skyrocketed. And food prices spiked all over the globe.

This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable dives into the top stories.

-Jane Clayson

Guests:

Gloria Borger, CNN senior political analyst and contributing editor for U.S. News & World Report

Howard Fineman, senior Washington correspondent and columnist at Newsweek, he is author of “The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country”

Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor, The Atlantic Monthly.

 

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