Bendtner - heavily criticised after a succession of misses in Saturday's win against Burnley - scored twice in the first half to wipe out the 2-1 lead Porto were protecting from the first game in Portugal.

BBC: Arsenal 5-0 Porto (6-2)

The Habitat Restoration Project on the Atlantic island of South Georgia aims to wipe out millions of rats that first arrived on sealing and whaling ships.

BBC: Rat eradication project on South Georgia set to resume

Chemical and biological agents can wipe out entire populations, but first they must be placed in an effective delivery system, such as a bomb or warhead fitted with an aerosol diffuser that will spread its plagues or poisons before the weapon explodes.

CNN: What Saddam's got

It's based on flawed assumptions that - the first of which is that we can just kind of wipe the slate clean after three and a half years of sacrifice and death and the president gets a do-over.

NPR: A Military Wife on Bush Plan for Troop Increase

It took them less than six minutes to wipe out the deficit, and they took their first lead of the game at 49-48 with 9:50 remaining.

WSJ: Syracuse blows big lead and Big East title at MSG

After letting Houston wipe away an 11-point deficit in the first half, the Thunder regained control with a 14-1 surge just before halftime and kept pouring it on.

NPR: Thunder Blast Rockets 120-91 In Game 1

McCain beat Bush in New Hampshire and Michigan early, but a Bush win in hotly contested South Carolina was the first sign that his huge financial and party support advantage would wipe out McCain.

CNN: In-Depth Specials - 2000 Year in Review

The first iteration uses a nine-volt battery to force the crystals to reorient themselves and wipe out any missives, but DePorzio is confident that a small solar panel (like the one on your 99-cent calculator) will have more than enough juice to "power" a much larger model.

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Gilberto Valle, who was suspended without pay after his arrest last fall, hung his head and appeared to wipe away tears Monday as his 27-year-old wife, Kathleen Mangan, became the first witness to testify against him.

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