Nation and World
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Wall Street continues decline
Oct 31, 2021 4:42 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its steep decline Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points over two days after investors gave in to mounti...
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House sends security bill to president
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Pining for the days of yore, like any cranky dinosaur surely mustOct 31, 2021 4:40 pm - Cranky, old dinosaurs live in the past. Or so succeeding generations claim, often legitimately. Thus news stories last week -- a barometer of a society in motion -- foun...
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Homeowner assaulted, shoots burglarOct 31, 2021 4:43 pm - EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) -- An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said. Willie ...
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Skateboarding tops baseball for summer funOct 31, 2021 4:41 pm - Sixteen-year-old Matt Hiemstra should be the $5.2 billion-a-year skateboard industry's ideal customer. During the summer, he skateboards daily, and between the end of on...
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Battles break out throughout AfghanistanOct 31, 2021 4:40 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A purported Taliban spokesman warned Friday that some of the 22 South Korean hostages were in bad health, saying hours after the kidnappers' l...
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Big Dig contractor settles for $50 million
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Focus on Hillary's policies, not on her necklineOct 31, 2021 4:41 pm - Among the endless reasons I will never run for public office is a deep-seated fear of having my wardrobe subject to the fashion police. Excuse me, the fashion shrinks --...
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News choppers collide; 4 killed
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Obama's second gaffe deepens doubts about wartime credentialsOct 31, 2021 4:42 pm - For Barack Obama, it was strike two. And this one was a right-down-the-middle question from a YouTuber in Monday night's South Carolina debate: "Would you be willing to ...