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With these 'restrooms' ecologists are privy to rabbits' numbersOct 31, 2021 5:26 pm - Eric Schauber knows the concept draws snickers -- researchers, catering to the fussy bathroom habits of swamp rabbits, setting out fake log latrines for the reclusive cr...
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The bloodiest attack of the Iraq warOct 31, 2021 5:26 pm - BAGHDAD -- Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly...
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Coins offer history lesson for $1Oct 31, 2021 5:22 pm - WASHINGTON -- Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation's first president. After that, things get tricky. The U.S. Mint is hoping its new dollar coin...
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Texas braces for more rain, floodingOct 31, 2021 5:24 pm - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- South Texas braced Wednesday for Tropical Storm Erin to bring torrential downpours to a state that already has had one of its rainiest summe...
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GOP candidates clash on immigrationOct 31, 2021 5:27 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney accuses former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani of making his city a haven for illegal immigrants. Giuliani denies it, insisting he cracked down on...
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Union OKs delay in schedule to plan Far East gamesOct 31, 2021 5:27 pm - TORONTO -- With Asia on the minds of baseball officials, the sport's chief operating officer still wants to push ahead with exhibition games in China next year in additi...
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U.S. puts squeeze on IranOct 31, 2021 5:22 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's move to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist" organization is a new salvo in a broader effort to choke off ...
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Red-Cardinals hand Brewers another lossOct 31, 2021 5:24 pm - The St. Louis Cardinals' deal for Joel Pineiro didn't make much of a ripple at the trade deadline, but it's beginning to look like a key move that could help push the te...
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Teens say drug use up in schools, study findsOct 31, 2021 5:24 pm - WASHINGTON -- Teenagers say drug problems at school are getting worse, and parents express doubts about ever making such schools drug free, a new study says. The percent...
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Hospital guard uses stun gun on man with babyOct 31, 2021 5:15 pm - HOUSTON -- In a confrontation captured on videotape, a hospital security guard fired a stun gun to stop a defiant father from taking home his newborn, sending both man a...