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Fighting AIDS a world awayDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Almost a world away from Zambia at a retirement home in Lincolnshire, volunteers spent Saturday assembling kits for caregivers of those infected with HIV in the African ...
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Bombs found under stump
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - KEY WEST, Fla. -- A landscaping crew about to grind a tree stump discovered 30 World War II mortar shells buried on property once owned by the Navy. A worker hit and bro...
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Naming all species was man's lifelong passionDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Ever since college botany I have been fascinated by the work of Carl Linnaeus, the 18th century Swedish scientist who created a system for naming plants and animals. I w...
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Militants raid village; 13 dead
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Dozens of suspected al-Qaida militants showered a Shiite village with mortar rounds early Saturday, then stormed the streets, killing at least 13 Iraqis, torc...
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Icy roads, freezing rain and snow flurries expected after winter storm
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Highways were still slippery in parts of the Midwest on Sunday as utility crews restored power knocked out by a snow and ice storm blamed for at l...
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Welcome the new breed: The 'I Want It Closer' sectorDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - It's not something any of us really saw coming. Oh, we knew this area was growing at breakneck speed. And we knew that the NIMBY, or Not In My Back Yard, sector would b...
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Couples should get counseling for marital affairsDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the years, I have worked with numerous couples who are attempting to recover from the relational devastation caused by one partner or the other, or even both, being...
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British lawmakers fight for teacher's release
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Two British parliament members met officials in Sudan Saturday to try to secure the release of a British teacher imprisoned for naming a teddy bear Mu...
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These Santas salute sailors with free Christmas treesNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - For many of us, the holidays bring joy and cheerful spirits. But the time can also reinforce feelings of loneliness and isolation. So if improving the holidays for milit...
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Convicted ex-cops' attorney says evidence tampered withNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Lawyers for two former police officers convicted of beating a man during an off-duty altercation are asking a McHenry County judge to appoint a special prosecutor to inv...