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Shuttle planning early landing
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With Hurricane Dean considered hardly any threat to Mission Control, Endeavour's astronauts left the international space station a day early and ...
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Visit to Baghdad may signal shift in U.S.-French relation
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- France's foreign minister paid an unannounced and highly symbolic visit to Baghdad on Sunday -- the first by a senior French official since the war started an...
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Heat wave finally eases
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Heat-stricken residents in some areas finally got a small break Sunday from the oppressive triple-digit temperatures that have killed at least 44 peo...
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Oh, my aching packAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Aching shoulders. Sore backs. Tired legs. Yep, school's back in session. As suburban children pack their books into freshly bought school bags, health officials and sta...
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Briefs: Hitch a ride after schoolAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - St. Charles School District 303 will provide a special bus this year so students can hitch a ride to after-school activities. Starting Wednesday, the bus departs at 5:13...
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Does zero trans fat really mean zero?
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stroll the aisles of any grocery store and you're sure to spot labels declaring "zero grams trans fat" on the front of snack foods, cookies and crackers. But...
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Rain couldn't keep them away from luauAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Not even a downpour of rain could keep Hosanna Lutheran Church from hosting its summer luau. More than 300 people attended the 26th annual Hosanna Church Picnic at the ...
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German captive freed in Afghanistan
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan police freed a female German hostage from a Kabul neighborhood and arrested a group of kidnappers early Monday, an Interior Ministry spokesm...
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French official visits Iraq
Aug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- France's foreign minister paid an unannounced and highly symbolic visit to Baghdad on Sunday -- the first by a senior French official since the war started an...
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Lions club to offer vision screeningsAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - One of my favorite things to do (besides eating) is reading. Eyesight is a precious gift that those with 20/20 vision take for granted. Now that I have to hunt for one o...