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Seismic activity stops crews at Utah mine
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Seismic activity has "totally shut down" efforts to reach six miners trapped below ground and has wiped out all the work done in the past day, a mine...
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Interviewing witnesses adds to cost of U-46 bias suitAug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - The legal bills continue to mount in the discrimination lawsuit against Elgin Area School District U-46 as lawyers interview witnesses this summer. Attorneys from the di...
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Pakistan troops attack suspected hideout
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Tuesday that talk of U.S. military strikes against al-Qaida in Pakistan only hurts the fight against terroris...
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Army recruiting bouncing back
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- After failing to meet its recruiting goal for two consecutive months, the Army is expected to announce it met its target for July. And officials are offeri...
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Briefs: Coral is disappearingAug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand -- Coral reefs in much of the Pacific Ocean are dying faster than previously thought, according to a study released Wednesday, with the decline driven ...
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Des Plaines riverwalk idea gains funding, footingAug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - A wave of federal money is expected to give Des Plaines Mayor Tony Arredia's riverwalk project a needed $1 million boost. As he awaits word on other grant money the city...
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Airlines sue for access to Sept. 11 report
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Airlines and aviation-related companies sued the CIA and the FBI on Tuesday to force terrorism investigators to tell whether the aviation industry was to bla...
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Someone dropped a missile on Georgia neighborhood
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgia's president accused Russia Tuesday of trying to sow panic and influence internal politics in its small southern neighbor after a one-ton miss...
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Mobs rampage in East Timor following pick for prime minister
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - DILI, East Timor -- Hundreds of opposition loyalists torched buildings, attacked U.N. cars and threw rocks at police Tuesday as violence triggered by the appointment of ...
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Study: System leaves some children unvaccinated
Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- For children whose health insurance doesn't cover newly recommended shots, it's better to have no insurance at all, a new study suggests. Free vaccines are av...