Nation and World
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'D.C. Madam' apologized to mom, sister in suicide notes
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - TAMPA, Fla. -- The woman known as the "D.C. Madam" apologized to her mother and sister in suicide notes, saying she couldn't bear going to prison and saw killing herself...
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Clinton, Obama, predict fight stretches to June 3
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Resolute rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama straddled North Carolina and Indiana on Monday on the eve of a pair of crucial primaries in t...
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Superdelegates are the real target group now
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Two presidential candidates, two celebrity interviewers, two agendas, one audience: the undecided superdelegates likely to select the Democratic nominee. Jus...
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Bomb hits motorcade of Iraq's first lady
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's first lady escaped unharmed Sunday from a bomb attack in downtown Baghdad that struck her motorcade, injuring four body guards. President Jalal Talaban...
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Who's buried in Schiller's tomb?
May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- Who is buried in Friedrich Schiller's tomb? Several people, apparently, but none of them the famous poet and playwright, according to new research. After two y...
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Russia, world awaits start of Medvedev era
May 03, 2008 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- It might be a tale out of a 19th century Russian storybook: A clerkish young lawyer apprenticed to a powerful man rises, through Byzantine political intrigue, ...
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Virus has China on alert
May 03, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- China's Health Ministry ordered heightened efforts to stem the spread of infectious diseases Saturday following an outbreak of a virus that has caused the dea...
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Horror lingers as incest story unfolds
May 03, 2008 11:00 pm - AMSTETTEN, Austria -- Nearly a week after news of a 73-year-old Austrian's alleged incest and rape rattled this Alpine nation, friends of the family still grapple with h...
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GOP gains a House seat
May 03, 2008 11:00 pm - BATON ROUGE, La. -- Republicans have retained at least one House seat in two special elections being held in Louisiana. State Sen. Steve Scalise beat Democrat Gilda Reed...
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U.S. fires missiles into Sadr City
May 03, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards away from a hospital and ...