Nation and World
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Colossal squid's eye sets record
Apr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Marine scientists studying the carcass of a rare colossal squid said Wednesday they had measured its eye at about 11 inches across -- bigger t...
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U.S. troop deaths in Iraq spike to seven-month high
Apr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military death toll hit a seven-month high of 49 on Wednesday -- with more than half the losses in Baghdad as American forces wage growing street bat...
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Former Democratic leader switches to Obama
Apr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton has switched his allegiance to Barack Obama and is encouraging fellow Democrats to "heal the rift in ou...
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Obama's `gigantic' database may make him party's power brokerApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama's supporters are giving him more than just record amounts of cash. They also are providing personal information that may make his donor list the most powerf...
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Texas officials looking at possible abuse among sect's boys
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas officials told legislators Wednesday that they're investigating the possible sexual abuse of some young boys taken from a polygamist sect's ranch,...
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Wounded vets race cars on S.C. track while recovering
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - GREER, S.C. -- It's been two years since Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremy Stengel sat behind the wheel, and life is much different now. The 22-year-old Marine suffered massive i...
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McCain urges shift in health insurance
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - TAMPA, Fla. -- Republican John McCain wants to change how people get their health insurance, shifting away from job-based coverage to an open market where people can cho...
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Rescuers amazed: Six twisters but no deaths
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - SUFFOLK, Va. -- It was a scene of haphazard destruction that stretched for 25 miles: Row upon row of homes reduced to sprays of splintered lumber, shopping centers strip...
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Dinosaur dung, other ancient finds go up for auction in NYC
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It may look like a geologic find, but the three-pound red and white fossil heading for auction in New York is actually a pile of dinosaur dung. Bonhams New Y...
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Albert Hofmann, father of drug LSD, dies in Switzerland
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - GENEVA -- Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired -- and arguably corrupted -- millions in the 1960s hippie generation,...