Nation and World
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Immigration activists hope marches resonate with voters
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Immigration activists and civil rights leaders are gearing up for rallies and marches in cities across the nation, hoping to revive the stagnant immigration debate in ti...
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Stop biofuels, food scientists say
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Some top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 p...
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Pennsylvania college woos students by putting them in ads
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Wilkes University badly wanted 18-year-old Nicole Pollock to be part of its freshman class this fall -- so much so that it made her the star of her ...
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DNA tests show bone fragments belong to children of last Russian czar
Apr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- For nine decades after Bolshevik executioners gunned down Czar Nicholas II and his family, there were no traces of the remains of Crown Prince Alexei, the hemo...
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Officials: Captive family in Austria reunited
Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - AMSTETTEN, Austria -- In an "astonishing" scene, members of an Austrian family terrorized by decades of incest and imprisonment met for the first time at a clinic where ...
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GM to lay off 3,500 at Janesville, 3 other plants
Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT _ Sagging pickup truck and sport utility vehicle sales have forced General Motors Corp. to shut down one shift each at four North American factories and lay off...
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3 tornadoes rip through Va.; more than 200 people hurt
Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SUFFOLK, Va. (AP) _ Weary residents and business owners, some awakening in emergency shelters, braced themselves to see what was left of their homes and livelihoods Tues...
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Firefighters battle fire near L.A.
Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SIERRA MADRE, Calif. -- A wildfire burned dangerously close to homes at the foot of the rugged San Gabriel Mountains early Monday, but firefighters stood their ground an...
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Widespread pregnancies among sect teens found
Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANTONIO -- More than half the teen girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said Monday. A total of 53 gir...
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Bush prods Congress on housing, farm legislation
Apr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Tuesday accused the Democratic-led Congress of blocking his proposals to deal with rising gas prices and dragging its feet on measures to...