Nation and World
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Pentagon chief tells Air Force to embrace change
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In unusually blunt terms, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday challenged the Air Force, whose leaders are under fire on several fronts, to contribute ...
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Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas -- the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel -- is prepared to accept the righ...
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Rice labels al-Sadr a coward
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare wa...
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Black colleges look to alumni for help
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - ETTRICK, Va. -- Making money, administrators at Virginia State University have learned, takes money. The majority black school has spent millions of state dollars renova...
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Bank of America's profit drops 77 percent in first quarter
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corp. said Monday its profit fell 77 percent in the first quarter, hurt by trading losses and a $3.3 billion increase in reserves for p...
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Iraqi unity dealt blow
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Followers of hard-line cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Sunday in the showdown with Iraq's government, refusing to disband their militia. This turn an...
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20 migrants found dead in waters off of the Bahamas
Apr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NASSAU, Bahamas -- The bodies of 20 Haitians have been recovered from the sea near the Bahamas after their boat capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday as it searched...
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'Tick Riders' guard US from deadly pest, one cow at a time
Apr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - LAREDO, Texas -- Fred Garza has been patrolling a piece of the Rio Grande for 16 years, usually riding solo on horseback, sometimes venturing to areas where his radio an...
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McCain's economic views are enough to make you woozyApr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain admits that economics are not his passion, and that's fine. His past instincts were mostly good. He voted against tax cuts not paid for by savings elsewhere....
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How a hunting ground became polygamous nightmare
Apr 19, 2008 11:00 pm - ELDORADO, Texas -- The guy didn't look much like a hunter. He was beanpole tall _ scarecrow-ish, some might say, with a high, collegiate forehead and a reluctant handsha...