Nation and World
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Those flu shots just didn't do the trick
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The current flu season has shaped up to be the worst in four years, partly because the vaccine didn't work well against the viruses that made most people sick...
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Praying passenger removed from plane at NY airport
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A passenger who left his seat to pray in the back of a plane before it took off, ignoring flight attendants' orders to return, was removed by an airport secu...
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Polygamist sect hearing quickly descends into farce
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANGELO, Texas -- If the 416-child custody case involving a West Texas polygamist sect continues the way it proceeded Thursday, some of the subjects may not be childr...
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Report: Terrorists operating freely in Pakistan
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Terrorists are still operating freely in Pakistan along the country's Afghanistan border, despite the U.S. giving Pakistan more than $10.5 billion in milit...
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War veterans' mental health woes widespread
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traum...
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Can cells be silenced? The world debates
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- The world has never been more connected, but in some corners, it's developing a real hang-up over the ubiquitous cell phone. Taking a cue from France'...
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Pope candidly meets with clergy sexual abuse victims
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Pope Benedict XVI prayed with tearful victims of clergy sex abuse in a chapel Thursday, an extraordinary gesture from a pontiff who has made atoning for th...
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Bush's call for curbing greenhouse emissions falls flat abroad
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- President Bush has finally set a target date for reining in U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases but the plan is falling flat in the international arena, where cr...
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Justice Dept. studies torture memo
Apr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is investigating whether agency lawyers improperly advised the military it could use harsh interrogation methods and concluded Presi...
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When politicians talk compassion, best to hold on tight to your walletApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Beware when politicians talk about "compassion," especially when they hold a "Compassion Forum" to do it, which is what they did at the appropriately named Messiah Colle...