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White House supports student loan legislation

Reuters
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The White House said Wednesday it supports major provisions of a bill expected to come to a vote Thursday in the House that aims to stabilize the troubled ...
Pennsylvania voters not enthusiastic over presidential choices

By David Broder
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. -- For 40 of his 65 years, ever since he first registered, Martin Greenblatt has been voting Republican in this Philadelphia suburb. Through much of th...
Pork plant workers in 3 states contract new illness

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Eighteen pork plant workers in Minnesota, at least five in Indiana and one in Nebraska have come down with a mysterious neurological condition they appear to have contra...
Obama gets the backing of 'The Boss'

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Rock star Bruce Springsteen endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, saying "he speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for...
Court debates death penalty for child rapists

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A seemingly divided Supreme Court struggled Wednesday over whether the rape of children should be punishable by execution, a case that could determine whet...
Hearing for children at polygamist retreat resumes

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANGELO, Texas -- A court hearing to decide the fates of hundreds of children seized from a polygamist retreat was off to a chaotic start Thursday as hundreds of lawy...
Father of chaos theory dies

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Edward Lorenz, the father of chaos theory, died at his home in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday. He was 90. He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency _ a move intended to prevent violent crime bu...
A somber anniversary at Virginia Tech

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - BLACKSBURG, Va. -- A sea of people clad in maroon and orange, some with heads tearfully bowed, others with arms interlocked, paid tribute Wednesday to the victims who di...
Bush calls for curbing greenhouse gases

Associated Press
Apr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Wednesday called for a halt in the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and urged other major polluting nations to develop nat...

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