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Oyster-eating champ slurps down 35 dozen in New Orleans

Associated Press
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti looked down at the litter of empty oyster shells in front of him and savored the sweet taste of victory. For Crazy Legs Con...
1,000 Tanzanians cheer on Olympic torch during only stop in Africa

Associated Press
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- About 1,000 people cheered and marched with a team of 80 athletes and a Cabinet minister participating Sunday in the Tanzania leg of the Olymp...
Financial leaders at IMF meeting discuss credit crisis

Associated Press
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- World financial leaders facing the gravest economic crisis in at least a decade are pledging tighter control of banks and other financial institutions and ...
Identical twin of slain teen charged as accessory in his killing

Associated Press
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The death of Dennis Lewis was shocking enough: The National Honor Society student and marching band member was shot in his bedroom while masked robbers...
America, meet Pope Benedict

Associated Press
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - VATICAN CITY -- Next up for Pope Benedict XVI, a welcoming nation that wants to get to know him. Benedict's first trip to the United States as pope begins Tuesday -- a ...
Iraqi government dismisses 1,300 soldiers, policemen after Basra fiasco

Associated Press
Apr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month's offensive against Shiite militias a...
Officials decry growing Iran role

Associated Press
Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Iranian support for militias in Iraq has grown, top U.S. defense leaders said Friday, asserting that recent battles in Basra gave the Iraqis an eye-opening...
Hostages freed, pirates caught

Associated Press
Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Helicopter-borne French troops swooped in on Somali pirates Friday after they freed 30 hostages from a yacht, seizing six of the hijackers and recovering sacks ...
Embassy offers more protection

Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. diplomats will begin moving into the mammoth new, heavily fortified embassy in Baghdad next month after long delays in the $736 million project -- and...
Photographer in custody despite ruling

Associated Press
Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein begins his third year in U.S. military detention Saturday with the bulk of accusations against him dropped by Iraq...

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