Nation and World
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Bushes' income nears $1 million
Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The federal tax bill for President Bush and his wife: $221,635. That's how much the Bushes owed on their adjusted gross income of $923,807 for the year 200...
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Obama can take some lessons from Dukakis, Kennedy campaignsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Back in 1988, I promulgated what I now call Cohen's Law of Racial Politics. It goes like this: In states where there are few African-Americans, the liberal candidate can...
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Democrat split boosts McCain
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Republican Sen. John McCain has erased Sen. Barack Obama's 10-point advantage in a head-to-head matchup, leaving him essentially tied with both Democratic ...
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Frog species found without lungs
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand -- A frog has been found in a remote part of Indonesia that has no lungs and breathes through its skin, a discovery that researchers said Thursday coul...
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No end in sight for Iraq withdrawal
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The new timeline for U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq? There isn't one. The American public is tired of the war. Democrats are calling for a U.S. troop exo...
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U.S. troop level in Afghanistan at new high
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- The 101st Airborne Division took command of American forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, helping to boost U.S. troop levels in the country ...
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Powell says next president won't sustain troop levels
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that President Bush's successor will have to come to grips with the reality that the United States can...
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For 150 years, 15-ton Big Ben bell has tolled for Britons
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Happy Birthday, Big Ben. One of Britain's last bell foundries on Thursday marked the 150th anniversary of its biggest creation -- the massive bell whose bongs ...
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Sheriff was waiting to raid sect
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANGELO, Texas -- It was no secret that a polygamist sect that built a compound in the West Texas desert believed in marrying off underage girls to older men. And the...
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Clothing is not optional
Apr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- It might be a good time to make strategic use of a yellow card. New York contemporary artist Spencer Tunick has gained notoriety worldwide for photogr...