Nation and World
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RNC Victory rallies support for McCain with local speechApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Conventional wisdom says that a faltering economy favors the out-of-power party, meaning, in this presidential election year, the Democrats. Carly Fiorina doesn't buy it...
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Lawyers report $11 million settlement for Virginia Tech victims
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - ROANOKE, Va. -- Families of the victims in the Virginia Tech shootings have reached an $11 million settlement with the state, lawyers said Thursday. The deal is designed...
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Strain showing on U.S. war machine
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. soldiers are committing suicide at record levels, young officers are abandoning their military careers, and the heavy use of forces in Iraq has made i...
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Senate passes bill to ease housing crisis
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate has passed a bipartisan measure aimed at boosting the housing market and easing the threat of foreclosures. The plan combines large tax breaks f...
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Petraeus: No more 'surges'
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- America's war commander in Iraq told Congress Wednesday he is unlikely to endorse any fresh buildup of troops, or "surge," even if security in the country ...
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Authorities find a bed in the gleaming white temple at the raided compound
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - ELDORADO, Texas -- Agents searching a 1,700-acre polygamist compound in West Texas found a bed in the soaring limestone temple and prosecutors believe it was used for ma...
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Fliers face 3rd day of frustration as American cancels more flights
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the third straight day of mass groundings as compan...
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Bush backs Petraeus' pause in withdrawing troops from Iraq
Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he sees no chance that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq will drop to 100,000 by the end of the year, guarante...
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Firefighters help seniors escape fire at assisted-living complex
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Firefighters carried senior citizens out of a fire at a three-story independent-living complex Wednesday, and officials said all 200 r...
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U.S. official: Al-Qaida terrorist dead of natural causes
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- An Egyptian al-Qaida boss believed to be the planner behind the foiled 2006 terrorist plot to blow up airliners over the Atlantic is dead of natural causes...