Nation and World
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Presidential hopefuls among questioners
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus, meet your next commander in chief. The top commander in Iraq found himself in the middle of presidential politics Tuesday -- literally...
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Sect married girls at puberty, authorities say
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - ELDORADO, Texas -- A polygamist compound with hundreds of children was rife with sexual abuse, child welfare officials allege in court documents, with girls spiritually ...
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Homeless killings trial going to jury
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Prosecution and defense lawyers rested their cases Tuesday in the trial of two elderly women charged with murdering two homeless men to collect millions o...
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Clinton aide a victim of free trade Clinton opposes, for nowApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's campaign, which is a guttering candle, has suffered a perhaps extinguishing gust of ill wind. Her principal strategist has been forced to resign from ...
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Church lawyer likens search of Texas compound to search of Vatican
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Lawyers for a polygamist sect that is the subject of a massive child-abuse investigation argued in court Wednesday that although its members' multip...
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11-year-old boy steers runaway school bus to safety in Cleveland
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- David Murphy seems perfectly happy letting someone else drive for now. The 11-year-old, who is being hailed as a hero for steering a runaway school bus full...
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Olympic torch relay begins truncated route through San Francisco
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The Olympic torch was rerouted away from thousands of demonstrators and spectators who crowded the city's waterfront Wednesday to witness the flame's sy...
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Bodies exhumed after tip about looting at historic NM cemetery
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant ti...
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Report: Middle-class increasingly downbeat about the economyApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Growing numbers of middle-class Americans say they aren't better off than they were five years ago, reflecting economic pressures amid growing debt, a stud...
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Al Fayed abandons quest to prove Diana was murdered
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Mohamed Al Fayed said Tuesday that he was abandoning a quest to prove his belief that Princess Diana and his son were killed by British secret agents. Al Fayed...