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Brides used to settle opium debts

Newsweek
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Khalida's father says she's 9 -- or maybe 10. As much as Sayed Shah loves his 10 children, the functionally illiterate Afghan farmer can't keep track of all their birth ...
Mormons install new leader

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- Faithful Mormons stood by the thousands with upraised hands Saturday, officially installing their first new leader in 13 years. Thomas S. Monson took o...
Russia won't agree to missiles

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - SOCHI, Russia -- President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened suspenseful farewell talks Saturday as the White House abandoned hopes they would resolve dif...
Here's a surprise: Sex, money linked in brain

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles -- sex. When young men were ...
High school bus crashes; One killed, dozens injured

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- A bus carrying students and their chaperones home from a band trip to Chicago rolled over on a highway Saturday, killing one student and injuring the doze...
Hollywood legend, conservative activist Charlton Heston dead at 84

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Charlton Heston, the Oscar winner who portrayed Moses and other heroic figures on film in the '50s and '60s and later championed conservative values as he...
Hopefuls to press Iraq positions

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- When Army Gen. David Petraeus delivers his assessment of the Iraq war next week, the next commander in chief will weigh in as well. Republican Sen. John Mc...
Fire claims 3 students

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - MENOMONIE, Wis. -- A smoky house fire near a University of Wisconsin campus killed three students who never made it out of the rooms where they were sleeping early Satur...
Did Jay-Z and Beyonce walk down the aisle?

Daily Herald news services
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Various media outlets are reporting that longtime couple Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles tied the knot Friday night in New York City. Sources say they've received no official...
Today's Birthdays

Associated Press
Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Composer-conductor Andre Previn, 79 Country singer Merle Haggard ,71 Actor Billy Dee Williams, 71 Actor Roy Thinnes, 70 Movie director Barry Levinson, 66 Actor John...

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