Nation and World
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House approves AIDS funding
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It took some shocking statistics -- 33 million around the world suffering from HIV and AIDS and 6,000 new infections every day -- for lawmakers to put asid...
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Ireland's prime minister resigns
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - DUBLIN, Ireland -- From the Cabinet table to the prime minister's favorite Dublin watering hole, Ireland heard the news of Bertie Ahern's resignation with stunned disbel...
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Disavowed legal memo: constitutional protections did not apply
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For at least 16 months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001, the Bush administration believed that the Constitution's protection against unreasonable ...
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Police say overnight fire in Pa. house killed at least 8 people; 2 are missing
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - BROCKWAY, Pa. -- An overnight house fire Thursday killed at eight people and two others were missing and presumed dead, state police said. There were two survivors, incl...
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18 states take EPA to court over climate
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Officials of 18 states, including Illinois, are taking the EPA back to court to try to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush adm...
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Census Bureau scraps plans to use computers in 2010 count
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Technology problems will force the government to count all of the nation's 300 million residents the old-fashioned way in the 2010 census -- with paper and...
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McCain wants pre-convention running mate
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Sen. John McCain disclosed Wednesday he is in the "embryonic stages" of selecting a vice presidential running mate and hopes to unveil his choice befo...
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NATO expected to say no to Bush
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - BUCHAREST, Romania -- President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukrain...
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Democratic candidates work to woo labor vote
Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Sen. Barack Obama was endorsed Wednesday by a labor union and two Democratic superdelegates, as a poll showed he has cut Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's le...
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Bush likely to face allies' rejection
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BUCHAREST, Romania -- Unflinching from a fight, President Bush said Tuesday he fully supports proposals to put ex-Soviet states Ukraine and Georgia on the road toward jo...