Nation and World
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Apologetic Turner teams with churches to fight malaria
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Ted Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," launched a $200 million partnership Tuesday with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria ...
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FBI says chute not Cooper's
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- A parachute found buried in southwestern Washington was not used by plane hijacker D.B. Cooper when he bailed out over the Pacific Northwest in 1971, the FBI ...
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Scientists find genetic variations linked to cigarette addiction, cancer
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Why do some 90-year-old chain smokers avoid lung cancer, while other people who smoke far less wind up dying of the disease? How can some people light up n...
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Britain puts hold on plan to cut troops
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Britain froze plans Tuesday to withdraw about 1,500 soldiers this spring after the faltering effort to drive Shiite militias from Basra raised doubts whether ...
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Police say 3rd-graders plotted to attack teacher
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WAYCROSS, Ga. -- A group of third-graders plotted to attack their teacher, bringing a broken steak knife, handcuffs, duct tape and other items for the job and assigning ...
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China calls monks terrorists
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- China has branded the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and his followers the "scum of Buddhism." It stepped up the rhetoric Tuesday, accusing the Nobel Pea...
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Oil execs say they feel our pain
Apr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Top executives of the five biggest U.S. oil companies were pressed today to explain the soaring fuel prices amid huge industry profits and why they weren't...
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Overhaul may be overdue
Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Bush administration's plan to overhaul the financial regulatory system was described by Wall Street players Monday as an important first step but by no m...
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Mugabe aides in talks with opposition about ceding power in Zimbabwe
Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Advisers of President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are discussing the possibility of Zimbabwe's longtime leader relinquishin...
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Feds to bypass laws to build border fence
Mar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration plans to use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations in an effort to finish building 670 miles of fence along the...