Nation and World
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Jury rules Anna Nicole Smith's son died of accidental overdose
Mar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NASSAU, Bahamas -- A Bahamas jury has determined that Anna Nicole Smith's son died from an accidental drug overdose. The seven-member jury recommended no criminal charge...
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Inside Saddam's intelligence filesMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - President Bush said lots of things about Saddam Hussein in the run-up to the Iraq War. But few of his charges grabbed more attention than an unscripted remark he made at...
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Some snags in Zimbabwe election
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabweans voted Saturday on whether to keep the ruler blamed by opponents for their country's economic collapse, though President Robert Mugabe's c...
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U.S. courts alarm news association
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- An association representing newspapers from across the Americas raised concerns on Saturday that U.S. courts have unjustly jailed and fined journal...
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No big win in Mega Millions
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing has grown to $135 million. The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Friday nigh...
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'Killing Fields' survivor Dith Pran, former NY Times photographer, dies
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dith Pran, the Cambodian-born journalist whose harrowing tale of enslavement and eventual escape from that country's murderous Khmer Rouge revolutionaries in...
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Lights go out across world with setting sun
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - DUBLIN, Ireland -- From Rome's Colosseum to the Sydney Opera House, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight t...
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Shiite cleric al-Sadr pulls fighters off streets
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Sunday that he was pulling his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his f...
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Company that dispersed Katrina funds wants millions returned
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Imagine that your home was reduced to mold-covered wood framing by Hurricane Katrina. Desperate for money to rebuild, you engage in a frustrating bureaucr...
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Some Russian cult members emerge from cave to await end
Mar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Seven female members of a Russian cult have come out of the cave where they have been awaiting the end of the world, but 28 people are still underground, Russi...