Nation and World
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American cancels 200 flights to inspect planes
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - FORT WORTH, Texas -- American Airlines canceled about 200 flights, less than 10 percent of the nation's biggest airline's scheduled service, on Wednesday so its crews ca...
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Nancy Reagan endorses McCain
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - BEL AIR, Calif. -- Former first lady Nancy Reagan endorsed John McCain for president Tuesday as the Arizona senator continued to collect backing from leading Republicans...
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New lead in decades old robbery, hijacking?
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried by children in southwest Washington to determine whether it might have been used by famed plane hi...
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Trustees warn of Medicare 'train wreck'
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Trustees for the government's two biggest benefit programs warned that Social Security and Medicare are facing "enormous challenges" with the threat to Med...
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Flood danger eases in Arkansas
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - DES ARC, Ark. -- Sandbagging shored up a weakened levee Tuesday along the White River and relieved a threat that it would fail as a major flood crest moved down the wate...
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Preemies face lifelong risks
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The largest-ever study of the long-term consequences of premature birth finds that children born early have higher death rates in childhood and are more likely to be chi...
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Clinton: I would have said bye to Rev. Wright
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she would have left the church that Barack Obama attends if her minister had talked about America the way Obama's ...
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Troops battle Shiite militia
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled government forces fo...
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Chunk of Antarctic ice shelf collapses
Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists sai...
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Detroit mayor charged with perjury for lying about text messages
Mar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Six years after being sworn into office with hopes of revitalizing his troubled city, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is under increasing pressure to resign now that h...