Nation and World
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Richardson backs Obama
Mar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, backed Barack Obama for president Friday, moved to deliver his much-coveted endorsement by the se...
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Jumping ray kills boater off Florida Keys
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - MARATHON, Fla. -- A 75-pound stingray killed a Michigan woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her face as she rode a boat in the Florida Keys, official...
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Rice apologizes to Obama for passport breach
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday apologized to Sen. Barack Obama for a security breach in which three State Department contractors inappropria...
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'Lunatic Asylum' renaming sparks fury among mental health advocates
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WESTON, W.Va.-- It's an intriguing and provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. To some, the title...
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Iraq drawdown on hold?
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Top U.S. military leaders presented Defense Secretary Robert Gates with their strategy for future force levels in Iraq Thursday, including expected recomme...
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Nation's only Hispanic governor endorsing Obama
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, threw his support behind Barack Obama for president Friday, delivering one of the most coveted and tightly held end...
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Science and Bible agree on benefits of charity
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bible counsels misers that it's better to give than to receive. Science agrees. People who made gifts to others or to charities reported they were happ...
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Spitzer call girl just 17 in videos
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A $1 million offer to the call girl linked to former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was rescinded because she'd already shot footage for "Girls Gone Wild." N...
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Bin Laden tape urges Palestinians' liberation
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - CAIRO, Egypt -- Osama bin Laden lashed out Thursday at Palestinian peace negotiations with Israel and called for a holy war to liberate the Palestinian lands. A day afte...
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Flood-weary Midwesterners watch raging rivers rise
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - FENTON, Mo. -- With more than a dozen people killed by floodwaters and rivers still rising, weary Midwesterners on Thursday weighed not just the prospect of a sodden cle...