Nation and World
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Michigan primary plan fails
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The drive for a second Michigan presidential primary collapsed Thursday, and a fresh dispute broke out between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton over...
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New poll puts Clinton ahead of ObamaMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has moved into a significant lead over Barack Obama among Democratic voters, according to a new n...
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White House says Olympics are about athletes
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- China's crackdown in Tibet will not cause President Bush to cancel his planned trip to the Beijing Olympics, the White House said Thursday. At the same tim...
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YouTube video foils taco scam
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A man who pretended to be a CEO complaining about his fast-food order in a taco scam was sentenced to 30 days in jail after authorities saw the prank in a...
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Sex offender running for mayor of Tex. town
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WILMER, Texas -- A registered sex offender collared in an Internet sting four years ago is running for mayor of a small Dallas suburb. James Brian Sliter (SLY'-ter) says...
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Federal court: Democrats can strip Florida of its delegates
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee over the party's decision to strip Florida of its delegates to its natio...
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Spring thaw and heavy rains promise even more flooding
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Government forecasters said Thursday the floods washing over large parts of the Midwest are just a taste of things to come, with one meteorologist complain...
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Former SLA member Sara Jane Olson released from California prison
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive who hid for years by posing as an ordinary housewife was released from prison Thursday after serving time f...
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State dept. workers snooped into passport files of pres. candidates
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - State Department workers pried into the supposedly secure passport files of presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain, abashed officia...
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McCain refrains from chiding British
Mar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Thursday hailed the bravery of British and U.S. soldiers yet refrained from calling publicly for Britain to sl...