Nation and World
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Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke dies at 90 in Sri Lanka
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space,...
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Durbin references Obama early and often during visitMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Although not everyone in the audience was of voting age, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's Tuesday visit to Libertyville High School could've been mistaken for a presidential camp...
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Clinton's life as the first lady revealed
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton kept her schedule packed when allegations exploded that her husband had an affair with an intern, according to papers released Wedne...
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President preaches patience as Iraq war enters 6th year
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Five years after launching the invasion of Iraq, President Bush strongly signaled Wednesday that he won't order troop withdrawals beyond those already planned because he...
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Flooding kills at least 11, forces hundreds to evacuate in central US
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated today after a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks out of their banks...
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Death sentence tossed; prosecutor called it his 'O.J. Simpson case'
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court threw out the death sentence and conviction in a Louisiana murder case today, citing racial prejudice in the actions of a prosecutor who ...
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Workers haul toxic mud by train
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - MILLTOWN, Mont. -- Every evening, a 45-car train rumbles away from the Clark Fork River, loaded not with copper, gold or silver ore, but with the toxic legacy of more th...
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Protesters marking 5th anniversary of Iraq war arrested
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Police arrested more than a dozen people who crossed a barricade and blocked entrances at the Internal Revenue Service building today, the start of a day o...
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Twisted Sister guitarist rocks for Barack
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Jay Jay French wants to rock. He also wants Barack. So the Twisted Sister guitarist has rerecorded the heavy metal band's anthem, "I Wanna Rock," ...
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Merkel: Germany will stand by Israel
Mar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel earned a standing ovation from Israel's parliament Tuesday after pledging to stand by Israel's side against any threat, part...