Nation and World
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EPA shrugs off concerns about drugs in water
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Third of three parts. PHILADELPHIA -- Just a century ago, this historic city notched by the Delaware and Schuylkill treated these rivers as public sewers, but few c...
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Suspect charged in slaying of North Carolina student leader
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. -- Two suspects were charged today with first-degree murder in the killing of the University of North Carolina's student body president. Demario James...
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Shooting spree that began at Miss. bank leaves 4 dead
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - McCOMB, Miss. -- A man fatally shot two people today in the bank where his ex-wife worked, then fled with the woman and killed her before committing suicide, authorities...
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Bottled water has no drug standards to meet
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The federal standards for acceptable levels of pharmaceutical residue in bottled water are the same as those for tap water -- there aren't any. The Food and Drug Adminis...
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Lance Mackey wins second straight Iditarod
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NOME, Alaska -- Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday morning, completing the 1,100-mile journey in just under nine and a hal...
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Ferraro's remarks spark fire
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 vice presidential candidate, for suggesting t...
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China's rights record blasted
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The United States branded China an authoritarian human rights abuser Tuesday, citing alleged torture, state control of basic aspects of daily life, tight c...
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Obama's right to pressure Clinton to release documentsMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The campaign manager for Sen. Barack Obama has a point. David Plouffe wants Hillary Clinton to release her income tax returns for the last several years and couple that ...
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Spitzer resigns amid prostitution scandal
Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In a startlingly swift fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned today after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arr...
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Museum needs money to stay openMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - RANTOUL -- Chanute Air Museum has called off its summer air show because it can't afford it and says it needs more money to stay open. Museum director Hal Loebach says t...