Nation and World
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Vacant storefronts multiply
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - The signs that smaller retailers are struggling are unavoidable at malls across America: "Going out of business" sales at many Wilsons Leather stores. "Up to 70 percent ...
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Report: New York governor involved in prostitution ring
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political career teetered on the brink of collapse Monday after the corruption-fighting politician once known as "Mr. Clean" was accused...
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New York governor's future thrown into doubt
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political career teetered on the brink of collapse Monday after the corruption-fighting politician once known as "Mr. Clean" was accused of paying f...
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Official proposes public peek at U.S. Intelligence
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The professionally coy American intelligence agencies may be getting ready to show a little ankle. A top intelligence official says he wants to pull back t...
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Lawmakers consider regulating hallucinogen salvia
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- On Web sites touting the mind-blowing powers of salvia divinorum, come-ons to buy the hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by warnings: "Time is runn...
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Why water test results have been secret
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - When water providers find pharmaceuticals in drinking water, they rarely tell the public. When researchers make the same discoveries, they usually don't identify the cit...
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Central Command chief is resigning under fire
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned today amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran. Defense Secretary Robert Gates s...
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Battle continues over Mexican trucks on U.S. roads
Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Transportation Secretary Mary Peters surrounded herself with some well-known U.S. exports -- corn, rice and Jack Daniel's whiskey -- to dramatize her warni...
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Unsafe water blamed for sickening troops
Mar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by V...
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United opposition raises challenge to Musharraf
Mar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - BHURBAN, Pakistan -- Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement Sunday to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judges fired by President Pe...