Nation and World
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Bird long thought extinct re-surfacesMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - A pale-bellied bird species last seen in the 1920s and long thought to be extinct has been rediscovered near Papua New Guinea. The Beck's petrel was photographed last su...
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Senate leaders want an audit of Iraq's oil
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Democratic chairman and Republican former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee have asked government auditors to determine what Iraq is doin...
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Soldiers leaving Iraq with hearing problems
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Soldiers and Marines caught in roadside bombings and firefights in Iraq and Afghanistan are coming home in epidemic numbers with permanent hearing loss and ...
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Chinese officials: Foiled terror plots targeted Olympics, plane
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - BEIJING -- Chinese police killed alleged terrorists plotting to attack the Beijing Olympics, while a flight crew managed to prevent an apparent attempt to crash a Chines...
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Woman heads out for North PoleMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- British explorer Hannah McKeand set out on Saturday from Canada's Ward Hunt Island in an attempt to become the first woman to reach the North Pole alone and un...
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Fourth Austrian official gets package with acid
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- A fourth official in western Austria has received a package containing acid, but was not injured when he opened it, authorities said Saturday as they ...
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Astronauts to put together robot
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts bound for orbit this week will dabble in science fiction, assembling a "monstrous" two-armed space station robot that will rise like F...
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Torture ban is booted
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democrats and human rights advocates criticized President Bush's veto Saturday of a bill that would have banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and o...
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Insulting, ignorant views of the influence of the Latino voteMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Recently, I was in California doing an interview on a New York radio show talking about Texas. Also on the show was an African-American columnist from a newspaper in New...
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Boeing backers blame McCain
Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Angry Boeing supporters are vowing revenge against Republican presidential candidate John McCain over Chicago-based Boeing's loss of a $35 billion Air Forc...