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Bird long thought extinct re-surfaces

From wire reports
Mar 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...
Senate leaders want an audit of Iraq's oil

Associated Press
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...
Soldiers leaving Iraq with hearing problems

Associated Press
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 ...
Chinese officials: Foiled terror plots targeted Olympics, plane

Associated Press
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...
Woman heads out for North Pole

Reuters
Mar 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...
Fourth Austrian official gets package with acid

Associated Press
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 ...
Astronauts to put together robot

Associated Press
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...
Torture ban is booted

Associated Press
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...
Insulting, ignorant views of the influence of the Latino vote

By Ruben Navarrette
Mar 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...
Boeing backers blame McCain

Associated Press
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...

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