Nation and World
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Clinton tries to stem Obama's momentum
Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sat at a table in many ways as if in a game of high-stakes poker -- with Obama holding more chips and better cards. That wa...
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Supreme Court hears arguments over damages for Exxon Valdez disaster
Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is considering whether to prevent victims of the Exxon Valdez disaster from collecting a $2.5 billion judgment, nearly 19 years after the...
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McCain disavows talk show host's comments
Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Republican John McCain quickly denounced the comments of a radio talk show host who while warming up a campaign crowd referred repeatedly to Barack Hussein...
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At least 5 injured when school bus overturns in Maryland
Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - RIVERDALE, Md. -- A bus carrying middle school students overturned Wednesday when the driver made a turn too fast, slightly injuring five children, authorities said. The...
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N.Y. Philharmonic plays breakthrough concert in N. Korea
Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - PYONGYANG, North Korea -- The New York Philharmonic's unprecedented concert could herald warmer ties between North Korea and the United States. After three encores, some...
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US homes facing foreclosure jumps 57 percent in January
Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The number of homes facing foreclosure jumped 57 percent in January compared to a year ago, with lenders increasingly forced to take possession of homes t...
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Blackened and battered U.S. embassy in Belgrade reopensFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - BELGRADE -- The United States embassy in Belgrade reopened on Wednesday, its windows cracked and facade blackened from a fire that Serbs started last week in protest aga...
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Names that should be on McCain's running-mate listFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - "Do you think he'd do it?" That was the first question Ronald Reagan asked when, 24 days before the 1976 Republican convention, his campaign manager suggested that Reaga...
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Siemens to cut 6,800 jobsFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - MUNICH, Germany -- Siemens AG, Europe's biggest engineering company, will cut 6,800 jobs at the corporate telecommunications unit after failing to find a buyer for the d...
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Emerging markets are all the rage for Rolling StoneFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Music lovers' magazine Rolling Stone will hit newsstands in India this week with a local edition that dedicates pages to the sounds of Bollywood as well as o...