Nation and World
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Don't rush changes in early votingFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - The phrase "every vote counts" might not be ringing true with some who cast ballots in the Feb. 5 primary. That's because the candidate they favored wound up saying to t...
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Motorola boost set-top line with Chinese acquisitionsFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. said Monday it added another 180 workers after it acquired two Chinese companies that make set-top cable boxes for the Asian market. The companies are Zhej...
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Pakistan defends move that knocked out YouTube for the massesFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's telecoms regulator said Tuesday it has lifted restrictions on the YouTube Web site that led to the knocking out of access to the popula...
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Senate advances legislation to cut off money for Iraq war
Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Tuesday helped advance a Democratic-pushed bill to cut off money for the war in Iraq, saying the additional debating time would allow...
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Liberal praise of Castro not shared by those he's oppressedFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - The left's favorite dictator, Fidel Castro, is "resigning" as Cuba's president of the Council of State. Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, who at the age of 15, a...
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Gas prices rev up for spring
Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Gas prices at the pump added more than 2 cents over the weekend, topping a more than eight-month high reached Friday. Meanwhile, oil prices ended higher Mond...
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Airline defends crew's actions in woman's death
Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- American Airlines defended its staff as professional and its equipment as sound Monday after a swift review of a passenger's in-flight death, despite her fam...
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N.Y. orchestra well-received in North Korean debut
Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - PYONGYANG, North Korea -- The New York Philharmonic performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and North Korea's anthem for Pyongyang's communist elite Tuesday -- a historic f...
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State considers lowering voting age to 17Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Few legal rites of passage exist at age 17. There's the opportunity to see R-rated movies like "Strange Wilderness" without Mom or Dad. Or buy an M-rated ...
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Obama photo causes dustup
Feb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A photograph circulating on the Internet of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama dressed in traditional local garments during a visit to Kenya in 2006 is causing a...