Nation and World
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Afghan suicide attacks on pace to set recordSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, -- Afghanistan is on course for a record number of suicide bombings in 2007, a top United Nations envoy said today, the sixth anniversary of the first such attack...
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First lady OK after surgery
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- First lady Laura Bush underwent surgery Saturday to relieve pain from pinched nerves in her neck. The White House said the procedure was successful. The pr...
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A bigger investigation?Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- FBI investigations using telecommunications companies' records of terrorism suspects have gone farther than previously acknowledged, including information on...
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3 candidates touched by tragedy
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidates Fred Thompson, John Edwards and Joe Biden belong to a club that no one wants to join. Each has lost a child. In their campaigns, th...
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Framing the right political response to Petraeus reportSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - A leading Democratic Party strategist is trying to explain how the politics of Iraq are likely to play out after Gen. David Petraeus gives his report Monday on the progr...
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Acquittal in nursing home deaths
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. -- Standing across the street from the St. Francisville courthouse, Mabel Mangano's face was drawn and her eyes were wide, but her hands were final...
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Question revisited: Was bard a fraud?
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- The bard, or not the bard, that is the question. Some of Britain's most distinguished Shakespearean actors have reopened the debate over whether William Shakes...
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Injured whale shot with .50-cal machine gun
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - NEAH BAY, Washington -- An injured California gray whale was swimming out to sea after being shot with a machine gun off the western tip of Washington state, officials s...
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Forty-five planes, choppers find six crash sites, no Fossett
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - MINDEN, Nev. -- Pilots brushed off a series of false sightings and scoured Nevada's high desert Saturday as the massive aerial search for Steve Fossett grew more urgent ...
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Storm Gabrielle aims at N.C.
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - NAGS HEAD, N.C. -- Tropical Storm Gabrielle swirled Saturday toward North Carolina's Outer Banks, but its promised rain and high winds weren't enough to scare residents ...