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One hot streak

Associated Press
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, already a millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, is on a lucky streak. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $...
Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet

Associated Press
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister are to meet early next week in Jerusalem ahead of an expected visit by Secretary of State Condoleez...
Congress considers an overhaul of patent laws

Reuters
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House has approved an overhaul of the patent system that had been sought by high tech companies to curb the number of infringement lawsuits they face. ...
Hoffa blasts decision allowing Mexican haulers

Associated Press
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- President Bush has "sucker punched" American workers and threatened national security by opening the nation's southern border to Mexican truckers, Teamsters P...
Oy vey! Synagogue seats going for $1.8 million

Associated Press
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-- Just in time for the Jewish high holidays, two lifetime front-row seats to services at a synagogue here are being auctioned off on eBay. The bidding ...
Job cuts raise fear of recession, pressure on Fed

Associated Press
Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For the first time in four years, employers have cut jobs, raising new fears a deep housing slump and a painful credit crunch could push the economy into a...
Field gives back Maori bones, head to New Zealand

Associated Press
Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - John Terrell considered the severed head of a New Zealand native an inappropriate display piece, so the then assistant Field Museum curator carefully lifted it from a gl...
Bin Laden taunts U.S. on video

Associated Press
Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - CAIRO, Egypt -- Osama bin Laden appeared for the first time in three years in a video Friday released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, telling Ame...
Duke prosecutor reports for jail time

Associated Press
Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - DURHAM, N.C. -- The prosecutor who led the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case reported to jail Friday to serve a 24-hour sentence for contempt of court. The city, m...
Boise Cascade unit going for $1.6 billion

Associated Press
Sep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho -- Boise Cascade LLC is selling its paper, packaging and newsprint division for about $1.63 billion to a company formed in February by private equity invest...

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