Nation and World
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Man arrested in therapist's slaying
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A 39-year-old man with a history of mental problems was arrested Saturday in the vicious slaying of a psychologist attacked in her office with a meat cleaver...
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McCain edges closer to winning GOP nod
Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. -- Sen. John McCain, the presumed Republican presidential nominee, picked up a total of 50 GOP national convention delegates from Michigan and Louisiana S...
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Government now mailing digital TV converter box coupons
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Coupons days are here for owners of outdated analog televisions. The federal government said Friday it will begin mailing out $40 coupons next week to peop...
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Insurer may spin off municipal bond unit
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York regulators are eager to consider splitting Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.'s core bond insurance businesses to protect municipal credit ratings...
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Little to cheer investors before long weekend
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks finished mixed as lackluster economic reports offered Wall Street little incentive to place big bets ahead of a long weekend. Disappointing data on ma...
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Blu-Ray format wins over Wal-MartFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart has decided to exclusively sell high-definition DVDs in Sony's Blu-Ray format, dealing what could be a crippling blow to the rival HD DVD technology...
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Best Buy cuts profit outlookFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy said Friday its annual profit would be smaller than expected, hurt by a slowing economy as shoppers held back on TVs, digital music players and c...
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Marines block special vehicles from Iraq
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from batt...
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Shootdown veiled in secrecy
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Long before the public learned in late January that a damaged U.S. spy satellite carrying toxic fuel was going to crash to Earth, the government secretly a...
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Bush departs on 5-country trip
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush, embarking Friday on a trip to Africa, said the United States has a moral imperative as well as economic, political and national security in...