Nation and World
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Hopefuls to debate economics next weekFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - After battling over their respective positions on an Iraq war withdrawal this week, congressional hopefuls Jim Oberweis and Bill Foster are expected to shift the focus o...
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IRS site adds form for rebate filers
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The only way to receive a rebate from the economic stimulus package is to file a tax return, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday. That includes recipi...
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FAA streamlines hiring of air traffic controllers
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The government says it can trim a month or more off the hiring process for air-traffic controllers. The union representing those workers says the move is n...
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NIU shootings show vulnerability despite efforts to secure schools
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Bloody students fleeing in terror. Bodies carried out on stretchers. Candlelight vigils and makeshift shrines. Another campus, another deadly attack with a sickening sen...
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Canada extradites convicted Nazi war criminal to Italy
Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - ROME -- An 83-year-old former SS prison guard who was sentenced to life in prison in Italy for Nazi war crimes was jailed near Naples Saturday, hours after he was extrad...
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Fossett declared deadFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett was declared legally dead Friday by a Chicago court five months after the airplane he was flying went missing over Nevada, U...
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Continental talks included AmericanFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Continental Airlines Inc., already in consolidation talks with United Airlines, also has had discussions with American Airlines, according to a report. Contin...
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FEMA admits trailers toxic
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of rou...
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U.S. to try to down an ailing spy satellite with single missile
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- One shot. That's all the military hopes it will take to bring down a dying, bus-sized U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel and on a collision course w...
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U.S. now looks to cut cargo ship emissions
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Bush administration is pressuring the worldwide shipping industry to reduce diesel pollution from huge cargo carriers entering U.S. seaports, but ...