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Moment of silence gets another look

Associated Press
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois legislators may revisit a much-debated law requiring a moment of silence in public schools, either by eliminating the requirement or by changing ...
Peculiarities in the GOP, Democratic presidential races

By George Will
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - With metronomic regularity the Clintons say things that remind voters of the aesthetic reason for recoiling from them. Aesthetic considerations even cause many Republica...
Caterpillar CEO sees better economy ahead

Reuters
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Peoria-based Caterpillar Inc. expects the U.S. economy to experience a "soft landing" in 2008 but likely to regain a growth footing next year, the U.S. manufacturer's to...
Spy bill standoff persists

Associated Press
Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In a day of political brinkmanship, President Bush pressured the House on Thursday to finish a bill giving the government more leeway to eavesdrop on phone...
Bats could fly before developing 'radar,' fossil find shows

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne in...
Justice Department says for first time that waterboarding is not now legal

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique from ...
Police set up chlorine buy; highlight risk

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Undercover police secretly set up a fake company to demonstrate how easily and anonymously a terrorist could purchase chlorine on the Internet for a deadly c...
Obama support widens demographically

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's crushing losses in Maryland and Virginia highlight an erosion in what had been solid advantages among women, whites and older and ...
Probe of chocolate price fixing expands

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - If you feel your Valentine's Day chocolates are not such a sweet deal this year, you're not alone. Regulators are investigating price fixing among candy makers in at lea...
Bush makes tax rebate official

Associated Press
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The checks aren't in the mail, but they will be soon. President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to millions o...

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