Nation and World
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McCain asks for House GOP members' help
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain appealed to GOP House members for help rallying conservatives behind him, acknowledging the party must unite if i...
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Clinton looks to contests in Texas, Ohio
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - ROBSTOWN, Texas -- Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton labored to revitalize her restructured political operation Wednesday, testing a new line of criticism against p...
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Rising gas prices boost retail salesFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Commerce Department reported Wednesday retail sales rose by 0.3 percent last month after having fallen by 0.4 percent in December as retailers suffered...
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Lengthy spacewalk successful
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Two spacewalking astronauts supplied the international space station with a fresh tank of nitrogen gas Wednesday, one of them a German who was to...
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Obama details specifics on his economic plan
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday that as president he would spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmental industries, as he...
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Mexican leader's message to those who left for AmericaFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Less than two years after taking office, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is getting mixed reviews from the Mexican people. On the one hand, he gets high marks for refo...
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Hezbollah militant killed
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - DAMASCUS, Syria -- The pilot of a hijacked U.S. jet leaning out a cockpit window as a gunman waves a pistol in his face. Dust-covered Marines pulling bodies out of their...
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New York police hunt suspect in grisly murder
Feb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Police hunted Wednesday for a man who entered a psychologist's office with a bag of knives and a meat cleaver, hacking her to death so savagely that blood sp...
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GM losses set record
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new ro...
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Senate approves telecom immunity
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails, giving the White House much of the latitude it wanted and...