Nation and World
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Dunkin' to offer pizza, sandwichesFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- Dunkin' Donuts is targeting the afternoon and evening crowds with new flat bread sandwiches and personal pizzas heated in convection ovens rather than microwav...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates breaks right arm in fall on icy step
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates fractured his right arm in a fall on an icy step at his home in Washington, D.C., and was treated Wednesday at Bethesda Nava...
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At last, government reveals secrets of Great Seal
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Conspiracy theorists take note: The myths surrounding one of America's oldest and most enduring national symbols are about to be debunked ... if you believ...
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Ambac rejects Buffett's offer
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- Two of the three troubled bond insurers billionaire investor Warren Buffett offered to help have rejected extra guarantees on municipal bonds. Ambac Finan...
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Sick astronaut's set to walk now
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The German astronaut who was too sick to perform a spacewalk refused to say what ailed him, but insisted he's feeling great -- albeit a little an...
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Illinoisans' views may play role up northFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - With a string of East Coast primaries behind them, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are immediately digging in for a critical Midwest battle in Wisconsin -- a state teet...
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U.S. cites Nazis to defend trials
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has instructed U.S. diplomats abroad to defend its decision to seek the death penalty for six Guantanamo Bay detainees accused in t...
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American Fido: Illinois native son named top dog at Westminster show
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- With enough baying and barking to make Simon Cowell cringe, an Illinois-born beagle nicknamed Uno became the new "American Fido" at the Westminster Kennel Cl...
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Australia apologizes to Aborigines
Feb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CANBERRA, Australia -- Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in the Outback, giant TV screens went up in state capitals, and schools allowed students to watch the tel...
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Barnes to leave Times' boardFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The New York Times Co., facing renewed pressure from investors, on Tuesday named two new candidates for its board with strong backgrounds in finance and tech...