Nation and World
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Woman kills 2 students in their seats in La. college classroom, kills self
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - BATON ROUGE, La. -- A 23-year-old woman killed two fellow students in a classroom at a vocational college Friday, then killed herself, police said. The women apparently ...
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Homebuilder posts profit lossFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - FORT WORTH, Texas -- D.R. Horton Inc., the nation's largest homebuilder, said Thursday it swung to a loss in its fiscal first quarter, due to hefty charges to write off ...
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Jobless claims dropped last weekFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week but not enough to indicate that strains on the labor m...
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Heads up, failing spy satellite expected to return in March
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A dead U.S. spy satellite in a deteriorating orbit is expected to hit the Earth the first week of March, officials said Thursday. It is not known where on ...
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Caterpillar plant digs out from tornado hitFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of bulldozers and excavators based in Peoria, said a parts factory in Oxford, Miss., was heavily damaged as tornadoes swept t...
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Aon's changes reduce profit
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Aon Corp. said Thursday its profit slipped 7 percent in the fourth quarter as the insurance broker incurred costs to jettison unwanted businesses as part of ...
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Mo. city hall gunman's suicide note: 'The truth will come out in the end'
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - KIRKWOOD, Mo. -- A gunman carrying a grudge against City Hall left a suicide note on his bed warning "The truth will come out in the end," before he went on a deadly sho...
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FDA warns of deaths in children treated with Botox
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given ...
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At least 3 killed in sugar refinery blast
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. -- Firefighters working gingerly through a still-burning sugar refinery found three bodies Friday and were trying to reach the remains of three other...
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Let's keep more of us engagedFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - No, the campaign that ended with voting Tuesday did not bring the Democrats their presidential nominee. Still, there were astonishing developments that deserve more atte...