Nation and World
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Flood cleanup starts in Ohio
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - FINDLAY, Ohio -- Peeking into her waterlogged basement, Gail Leatherman didn't break down until she saw a soggy photo of her and her husband, taken for their 17th weddin...
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Sudan expels Canadian, EU diplomats
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan expelled the top Canadian and European Union diplomats from the country Thursday for what was described as "meddling in its affairs," state medi...
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Astronomers find a hole lot of nothing
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there. The cosmic blank spot...
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Senate plans hearing on Utah mine collapse
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Even as crews began a last effort Thursday to find six trapped miners, lawmakers in Washington launched separate reviews of whether the mining that p...
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Brazil prison fire kills 25
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SAO PAULO, Brazil -- At least 25 prisoners died early Thursday after inmates broke out of a cellblock and set a fire in an apparent attempt to settle scores with a rival...
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Army: No longer tours for soldiers
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Army Secretary Pete Geren on Thursday ruled out extending troop deployments beyond the current 15 months, saying that longer tours in Iraq put stress on so...
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Deficit will be lower
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The federal deficit for 2007 will be lower than it was last year, but the budget outlook over the long term remains "daunting" because of growing health ca...
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New sunscreen rules soon to see daylight
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It may be the summer of '09 before beachgoers can count on finding sunscreens to protect against the deeper, penetrating rays linked to wrinkles and cancer...
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Vietnamese upset by Bush comparison to war in Iraq
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - HANOI, Vietnam -- President Bush touched a nerve among Vietnamese when he invoked the Vietnam War in a speech warning that death and chaos will envelop Iraq if U.S. troo...
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Two Iraqi villages attacked
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Suspected al-Qaida fighters stormed two villages near Baqouba on Thursday, bombed the house of a local Sunni sheik and kidnapped a group of mostly women. Resi...