Nation and World
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Rocker's video inspired by Obama speech
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- In the long history of political campaign theme songs, there has never been one quite like "Yes We Can," starring Barack Obama and a host of A-list celebr...
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Powering up with power walks
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Call it the ultimate power walk. Researchers have developed a device that generates electrical power from the swing of a walking person's knee. With each s...
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Primary campaign has turned into a battle for the centerFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Nobody scored a knockout victory on Super Tuesday, but it's obvious who lost: the partisan voices of the two parties who have been arguing that Campaign 2008 would be ab...
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Baby found alive in tornado debris
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - CASTALIAN SPRINGS, Tenn. -- At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tor...
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Checks will be coming as Congress OKs stimulus package
Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, showed it can act with startling quickness. The two houses passed an emergency plan Thursday t...
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Nasdaq now a bear marketFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The powers behind Nasdaq's five-year bull market proved to be the ones that drove it into its grave Wednesday. Steep declines in some of the best-known techn...
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Senate leaders agree on rebates for seniors, disabled veterans
Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed Thursdsay to add rebates for 20 million seniors and 250,000 disabled veterans to a House-passed economic aid packag...
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Teen sensations boost Disney salesFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The Walt Disney Co. owes much of its recent success to its slew of cable TV brands, including ESPN and its "High School Musical" and "Hanna Montana" franc...
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How Democrats can best unify the Republican PartyFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Forewarned, Democrats now are forearmed -- not that they will necessarily make sensible use of the gift. Tuesday's voting armed Democratic voters with the name of the ca...
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Fortune now front-runner to buy AbsolutFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Jim Beam bourbon maker Fortune Brands now leads the $6 billion-plus race to buy Sweden's Absolut vodka as the world's biggest alcoholic drinks group, Diageo, p...