Nation and World
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U.N. cites health risks
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - GENEVA -- A ballooning world population, intensive farming practices and changes in sexual behavior have provided a breeding ground for an unprecedented number of emergi...
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'Barbie Bandit' suspect pleads guilty
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - MARIETTA, Ga. -- One of the two young women dubbed the "Barbie Bandits" after a videotaped bank theft pleaded guilty Wednesday and apologized in tears. "I regret what I ...
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Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Fourteen U.S. soldiers were killed Wednesday when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a nighttime mission in northern Iraq, but the military said it appear...
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A look at technology to keep drunks off the road
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Technology that prevents a drunken driver from starting a vehicle holds the promise of greatly reducing alcohol-related deaths, the government and auto saf...
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Obama denies wife's remark targeted Hillary Clinton
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Wednesday his wife was not taking a swipe at Hillary Rodham Clinton when she said, "If you can't run your own house, y...
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Did pigeons play big role in bridge collapse?
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Pounded and strained by heavy traffic and weakened by missing bolts and cracking steel, the failed interstate bridge over the Mississippi River also f...
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Weight-loss surgery shown to be a lifesaver, too
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically ...
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Senior sex friskier than you think, study says
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - An unprecedented study of sex and seniors finds many older people are surprisingly frisky -- willing to do, and talk about, intimate acts that would make their grandchil...
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Builder sees spike in buyer back outsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH -- Toll Brothers, the nation's largest builder of luxury homes, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit plunged nearly 85 percent as the housing downturn and ...
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Bush claims exception
Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A House committee chairman led the criticism Wednesday about the Bush administration's claim that a White House office involved in a dispute over missing e...