Nation and World
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Who wants to fill Hastert's seat?Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - With Dennis Hastert not seeking re-election in the 14th Congressional District, the campaigns of his potential replacements are about to be a lot more visible. While se...
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NASA considers scaling back spacewalk, ending shuttle mission early
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Worried Hurricane Dean might blow its way, Mission Control considered scaling back Saturday's spacewalk at the orbiting shuttle and station compl...
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Stocks climb after Fed cuts discount rate
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks barreled higher Friday after the Federal Reserve did what Wall Street was clamoring for and cut its key discount rate a half percentage point. The mov...
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A shoe store so big it has its own ZIP codeAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- With 100,000 pairs of designer shoes across 10,000 square feet, it is a footwear celebration that not only dwarfs the collection of Imelda Marcos, it warrant...
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Astronauts worried repairs would cause more damage
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Endeavour's astronauts said Friday they were relieved by NASA's decision to skip repairs to the deep gouge on their spaceship's belly, and noted ...
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Building Dean hits Caribbean; Gulf Coast next?
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- Hurricane Dean roared into the eastern Caribbean on Friday, tearing away roofs, flooding streets and causing at least three deaths on small island...
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Those who survived quake were first to open ground
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - PISCO, Peru -- The distance between life and death in Peru's magnitude-8 earthquake was the number of steps to open ground. Many of the 510 people who died weren't close...
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Category 3 Hurricane Dean tears through eastern Caribbean
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Hurricane Dean strengthens to Category 3 in Caribbean with 125 mph winds; 1 dead CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- Hurricane Dean strengthened into a Category 3 storm and tore thro...
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QB all alone after friends agree to plea
Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- It's up to Michael Vick now. His last two co-defendants pleaded guilty Friday and implicated Vick in bankrolling gambling on dogfights. One of them said...
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End of an era: Hastert won't seek re-electionAug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The high school wrestling coach who rose to House Speaker stepped off the political mat Friday. Congressman Denny Hastert told several hundred supporters gathered at the...