Nation and World
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Midwest airlines sale gains approval
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Antitrust regulators have approved the sale of Midwest Air Group Inc. to private equity firm TPG Capital. Milwaukee-based Midwest, operator of Midwest Airli...
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Giuliani bows out, endorses McCain
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Rudy Giuliani was always a long-shot for the Republican presidential nomination, a brash New Yorker who backed gun control, abortion and gay rights in a...
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TSA starts airport-security blog; analysts, travelers dubious
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked? The federal gov...
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Fed cuts rate once again
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve delivered powerful new relief to people and businesses squeezed by the ailing economy Wednesday, cutting interest rates ever deeper in ...
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Drifter pleads guilty to Georgia hiker's beating death
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- A drifter pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a young woman who went missing while hiking in the north Georgia mountains. He was swiftly sentenced t...
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Britney Spears taken from home in ambulance, police escort
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance early Thursday and escorted to a hospital by more than a dozen police officers. A Los Angeles police o...
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Attorney general won't rule out waterboarding
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Yes, waterboarding would feel like torture to him, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said. But he also said that doesn't necessarily make it illegal. "There...
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US mock disaster drill: Trains, planes and bloggers threaten America
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It's the government's idea of a really bad day: Washington's Metro trains shut down. Seaport computers in New York go dark. Bloggers reveal locations of ra...
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Oregon boy parks bike inside Goodwill store, which then sells it
Jan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - SALEM, Ore. -- Cody Young parked his bike in the wrong place at the Goodwill store, where the rule is that anything on the floor goes. He didn't have a lock, but friends...
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McCain, Obama are getting closer to gaining nominationJan 30, 2008 10:00 pm - Heading into Tuesday's unprecedented day of voting in two dozen states, a degree of order is emerging in the dramatic races for the presidential nominations of both part...