Nation and World
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Did ex-candidate fake his disappearance?
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - DOVER, N.H. -- Gary Dodds soaked his feet in cold water as part of a ploy to drum up attention for his congressional campaign by faking a story about getting lost after ...
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Margaret Truman Daniel dies at 83
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman, who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery write...
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Allstate profit at $4.6 billion in 2007
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the nation's second-largest property and casualty insurer, reported a 37 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit Tuesday as the Southern California wild...
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U.S. commanders expect tough fight in Mosul
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - MOSUL, Iraq -- The top U.S. commanders in northern Iraq predicted Tuesday the battle to oust al-Qaida in Iraq from its last urban stronghold will not be a swift strike, ...
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School shooter convicted again
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A federal jury convicted a 23-year-old man on an obscure weapons charge Tuesday, apparently unaware that 10 years ago he and another boy killed fou...
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China frozen by worst storms in 50 years
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - GUANGZHOU, China -- Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers desperate to get home for the Chinese New Year shivered in the cold under a sea of umbrellas outside train s...
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Glue guns recalledJan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Dollar Tree Stores Inc is recalling about 253,000 Chinese-made glue guns because they can short circuit, causing the gun to smoke and catch fire, the U.S....
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Ex-president here in campaign blitzJan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Bill Clinton is on the move. Scheduled to stop briefly in Chicago for a private fundraiser Tuesday night, the former president will make a public appearance in downsta...
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Bush opens up about his battle with alcohol 'addiction'
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- President Bush is talking more openly lately about his old drinking habit, and on Tuesday he offered perhaps his most pointed assessment yet by saying plain...
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Iraq withdrawal may slow to stop
Jan 29, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The first hint that President Bush might hit the pause button on troop cuts in Iraq was his offer to Gen. David Petraeus: "If you want to slow her down, fi...