Nation and World
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Teens say drug use up in schools, study finds
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Teenagers say drug problems at school are getting worse, and parents express doubts about ever making such schools drug free, a new study says. The percent...
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Padilla case goes to jury
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Jurors began deliberations Wednesday after three months of testimony in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on charges of operating a support cell f...
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Study: Flame retardant sickens cats
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new federal study suggests that household dust containing a common flame retardant may be linked to an increase in cats getting sick from overactive thyr...
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How bad do colleges want to be at head of class?
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encount...
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Congress, Bush vie for who's least popular
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-controlled Congress and President Bush seem locked in a perverse competition for public unfavorability, according to a new Associated Press-...
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Get ready for a new Star Jones
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- While walking the few blocks from her Court TV office to a lunch interview, Star Jones was approached by a fan. "You know, I think they should leave Barry Bo...
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Chances of finding miners alive slim
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Rescuers are running out of options to rescue six coal miners trapped by a cave-in nearly 10 days ago, and experts say the chances of finding the men...
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N. Korea farmland ruined by rains
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea detailed a picture of massive devastation Wednesday from some of the country's heaviest rains that official media said wiped out more t...
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NASA puts off decision on shuttle repairs
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An astronaut's ripped glove forced an early end to a spacewalk and added to NASA's headaches Wednesday as shuttle managers put off a decision on ...
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U.S. puts squeeze on Iran
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's move to blacklist Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "terrorist" organization is a new salvo in a broader effort to choke off ...