Nation and World
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Rising penny costs may lead to battle in Congress
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. penny is not what it appears to be, and some in Congress would like to see it change further, if not disappear entirely. Because of a surge in the...
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Thompson will attempt to shake the status quoAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - When Fred Thompson makes his entrance into the Republican presidential race, he will try to shake up the establishment candidates of both parties by depicting a nation i...
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Wisconsin becoming Napa of the Midwest
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BARNEVELD, Wis. -- Chris and Rachel Bohn passed up the chance to spend a sunny Sunday on a friend's boat to picnic on the deck at Botham Vineyards & Winery in southweste...
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Texas braces for more rain, flooding
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- South Texas braced Wednesday for Tropical Storm Erin to bring torrential downpours to a state that already has had one of its rainiest summe...
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Consumers want to know how to get rid of toys
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Now that toy companies have issued recalls for millions of Chinese-made toys that are either tainted with lead or otherwise hazardous to children, they are s...
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The bloodiest attack of the Iraq war
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Rescuers used bare hands and shovels Wednesday to claw through clay houses shattered by an onslaught of suicide bombings that killed at least 250 and possibly...
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Japan invests in West Bank
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - JERICHO, West Bank -- Japan's foreign minister launched plans Wednesday for a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park in the West Bank that he said would promote peace...
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6 Italians shot in Germany
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - DUISBURG, Germany -- Six Italian men died in a hail of gunfire early Wednesday after a pizzeria celebration of one victim's 18th birthday -- a Mafia-style massacre that ...
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Deaths reported after quake near Peru's capital
Aug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - LIMA, Peru -- A powerful earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, reportedly killing at least 17 people as it toppled buildings and caused many resid...
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Mortgage woes weigh on CountrywideAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Countrywide Financial Corp. shares sank 13 percent on fears the largest U.S. mortgage lender could face bankruptcy as liquidity worsens, its biggest one-day ...