Nation and World
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6 Palestinians die in Gaza
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft attacked Islamic militants in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and ground troops clashed with fighters in a daylong raid agai...
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Slower home sales hurt Home DepotAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Home Depot reported a 15 percent drop in second-quarter profit Tuesday as sales declined for the first time in more than four years amid a softer U.S. housing...
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Teacher-astronaut finally fulfills dream that began 21 years ago
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan transformed the space shuttle and space station into a classroom Tuesday for her first education session from or...
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How deadbeat dads get ratted out by passports
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The price of a passport: $311,491 in back child support payments for a U.S. businessman now living in China; $46,000 for a musician seeking to perform over...
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Mental care for diplomats
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The State Department plans to create a new mental care office and require employees to take additional time off to deal with a surge in stress disorders am...
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Chinese bridge collapses
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- The collapse of a bridge under construction that left at least 29 people dead in a Chinese tourist town rekindled concerns Tuesday about rushed, shoddy buildi...
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Taliban talks continue
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- Taliban leaders and South Korean officials continued negotiations by telephone over the fate of the remaining 19 hostages Tuesday, but no new face...
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Hospital guard uses stun gun on man with baby
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- In a confrontation captured on videotape, a hospital security guard fired a stun gun to stop a defiant father from taking home his newborn, sending both man a...
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Wildfires in central Idaho
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho -- Dozens of people were ordered to evacuate two small central Idaho towns on Tuesday as an 88-square-mile group of fires moved in their direction. Gov. C.L...
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Universal health care can workAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to a letter written recently by Carl Palash to the Fence Post, in which he writes about his distrust of a universal health care system in this co...