Nation and World
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Ledger autopsy inconclusive
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- To many who saw Heath Ledger in the last months of his life, the actor appeared to be happy, healthy and excited -- "in a great place," in the words of one f...
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Toyota closes in on GM for world's No. 1 automaker
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Toyota said Thursday it sold 9.366 million vehicles around the world last year, about 3,000 fewer than the tally from General Motors -- the world's No. 1 automa...
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Breakthrough spares kidney transplant patients rejection drugs
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take...
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Agreement on stimulus package appears near
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Pushing deficit concerns aside, Democratic and Republican leaders appeared close to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on emergency tax cuts an...
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Bill Clinton: Race, gender to decide
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - DILLON, S.C. -- Bill Clinton said Wednesday he expects blacks to vote for Barack Obama and women to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the dynamic may cause his wife t...
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6 people, including 4 children, killed in Ohio home fire; teen arrested
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A house fire killed four children, their mother and grandmother early Wednesday, and an 18-year-old neighbor was charged with murder hours later. The...
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South faces high electric bills
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - LAKE NORMAN, N.C. -- Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the riv...
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Florida a two-man race?Jan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - TAMPA, Florida, -- Republican presidential candidates sparred over the best fix for the faltering U.S. economy Wednesday as a poll showed Florida's high-stakes race for ...
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Sallie Mae will lend to fewer studentsJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Student lender Sallie Mae said Wednesday it lost $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter as borrowing costs rose and it set aside $575 million to cover bad loan...
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Packaging Corp. lowers forecastJan 23, 2008 10:00 pm - LAKE FOREST -- Packaging Corp. of America, a Lake Forest maker of corrugated boxes, said this week first-quarter profit will trail analyst estimates. Profit will be 36 c...