Nation and World
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Independents increasingly leaning Democratic
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Michael Brooks is exactly the kind of voter the Republican Party can ill afford to lose. But in a foreboding omen for 2008, it may have already done just ...
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Florida Dems won't budge on early primary
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- By e-mail and on its Web site, Florida's Democratic Party told supporters Sunday it planned to move ahead with a Jan. 29 primary, despite the national party's t...
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Nigerian Archbishop says Anglicans must heed Gospel
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, a strong critic of Episcopal support for gay clergy, said unity in the Anglican Church can come only when people are obedient to the ...
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Officer run over as 2 inmates escape Texas prison
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Two inmates working in a prison field overpowered a guard today and ran her over in a stolen pickup truck, killing the woman as they fled, prison of...
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Rice seizes chance for Mideast peace
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed hope Sunday that key Arab nations, including Syria, will attend a Mideast peace conference this fall host...
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Proposed ordinance that would limit rabbits has Utah residents stewing
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - POWELL, Wyo. -- A proposed city ordinance limiting the number of rabbits per household has some City Council members in this northern Wyoming community hopping. The coun...
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UAW launches first nationwide strike since 1976
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Thousands of United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors plants around the country Monday in the first nationwide strike against the U.S. auto in...
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Vietnam's new lust for luxury
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- In a country whose peasant army once marched on flip-flops cut from old tires, Gucci beach sandals priced at $365 can come as a shock. But t...
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50 years after integration, how far are we?
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK-- Fifty years after federal troops escorted Terrence Roberts and eight fellow black students into an all-white high school, he says the struggles over race a...
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Administration: Social Security fix will require benefit cuts and more taxes
Sep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Monday the only way to permanently fix Social Security is through some combination of benefit cuts and tax increases. That was...