Nation and World
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What would you do with $800?
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Is an extra $800 in your pocket enough to change the course of the ailing economy? President Bush, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and members of Congress s...
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CIA links Bhutto's death to tribal leader
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The CIA has concluded that a Pakistani tribal leader's network was behind the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, according to ...
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General Electric posts profitJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. delivered some cheer Friday to investors worried about a slowing economy, saying its quarterly profit rose 4 percent and reaffirm...
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Leaders debate whether tax rebates provide best stimulus
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With the economy's prospects growing bleaker seemingly by the day, politicians in both parties have rallied around the three Ts, the mantra that any stimul...
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Minnesota health system purges drug company trinkets
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- When a Duluth-based operator of hospitals and clinics purged the pens, notepads, coffee mugs and other promotional trinkets drug companies had given its d...
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Barbs fly after Obama's Reagan comments
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - RENO, Nev. -- John Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama's praise of the Republican Party and Ronald Reagan -- an anathema for many Democrats, parti...
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Cold War was played out across chess board when Fischer defeated Spassky
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- The historic chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champion Boris Spassky was the Cold War played out with pawns instead of missile...
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Pakistan tries to take back control of border
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Dozens of Islamic militants died in clashes with Pakistani troops Friday, the army said, amid reports that government forces had launched a...
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More advanced vehicles getting to war zones
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A multibillion-dollar effort to produce bomb-resistant vehicles for U.S. troops in Iraq is moving "as fast as humanly possible," Defense Secretary Ro...
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Painful week ends on Wall Street
Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended a painful week with another decline Friday as skittish investors unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy drew little comfort f...