Nation and World
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Suicide risk to elderly ignored
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golson had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pre...
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Defense takes over in trial of polygamist sect leader
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. GEORGE, Utah -- Defense attorneys for a polygamous-sect leader charged with sex crimes in the arranged marriage of a 14-year-old girl and her older cousin began thei...
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Home foreclosures soared in August
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The number of foreclosure filings reported in the U.S. last month more than doubled versus August 2006 and jumped 36 percent from July, a trend that signa...
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House acts to aid struggling homeowners
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. Despite some White...
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Briefs: BP explosion trial ends in settlementSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - GALVESTON, Texas -- BP PLC announced a settlement Tuesday with four workers who had sued the oil company over injuries in the deadly Texas City refinery explosion, abrup...
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Poll finds public still doubts war
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Gen. David Petraeus' report to Congress and President Bush's nationally televised address have had little impact on Americans' distaste for the Iraq war an...
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Guilty plea in text message rescue case
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - BEAUFORT, S.C. -- A man accused of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl and raping her in an underground bunker pleaded guilty Tuesday, moments before his trial was to begin. T...
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Michigan firefighters use forklift to remove 900-pound man from second floor
Sep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - LANSING, Michigan -- Firefighters cut a hole in the side of a house and used a forklift to extricate a 900-pound man from his second-floor bedroom after a visiting nurs...
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Corporate chiefs welcome Fed rate cutSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The leaders of U.S. companies welcomed the Federal Reserve's move to slash interest rates Tuesday, but one questioned whether it would be enough to revive a ...
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Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...