Nation and World
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Push for U.N. re-entry
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- More than 100,000 Taiwanese took to the streets Saturday to demand the island's return to the United Nations, giving ballast to President Chen Shui-...
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Accuser says he's now on Simpson's side
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- A sports memorabilia collector who accused O.J. Simpson of armed robbery said he was "on O.J.'s side" and wants the case dropped. "I want this thing to go a...
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British bank panic spreads
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Ignoring government assurances that their money was safe, hundreds of customers lined up outside branches of a British mortgage bank for a second day on Saturd...
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Rescue a lot of donkey-work
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - UNDERWOOD, Minn. -- A donkey is happily eating grass again after falling down a dry, abandoned well and being freed in an intensive rescue effort. It appeared that the a...
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Cleric's allies quit allianceSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NAJAF, Iraq, -- The political movement of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Saturday it had withdrawn from Iraq's ruling Shiite Alliance, dealing a furthe...
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Like others, Neale rides the cash cowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It seems that School District U-46's educational messiah joined the list of other public servants to threaten themselves into huge benefits. Now Connie Neale also joins ...
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Native Americans are upset at meteorite sale
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Willamette Meteorite is a sacred icon to the Oregon-based Clackamas Indians. The tribe has its own name for the massive space rock, Tomanowas, and holds ...
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Plane crashes in Thailand; at least 87 killed
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - PHUKET, Thailand -- A passenger plane filled with foreign tourists crashed Sunday as it tried to land in pouring rain on the island of Phuket, splitting in two and burst...
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Protesters demand end to war in Iraq
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday outside the White House to demand an end to the Iraq war as counter-protesters rallied to meet them on a planned ...
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Northwest Passage is real?
Sep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Arctic ice has shrunk to the lowest level on record, new satellite images show, raising the possibility that the Northwest Passage that eluded famous explorers ...