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More U.S. babies born, fertility rate up, defying low-birth trend in Europe

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - Bucking the trend in many other wealthy industrialized nations, the United States seems to be experiencing a baby boomlet, reporting the largest number of children born ...
Jolting the failing economy

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Economic stimulus proposals favored by Democrats, including tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and a temporary increase in food stamps are cost-ef...
For bridges, roads, will you pay at the pump?

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Would you pay an extra 66 cents a day -- on top of soaring gas prices -- if it meant less rush-hour traffic, better public transit and fewer people dying o...
Citigroup loses $10 billion

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Bad bets on mortgages led to a $10 billion loss for Citigroup Inc. in the final quarter of last year, the largest in its 196-year history. As a new wave of w...
Democratic debaters cordial, to a point

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama blamed aides and campaign surrogates Tuesday night for fueling a campaign controversy...
Oprah adds to media empire

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey is getting her own TV network. OWN -- for Oprah Winfrey Network -- will debut next year in nearly 70 million homes with cable and satellite, pa...
FBI: Marine wanted in pregnant colleague's death may be in Mexico

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- The key suspect in the slaying of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine may have fled to Mexico, and the FBI is working with Mexican authorities to track h...
Intel profit up, misses expectations

Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp.'s profit leaped 51 percent as sales of microprocessors accelerated in the fourth quarter. The results, released after the market closed Tues...
Democracy, freedom lose ground in world

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Freedom declined in 2007 for a second consecutive year as 36 percent of the people in the world -- about half of them in China -- were not living in freedo...
Romney scores convincing Michigan GOP victory

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - DETROIT _ Who says you can't go home again? Mitt Romney returned to his native state of Michigan looking for his first major Republican presidential victory, and the sta...

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