Nation and World
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Gotham sends in the clones
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Squat, homely, dwarfed by stately oaks and poplars, and unnoticed by the tourists passing in horse-drawn carriages, it's a tree that only birds and nut-hungr...
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Opposition wins big in Taiwan elections
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party won a landslide victory in legislative elections Saturday, giving a big boost to its policy of closer engagement ...
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Marine's family not happy with authorities
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- For months after a pregnant 20-year-old Marine accused a colleague of rape, her family says, she continued to work alongside her attacker and endur...
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Voters looking in different directions in presidential raceJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Like the Roman god Janus, from which this godforsaken month takes its name, the two parties' voters in two states have looked in different directions. These states perha...
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Bush hints troops to stay
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - MANAMA, Bahrain -- President Bush said Saturday he is open to the possibility of slowing or stopping plans to bring home more U.S. troops from Iraq, defying domestic dem...
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Writers keeping close eye on directors' talks
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The union representing Hollywood directors began contract talks Saturday, with striking TV and film writers calculating how a deal might affect them. A qu...
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Warming up to winter
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. -- Earlier blooms. Less snow to shovel. Unseasonable warm spells. Signs that winters in the Northeast are losing their bite have been abundant in recent yea...
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Snake behind a pane
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Fluffy, a 24-foot python billed as the largest snake in captivity, is staying put to lure visitors into the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. The zoo paid $35...
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Supreme Court to hear campaign finance case
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review a campaign finance law dubbed the millionaire's amendment, which allows candidates to accept larger contribution...
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Measure brings Baathists back into public jobs
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to allow some former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to reclaim government jobs and said others could receive pension...