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Gotham sends in the clones

Associated Press
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...
Opposition wins big in Taiwan elections

Associated Press
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 ...
Marine's family not happy with authorities

Associated Press
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...
Voters looking in different directions in presidential race

By George Will
Jan 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...
Bush hints troops to stay

Associated Press
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...
Writers keeping close eye on directors' talks

Associated Press
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...
Warming up to winter

Associated Press
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...
Snake behind a pane

Associated Press
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...
Supreme Court to hear campaign finance case

Associated Press
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...
Measure brings Baathists back into public jobs

Associated Press
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...

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