Nation and World
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Sheriff says pregnant Marine is dead, man she accused of rape is a suspect
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- A pregnant Marine missing for nearly a month is dead, and investigators were seeking a fellow Marine she had accused of sexually assaulting her, a...
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O.J. Simpson jailed in Florida, accused of violating bail
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said ...
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Spending up, but only slightlyJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. posted December sales that exceeded analysts' estimates as shoppers increased spending at discount chains after feeling t...
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Bank of America bids for lenderJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A buyout of hobbled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial likely would be approved by regulators, analysts say, because otherwise the company could file fo...
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Cash troubles? Senior Giuliani campaign staffers forgo paychecks
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- About a dozen senior campaign staffers for Rudy Giuliani are forgoing their January paychecks, a sign of possible money trouble for the Republican ...
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Phone companies cut off FBI taps over payment dispute
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time...
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Delta likely to pursue merger talks
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Shares of Delta Air Lines Inc. soared more than 18 percent Thursday following renewed speculation the nation's No. 3 carrier may be close to inking a deal to ...
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Sir Edmund Hillary, first to climb to top of Mount Everest, dies
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WELLINGTON, New Zealand _ Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has d...
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It's 'make or break' time for the prime minister of IraqJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A new movement to oust Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is gathering force in Baghdad. And although the United States is counseling against this change of government...
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Getting a license soon to be harder
Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Baby boomers don't make good terrorists, the government has decided, so folks older than 50 will get extra time to comply with new post-Sept. 11 driver's l...