Nation and World
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Nations make the plastic bag a public enemy
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Here are some of the ways places across the world are striving to lower the use of plastic bags: U.S. steps In March, San Francisco became the first city to ban common p...
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Fog, smoke cause 70-vehicle pileup in Florida
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - LAKELAND, Fla. -- About 70 vehicles crashed on an interstate blanketed by fog and smoke from a brush fire early Wednesday, killing four people, authorities said. Nearly ...
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Drifter accused of killing Ga. hiker is now suspect in Fla. case
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - DAWSONVILLE, Ga. -- A drifter accused of kidnapping and decapitating a 24-year-old hiker in Georgia is now a suspect in the slaying of a Florida woman whose body was fou...
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Cost of Katrina suffering -- $3 quadrillion?
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering -- including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadril...
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Indiana residents return as floodwaters recede
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - MONTICELLO, Ind. -- Troy Nice looked out over the swollen Tippecanoe River and the houses surrounded by its spilled water. He wondered how his own home had fared as the ...
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Boeing 787's security scrutinized
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Before Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner gets the green light to fly passengers, the aircraft maker will have to prove offering Internet access in the cabin won't leave the ...
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Kerry endorsing Obama for president
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Barack Obama is being endorsed by fellow Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 presidential nominee who lost to George W. Bush that year and gave up...
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Goldman Sachs warns of recessionJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy may already be in recession and the Federal Reserve will respond by slashing interest rates, economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. foreca...
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Delta pilots prepare to merge
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- A combination involving Delta Air Lines Inc. may be close, the head of the carrier's pilots union said in a letter to rank-and-file members Wednesday. Lee Moa...
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Bush quickly applies pressure in Middle East
Jan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- President Bush said he came to the Middle East to nudge the stalled peace process -- not to "butt in and actually dictate the end result of the agreement." ...