Nation and World
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Driver, trapped for a week, crawls from wreckage
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- James McCormick drove by a ravine near his Laurel, Md., home many times in the week since his 18-year-old son disappeared, oblivious to the fact that his s...
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APEC leaders make deal on climate change
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - SYDNEY, Australia -- Pacific Rim leaders agreed Saturday to curb global warming by improving energy use and expanding forests, laying out a plan they hope will influence...
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Afghan suicide attacks on pace to set recordSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, -- Afghanistan is on course for a record number of suicide bombings in 2007, a top United Nations envoy said today, the sixth anniversary of the first such attack...
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First lady OK after surgery
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- First lady Laura Bush underwent surgery Saturday to relieve pain from pinched nerves in her neck. The White House said the procedure was successful. The pr...
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A bigger investigation?Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- FBI investigations using telecommunications companies' records of terrorism suspects have gone farther than previously acknowledged, including information on...
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3 candidates touched by tragedy
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Presidential candidates Fred Thompson, John Edwards and Joe Biden belong to a club that no one wants to join. Each has lost a child. In their campaigns, th...
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Framing the right political response to Petraeus reportSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - A leading Democratic Party strategist is trying to explain how the politics of Iraq are likely to play out after Gen. David Petraeus gives his report Monday on the progr...
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Acquittal in nursing home deaths
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. -- Standing across the street from the St. Francisville courthouse, Mabel Mangano's face was drawn and her eyes were wide, but her hands were final...
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Question revisited: Was bard a fraud?
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- The bard, or not the bard, that is the question. Some of Britain's most distinguished Shakespearean actors have reopened the debate over whether William Shakes...
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Injured whale shot with .50-cal machine gun
Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - NEAH BAY, Washington -- An injured California gray whale was swimming out to sea after being shot with a machine gun off the western tip of Washington state, officials s...