Nation and World
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Tiger attack puts heat on zoo boss
Jan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Since the deadly tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo, its director has come under increasing criticism over his track record and his suggestion the vi...
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Clinton's emotional response has brought maelstrom of opinionJan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary wept. Actually, her voice broke and she got a little misty-eyed, but you wouldn't know that from the overwhelming media response to her emotional display. At a c...
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Georgia defends banishing offenders
Jan 08, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- An unusual question is before the Georgia Supreme Court: Should banishment be banned? Though Georgia's judges are technically outlawed from banishing criminal...
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Iran calls incident in Gulf 'normal'
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- An Iranian fleet of high-speed boats charged at and threatened to blow up a three-ship U.S. Navy convoy passing near Iranian waters, then vanished as the A...
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Clinton's voice breaks as she talks about "personal quest'
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Hillary Rodham Clinton's eyes welled up and her voice broke repeatedly Monday as she talked with voters in a restaurant about her campaign for the pr...
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Court appears split on lethal injections
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether the drugs commonly injected to execute prisoners risk causing excruciating pain in violation of the ...
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Rescued snowmobilers found refuge in cabin
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - CONEJOS, Colo. -- Six snowmobilers missing in the mountains for 2½ days while a howling blizzard swirled around them were rescued Monday -- hungry and cold but unhurt --...
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Model + Chavez = one wacky interview
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he likes Prince Charles and thinks President Bush is crazy in an interview with supermodel Naomi Campbell in the British ...
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Women turn out, give Clinton boost
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Maybe it was Barack Obama and John Edwards joining forces against Hillary Rodham Clinton in a nationally televised debate. Maybe it was the sight of her ey...
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Briefs: Starbucks CEO out, stores may closeJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Starbucks Corp. said Monday it is returning its chairman, Howard Schultz, to the chief executive's job to lead a major restructuring initiative, replacing CEO...