Nation and World
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Bush touts NCLB at thriving Chicago school
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - President Bush touted Chicago's Horace Greeley Elementary on Monday as a school that has thrived under his No Child Left Behind program, despite increasing criticism of ...
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In final blog, officer discusses own death
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - DENVER -- Maj. Andrew Olmsted's "Final Post" was published online -- after the Rocky Mountain News blogger was killed in Iraq. Olmsted died Thursday with another soldier...
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Bush tells Chicago audience he still has prescription for healthy economyJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Voicing optimism while acknowledging economic concerns, President Bush told a Chicago audience Monday that low taxes coupled with limited federal regulation remains the ...
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Public funding of elections would be a change for the betterJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Change. Change. Change. Change. Change. How? How? How? How? How? I'm glad you asked. First, do some harm -- and I mean real harm. Break the system we now have where e...
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McCain, Romney in tight N.H. race; Obama hoping for a breakout day
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- John McCain placed his revived Republican presidential campaign on the line against a weakened but determined Mitt Romney as New Hampshire primary vo...
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Kenyan leader agrees to talks
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's president on Monday invited his chief rival to his official residence to discuss how to end the country's election standoff, just hours after t...
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Abbott's Humira sales hit $3 billion last yearJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories' anti- inflammatory medicine Humira exceeded $3 billion in global sales for the first time in 2007, chief financial officer Thomas Freyman said. Humi...
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Video details Iranian boats confronting three U.S. warships
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around massive U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a man speaking heavily accented English threatened, "I am coming to ...
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Feds to audit air traffic controllers' workload in Chicago area
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The U.S. Transportation Department says it will formally investigate the work conditions of Chicago-area air traffic controllers amid the increasing frequency of cont...
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UAL labor conflict worries investors
Jan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Shares of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. fell 5.9 percent Monday after a veteran industry analyst downgraded the company, citing festering labor discord he said includ...