Nation and World
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Pentagon: Iranian boats harassed Navy ships
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the vessels, U.S. officials said Mo...
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Obama reaches out to New Hampshire independents, GOP
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - CONCORD, N.H. -- Barack Obama wants to be the Big Tent Democrat. Fresh from his victory in Iowa, Obama courted New Hampshire's famously unaligned voters, embracing all p...
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Sears accused of violating consumer fraud lawJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co has been hit with a lawsuit seeking class-action status that alleges a company Web site compromises customers' private informatio...
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High Court to weigh in on lethal injection
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Death-row inmates are asking the Supreme Court to order states to use different drugs or tighten their procedures to reduce the risk that prisoners will su...
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Late night hosts to play guest
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For one night, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will solve the problem of booking guests during the writers' strike by appearing on each other's show. The swap come...
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West reels from giant storm
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - FERNLEY, Nev. -- Hundreds of homes sat in as much as 8 feet of water Sunday following a canal rupture as freezing weather spread sheets of ice over yards and streets, hi...
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Searchers say hiker likely dead
Jan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The search for a 24-year-old hiker who disappeared from the northern Georgia woods on New Year's Day will be scaled back, authorities said Sunday. Georgia Bur...
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Levee breaks in Nevada as storms continue to pummel West Coast
Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - FERNLEY, Nev. -- A ruptured levee sent a frigid "wall of water" from a rain-swollen canal into this high desert town early Saturday, flooding hundreds of homes and forci...
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Listen to straight talk from Illinois votersJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - There was a time when candidates used to ball up a fist and knock on doors to sell themselves. Now they hold out their hands for millions in campaign cash for commercial...
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Obama could affect both parties in home stateJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - With both major parties locked in close races where every primary outcome counts, even Illinois-based backers hesitate to focus much yet on Feb. 5, when Illinois residen...