Nation and World
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South Dakota senator back after nine months
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson returned to the Senate on Wednesday physically weaker but saying he anticipates running for re-election next year. Johnson, a...
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Influential religious conservative dies
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- The Rev. D. James Kennedy, a pioneering Christian broadcaster and megachurch pastor whose fiercely conservative worldview helped fuel the rise of the religious ...
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Jewish controversy forces DePaul prof to leave
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - A DePaul University professor who has drawn criticism for accusing some Jews of improperly using the legacy of the Holocaust agreed Wednesday to resign immediately "for ...
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German police foil 'imminent' terrorist attack
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - BERLIN -- It was just a vacation cottage sitting in a small town, the quiet hometown of 900 people. But inside, prosecutors said Wednesday, three men were readying a nef...
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Craig lays out his strategy to stay
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- To the dismay of fellow Republicans, Sen. Larry Craig launched a determined drive to save his seat Wednesday, vowing to stay in office if allowed to withdr...
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Man's claims of baseball glory unravel after death
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - LAKELAND, Fla. -- Everyone here knew Bill Henry as an old major league pitcher -- at church, around the golf course and at home. The 83-year-old didn't like to boast, bu...
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Hillary is battle-tested from her lifetime of strugglesSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As the serious stage of the presidential campaign begins this fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton has clearly established herself in the lead of the race for the Democratic nom...
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Apple lowers iPhone price, updates iPods
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple slashed the price of the iPhone by $200 Wednesday -- a rare move for the company that typically discounts only older products. It also updated its...
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Iraq's security forces judged
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Iraq's security forces will be unable to take control in the next 18 months, and Baghdad's national police force is so rife with corruption it should be sc...
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Microwave popcorn worries rise
Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- Four of the nation's biggest microwave popcorn makers are working to remove a flavoring chemical from their products linked to a lung ailment in popcorn p...