Nation and World
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Polls show desire for changes
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The mantra of change that helped lift Barack Obama to his surprisingly robust victory in Iowa's Democratic presidential caucuses was strongly embraced by young people an...
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Arctic blast hits California with snow, rain, winds
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Howling winds, pelting rain and heavy snow pummeled California on Friday, toppling trees, flipping big rigs, cutting power to more than a million p...
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Monster storm sweeps through California
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A levee break flooded hundreds of homes Saturday as the storm that has pummeled the West Coast with high wind and heavy rain dropped a thick blanket...
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Study: Male monkeys 'pay' females for sex by grooming them
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - SINGAPORE -- Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. "In primate socie...
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Police pick up 'person of interest' in disappearance Georgia hiker
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. -- Police on Friday were questioning a man they called a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a 24-year-old hiker from a state park in northern ...
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Philadelphia teen charged in bizarre case of missing dog, threats
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- A telephone call at midnight normally would have awoken Bill Whiting, but he hadn't been sleeping much since his dog disappeared. He picked up the phone ...
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Frozen find offers clues to climate
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Frozen in much the state it died some 37,500 years ago, a Siberian baby mammoth undergoing tests in Japan finally could explain why the beasts were driven to ex...
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Dakar Rally squelched by terrorism fears
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - PARIS -- Danger and the Dakar Rally have long been synonymous: Dozens have died racing from Europe across some of the world's most inhospitable terrain to the western ti...
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Kucinich challenges decision to exclude three from debates
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Repub...
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Al-Sadr loyalists touting cease-fire
Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Clerics loyal to radical Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr called on his followers Friday to respect a cease-fire and asked them to try to make peace with rival f...