Nation and World
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Flurries only, no deep freeze in Florida
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - TAMPA, Fla. -- Flurries fell across the Sunshine State on Thursday, but it appeared growers were spared the deep freeze they feared would devastate the nation's citrus s...
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Obama, Huckabee win Iowa caucuses
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. Barack Obama swept to victory in the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, pushing Hillary Rodham Clinton to third place and taking a major stride in a ...
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Washington Mutual to close stores, lay off 150Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees today it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave Wa...
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India's Tata Motors hopes to land Jaguar, Land Rover
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- An Indian car maker that will unveil the world's cheapest car next week may soon produce two of the world's premier brands as well. Ford Motor Co. named Tata ...
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Maker of tainted dog food agrees to $3.1 mil settlement after pet deaths
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A company that made contaminated pet food that killed dozens of dogs nationwide will pay $3.1 million in a settlement with pet owners, an attorney sai...
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Monkey business not a joke in India
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- A northern Indian state said Thursday it planned to use unemployed youths to sterilize monkeys to try to combat aggressive primates who have been raiding fa...
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Police: Britney Spears hands over children after dispute
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Britney Spears was derailed yet again in her struggle to get her career and personal life back on track. Hauled away from her home by paramedics and police, the 26-year-...
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United says December weather worst in its history
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The airline industry's on-time performance through the first 11 months of 2007 was the second worst on record, but delays in November fell compared with a ...
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Musharraf says Bhutto is partly to blame
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Pervez Musharraf vehemently denied Thursday that Pakistan's military and intelligence agencies were behind Benazir Bhutto's killing, and...
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Our opportunity and obligationJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - We have what's shaped up to be the most unpredictable and competitive presidential election in nearly six decades. A rare window of opportunity is opening. Our primary e...