Nation and World
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Toyota drives past Ford in U.S. sales
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2 automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless strategy to break Ford's 75-...
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The race question answered
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama has put to rest the question of whether a black presidential candidate can win in white America. His victory in 95 percent white Iowa...
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Old foe, new ally in Libya
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Libya's remarkable transformation from U.S. foe to friend is almost complete. Despite unresolved terrorism and human rights concerns, the U.S. took another...
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National Academy's scientists takes swipe at creationism
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Scientific advisers to the government emphasize in a report the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. The report by the National Academy of S...
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Kenya's bloody impasse
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya -- Police used tear gas, water cannons and batons Thursday to block thousands of people from protesting Kenya's disputed election amid a political deadloc...
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Huckabee put faith in candidacy
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Evangelical Republicans in Iowa chose one of their own in Mike Huckabee. The question is whether the former Southern Baptist minister is strong enough to w...
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Scotland Yard arrives in Pakistan to join probe into Bhutto's assassination
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- British anti-terror officers came to Pakistan Friday to join the investigation into Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a day after President Pervez M...
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Cell phone-using drivers are wasting your time
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Drivers talking on cell phones are probably making your commute even longer, concludes a new study. Motorists yakking away, even with handsfree devices, cr...
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Manufacturing activity falls in December
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Construction spending edged up slightly in November as a continued steep slump in housing was offset by record spending on government and business projects...
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Pricey oil now less problematic
Jan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- With oil at the once unfathomable price of $100 a barrel, families can expect the cost of filling their gas tanks, heating their homes -- indeed, the price o...