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Search for miners suspended

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal officials have indefinitely suspended efforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeks inside a coal mine after a robotic camera failed to...
Egyptians face federal explosives charges

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - TAMPA, Florida -- Two Egyptian students at a south Florida university were indicted Friday on federal explosives charges, but prosecutors would not say whether the men p...
Greece's olive oil producers devastated by fire

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - ARTEMIDA, Greece -- The smoldering trunks of olive trees stretch across mountain slopes and valleys, their precious fruit lying like pellets of charcoal on the blackened...
Iowa judge lifts ban on gay marriage -- for two hours

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Two men sealed the state's first legal same-sex marriage with a kiss Friday morning less than 24 hours after a judge threw out Iowa's ban on gay marr...
Naperville native to compete in Germany triathlon

By Josh Welge
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Most people dream of seeing the world in their lifetime. Jocelyn Petrella is seeing the world, all right. By water, foot and bike. Sunday, the Naperville native will com...
President meets with top commanders

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush huddled with top military leaders about the Iraq war Friday, and Pentagon officials defended efforts to rid the Iraqi national police of sec...
Lobby probe aside, Calif. lawmaker to run again

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- GOP Rep. Jerry Lewis of California announced Friday that he'll seek a 16th term, putting to rest speculation that he would retire amid a federal lobbying p...
Briefs

Daily Herald Staff Report
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Purchasing index rises for Chicago CHICAGO -- U.S. business activity held at a level in August that suggests companies continue to expand, though at a less rapid rate, a...
Man suspected in serial killings

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. -- A prison parolee and sex offender is suspected of killing five women in the city in a little more than a month and could face charges in a sixth death ...
Agreement on emissions

Associated Press
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - VIENNA, Austria -- Negotiators from 158 countries reached basic agreement Friday on rough targets aimed at getting some of the world's biggest polluters to reduce emissi...

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