Nation and World
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Bomb kills 4 Americans
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan killed four American soldiers on Monday, while two NATO soldiers died elsewhere and a battle in the co...
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Soda's heart risks studied
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- People who drank one or more diet sodas each day developed the same risks for heart disease as those who downed sugary regular soda, a large but inconclusive s...
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Harry Potter sales estimated at 72.1 million
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Harry Potter has cast a spell on readers throughout the world, who purchased 72.1 million copies of the boy wizard's final adventure, an industry data service ...
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Tests find no cancer in growths removed from Bush's colonJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It was the news every patient who undergoes a cancer test hopes to hear, including President Bush: No cancer. Doctors had found five small growths i...
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Today's birthdaysJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Movie director Peter Yates, 78; actress Jacqueline Brookes, 77; comedian Ruth Buzzi, 71; actor Mark Goddard, 71; actor Dan Hedaya, 67; actor Chris Sarandon, 65; comedian...
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Anti-war activist vows to challenge speaker's re-election over impeachment standJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Monday moved another step -- actually several thousand of them -- toward carrying out her promise to run aga...
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Did Radcliffe cash in on his 18th birthday?
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Media reports of "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe gaining access to huge amounts of cash when he turned 18 Monday were overblown, his publicist's office ...
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Highway deaths falling
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low, a f...
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Heavy rain floods Britain, forcing evacuationsJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - TEWKESBURY, England (AP) -- Emergency workers rescued hundreds of trapped people Monday as water swallowed swaths of central England in the worst flooding to hit the ...
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New host chosen for 'Price is Right'
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Genial comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right." The deal was set Mond...