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Revelers gather around the world to welcome 2008

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Not even a fractured foot could keep Ryan Visto from joining more than a million revelers in Times Square to watch the symbolic sphere make its 100th descent ...
Bush embarks on final year in office with limited agenda

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush's final-year agenda is a stripped-down list of what he can realistically hope to get done, since the clout he once touted fades. Bush w...
Wall Street still up in 2007 despite volatile 12 months

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street ended a painful year with another steep loss Monday as investors glumly anticipated that 2008 would bring more of the uncertainty and turbulence ...
Iowa races so tight turnout matters

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's all about turning out voters now. After a year of stump speeches, TV ads and face-to-face politicking, presidential get-out-the-vote operations ...
Civil unions may boost New Hampshire tourism

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - BETHLEHEM, N.H. -- If the rainbow-painted deck chairs, fluttering rainbow flag and purple shutters don't make it clear, the Highlands Inn's toll-free number, (877) LES-B...
Oil traders expect $100-a-barrel prices

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices ended the year near $96 a barrel, or 57 percent higher than where they began 2007, and analysts expect rising demand and geopolitical instability ...
Hospitals to test their new metals

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Out with stainless steel, in with copper? It might be a new hospital trend -- not for looks, but for germ-fighting. Some intensive-care units in New York a...
New law opens access to government information

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush on Monday signed a bill aimed at giving the public and the media greater access to information about what the government is doing. The ...
Kenyan leader warns protesters of reprisals

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's president threatened a tough crackdown Monday as rioters rampaged for a third day to protest what they called his sham re-election -- a bloody ...
Afghanistan's bloody year

Associated Press
Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007. Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police, and lar...

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