Nation and World
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Bombings rock Baghdad
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- U.S. and Iraqi forces blocked access to a town on the northeast outskirts of Baghdad where Shiite gunmen were dug in for a third day Monday behind earthen bar...
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Online queries get real answers
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Young, Internet-savvy voters challenged Democratic presidential hopefuls on Iraq, the military draft and the candidates' own place in a broken politi...
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Blair arrives in Israel
Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair opened his mission Monday to help Palestinians build solid foundations for their future state, offering ideas to Is...
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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 ...