Nation and World
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35 years later, Everglades jet crash hero finally gets his due
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- An airboat speeding across the sawgrass and mud. A ringing in the ears when the engine was cut. Moaning. Screams for help. Desperate gasps at the wate...
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Poll: Down on peace
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Israelis and Palestinians responding to a survey believe a recent U.S.-sponsored peace conference was a failure and think their leaders won't manage to sign...
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Russian military successfully test-fires new intercontinental ballistic missile
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russia's military on Tuesday successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads -- a weapon intende...
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Worms infect poor more than thoughtDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Roundworms may infect close to a quarter of inner city black children, tapeworms are the leading cause of seizures among U.S. Hispanics and other parasitic...
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Re-enactors leave Delaware uncrossed
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON CROSSING, N.J. -- This George Washington could not make it across the Delaware River. Ronald Rinaldi III was prepared to play the role of the military leader ...
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Christmas day of prayer, hope
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - ROME -- As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflic...
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NY town lets seniors work off property taxes _ for $7 an hour
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Audrey Davison lives alone, gets a $620 Social Security check each month and worries about the sharply rising taxes on her four-bedroom house. Daviso...
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How did tiger escape habitat, kill visitor at San Francisco Zoo?
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a 300-pound Siberia...
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Boston's Big Dig, the costliest highway project, finally ends
Dec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- When the clock runs out on 2007, Boston will quietly mark the end of one of the most tumultuous eras in the city's history: The Big Dig, the nation's most comp...
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Family of woman killed in Big Dig collapse reaches $6M settlement
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- After weeks of negotiations, the family of a woman killed when a Big Dig highway tunnel collapsed on her car has reached a $6 million settlement with the epoxy...