Nation and World
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Police: French journalist released
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Police said a French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen was released Monday, eight days after he was seized in the northern part of the country. ...
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Authorities: Roads still bad after snowstorm
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Highways remained slippery for some holiday travelers Monday in the upper Midwest in the aftermath of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of hom...
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Bush talks to troops
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush made Christmas Eve calls to 10 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other spots around the world, thanking them for their sacrifice ...
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Caroline Kennedy meets 8-year-old who wrote to JFK
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Over the years, Caroline Kennedy sometimes wondered about a third-grader who wrote to her father, President Kennedy, worried that Russian bomb tests at the N...
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Pianist, jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - TORONTO -- Oscar Peterson, whose speedy fingers, propulsive swing and melodic inventiveness made him one of the world's best known and influential jazz pianists, has die...
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Iran plans to construct 19 new nuclear plants
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran plans to build 19 more nuclear power plants and will soon solicit international bids for their construction, a lawmaker said. "Contracts for the con...
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Last-minute shoppers give retailers relief
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wish -- a ...
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Comics no longer taboo as respect rises
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- As a fine arts graduate student in the early 1980s, Carol Tyler felt she had to hide her interest in cartoon drawing from teachers. An art form associated ...
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Why not to bring a gun on a plane
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- Yung Joc was charged Monday with carrying a concealed weapon after police said a loaded gun was found in his carry-on bag at Cleveland Hopkins International...
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Iran wants high-level talks
Dec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iran wants to renew high-level talks with U.S. officials on security in Iraq, insisting that discussions take place between ambassadors and not lower-level fu...