Nation and World
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Derailment spills UPS packages, blocks trains
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BURNS HARBOR, Ind. -- A freight train bound for Chicago derailed Friday, splitting open several train cars loaded with UPS packages just days before Christmas. Hundreds ...
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Secret Santa's legacy lives on through others
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Susan Dahl had spent four months homeless in Colorado and just been on a harrowing 10-hour bus trip through sleet and snow. Hungry and broke, all she...
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Insurgents paying price to oppose al-Qaida
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Former Sunni insurgents -- wearing masks and wailing in grief -- joined a funeral procession Friday for a leader killed for turning his guns on Islamic extrem...
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Humpbacks safe, for now
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- Humpback whales are safe -- at least for now. Giving in to U.S. pressure and worldwide criticism, Japan's government on Friday announced a whaling fleet now in ...
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Teens accused in 'Mortal Kombat' death
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - GREELEY, Colo. -- A teenage girl and her boyfriend made brief court appearances Friday on charges of beating her 7-year-old half-sister to death while imitating moves fr...
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Be sure your car's prepared for winterDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BETHESDA, Md. -- It's the sleigh and not your car that is supposed to dash through the snow, but if vehicles are not adequately prepared for winter, driving can be more ...
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Belgium under terror alert
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgian police Friday arrested 14 Muslim extremists suspected of planning the jailbreak of an al-Qaida prisoner convicted of plotting a terrorist at...
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Some OnStar no longer on call
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- When Adele Rothman bought her 16-year-old son a car in 2003, she made sure to pick one that had OnStar, the onboard communications and safety system. What th...
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United, Delta double surcharges
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - United Airlines has doubled a surcharge it added to tickets last month to offset high fuel costs, a spokesman said Friday. Delta Air Lines quickly followed suit. The mov...
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Oldest U.S. veteran of WWI dies; 2 remain
Dec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TOLEDO, Ohio -- J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, has died. The retired teacher, one of only three U.S. veterans from the "war t...