Nation and World
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...
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Airport screeners as unpopular as the IRS?
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A hand sanitizer makes it through security in one airport, then it's confiscated at another. Screening lines back up because only two of six lanes are open...
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Briefs: Blockbuster boosts some DVD plansDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - DALLAS -- Blockbuster Inc., which has been losing money on online movie orders, is boosting prices of its DVD-by-mail service for new customers and some existing ones by...
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Elizabeth oldest monarch in history of British crown
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's oldest-ever monarch Thursday, reaching a new milestone in a job she has held for more than a half century -- one that comes...
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New South Korean leader unafraid to criticize North
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- President-elect Lee Myung-bak said Thursday he would not shy from criticizing North Korea's authoritarian regime, ending a taboo by a decade of lib...
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President scolds Congress over 11th-hour legislation
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush, successful in forcing the Democratic Congress to bend to his will, complained Thursday that lawmakers had wasted time and taxpayers' money....
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Republicans remain kings of pork
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The demise of the bridge to nowhere notwithstanding, Sen. Ted Stevens and other Republicans remain the kings of pork-barrel spending, proving that GOP mast...
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Study: Orphans' brains benefit from foster care
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Toddlers rescued from orphanages and placed in good foster homes score dramatically higher on IQ tests years later than children who were left behind, conc...
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Prosecutor says he may charge Zuma
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - POLOKWANE, South Africa -- South Africa's top prosecutor said Thursday he has enough evidence to bring corruption charges against new African National Congress leader Ja...
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Boeing to expand business in India
Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Boeing Co. has tentatively agreed to send as much as $1 billion in aerospace manufacturing work to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in India over the ...