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Congress approves new energy standards

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It was in response to the early 1970s energy crisis and gasoline lines that Congress in 1975 directed automakers to improve the fuel efficiency of their ca...
Senate approves war funding

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to provide $70 billion for U.S. military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, handing a victory to President Bush and his GOP allies o...
7.2 temblor strikes Alaska's Aleutian Islands; no reports of injuries

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A large earthquake rattled Alaska's seismically active Aleutian Islands, but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries. The magnitu...
Aircraft carrier comes to aid teen in trouble

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - An Illinois teenager who underwent surgery at sea after her appendix ruptured on a Mexican cruise returned to the mainland Tuesday aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier that ...
Illnesses linked to tainted syringes

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Federal health officials said Tuesday they are investigating dozens of blood infections in at least two states linked to bacteria-contaminated medical syringes. About 40...
Companies agree to make microwave popcorn safer

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- The nation's four biggest makers of microwave popcorn have removed a flavoring chemical that has been linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers fr...
Judge orders hearing on destruction of CIA tapes

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration must answer questions about the destruction of CIA interrogation videos of two al-Qaida suspects, a federal judge said Tuesday, rej...
Electronics sales boost Best Buy

Daily Herald News Services
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Best Buy Co., the nation's largest consumer electronics retailer, reported a 52-percent jump in third-quarter profits and it raised its guidance for the f...
Congress battles White House over information access

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress on Tuesday struck back at the Bush administration's trend toward secrecy since the 2001 terrorist attacks, passing legislation to toughen the Free...
Time magazine names Russian President Putin "Person of the Year"

Associated Press
Dec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Time magazine today named Russian President Vladimir Putin its 2007 "Person of the Year." The nod went to the Russian leader because of Putin's "extraordinar...

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