Nation and World
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Still no word from trapped miners in slow rescue
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods m...
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Wal-Mart cuts its annual earnings forecastAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit Tuesday and cut its full-year earnings forecast, saying "economic pressures" like higher fuel...
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Still no word from trapped miners in slow rescue
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods m...
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Tunisia boots Arafat's widow
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia has stripped the widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of Tunisian citizenship, officials said Tuesday. A formal decree published Au...
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Two key points emerge from woes in home mortgagesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Exactly a century ago, panic seized financial markets. The collateral for perhaps half the bank loans in New York was securities whose values had been inflated by specul...
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New York City will get traffic funding -- with one catch
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg was promised $354 million in federal funds Tuesday to help launch his ambitious plan to reduce traffic and pollution by charging extr...
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U.S. Briefs: Mattel recalls more toys
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Mattel recalls more toys WASHINGTON -- Mattel announced recalls Tuesday for 9 million more Chinese-made toys, including popular Barbie, Polly Pocket and "Cars" movie ite...
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World briefs: 6 Palestinians die in GazaAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - 6 Palestinians die in Gaza: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft attacked Islamic militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and ground troops clashed with fighters in ...
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Mattel defends its toy safety measures
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- With its reputation bruised by the second major recall of Chinese-made toys tainted with lead paint in a matter of two weeks, Mattel Inc. on Tuesday defended...
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Frustration grows at Utah mine site
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- As frustration mounts over the slow pace of the digging to free six trapped miners, more questions arose Tuesday about whether risky mining methods m...