Nation and World
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McDonald's executive arrested in Hong Kong
Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - HONG KONG -- The head of McDonald's Hong Kong branch has been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from food suppliers in return for using their products, local newsp...
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Still no word from trapped miners in slow rescue
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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
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Tunisia boots Arafat's widow
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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
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U.S. Briefs: Mattel recalls more toys
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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