Nation and World
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Director offers pope a few pointers on imageDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - ROME -- Italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli is offering his services to Pope Benedict as an image consultant, saying the German pontiff comes across as col...
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White House has concerns with climate deal
Dec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Despite agreeing on the outline for a new global warming deal, the White House quibbled with it Saturday and said it does not sufficiently address the role...
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Britain's handover of Basra symbolic
Dec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Britain's weekend handover of Basra province will have a limited effect on security in Iraq's biggest oil region because rival Shiite warlords and local offic...
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Israeli official critical of intelligence on Iran
Dec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Israel's public security minister warned Saturday that a U.S. intelligence report that said Iran no longer is developing nuclear arms could lead to a region...
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Suspect in jet bombing plot escapes
Dec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A British suspect in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners escaped from police custody in Pakistan on Saturday, officials said. Rash...
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Where religion and sports collide
Dec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - DEARBORN, Mich. -- Dewnya Bakri loves her faith -- and the feeling of sinking a three-pointer. For much of her life, the 20-year-old Muslim has found a way to balance pr...
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Marine won't go to prison over shooting
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Marine reservist who killed an Iraqi soldier was sentenced Friday to a bad-conduct discharge but will serve no more time behind bars, a spoke...
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Bush might reject $286 billion farm bill
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill with an election-year expansion of subsidies for growers and food stamps for the poor. The bill, pas...
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Two guilty in terrorist case
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Two men accused of plotting behind prison walls to launch attacks on military sites, synagogues and other targets in 2005 pleaded guilty Friday to c...
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In New Jersey, kids have to get flu shot
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading ge...