Nation and World
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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...
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K-Fed out of patience with Britney
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Running out of patience with Britney Spears, Kevin Federline's attorney on Friday said he plans to seek consequences. Mark Vincent Kaplan, who represents Spears' ex-hus...
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N. Korea responds to Bush letter
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Friday that he got Kim Jong Il's attention by writing the North Korean leader a letter and that Kim can get his attention by fully disc...
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'Baseline Killer' gets 438 years
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- A man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer was sentenced to 438 years in prison Friday for the sexual assaults of two sisters. Mark Goudeau still face...
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Using a credit card to pay for parking -- priceless
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - OSLO, Norway -- When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000. At least ...
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Refugees running out of money
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- One-third of Iraqi refugees who fled to neighboring Syria expect their money to run out within three months, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday in a report h...
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Defense budget passes without timetable
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Friday passed a defense policy bill that would offer more help to troops returning from combat and set conditions on contractors and pricey w...
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Walrus herds in jeopardy
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in ...