Nation and World
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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 ...
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LSU campus stays open despite killings
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - BATON ROUGE, La. -- Police searched for suspects Friday in the shooting deaths of two Louisiana State University students, and unlike other schools in the wake of the Vi...
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N.J. poised ban capital punishment
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- With New Jersey poised to become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty, opponents of the practice declared a historic victory and...
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Senate GOP blocks interrogation bill
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked a bill Friday that would restrict the interrogation methods the CIA can use against terrorism suspects. The legislation, part...
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Glow cat, glow -- advances in cloning
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human gen...