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How a hospital kept getting it wrong

Associated Press
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- One operation went awry after an experienced brain surgeon insisted to a nurse he knew what side of the head to operate on -- but got it wrong. Anoth...
Climate conference close to agreement

Associated Press
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- The European Union said Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on upcoming negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing the contentious t...
They're still going to jail over Abramaoff

Associated Press
Dec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A Republican environmental activist who arranged lobbyist Jack Abramoff's entree into the Interior Department was sentenced Friday to two months in a halfw...
Jays' creditors want to look at finances

Dow Jones News Service
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Unsecured creditors of Jays Foods Inc. have asked a bankruptcy judge for permission to investigate ties between the potato chip maker and its parent company, Ubiquity Br...
World's poor report better access to food, health care

Associated Press
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The gap between rich and poor remains huge, but a survey of global health finds significantly fewer people in poorer countries say they have had to go with...
Hung jury in Sears Tower trial

Associated Press
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- In a stinging defeat for the Bush administration, one of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al-Qaida to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was a...
Europe threatens to boycott Bush climate talks

Associated Press
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- European nations threatened Thursday to boycott U.S.-sponsored climate talks next month unless the Bush administration compromises and agrees to a "ro...
Merck's bid for over-the-counter cholesterol drug rejected

Associated Press
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Government advisers on Thursday rejected Merck & Co.'s bid for over-the-counter sales of Mevacor, the granddaddy of the famed cholesterol-lowering drugs. T...
Gasoline costs fuel inflation

Associated Press
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A record jump in gasoline prices pushed up wholesale inflation in November at the fastest pace in more than three decades, while retail sales showed unexpe...
Democrats agree: Tax the wealthiest

Associated Press
Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cord...

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