Nation and World
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How a hospital kept getting it wrong
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...
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Climate conference close to agreement
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...
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They're still going to jail over Abramaoff
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...
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Jays' creditors want to look at financesDec 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...
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World's poor report better access to food, health care
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...
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Hung jury in Sears Tower trial
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...
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Europe threatens to boycott Bush climate talks
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...
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Merck's bid for over-the-counter cholesterol drug rejected
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...
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Gasoline costs fuel inflation
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...
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Democrats agree: Tax the wealthiest
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...