Nation and World
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Common childhood vaccine recalled
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- More than a million doses of a common vaccine given to babies as young as 2 months were being recalled Wednesday because of contamination risks, but the top U...
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Federal Signal calls on ex-UAL chiefDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Federal Signal Corp., a maker of fire trucks that has posted losses in two of the past three years, said Chief Executive Officer Robert Welding resigned and will be repl...
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Recall of common kids' vaccine could cause shortage, but no health threat
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there i...
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U.S. fends off greenhouse gas rules
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- As the U.N. climate conference entered its last days, the United States encountered -- and rejected -- fresh demands Wednesday that it accept ambitiou...
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Sallie Mae sale appears unlikely
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Sallie Mae's stock price sank more than 10 percent Wednesday after the student lender cut its 2008 profit forecast and said it failed to revive interest fr...
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Quiet debate, but fierce race
Dec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - JOHNSTON, Iowa -- The subdued Republican debate Wednesday belied the fierce, increasingly negative battle in Iowa and elsewhere for the party's presidential nomination. ...
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Peru convicts, sentences ex-leader
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - LIMA, Peru -- Former President Alberto Fujimori was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday on a charge of abuse of authority stemming from an illegal ...
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U.S., China sign product safety accord
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - BEIJING -- China and the United States signed agreements Tuesday to increase safeguards over Chinese products and to open up mid-sized Chinese cities to American imports...
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CDC report: U.S. cholesterol falls to the ideal range of 199
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- For the first time in nearly 50 years, the average cholesterol level for U.S. adults is in the ideal range, according to a new government report. Results from...
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Algeria bombs target U.N.
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - ALGIERS, Algeria -- Two truck bombs set off in quick succession sheared off the fronts of U.N. offices and a government building in Algeria's capital Tuesday, killing at...