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Pending U.S. adoptions OK'd in Guatemala

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan legislators approved a new law Tuesday to tighten adoptions, while allowing pending adoptions -- mostly to U.S. couples -- to go through wit...
Strangers swap money with peer-to-peer Web loans

By Jackie Farwell Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Colin Nash, 35, was struggling with $12,000 in credit card debt late last year. Meanwhile, Michael Fisher, 24, was looking for a new investment. So, Fisher loaned Nash $...
Power KO'd by ice storm

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY -- Stan Turner awoke Tuesday to find not only was his home without power, but an ice-coated tree limb had crashed into his classic Mustang. The only heat a...
Online threats linked to killer

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DENVER -- In between his two deadly shooting sprees, church gunman Matthew Murray apparently posted a furious threat on the Internet to kill Christians. But whether the ...
Spy court refuses to release documents on surveillance

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The nation's spy court said Tuesday that it will not release its documents regarding the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. The Foreign...
'W00t' wins Merriam-Webster's 'Word of the Year' poll

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Expect cheers among hardcore online game enthusiasts when they learn Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year. Or, more accurately, expect them to "w00t....
No-name mail isn't delivered to soldiers

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Hundreds of thousands of holiday cards and letters thanking wounded American troops for their sacrifice and wishing them well never reach their desti...
Mortgage giants see more trouble

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Tuesday warned their ailing mortgage-finance companies will suffer further in 2008 due to a weakening...
Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent change

By Richard Cohen
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...
Victim remembered as 'strong, loving'

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Family wants Ill. mall shooting victim remembered as 'strong, loving' MOLINE -- Hundreds of mourners braved freezing rain and treacherous roads Tuesday to pay their resp...

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