Nation and World
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Pending U.S. adoptions OK'd in Guatemala
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...
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Strangers swap money with peer-to-peer Web loans
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 $...
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Power KO'd by ice storm
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...
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Online threats linked to killer
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 ...
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Spy court refuses to release documents on surveillance
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...
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'W00t' wins Merriam-Webster's 'Word of the Year' poll
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....
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No-name mail isn't delivered to soldiers
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...
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Mortgage giants see more trouble
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...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeDec 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 ...
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Victim remembered as 'strong, loving'
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...