Nation and World
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Gunman in Colo. attacks had been thrown out of school, police say
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The gunman believed to have killed four people at a megachurch and a missionary training school had been thrown out of the school a few ye...
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Will Army tours of duty in Iraq be shortened?
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- As security improves in Iraq, pressure is building to reverse one of the most onerous decisions Defense Secretary Robert Gates made to enable President Bus...
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Can seaweed really save the planet?
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- Slimy, green and unsightly, seaweed and algae are among the humblest of plants. A group of scientists at a climate conference in Bali say they could a...
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GOP holds Spanish-language debate
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The Republican presidential candidates sought to embrace Hispanics in a Spanish language debate Sunday, striving to mark common ground with a growi...
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Hollywood strike enters sixth week
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The Hollywood strike is rewriting the holidays for idled workers. With her income pinched, script supervisor Petra Jorgensen canceled an annual trip to Eu...
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Olmert ally tries to defuse criticism ahead of meeting
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- A key ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel will hold on to all Jewish neighborhoods of Jerusalem but would have to relinquish Arab nei...
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Biden adds fuel to interrogation debate
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A Senate Democratic leader said Sunday the attorney general should appoint a special counsel to investigate the CIA's destruction of videotaped interrogati...
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High court: Judges can gave shorter sentences for crack verses powder
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday said judges may impose shorter prison terms for crack cocaine crimes, enhancing judicial discretion to reduce the disparity bet...
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Leaders debate best way to handle relations, negotiations with Iran
Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Intelligence findings that Iran stood down on nuclear weapons development have sharpened the debate in Washington as well as the presidential campaign over...
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Gore sees hope in global 'people-power' movementDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - OSLO, Norway -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore said on Sunday he was optimistic that a growing "people-power" movement would push the world's leaders to take action to...