Nation and World
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Big Dig contractor settles for $50 million
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) -- A concrete supplier for the Big Dig has agreed to pay $50 million to end civil and criminal investigations into whether it supplied inferior concrete used...
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Violence follows mosque reopening
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 13 people at a hotel Friday after hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police as the capi...
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Tainted cans still on store shelves
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stores nationwide are continuing to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after...
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Video Share is prelude to video phones
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- My cell phone flickered to life in the middle of a rowdy party, and seconds later, my fiancee's face brightened up the screen. "Sorry I couldn't make it," she...
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Obama's second gaffe deepens doubts about wartime credentialsJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - For Barack Obama, it was strike two. And this one was a right-down-the-middle question from a YouTuber in Monday night's South Carolina debate: "Would you be willing to ...
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Good Samaritan's car stolen by 'victim'Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLANDIA, N.Y. (AP) -- So much for gratitude. James Scarabino was driving along New York's Long Island Expressway early Thursday when he stopped to help a motorist st...
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Britney's bodyguard facing battery chargesJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A bodyguard for Britney Spears must face a battery charge after he scuffled with two men trying to photograph the singer and her young sons at a Las Vegas Strip resort, ...
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Quick and quiet: electric dragsters aim for gas powered records
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine th...
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Wall Street continues decline
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street extended its steep decline Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 500 points over two days after investors gave in to mounti...
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News choppers collide; 4 killed
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground Friday, killing all four people on board in a plunge that v...