Nation and World
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California diocese splits from Episcopal Church
Dec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- The conservative Diocese of San Joaquin voted Saturday to split from the liberal-leaning Episcopal Church, becoming the first full diocese to secede fro...
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McDonald's, franchisees settle coffee fracas
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp. has agreed to pay its franchisees 40 percent of the expense of outfitting U.S. restaurants to serve specialty coffees after the restaura...
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Home(land security) for the holidays means tightened watch at borders
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - LAREDO, Texas -- Unlike past Christmas holidays, Adriana Aguilar won't be joining the festive get-togethers this year with friends and family just across the Texas-Mexic...
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Pearl Harbor survivors honor those who fell 66 years ago
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A few dozen graying Pearl Harbor survivors observed a moment of silence on Friday in honor of their comrades who perished in the Japanese bombing...
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CompUSA sold, will close stores
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - DALLAS -- Consumer electronics retailer CompUSA said Friday it will close its store operations after the holidays following sale of the company to Gordon Brothers Group ...
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Las Vegas seeking stars, diamonds
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- In the rarified world of luxury hotels, it's not only the thread count of the sheets or the sheen of the marble but the sincerity of the staff that separate...
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Angry lawmakers seek investigation into destruction of interrogation tapes
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Angry congressional Democrats demanded Friday that the Justice Department investigate why the CIA destroyed videotapes of the interrogation of two terroris...
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Briefs: Kraft Foods board gets new membersDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - NORTHFIELD -- Kraft Foods Inc. on Friday named Harvard Business School professor Myra M. Hart and CBS Corp. Chief Financial Officer Fredric G. Reynolds to its board. Lo...
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Cops release security camera images of gunman inside Omaha mall
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- A shaggy-haired figure in a baggy sweatshirt enters the Von Maur department store, glances to the right and left, and leaves. He's captured again by a sur...
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Huckabee advocated isolating AIDS patients during 1992 Senate race
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Mike Huckabee once advocated isolating AIDS patients from the general public, opposed increased federal funding in the search for a cure and said ho...