Nation and World
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Unemployment rate holds steady
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It was far from a hiring spree. But with the economy buffeted by speculation that another recession looms, the fact that the nation's payrolls are still gr...
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CIA, Justice Department open investigation into video destruction
Dec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department and CIA announced a joint inquiry Saturday into the spy agency's destruction of videotapes of interrogations of two suspected terror...
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House OKs boost in fuel standards
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- It surprised even some environmentalists when a $21 billion tax package, much of it new taxes on oil companies, emerged in the House Democrats' energy bill...
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Lawmakers set limits on CIA interrogations, ban waterboarding
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- House and Senate negotiators working on an intelligence bill have agreed to limit CIA interrogators to techniques approved by the military, which would eff...
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Romney tries to allay worries over his faith
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Mitt Romney used the word "Mormon" only once in his speech, yet his message and intent were clear. He needed to reassure voters he wouldn't be ...
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FBI: Prisoner admits knowing bin Laden's role in Sept. 11 terror attack
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A Yemeni admitted he was a driver for Osama bin Laden and knew of the al-Qaida leader's role in the Sept. 11 attack, an FBI agent test...
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Female suicide bomber kills 15 in Iraq
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- A female suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt Friday outside the offices of an anti-al-Qaida group that has joined forces with the U.S., killing at lea...
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Schwarzenegger travel committee forced to reveal list of its donors
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- For the first time, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a list of the millionaires and billionaires who pay to send him on lavish overseas trips, o...
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Help to slow the foreclosures
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Jerry Alberson has devoted a lot of time and energy to remodeling his lakefront home in Mississippi. He says he is not looking for a government bailout, ju...
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A rare victory in war against tiger poachers
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - LUCKNOW, India -- Police broke up a major tiger poaching ring in northern India, arresting an alleged kingpin and 15 others, police and wildlife officials said Thursday....