Nation and World
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Inquiry worries religious groups
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Among the many conservative Christians who feel misunderstood by the general public, the six televangelists under investigation by a Senate committee are an embarrassmen...
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Top Democratic fundraiser indicted
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu swindled investors out of millions of dollars and made illegal donations to the political campaigns of congressional and...
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Bad news for bears: There may be too many
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - BILLINGS, Mont. -- Nearly extinct last century, grizzly bears are back in a big way in the northern Rockies -- rising in numbers, pushing into new territories and maulin...
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Briefs: Jesse Jackson plans rally in New YorkDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Activist Jesse Jackson will hold a rally on Wall Street next week to persuade the financial community to help people who are foreclosing on their homes amid ...
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Woman denies online harassment in suicide case
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- A woman linked to an online hoax played on a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide had no idea MySpace messages to the girl had turned cruel and did not wr...
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Rolling Stone ad sparks lawsuit
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Illinois is one of six states accusing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. of violating a nine-year-old ban on the use of cartoons to support cigarette advertisements. The lawsuit...
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Iran says report means U.S. should ease demands
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran on Tuesday touted a new U.S. intelligence report as vindication that its nuclear program is peaceful. But it was unclear if the finding would lead t...
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Zapping reefs helps battle warming
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia -- Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and p...
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Hundreds of toys found with lead
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- Tests on more than 1,200 children's products, most of them still on store shelves, found that 35 percent contain lead -- many with levels far above the federa...
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U.S. students can't match global field in math, science
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. students are lagging behind their peers in other countries in science and math, test results out Tuesday show. The test, the Program for International...