Nation and World
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High-flying identity theft scheme exposed
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- They were young, rich and in love. But the jet-setters financed their fun on the credit cards of unsuspecting neighbors in their high-end apartment build...
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GE recalling microwaves due to fire risk
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- General Electric recalled 92,000 combination wall and microwave ovens after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consum...
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Fannie Mae cuts dividend
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae on Tuesday announced it was cutting its dividend 30 percent and selling $7 billion in special stock to raise additional c...
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Group declares which video games are naughty, nice
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Graphic scenes of gunshot victims spurting blood and a man urinating into a prisoner's cell are included among the 10 video games that a media watchdog gro...
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Supreme Court steps into Guantanamo detainee debate
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is back at the Supreme Court to defend its indefinite detentions of foreign terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo...
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Antibiotics only as good as placebo in sinusitis study
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Just in time for runny nose season, new research suggests routine sinus infections aren't really helped by antibiotics and other medicine that's often prescribed. In the...
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Study: High risk of collisions at U.S. airports
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- There is "a high risk of a catastrophic runway collision occurring in the United States" because of faltering federal leadership, malfunctioning technology...
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Bush undeterred by Iran report
Dec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Defending his credibility, President Bush said Tuesday that Iran is dangerous and must be squeezed by international pressure despite a blockbuster intellig...
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Research: Honey calms kids' coughs
Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - A teaspoon of honey before bed seems to calm children's coughs and help them sleep better, according to a new study that relied on parents' reports of their children's s...
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U.S. envoy in N. Korea to inspect nuclear complex
Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- The top U.S. envoy on North Korea made a rare visit to the communist country Monday to inspect work to disable its nuclear complex so that Pyongyan...