Nation and World
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Lobster sales go high tech
Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - PORTLAND, Maine -- Two brothers are selling more than just lobsters from their waterfront business. They're selling the lobstering experience -- and it doesn't come chea...
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Teacher arrested for blog comment praising Columbine shooters
Dec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. -- Bloggers and free speech advocates are calling on prosecutors not to file charges against a teacher arrested for allegedly posting an anonymous comment ...
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Is a teddy-bear pardon coming?
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Sudan's president will meet a British delegation to discuss a possible pardon for a teacher imprisoned in Sudan for allowing her students to name a te...
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Too much a wonk for his own good?
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Mitt Romney loves statistics. The former venture capitalist pores over charts and grafs. He analyzes situations and data from every angle. It's little w...
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Just what the Southwest needs: drier air
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry ...
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U.S.: Iran could have nukes by 2010
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program in the fall of 2003 under international pressure but is continuing to enrich uranium, which means it ma...
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Diabetes drug may thin bones
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The popular diabetes drug marketed as Avandia may increase bone thinning, a discovery that could help explain why diabetics can have an increased risk of f...
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Chimp beats college students in game
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Think you're smarter than a fifth-grader? How about a 5-year-old chimp? Japanese researchers pitted young chimps against human adults in tests of short-term ...
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Olmert rejects peace treaty deadline
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel is not bound by a December 2008 target for a peace agreement set at last week's U.S.-hosted Mideast summi...
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Venezuela's future at stake
Dec 02, 2007 10:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hugo Chavez sought to cement his power with sweeping reforms that would end presidential term limits in a contentious vote that the government said...