Nation and World
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Congress targeting N. Marianas
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress is trying again to exert more control over the Northern Marianas, this time minus the interference of jailed lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who for years...
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Four charged in Taylor slaying not strangers to police
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- Four young men charged with unpremeditated murder in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor have not been strangers to police. Still, nothin...
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Ready to get out the wordDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - It's not clear if DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom will drive and State's Attorney Joe Birkett will put up the referendum signs this January. Or if Birkett...
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Stakes are high for Chavez at polls
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez faces his stiffest challenge in years Sunday as voters decide whether to approve constitutional changes that would greatly ex...
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Food banks hip to hunters' game, but face shortages; more in need
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - HELENA, Mont. -- When Frank Moran shot a mule deer during a hunting trip in Montana, there was no question what he would do with the venison. Moran took the deer to a me...
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Civilian toll falls for 3rd straight month
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The number of Iraqis killed last month fell to 718, an Associated Press tally showed, the lowest monthly death toll since just before the 2006 bombing of a Sh...
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Law, liberty & war
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Nearly six years ago, Bosnian authorities ordered the release of six men picked up on suspicion of plotting to attack the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo. An inve...
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Death toll rises in Uganda's Ebola outbreakDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - KAMPALA -- Two more Ugandans have died of a new strain of the deadly Ebola virus in an outbreak near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the death-tol...
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Turks fire on Kurds inside Iraq
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - ISTANBUL, Turkey -- The Turkish military said Saturday it attacked 50 to 60 Kurdish rebels inside Iraqi territory, inflicting "significant losses." It did not say whethe...
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Stretching your gas tank
Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Energy deal to push auto industry on fuel-efficiency WASHINGTON -- The groundbreaking deal in Congress to raise mile-per-gallon standards will compel the auto industry t...