Nation and World
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Police say man dragged to death had threatened campers with ax
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - NEWPORT, Wash. -- A university student tied to a pickup and dragged to his death on a rural road had been threatening people with an ax during a night of heavy drinking ...
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Mexico to save butterflies, boost tourism
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - CERRO PRIETO, Mexico -- President Felipe Calderon unveiled a sweeping plan Sunday to curb logging and protect millions of monarch butterflies that migrate to the mountai...
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Tales from the front line lessons to both sidesNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - "Punching In - The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee" by Alex Frankel, Collins, $24.95. He wore the brown of UPS, folded t-shirts at the GAP, sold iPo...
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Sharif vows to 'save Pakistan'Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - LAHORE, Pakistan -- Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, returning from exile to Pakistan where President Pervez Musharraf is ruling with emergency powers, vowe...
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Lott to resign Senate seat effective end of year
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. -- Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, plans to resign his seat by the end of the year, congressional and Bush administration o...
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Oil prices rise near $99 a barrel on colder weather, weakened US dollar
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - Oil prices rose to near $99 a barrel Monday with temperatures falling in the United States and Europe and continued weakness for the U.S. dollar. The Thanksgiving holida...
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Australia's new leader plans to join Kyoto pact
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd took advice Sunday on how to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and fielded p...
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Cheney experiences irregular heartbeat during treatment for cough
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, experienced an irregular heartbeat Monday and will be evaluated to George Washington Unive...
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Crews close to containing Calif. wildfire
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - MALIBU, Calif. -- Residents began making their way back along winding canyon roads Sunday to see whether their homes survived a wind-driven wildfire a day earlier that s...
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TripIt organizes all aspects of your travel
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - BOULDER, Colo. -- Planning a trip can be as much of a pain as getting stuck on a delayed flight. A new Web site called TripIt came to the rescue as I was planning three ...