Nation and World
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UAW-GM pact promises new products for U.S. plants
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Local union leaders on Friday endorsed a tentative agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers that requires GM to pay out at least $35 billi...
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Investors cautious ahead of earnings report
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks dipped a bit Friday, the last trading day of the third quarter, with Wall Street relieved about solid readings on the economy but cautious ahead of Oc...
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Schaumburg man's killer pleads guilty
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - ROCHESTER, Ind. -- A man convicted of killing his grandmother when he was 12 pleaded guilty Friday to a second murder, the 2005 slaying of the owner of a hotel the defen...
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New virus afflicts British cattle
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Bluetongue, an animal disease previously unknown to British shores, is now officially a full-fledged outbreak, government officials said Friday. The insect-...
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Briefs: Lucent pushing integrationSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Alcatel-Lucent pushing integration PARIS -- Alcatel-Lucent SA, the telecommunications-equipment maker, plans to speed up the integration of the former Alcatel SA and Luc...
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Brain-eating amoeba killing more as waters get warmer
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you ...
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Settlement offered by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and a former subsidiary have agreed to pay more than $515 million to settle federal and state investigations into their drug marketing...
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Despite crackdowns, oil companies still wooing Myanmar
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BANGKOK, Thailand -- Just last Sunday -- when marches led by Buddhist monks drew thousands in Myanmar's biggest cities -- Indian Oil Minister Murli Deora was in the coun...
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Leaders condemn oppression
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Myanmar's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators drew condemnation and sparked protests Friday, with the top U.S. diplomat in the reclusive nation calling t...
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Attorney general nominee had expensive security watch
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Protecting former federal judge Michael Mukasey cost taxpayers an estimated $28 million over more than seven years -- or $10,000 a day -- even as Justice D...