Nation and World
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Pakistan frees more dissidents
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Associated Press In this picture released Wednesday by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf kisses Hajr-e-Aswad, the sacre...
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Lead-tainted kids' jewelry latest recall
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- More than a half-million pieces of Chinese-made children's jewelry contaminated with lead are being recalled, it was announced Wednesday. The recalled merc...
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Aid coming too slow for hungry cyclone victims
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TAFALBARI, Bangladesh -- International donors pledged hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to rebuild Bangladesh's cyclone-ravaged coast, but help wasn't coming fas...
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He's not a deer; boy has hat shot of while hunting
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - THERESA, Wis. -- A 13-year-old boy out deer hunting with his father had his hat shot off his head but wasn't injured. Jeffrey Trepanier, 32, called the sheriff's office ...
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Abbott, others sued over two patentsNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP -- Roche Holding AG's diagnostics unit sued the diabetes divisions of Abbott Laboratories, Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson, claiming infringement of...
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Retired general backing pullout
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top commander in Iraq shortly after the fall of Baghdad, said this week he supports Democratic legislation that ...
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Israel OK arms shipment for W. Bank security force
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Israel's premier approved a shipment of Russian arms to police in the West Bank, overriding objections of his own security forces to bolster Palestinian Pre...
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Judge orders Broadway's 'Grinch' to reopen despite ongoing strike
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Curtain up for the "Grinch." Twenty-six more shows to go. Performances resume at 11 a.m. Friday after a Manhattan judge ordered the reopening of "Dr. Seuss' ...
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Sleepy? Don't blame the turkey
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Feel sleepy after a big Thanksgiving meal? Contrary to popular thinking, it's not the turkey's fault. While there is an amino acid in turkey that induce...
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Gap 3rd-quarter earnings jump 26 percent
Nov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Gap Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit rose 26 percent as marketing costs fell. But the company's cost-cutting campaign couldn't compensate fo...