Nation and World
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College privacy waivers keep parents in the loop -- sort ofSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - For parents hoping to keep tabs on their college kids this fall, schools have this advice: Get it in writing -- if you can. Under federal law, colleges are barred from r...
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Myanmar erupts in violence
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar security forces opened fire on Buddhist monks and other pro-democracy demonstrators Wednesday for the first time in a month of anti-government...
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A Clinton-Gore reunion, of sorts
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Global warming, poverty, health and education took center stage at the opening of Clinton Global Initiative conference Wednesday as former President Clinton ...
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Love, but sometimes money, feeds collecting habit
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For 31 years, Alan Rosen has built a successful career as a professional baseball card dealer, but his real pride is an army of robots. Rosen has amassed a r...
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Will Episcopalian leaders 'exercise restraint'?
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Even the fiercest critics of the Episcopal Church's liberal drift say it's too soon to know whether the bishops' latest pledge to "exercise restraint" in ...
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New mom gets extra time on licensing exam
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- A Harvard student must be allowed extra break time during her nine-hour medical licensing exam so she can pump breast milk to feed her 4-month-old daughter, a ...
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Field wrong about women and warSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - At the 2007 Emmy awards, Sally Field, the former "Flying Nun," became Hollywood's latest "screaming Mimi." During her bloviating, she blurted out that if mothers ran the...
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Wine collectors hope to taste big profitsSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - Wine is a gaining popularity as a collectible among amateurs and professionals thanks to growing demand leading to sharp price hikes. The growing demand has drawn intere...
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New showdown over Iraq war spending looms
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Congress are headed toward another showdown on war spending, this time sparring over nearly $190 billion the Pentagon says is needed to ...
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Democrats want standard for microwave popcorn
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- That buttery taste and smell of microwave popcorn may have caused a deadly lung disease in workers who package it. While there's no evidence of any danger ...