Nation and World
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Bigeye tuna may be a brink of extinctionNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - GENEVA - Worldwide stocks of bigeye tuna, a prime source for Japanese restaurants serving sushi and sashimi around the world, are on the verge of collapse from overfishi...
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Parents say airlines should do more for children traveling alone
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Susan Cole wanted to fly her 12-year-old son Danny from their Maryland home to Houston so he could catch a football game with his dad, who was there on a business trip. ...
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French president won't blink during standoff
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - PARIS -- Schools closed, flights were delayed, trains again weren't running, and newspapers weren't printed as civil servants joined transport workers in strikes Tuesday...
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Scientists, ethicists enthusiastic about stem cell discoveryNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Scientists and ethicists alike welcomed the news Tuesday that two groups had been able to reprogram ordinary skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells --...
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Fed forecasts slower growth, more out of work in '08
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The housing collapse and credit crisis will slow economic growth and nudge up unemployment next year, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday in a first-of-its-ki...
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Shiite leader, Sunni veep at odds
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister lashed out at the country's Sunni Arab vice president in an interview published Tuesday, drawing attention to a bitter rift between two ...
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Briefs: Motorola unit sale approvedNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- St. Louis-based Diversified manufacturer Emerson Electric Co. won permission from the European Commission Tuesday to buy Motorola Inc.'s embedded communica...
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Ashcroft's law firm set for windfall
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's law firm could earn $52.2 million helping the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey monitor a leading maker ...
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Scientists find fossil of what once was the world's biggest bug
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - LONDON -- This was a bug you couldn't swat and definitely couldn't step on. British scientists have stumbled across a fossilized claw, part of an ancient sea scorpion, t...
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Ex-press secretary says Bush, Cheney covered up Plame incident
Nov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of...