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Bigeye tuna may be a brink of extinction

Reuters
Nov 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...
Parents say airlines should do more for children traveling alone

By David Koenig Associated Press
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. ...
French president won't blink during standoff

Associated Press
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...
Scientists, ethicists enthusiastic about stem cell discovery

From wire reports
Nov 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 --...
Fed forecasts slower growth, more out of work in '08

Associated Press
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...
Shiite leader, Sunni veep at odds

Associated Press
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 ...
Briefs: Motorola unit sale approved

Nov 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...
Ashcroft's law firm set for windfall

Associated Press
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 ...
Scientists find fossil of what once was the world's biggest bug

Associated Press
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...
Ex-press secretary says Bush, Cheney covered up Plame incident

Associated Press
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...

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