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Fostering donation with 'political mutual funds'

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The term of choice in political giving these days is straight out of the world of finance -- donors have become "investors." Now, liberal California ventur...
Newt's return sign of GOP's failures

Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Newt Gingrich has reared his ugly head again. You remember him, the former Republican speaker of the house, the man who got his terminally ill wife to sign their divorce...
Cops' confusion can be deadly

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A candy bar, a wallet, even a pair of baggy pants can draw deadly police gunfire. The killing of a hairbrush-brandishing teenager last week was the latest in...
FBI reports hate crimes were up nearly 8 percent in 2006

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by nearly 8 percent, the FBI reported Monday, as racial prejudice continued to account for more th...
Dollar takes a beating

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that OPEC's members have expressed interest in converting their cash reserves into a currency o...
32 Americans named as Rhodes Scholars

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - A translator for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a boxer from the Bronx and an ultimate Frisbee player were among 32 Americans selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the schola...
Japan whaling fleet heads for hunt that will include humpbacks

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - SHIMONOSEKI, Japan -- A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environme...
California wary of potential fires with return of dry winds

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Officials in Southern California began deploying firefighting crews and equipment Sunday as meteorologists predicted a return of the dry winds that stoked...
Obama criticizes Clinton on trade

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - MARION, Iowa -- Democrat Barack Obama sharply criticized Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday for her past support of NAFTA, saying the former first lady had changed her min...
McDonald's eyes ballooning coffee market, but franchisees not happy

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - McDonald's Corp. executives came out swinging when they announced their assault on the comfy world of coffee shops. After the success of its upgraded drip coffee -- whic...

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