Nation and World
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McDonald's eyes ballooning coffee market, but franchisees not happy
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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63 dead, 37 trapped after Ukraine mine explosion
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - DONETSK, Ukraine -- A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least 63 miners in the ex-Soviet nation's worst mining acciden...
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'We have seen more bodies floating in the sea'
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - BARGUNA, Bangladesh -- The death toll from Bangladesh's most devastating storm in a decade climbed to at least 2,300 on Sunday and relief officials warned the figure cou...
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U.S. envoy fails
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's government dismissed a last-ditch U.S. call to end emergency rule, leaving the Bush administration with limited ...
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Time for political courage on Social Security reformNov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - It's one of the toughest and most divisive issues facing the American people. And how we respond will have a profound impact on future generations. Yet many elected offi...
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Is Motor City the most dangerous?
Nov 18, 2007 10:00 pm - DETROIT -- In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research...
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Winfrey showers Macon, Ga., audience with gifts
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - MACON, Ga. -- Oprah Winfrey, kicking off a series of shows highlighting towns across the United States, concluded a taping in Macon, Georgia, on Saturday by doling out g...
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UN: Bodyguard's gunfire hit most of 180 bombing victims
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHLANI-JADID, Afghanistan -- Up to two-thirds of the 77 people killed and 100 wounded in a suicide bombing last week were hit by bullets from visiting lawmakers' panic...
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He wants to die, but judge won't let him
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - LIVINGSTON, Texas -- The first letter, neatly handwritten on lined paper, arrived at the federal courthouse in Dallas nearly a year and a half ago with a simple address:...
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Another presidential debate that wasn't very helpful to votersNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - During Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was given a chance to answer the question about offering driver's li...