Nation and World
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Drowned by Katrina, this coupe still lives
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - COCHABAMBA, Bolivia -- The bathtub ring of mold on the ceiling of Colleen McGaw's Mini Cooper marks how high Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters rose inside the sporty red c...
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A global warning
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - VALENCIA, Spain -- Global warming is "unequivocal" and carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere commits the world to an average rise in sea levels of up to 4.6 feet, the...
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For Japanese, whaling is a tradition
Nov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - WADA, Japan -- A whale's bleeding carcass bobbed in the surf, a steel harpoon jutting from its side. Then butchers at this Japanese fishing village went to work, turning...
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Chavez tells OPEC oil prices will soar if U.S. attacks IranNov 17, 2007 10:00 pm - RIYADH -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told an OPEC summit on Saturday crude oil prices could double to $200 if the United States attacked his ally Iran. "If the Uni...
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Ex-state senator gets seven years
Nov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- A federal judge sentenced a former lawmaker Friday to seven years in prison for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a construction company execu...
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CBS asks wants judge to dismiss Rather's suitNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CBS has asked a judge to throw out a $70 million lawsuit filed by former news anchor Dan Rather, arguing that Rather's claims of unfair treatment "bear no re...
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War funds stalled in Congress
Nov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Nearly a year after anti-war voters put them in power, congressional Democrats remain unable to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq. Frustrated...
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Investor pushes airline merger
Nov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- A hedge fund which advocates a combination of Delta Air Lines Inc. and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines took its case Friday to a group of investors in the two air...
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Official's brother quits BlackwaterNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP)-- The brother of embattled State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard quit as an adviser to Blackwater Worldwide on Friday, two days after the re...
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Ethanol's uncertain future grows risk for ADMNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Despite record first-quarter earnings reported Nov. 6 by Archer Daniels Midland Co., the company's good fortune could still turn on a dime. Some analysts see the Decatur...