Nation and World
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1 million baby cribs recalled
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- About 1 million Simplicity and Graco cribs have been recalled after three children became entrapped and suffocated. The recall was announced by the Consume...
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Family claims can of beans held snake head
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa -- An Iowa family filed a lawsuit seeking damages over a snake head they claim to have found in a can of green beans. Amy and Michael Schneider and th...
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Anti-Syrian Christian leader buried
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Mourners carried the flag-draped coffin of an assassinated anti-Syrian lawmaker through the streets Friday, and a leader of his party said the murder ...
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AIDS vaccine doesn't work
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, leadin...
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Bootmaker charged with smuggling animal skins
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - GUANAJUATO, Mexico -- A bootmaker to world leaders, including President Bush and Vicente Fox, is in a Colorado jail, charged with money laundering and conspiring to ille...
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Aid groups call for help to deal with Africa floods
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - AMURIA DISTRICT, Uganda -- Aid agencies were appealing for millions of dollars Friday to help more than 1 million Africans affected by deadly floods that have swept acro...
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Feds probe gun sales by security agency in Iraq
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been...
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Aiding Taliban could cost Iran
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top American commander on Friday accused Iran of supplying powerful roadside bombs to militants in Afghanistan and said the U.S. would "act decis...
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Mattel apologizes to China over recalls
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Mattel tried to save face Friday with Chinese officials, taking the blame for the recent recalls of millions of Chinese-made toys as it strives to mend a ...
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Stocks finish higher following strong Oracle earnings
Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks rose soundly Friday, capping a strong week for Wall Street, as investors drew confidence from strong results at Oracle Corp. and a continued sense tha...