Nation and World
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Briefs: Nasdaq sale idea raises concernsSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. struck a complex deal to sell a 20-percent stake to the state-owned Borse Dubai in return for control of Sweden's leading stock mark...
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Cyclist Landis loses case
Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - PARIS -- The verdict said "guilty." Like so much else in the confusing, contentious Floyd Landis doping case, though, none of the answers are really that simple. Landis ...
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Does justice in America remain racially biased?Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Witnesses described the schoolyard fight in rural Jena, La., as short but violent, as six black teens beat a white classmate unconscious. Instead of being expelled, five...
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Apple's Jobs to be questioned by SECSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs was subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to give a deposition in a backdating lawsuit agai...
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U.S., Canadian dollars reach parity in value
Sep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- The Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar Thursday for the first time since November 1976. Known as the loonie because of the bird pictured on t...
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Southwest Airlines changes boarding planSep 20, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Southwest Airlines, reaching out to business fliers, will change boarding procedures to reduce the time passengers wait in lines while keeping its policy o...
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Ex-astronaut's defense aims to change image
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Not so long ago, nobody would speak for Lisa Nowak. Accusations that the former astronaut had made a diaper-assisted, 1,000-mile drive to confront a wom...
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California farmers fight for truthful olive oil labeling
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - MARTINEZ, Calif. -- This fall, Tom Powers will harvest his olives and press them into oil -- Alhambra Valley authentic extra virgin olive oil with a distinctive peppery ...
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Daily air search for Fossett endedSep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Nevada authorities ended daily air patrols searching for U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett Wednesday but insisted they had not given up hope and would still...
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Arbitrators find Landis guilty of doping, rule he must forfeit 2006 title
Sep 19, 2007 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Floyd Landis lost his expensive and explosive doping case today when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used ...