Nation and World
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Greek prime minister to follow in uncle's footstepsSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS-- Conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis weathered scathing criticism over his handling of deadly forest fires and financial scandals to win a second victo...
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88 killed in Thailand plane crashSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - PHUKET, Thailand -- Investigators sifted on Monday though the wreckage of a budget airliner that crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket, killing 88 people as it bro...
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Changes afoot in Iraq
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to withdraw from the Shiite bloc is the most dramatic sign of the transformation in Iraqi politics. Old alliances are fraying, new ...
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Held without bail
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Police arrested O.J. Simpson on Sunday, saying he was part of an armed group who burst into a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memorabilia that documented ...
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Fed looks poised to cut interest rates
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For the first time in more than four years, the Federal Reserve appears ready to lower interest rates to prevent a housing meltdown and a painful credit cr...
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Bush poised to nominate retired judge as attorney general
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce ...
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Amid harsh criticism, Greek prime minister wins againSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS -- Conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis weathered scathing criticism over his handling of deadly forest fires and financial scandals to win a second vict...
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Oil executive succumbs to pneumonia
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Chicago banker and oil executive John E. Swearingen, who led Standard Oil Co. of Indiana to become the sixth-largest U.S. company, died at a Birmingh...
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Sen. Craig's arrest spot a curiosity
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- When tourists ask for the bathroom in the Minneapolis airport lately, it's usually not because they have to go. It's because they want to see the s...
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'Hand-washing police' find one-third of men still fail to wash up after bathroom use
Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The gender gap has widened when it comes to hygiene, according to the latest stakeout by the "hand washing police." One-third of men didn't bother to wash after using th...