Nation and World
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China: We won't cap greenhouse gases
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - BEIJING -- A Chinese official gave the clearest sign yet that Beijing will reject binding caps on greenhouse gas emissions at a global meeting next month, saying Friday ...
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Motorola opens Beijing complexNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. on Thursday marked its 20th year in China by expanding its operations with a new research-and-development complex in Wangjing, Beijing. Because about 35 pe...
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Company investigating fourth injury in Aqua Dots recall
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - SYDNEY, Australia -- The Australian company behind a popular Chinese-made toy found to contain a chemical that converts into a potentially fatal drug when ingested said ...
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Mukasey confirmed after bruising debate
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed retired judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general Thursday night to replace Alberto Gonzales, who was forced from office in a scandal ...
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Charges of lavishness at Oral Roberts U.
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - TULSA, Okla. -- A Beverly Hills house and country club membership. Vacations in Palm Springs and the South Seas. A closet as big as an apartment, stuffed with hundreds o...
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Eruption near? Ground rising in Yellowstone
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Yellowstone National Park, once the site of a giant volcano, has begun swelling up, possibly because molten rock is accumulating beneath the surface, scien...
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North Korea thanks U.S. for battling pirates
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea expressed rare gratitude Thursday for U.S. help in ending a high-seas standoff with Somali pirates, a sign of warming ties between the ...
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FEMA bars workers from entering potentially toxic trailers
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency is barring employees from entering thousands of stored travel trailers over concerns about hazardous fumes, while ...
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Are all of us toxic?
Nov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - While she traveled the world with the Navy, Stephanie Felten said she carefully considered the food and consumer products she bought, figuring other countries did not ha...
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Hillary Clinton's expensive plansNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The Boston Globe quoted Hillary: "I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all!" How true. The plans she totes as "for the common good" might reach the one...