Nation and World
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No bond for teacher who left with teen
Nov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - EL CENTRO, Calif. -- A judge denied bail Wednesday for a 25-year-old teacher accused of fleeing to Mexico with a 13-year-old student, and the woman agreed to be transfer...
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Veterans face higher risk of homelessness
Nov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the U.S., though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be rele...
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Candidates' online stores help them get the word outNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Each male presidential candidate has an "official" online store where supporters can buy buttons, pins, T-shirts, hats, jackets and more. The sole female candidate -- Hi...
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The deadliest year yet in Iraq
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military announced six new deaths Tuesday, making 2007 the bloodiest year for American troops in Iraq despite a recent decline in casualties and a sh...
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Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth, ends 15-day mission
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday and concluded a 15-day space station build and repair mission that was among the most chall...
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State Farm wins appeal over its Katrina coverage
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld policy language that a major insurer has used to deny hundreds of policyholders' claims on the Gulf Coast after Hur...
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Boy describes journey to Mexico with teacher, says friendship led to sex
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - JANITZIO, Mexico -- The 13-year-old who fled from Nebraska with a middle school teacher told The Associated Press their friendship led to sex and a rambling journey to n...
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Astronaut admits worries during repair spacewalk
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With the mission finally coming to a close, Discovery's commander acknowledged Tuesday she had been "extremely concerned" about the safety of the...
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Diplomats trading jabs over Iraq duty
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A bitter dispute over forced assignments to Iraq has erupted inside the State Department with diplomats taking decidedly undiplomatic potshots at one anoth...
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Crude oil prices climb to another milestone
Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil futures jumped to a new record above $97 a barrel Tuesday after bombings in Afghanistan and an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline compounded the supply conc...