Nation and World
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EPA finishes fewer Superfund cleanups
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency will finish 24 Superfund toxic waste cleanups this year, far fewer than the average 76 completed annually during the Cl...
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Quakes rock Indonesia a second time
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - PADANG, Indonesia -- The ground shook so hard Yulinar had to grab a table to steady herself. Minutes later, she heard a warning crackling over the speakers of the neighb...
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Petraeus report shows U.S. has little time left to stitch Iraq togetherSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - "Tell me how this ends." That is the question Gen. David Petraeus posed to journalist Rick Atkinson in March 2003 as U.S. troops were moving to topple Saddam Hussein. An...
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Iraq report to show little progress
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new White House report on Iraq shows slim progress, moving just one more political and security goal into the satisfactory column: efforts to let former ...
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Murder suspect may have killed 62 people
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- A man accused of killing dozens of people and keeping count of his victims on a chessboard paced back and forth inside a glass cage as a jury was selected Thur...
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O.J. Simpson a suspect in Las Vegas casino break-inSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Investigators questioned O.J. Simpson and named him a suspect Friday in a break-in at a casino hotel room involving sports memorabilia. The break-in was rep...
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Suicide bomber breaches base security
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a mess hall inside a high-security base used by a Pakistani counterterrorism force, killi...
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New Legion leader glad to break down barriersSep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - In 1965, with a group of college students that included future U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Jacqueline Blount visited Japan with the aim of helping the still-war-d...
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Rape trial starts for admitted polygamist
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. GEORGE, Utah -- Seven women and five men were selected as jurors Thursday to decide whether the leader of a polygamist sect coerced a 14-year-old girl into marrying ...
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Christmas, birthdays to cost more in 2008
Sep 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Americans will be bearing the cost of safer toys in the U.S., but not until after this year's Christmas season. Shoppers can expect price increases up to 10 ...