Nation and World
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Floods leave Mexico in crisis
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans fled a flooded region of the Gulf coast Friday, jumping from rooftops into rescue helicopters, scrambling into ...
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Bad image not a drawback for San Francisco mayor
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Eight months after admitting he had a drinking problem and an affair with a close aide's wife, Mayor Gavin Newsom stands poised to win his second term w...
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Storms halt Haiti relief effort
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- U.N. helicopters were waiting out driving rain that lashed Haiti on Friday before they could assess flood damage from Tropical Storm Noel, now...
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Clinton, Wal-Mart team to help cities buy 'green' goods
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Former President Bill Clinton told more than 100 mayors this week that stopping global warming depends on them demonstrating that it makes economic sense. He ...
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U.S. takes on latter-day pirates packing modern weapons
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NAIROBI, Kenya -- The U.S. military is once again tangling with pirates, intervening in waters off Somalia twice this week to help ships seized by hijackers -- and bring...
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Out-of-body experience recordedNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Electrodes implanted into the brain to treat a man with a stubborn case of ringing in the ear instead sparked an out-of-body sensation, doctors in Belgium repo...
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California firefighters set for Round 2
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Applying lessons learned just a week ago, Southern California is lining up fire crews and aircraft to get a jump on wildfires if the hot, dry Santa Ana wind...
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Citigroup CEO expected to resign SundayNov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc.'s board plans an emergency meeting Sunday, and Chief Executive Charles Prince is expected to offer to resign, according to the Wall Street Jou...
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Police search pond for missing woman
Nov 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Even as police classified the disappearance of the wife of a Bolingbrook police sergeant as a missing person investigation, they sent divers into a retention pond and le...
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Bridge a milestone in Gulf recovery
Nov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - 4c40 1-line hed, trim to 11 inches. BILOXI, Miss. -- Two years ago, cities on the opposite sides of Biloxi Bay clashed over blueprints for a wider, taller bridge to repl...