Nation and World
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Sex offenders declare themselves homeless in Calif.
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Hundreds of California sex offenders who face tough new restrictions on where they can live are declaring themselves homeless -- truthfully or not ...
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Arizona toddler dies in hot car, waitress mother charged with negligent homicide
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- A woman who found her 1-year-old son dead in her hot, stuffy car after she worked her seven-hour shift as a Hooters waitress has been arrested, police said We...
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Bush blasts Democrats on health care
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush ratcheted up his confrontation with Democratic leaders Wednesday, laying out what he said is a stark ideological divide between a fiscally p...
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Russian bus blast kills 8, raises fears of terrorism
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- A strong bomb shredded a passenger bus Wednesday, killing eight people and injuring more than 60 in a central Russian city known for gang violence. One officia...
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Wildfires spew millions of tons of global warming gas
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In just one week, Southern California's wildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide -- the primary global warming gas -- as the state's power plants and vehicl...
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Lethal injection review brings execution moratorium
Oct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- For the first time in nearly three years, a month passed with no executions in the United States. No death sentences were carried out in October, as judges...
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Applebee owners OK sale to IHOP
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Shareholders of the bar-and-grill chain Applebee's International Inc. on Tuesday approved a $1.9 billion buyout offer from pancake house operator ...
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Chad says French aid workers attempted to kidnap children
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - N'DJAMENA, Chad -- Chad charged six French citizens with kidnapping after they tried to fly out 103 African children from the remote border region with Sudan, bandaging ...
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Congress acts to ensure Do Not Call stays that way
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Congress took the first steps Tuesday to ensure that people who registered for the national Do Not Call list won't be inundated next year with telemarketin...
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Elvis is king of the dead
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Elvis Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 months, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. ...