Nation and World
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Home from war in Iraq and Afghanistan, veterans at risk of suicide
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mary Gallagher did not get a knock at the door from a military chaplain with news of her Marine husband's death in a faraway place. Instead, the Iraq war v...
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Recalls: digital printers, patio sets, circuit breakers, defibrillators, BBQ sauce
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - The following recalls have been announced: -- About 64,000 counterfeit "Square D" circuit breakers, distributed by Connecticut Electric & Switch Mfg. Co. and manufactur...
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Officials will ask D.A. to consider case of boy accused of starting SoCal fire with matches
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they w...
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Florida citrus land shrivels
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- There seem to be more tractors tearing up St. Lucie County's old citrus groves than tending them these days. This county once had more orange and gr...
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Trucking over the border
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MEXICO CITY -- The American truckers, environmentalists and politicians who are sounding the alarm about the potential dangers of allowing Mexican tractor-trailers onto ...
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Investors expect to see Fed cut ratesOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, with consumer spending and housing figures sending conflicting signals, is likely to reduce interest rates today while leaving itself ...
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Merrill Lynch CEO ousted
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stan O'Neal was known as one of the most ruthless men on Wall Street -- clawing his way up from an impoverished upbringing in Alabama to run the world's larg...
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Iraq says no more immunity
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government approved a draft law Tuesday to lift immunity for foreign security companies including Blackwater USA, a bid to overturn a decree imposed...
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Supreme Court takes up child porn ban challenge
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court explored Tuesday whether it could limit the reach of a child pornography law so that it would not apply to legitimate creative expression...
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Student: My escape was 'lucky'
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A student who survived a beach house inferno by leaping from a third-story window said Tuesday he wasn't sure what woke him up, but he had to make the ...