Nation and World
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Google sets up distribution network for social networking tools
Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry ...
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More young adults on cholesterol, blood pressure drugs, a sign of growing health problems
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly -- at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according t...
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At least 20 killed as Tropical Storm Noel pounds Dominican Republic, heads toward Bahamas
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Tropical Storm Noel headed toward the Bahamas on Tuesday after causing flooding and mudslides that killed at least 20 people in the ...
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Student says jumping out of window was 'the only option'
Oct 29, 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 ...
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Convicted burglar pleads guilty to deaths of 5 people in Texas KFC slayings
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - HENDERSON, Texas -- A convicted burglar pleaded guilty Monday to the deaths of five people who were abducted from a fast-food restaurant in one of Texas' most notorious ...
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Cause of beach house blaze unknown
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. -- For the group of college buddies spending a late-season weekend at a friend's beach house, the deck overlooking a canal was the center of their...
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Lawyer says tasered U. of Florida student won't be charged
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- A University of Florida student who was shocked with a Taser after persistently questioning Sen. John Kerry will avoid criminal charges by apologizing a...
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Microbrews pinched by hops shortage, mounting costs
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- Fans of Snipes Mountain Brewery's cloudy Hefeweizen relish the subtle wheat flavor of the bright, summery brew, and like beer drinkers everywhere, th...
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Mafia girlfriend says the FBI used mob muscle to crack 1964 civil rights case
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The FBI used mob muscle to solve the 1964 disappearance of three civil rights volunteers in Mississippi, a gangster's ex-girlfriend testified Monday, becomin...
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Russian serial killer sentenced
Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- A former grocery clerk who imagined himself as "almost God" while murdering 48 people during a methodical hunt to kill produce one body for every space on a ch...