Nation and World
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Stocks rally after erratic week of trading
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street closed out another erratic week with a big gain Friday after investors took comments from President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernank...
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Jet lags soarAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Sal LaRosa isn't supposed to be here. Standing outside a bustling United Airlines gate at O'Hare International Airport, his rolling suitcase rests in one hand and a lapt...
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Seeking lawsuit immunity
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration wants the power to grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies that are slapped with privacy suits for cooperating with th...
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Snow resigns, 'ran out of money'
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush announced Friday that press secretary Tony Snow, who has waged a battle with cancer while manning the White House lectern, will resign and b...
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Even pope is going green
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI is taking a new step in the Vatican's environmental campaign, leading a youth festival this weekend where participants will use recycle...
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True bit needed for this record
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian man nicknamed "King Tooth" has pulled a seven-coach train using a steel rope clenched in his mouth in an attempt to set a new world...
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Senator Craig resigns over sex sting
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho - Idaho Sen. Larry Craig resigned Saturday over a men's room sex sting, bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans worried about a scandal dimming their el...
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Search for miners suspended
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal officials have indefinitely suspended efforts to find six men trapped for nearly four weeks inside a coal mine after a robotic camera failed to...
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Egyptians face federal explosives charges
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - TAMPA, Florida -- Two Egyptian students at a south Florida university were indicted Friday on federal explosives charges, but prosecutors would not say whether the men p...
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Greece's olive oil producers devastated by fire
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - ARTEMIDA, Greece -- The smoldering trunks of olive trees stretch across mountain slopes and valleys, their precious fruit lying like pellets of charcoal on the blackened...