Nation and World
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Look out, Beijing! It's the cartoon Web police!
Aug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Police in China's capital said Tuesday they will start patrolling the Web using animated beat officers that pop up on a user's browser and walk, bike or drive...
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Idaho senator claims innocence
Aug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho Sen. Larry Craig says he's innocent despite pleading guilty and sorry for any embarrassment. "I'm not gay. I've never been gay," the Idaho Republic...
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Fires ignite Greece
Aug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece -- More wildfires broke out and others rekindled Tuesday as anger rose over the government's handling of catastrophic blazes that have laid waste to vast ...
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Trapped miners claw their way out
Aug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- The Meng brothers felt pretty good about their chances of making it out of the collapsed coal mine, until the sound of digging from outside stopped. With no f...
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China blames U.S. toy designers
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Faulty American designs and conflicting global standards for safety are at the root of the mass recalls of Chinese-made toys by Mattel Inc., a top Chinese qua...
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U.S. Open
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - At New York USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Surface: Hard-outdoor Purse: $19.653 million (Grand Slam) Monday's results Men; Singles -- First Rou...
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Greek villagers rescued
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece -- Firefighters rushed helicopters and buses Monday to evacuate more than two dozen villages threatened by towering walls of flames that had killed 63 peo...
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Memphis bridge closed
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Officials closed a major Mississippi River bridge between Tennessee and Arkansas for nine hours Monday after a pier under a small approach span settled...
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Colombia seizes island
Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia said Monday it has seized a private Caribbean island and hundreds of other properties allegedly used by powerful cocaine trafficker to laund...
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Preserve 'fundamental notions of justice' government tells jury in mob trialAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Defendants for five accused mobsters will get their chance to frame the evidence in the "Family Secrets" mob trial this afternoon after Assistant U.S. Attorney Markus Fu...