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Security chief resigns in wake of Blackwater incidents

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The State Department's embattled security chief resigned on Wednesday as the scandal over last month's deadly Blackwater USA shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghd...
NASA studies shuttle panels

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery's astronauts used lasers and digital cameras Wednesday to examine the shuttle's wings for any signs of launch damage as they gained on ...
Panel: Flu vaccine OK for toddlers

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Children as young as 2 can be given a nasal spray flu vaccine, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. Government advice now recommends only traditional sho...
Federal agents join California fire arson probe

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Federal agents joined the search for evidence Wednesday in brush-covered Orange County hills where an arsonist is believed to have ignited one of the wild...
Kurdish villagers preparing for fight

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - DERISHKIT, Iraq -- Two Turkish jet fighters streaked across the mountain peaks near this border village Wednesday as part of an expanding military force gathered to pres...
Lighter winds, aerial assault give Calif. firefighters hope that worst blazes may be over

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A massive aerial assault and a break in harsh winds helped firefighters make their first major progress against Southern California's firestorm, raising eva...
Oil rig workers killed, missing

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - MEXICO CITY -- At least 10 oil workers were killed when a drilling platform hit an oil rig, spilling gas and oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the state-owned oil company sai...
Microsoft pays up for Facebook partnership

Reuters
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft beat out rival Google Wednesday in a battle to invest in socializing Web site Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a roughly 1.6 percent stake...
More restrictions ordered in South as water levels fall

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WEST POINT, Ga. -- Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday banned the washing of state vehicles and ordered inmates to take one quick shower a day as part of an effort to reduce ...
China sends probe to moon

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Embarking on an ambitious 10-year moon exploration program, China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday -- a leap forward in the Asian space race that gave...

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