Nation and World
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Winds give firefighters a break
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A merciful easing of the winds fueling Southern California's sprawling wildfires finally gave fire crews a chance to fight back against some blazes Wednesda...
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Immigration bill fails 52-44
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Legislation to give some children of illegal immigrants a path toward legality failed a crucial Senate vote Wednesday, probably dooming any chance of major...
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Lawmakers decry White House interference in global warming testimony
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Two chairmen of key committees in the House and Senate on Wednesday criticized the White House for editing testimony from a government expert about the hea...
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Spirits beginning to sag in the Obama-for-president campOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- These are difficult days for supporters of Barack Obama. This city is filled with people who have voted for, worked for, contributed to, and prayed for the su...
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Reinforcements will help, but hopes of besting fires depend largely on winds
Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Do you have family or friends affected by the Southern California fires? Email news@dailyherald.com to let us know how to contact them. SAN DIEGO -- Afte...
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Turkey gets impatient over Kurdish incursion
Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkey delivered a tough message to Iraq and Western allies Tuesday: A cross-border attack on Kurd guerrilla bases is coming unless the U.S.-backed g...
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New charges filed in Las Vegas against O.J. Simpson, 3 co-defendants
Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- New charges of felony coercion were filed Wednesday against O.J. Simpson and three co-defendants in the alleged armed robbery of two sports memorabilia deal...
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Web sites offer DNA testing, social-network tools to assist genealogy research
Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Two services launching just a week apart tap a growing interest in DNA testing to help people find their ancestors and learn more about their lives. GeneTree...
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Decline in Iraq troop deaths continues
Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- October is on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths, and American commanders say they know why: the U.S. ...
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Singer Robert Goulet hospitalized in Los Angeles in need of lung transplant
Oct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Singer and actor Robert Goulet is heavily sedated and breathing through a respirator in a Los Angeles hospital while he awaits a lung transplant, his wife t...