Nation and World
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Oregon teacher wants to take gun to school, sues district to challenge weapons ban
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - MEDFORD, Ore. -- High school English teacher Shirley Katz insists she needs to take her pistol with her to work because she fears her ex-husband could show up and try to...
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Pursuing sex abuse charges takes toll on victim, family
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - BERWYN -- They've learned to watch their older daughter for any sign that something's wrong. She cuts her long, blond hair and dyes it jet black. And they worry. Her fat...
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GOP candidates defend their conservatism
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defended their conservative credentials in the face of pointed attacks from campaign rivals Sunda...
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New Jersey 2nd-grader suspended from school for drawing stick figure firing gun
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - DENNIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A second-grader's drawing of a stick figure shooting a gun earned him a one-day school suspension. Kyle Walker, 7, was suspended last week for v...
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Surprise! College costs rise again
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Average tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 6.6 percent this year, again outstripping increases in financial aid and pushing students into more borrowing....
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NASA refuses to disclose survey of thousands of pilots on air safety
Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Anxious to avoid upsetting air travelers, NASA is withholding results from an unprecedented national survey of pilots that found safety problems...
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At least 15 dead in accident
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO IXHUATAN, Mexico -- Authorities have recovered the bodies of 15 Central American migrants whose boat capsized in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican navy said o...
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Myanmar lifts curfew after quelling protests
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar lifted a curfew on Saturday and ended a ban on assembly imposed during a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protests -- the latest sign the mil...
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Abuse inside our schools: The findings
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Major findings of AP's investigation • A total of 2,570 educators nationwide were punished for sexual misconduct from 2001 to 2005, representing about a quarter of all e...
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Embracing the outdoors
Oct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - ST. MICHAEL'S, Md. -- President Bush spent a crisp fall Saturday gingerly balancing a tiny screeched owl on a gloved hand at a wildlife refuge and casting for rockfish o...