Nation and World
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New tragedy at Va. Tech
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Flip-flops slapped the concrete as students munching breakfast on the run Monday hurried to the first normal day of classes at Virginia Tech since las...
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Drunken driving deaths up
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - ARLINGTON, Va. -- Drunken driving fatalities increased in 22 states in 2006 and fell in 28 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, federal transportation offic...
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Briefs: Walgreen finishes Option Care offerAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Walgreen finishes Option Care offer DEERFIELD -- Walgreen announced Monday Bison Acquisition Sub Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, completed its tender offer for Option...
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Lowe's grows profit, but sales dip
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Lowe's, the nation's second largest home improvement chain, cited customer service and efficient operations Monday as reasons for a better-than-expect...
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Owner advises families miners may never be found
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Rescuers will only be sent inside an unstable coal mine in which six men are missing if there is an indication that someone is alive, but the trapped...
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Abu Ghraib trial changes
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - FORT MEADE, Md. -- A military judge on Monday dismissed two of the most serious charges against the only officer accused of abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison...
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Saddam's daughter stays
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - AMMAN, Jordan -- Jordan indicated Monday it is not ready to surrender Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter to Iraq, despite a new push from authorities in Baghdad for her to...
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Iraqi governor killed
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- A roadside bomb killed a governor in southern Iraq on Monday, the second provincial boss assassinated in nine days and a likely prelude to an even more brutal...
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Common virus might cause obesity in someAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In the buffet of reasons why Americans are getting fatter, researchers are piling more evidence on the plate for one still-controversial cause: a virus. Ne...
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Last bridge victim found
Aug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The remains of the last person missing after a bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River nearly three weeks ago have been found, authorities said Monday...