Nation and World
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Canadian: I was wrongly held and tortured
Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress apologized Thursday to a Canadian engineer seized by U.S. officials and taken to Syria, where he says he was tortured. Maher Arar said ...
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Safety of cold medicines for youngest children in spotlight
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Cold and cough medicines recently pulled from sale for infants and toddlers aren't safe or effective in slightly older children either, say doctors lined u...
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Dancing Indiana cockatoo gets worldwide notice
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SCHERERVILLE, Ind. -- Snowball the cockatoo can't get enough of the Backstreet Boys. The 11-year-old medium sulfur-crested cockatoo lifts his legs, squawks and bobs his ...
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Retirees gets a little help
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- With essentials like food, gasoline and medical care all rising at a faster clip, an extra $24 a month likely won't go very far. But that is the boost the ...
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Farrakhan makes rare appearance
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- In a rare public appearance, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan urged black Americans on Tuesday night to separate from mainstream culture to establish ...
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This beach party took place 164,000 years ago
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- In one of the earliest hints of "modern" living, humans 164,000 years ago put on primitive makeup and hit the seashore for steaming mussels, new archaeolog...
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Newer test may replace Pap smear
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A relatively new screening test was about twice as accurate as the traditional Pap smear at spotting cervical cancer, according to the first rigorous study o...
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Glow sticks, candy pails, puppet theaters recalled
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Glow sticks given away by Dunkin' Donuts, tabletop puppet theaters Halloween candy skull pails and bookmarks are among the newest recalls announced today. About 1 millio...
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Plame criticizes Bush over CIA leak scandal
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Four years after her CIA cover was blown in a newspaper column, Valerie Plame is settling scores with the Bush administration, Republican lawmakers and the...
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Mukasey promises independence
Oct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Michael Mukasey didn't come right out and say it, but the attorney general nominee made clear Wednesday the Justice Department under his command would be v...