Nation and World
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Drug firm ties pervasive at med schools
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Nearly two-thirds of academic leaders surveyed at U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals have financial ties to industry, illustrating how pervasive these relations...
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Social Security recipients to get 2.3 percent adjustment
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Come January, Social Security benefits for nearly 50 million Americans are going up 2.3 percent, the smallest increase in four years. It will mean an extra...
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Drawdown of troops begins in Iraq
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission, The...
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Social Security recipients expected to get smaller cost-of-living adjustment
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Come January, the nation's nearly 50 million Social Security recipients will see the smallest cost-of-living increases in their monthly checks in four year...
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Democratic pandering that comes up short in math, logicOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Explaining a simple proposal to help people squirrel away gold for their golden years, Hillary Clinton said that a person "should not require a Ph.D. to save for retirem...
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U.S. deaths from deadly drug-resistant staph may surpass AIDS deaths
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 90,000 Americans get potentially deadly infections each year from a drug-resistant staph "superbug," the government reported Tuesday in its first overall estim...
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New species rise from the deep
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - MANILA, Philippines -- Scientists exploring a deep ocean basin in search of species isolated for millions of years found marine life believed to be previously undiscover...
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Putin issues warning against attack on Iran
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - TEHRAN, Iran -- Vladimir Putin issued a veiled warning Tuesday against any attack on Iran as he began the first visit by a Kremlin leader to Tehran in six decades -- a m...
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House backs media's right to secret sources
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House on Tuesday strongly backed the right of reporters to protect the confidentiality of sources in most federal court cases, saying that right was cr...
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Apparently, you can't swear at your toilet
Oct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - SCRANTON, Pa. -- Talk about a potty mouth. A Scranton woman who allegedly shouted profanities at her overflowing toilet within earshot of a neighbor was cited for disord...