Nation and World
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Investigators seek cause of fatal pileup
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Investigators picked through scorched tire rims, truck axles and other wreckage Sunday hoping to pinpoint what triggered a fiery interstate tunn...
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Cancer death rates dropping faster than ever
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Good news on the cancer front: Death rates are dropping faster than ever, thanks to new progress against colorectal cancer. A turning point came in 2...
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Maria von Trapp's stepson dies
Oct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Werner von Trapp, a member of the musical family made famous by the 1965 movie "The Sound of Music," has died, his family said. He was 91. Von Trapp d...
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Doomsday clock ticks for these dogs
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sweet William, a young black Labrador retriever in Illinois, has two days to live. Sandy, a golden female Jindo in New York, also has just two days left. Kat...
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'Like a bomb went off '
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- Amid the piles of twisted, blackened metal sat one recognizable vehicle: a pale blue truck cab, its right turn signal still blinking. It was a r...
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Owners mourn pets tossed off bridge
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - BARCELONETA, Puerto Rico -- Elvia Tirado Polanco says she reluctantly handed over her black-and-white spotted mutt to animal control workers after they threatened that s...
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Personal care, restaurant industries have highest rates of depression
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- People who tend to the elderly, change diapers and serve up food and drinks have the highest rates of depression among U.S. workers. Overall, 7 percent of ...
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Myanmar junta steps up pressure on opposition
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta arrested four prominent political activists Saturday, Amnesty International said, including one who went into hiding after leading som...
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Gay-marriage advocates court straight friends' help
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The setting was intimate, the hors d'oeuvres simple and the hostess barefoot, but the house party Gabby Seagrave and LaDonna Silva held for a doze...
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Hundreds line up for shot at, well, not quite stardomOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Taking a page from the "American Idol" playbook, the Metropolitan Opera held open auditions Saturday for its lavish new production of "War and Peace." The au...