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Investigators seek cause of fatal pileup

Associated Press
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...
Cancer death rates dropping faster than ever

Associated Press
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...
Maria von Trapp's stepson dies

Associated Press
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...
Doomsday clock ticks for these dogs

Associated Press
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...
'Like a bomb went off '

Associated Press
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...
Owners mourn pets tossed off bridge

Associated Press
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...
Personal care, restaurant industries have highest rates of depression

Associated Press
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 ...
Myanmar junta steps up pressure on opposition

Associated Press
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...
Gay-marriage advocates court straight friends' help

Associated Press
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...
Hundreds line up for shot at, well, not quite stardom

Reuters
Oct 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...

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