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Briefs: Five arrested for 50-foot protest

Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Protesters draped a 50-foot banner on the Chicago Board of Trade building Wednesday, accusing several agricultural businesses of destroying rainforests to pro...
Chrysler strike ends quickly

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative four-year contract with Chrysler Wednesday, hours after going on strike and the same day General Motors work...
Obama needs to shift his campaign into a higher gear

By David Ignatius Columnist
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Politics is about self-control and staying on message. But it's also about letting go. It's this attribute -- the politician's equivalent of getting "into the zone" -- t...
Student gunman in Ohio warned classmates of attack

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND -- A 14-year-old student who opened fire at his high school, wounding four people before killing himself, had a history of mental problems and was known for cu...
After two years, police raid Polish convent

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - KAZIMIERZ DOLNY, Poland -- Dressed in their black habits, the ex-nuns sat on the floor of the convent, defiantly strumming guitars and singing religious songs as police ...
United pilots elect new leaders

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Pilots at United Airlines have elected new union leaders who promise to take a tougher approach with management. Steve Wallach, a San Francisco-based Boeing 747 captain,...
Major study finds children not getting proper health care

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - As Washington debates children's health insurance, a startling study finds that kids who regularly see doctors get the right care less than half the time -- whether it's...
Chicago student upsets master eaters

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- Two hot dog eating champs faced an upset -- not of the stomach variety -- when a Chicago culinary arts student trounced them in eating chicken wings. Patric...
Britain's Doris Lessing wins 2007 Nobel Literature Prize

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said today, citing her "skepticism, fire and visionary powe...
Global stickiness? Humidity going up with the heat

Associated Press
Oct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The world isn't just getting hotter from man-made global warming, it's getting stickier. It really is the humidity. The amount of moisture in the air near ...

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