Nation and World
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Congo train crash kills 100
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - KINSHASA, Congo -- A passenger train derailed in central Congo and eight cars tumbled off the tracks, killing about 100 people and trapping some passengers in the wrecka...
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Congress embraces ethics bill, but White House complainsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- "McCain-Feingold" was so common a term on Capitol Hill a few years ago that some joked it was one person. No longer. Republican Sen. John McCain and...
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Marine convicted of murder
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Marine Corps squad leader was convicted Thursday of murdering an Iraqi man during a frustrated search for an insurgent. Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutc...
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Parents, toy companies stressed over recall of toys made in China that contain too much lead
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wendy Schneider-Fisher is nervous about what toys to buy her children. "I'm less inclined to buy anything from China," said Schneider-Fisher, of New A...
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Heavy monsoon flooding devastates northern India, Bangladesh killing at least 166
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - GAUHATI, India -- Teeming monsoon rains have inundated wide swaths of northern India and neighboring Bangladesh, killing at least 166 people and washing away village...
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Russia claims polar seabed
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Two small Russian submarines completed a risky voyage deep below the North Pole Thursday, planting their country's flag in a titanium capsule on the Arctic Oce...
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Esmark to buy East Coast mill from Mittal Steel
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Mittal Steel Co. NV said Thursday it will sell its Sparrows Point mill near Baltimore to a group led by privately held steel distributor Esmark Inc., ...
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Business briefsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Hybrid sales on record pace DETROIT -- Hybrid vehicles are on track to achieve record U.S. sales this year. An estimated 187,000 hybrids were sold in the first six month...
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Animal group yields funds
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Sacramento-area animal rescue group investigated for how it spent millions of dollars raised after Hurricane Katrina has agreed to give up contro...
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Penn connects with Chavez
Aug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hollywood star Sean Penn applauded President Hugo Chavez as the Venezuelan leader lambasted the Bush administration and demanded an end to war in I...