Nation and World
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Roth IRA a good idea even late in the gameAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Q: My wife and I are getting ready to retire in January 2010. We are maxing out our 401(k)s for retirement (current value about $225,000). My wife will have a small pens...
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After 6 years, experimental electrodes let brain-injured man speak, eat again, report says
Aug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- He was beaten and left for dead one night in a robbery while walking home in 1999. His skull was crushed and his brain severely damaged. The doctor said ...
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Retired three-star Gen. Kensinger censured in cover-up after death of Tillman
Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Army on Tuesday censured a retired three-star general for a "perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership" after the 2004 fri...
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Indian police investigate minister for allegedly abusing woman
Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - LUCKNOW, India -- Indian police are investigating allegations that a federal minister and his family beat up his grandson's wife in an attempt to extract a Mercedes ...
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Calls grow for Japanese prime minister's resignation
Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) -- Calls escalated Tuesday for Japan's prime minister to step down over a devastating election defeat, leaving legislators in both the ruling and oppositio...
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Highway bridge under construction collapses in N. Calif.
Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- A highway overpass that was under construction collapsed Tuesday, crushing a delivery truck and injuring a construction worker who clung to a...
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Doctors: Guantanamo force-feeding violates medical ethics
Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) -- Military doctors violate medical ethics when they approve the force-feeding of hunger strikers at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, according to...
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Johnson & Johnson to cut 4,800 jobsJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Johnson & Johnson to cut 4,800 jobs TRENTON, N.J. -- Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday it would reduce its global work force by up to 4 percent, or up to 4,820 jobs, to cut...
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Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni dies at 94; films included 'L'Avventura'
Jul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - ROME (AP) -- In Michelangelo Antonioni's movies, dialogue was sparse, shots lengthy and action minimal. This abstract style and a ruthless exploration of the malaise ...
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Stars in the game of baseball, and in their approach to lifeJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - What do we celebrate today? Upon whom is our attention fixed? It is the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears. In the reporting and commentary that preceded Sunday's...