Nation and World
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U.S. Toyota workers want to unionizeJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- As U.S. auto workers negotiate with the faltering Big Three under intense pressure to surrender benefits, employees at Toyota's flagship U.S. plant wa...
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Most save enough for pleasant retirementsJul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - What if we're not improvident fools? That possibility is suggested by a recent study. It received virtually no attention, perhaps because it contained no bad news. The s...
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Chinese coal miners alive
Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Nearly 70 miners trapped for more than 24 hours in a flooded coal mine in central China were still alive Monday, and rescuers were trying to send them supplie...
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Wildfires flare in Montana
Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - HELENA, Mont. -- A trio of fast-moving new wildfires in Montana threatened more than 100 homes and other buildings, and 80 were under evacuation orders, officials said M...
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Russia endorses Abbas
Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- Russia considers President Mahmoud Abbas the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday in Moscow's strongest stat...
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On common ground, for now
Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm - CAMP DAVID, Md. -- Gordon Brown came to President Bush's mountaintop retreat to get closer to the leader of Britain's most valuable ally. But not too close. Wary of ever...
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Nicole's turn: Four days for DUI
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - GLENDALE, Calif. -- Nicole Richie pleaded guilty Friday to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to about four days in jail and fined by a court commiss...
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Cheney changing batteriesJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo a minor surgical procedure today to replace the battery in the special pacemaker he has in his chest, a spokeswoman...
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Today's BirthdaysJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, 64; Pink Floyd's Rick Wright, 64; "Garfield" creator Jim Davis, 62; singer Jonathan Edwards, 61; TV producer Dick Ebersol, 60; ac...
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Homeowner assaulted, shoots burglarJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) -- An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said. Willie ...