Nation and World
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How to negotiate using the word 'no'Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - "No - The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home" by Jim Camp, Crown Business, $23. Can saying "No" build the foundation for getting what you want? It all ...
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Pining for the days of yore, like any cranky dinosaur surely mustJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Cranky, old dinosaurs live in the past. Or so succeeding generations claim, often legitimately. Thus news stories last week -- a barometer of a society in motion -- foun...
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Independent panel will leave investigations to NASA
Jul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After drinking heavily, an astronaut flew on a Russian spacecraft and another was cleared to launch on a space shuttle, according to interviews b...
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Gonzales to police: Get 'graphic' in sex crime talkJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales recommends authorities become "extremely graphic" in describing sex crimes and exploitation they see perpetrated aga...
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Skateboarding tops baseball for summer funJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Sixteen-year-old Matt Hiemstra should be the $5.2 billion-a-year skateboard industry's ideal customer. During the summer, he skateboards daily, and between the end of on...
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How Harry has changed everythingJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Laurence J. Kirshbaum, the former head of Warner Books, remembers publishing one of the biggest sensations of its time: Alexandra Ripley's "Scarlett," the au...
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Negotiations over hostages
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Marijuana may increase psychosis risk, study saysJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Using marijuana seems to increase the chance of becoming psychotic, researchers report in an analysis of past research that reignites the issue of whether p...
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TB patient who created health scare released from hospital, returns to GeorgiaJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - DENVER -- The tuberculosis patient who created an international health scare when he flew to Europe for his wedding was released from a hospital Thursday after succe...
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Interview: Romney considering speech to discuss role of his Mormon faith in politicsJul 26, 2007 11:00 pm - MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Thursday he'll probably deliver a speech explaining the role his Mormon faith plays in his po...