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President scolds Congress over 11th-hour legislationDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush, successful in forcing the Democratic Congress to bend to his will, complained Thursday that lawmakers had wasted time and taxpayers' money....
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Shedd says beluga calf to be named MikiDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - The votes are in and the Shedd Aquarium says its four-month-old beluga whale calf will be named Miki (MEE'-kee), an Inuit word for "little." Nearly 9,000 votes were cast...
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Republicans remain kings of porkDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The demise of the bridge to nowhere notwithstanding, Sen. Ted Stevens and other Republicans remain the kings of pork-barrel spending, proving that GOP mast...
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Study: Orphans' brains benefit from foster careDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Toddlers rescued from orphanages and placed in good foster homes score dramatically higher on IQ tests years later than children who were left behind, conc...
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Thrashers upset SenatorsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Todd White's power-play goal 47 seconds into the third period broke a tie and helped the Atlanta Thrashers snap the Ottawa Senators' winning streak at six, with a 3-2 vi...
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Prosecutor says he may charge ZumaDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - POLOKWANE, South Africa -- South Africa's top prosecutor said Thursday he has enough evidence to bring corruption charges against new African National Congress leader Ja...
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Boeing to expand business in IndiaDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI -- Boeing Co. has tentatively agreed to send as much as $1 billion in aerospace manufacturing work to state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in India over the ...
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Walgreen profits climb 6 percent on cost cuts, consumers' bargain-huntingDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. reported a better-than-expected 5.5 percent gain in first-quarter profits Friday, benefiting from cost cuts and sales of private-label produ...
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New Orleans protest gets uglyDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Despite occasionally violent protests outside, the city council voted Thursday in favor of demolishing some 4,500 public housing units, a milestone in the...
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CIA official subpoenaedDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena Thursday for Jose Rodriguez, the former CIA official who directed that secret interrogation videotapes o...