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Diplomats trading jabs over Iraq dutyNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A bitter dispute over forced assignments to Iraq has erupted inside the State Department with diplomats taking decidedly undiplomatic potshots at one anoth...
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Judge denies trial postponement for mother charged in daughter's deathNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - PEKIN -- A judge has ruled that a former Morton pathologist accused of suffocating her 3-year-old autistic daughter with a garbage bag will go to trial next month. Karen...
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Middle schooler is given detention for hugging 2 friends at schoolNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MASCOUTAH -- Two hugs equals two days of detention for 13-year-old Megan Coulter. The eighth-grader was punished for violating a school policy banning public displays of...
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Report: Trio bought performance-enhancing drugsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Power-hitting outfielder Jose Guillen bought nearly $20,000 worth of steroids and human growth hormone from 2003-05, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Former...
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Crude oil prices climb to another milestoneNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil futures jumped to a new record above $97 a barrel Tuesday after bombings in Afghanistan and an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline compounded the supply conc...
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Planet discovery is first of its kindNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A new planet was discovered orbiting a sun-like star 41 light years away, making it the first known planetary quintet outside our solar system, astronomer...
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Abstinence programs hitNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Programs that focus exclusively on abstinence have not been shown to affect teenager sexual behavior, although they are eligible for tens of millions of do...
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Leaders report slow progress in talks on construction, transitNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State officials say they're off to a good start as they take advantage of the latest reprieve from a mass transit crisis. Governor Rod Blagojevich met wit...
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Sara Lee 1st-quarter profit falls 40 percent on higher commodity costsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Food maker Sara Lee Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 40 percent due to higher commodity costs and an increase in marketing and advertising sp...
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Defense opens case in Liberty City 7 terrorism trialNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - MIAMI -- The leader of a group of men on trial for allegedly plotting to topple Chicago's Sears Tower took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday, describing his f...