Nation & World
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PublishedOctober 1, 2010
Questions about illegal maid plague Whitman
The GOP gubernatorial candidate blames a 'smear attack,' but a letter emerges that might prove otherwise.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2010
Senate OKs bill to quiet TV ads
WASHINGTON – Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send viewers diving for their remote controls looks like it will soon become law. The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to keep commercials at the same volume as the programs they interrupt. […]
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PublishedOctober 1, 2010
Women may have final say on makeup of Congress
Those most apt to vote in midterm elections seem to be shifting away from Democrats. But many are still undecided.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2010
Cussing discovery proves prize-worthy
The Ig Nobel prizes are awarded Thursday to people who study the odd and discover the cool.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
‘Bonnie and Clyde’ director dies at 88
Arthur Penn's affinity for alienated heroes and heroines refashioned movie history
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
Robert Truax, missile expert who built Evel Knievel rocket
WASHINGTON – Rocket scientist and retired Navy Capt. Robert Truax collaborated with physicist Robert Goddard in the 1940s and helped design some of the military’s most advanced ballistic missiles during the Cold War. He spent part of his retirement from the Navy designing a steam-powered rocket to propel daredevil Evel Knievel over Snake River Canyon […]
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
British surgeons used smoke to revive nearly drowned men
Archives show colonial sailors often received another common treatment: alcohol.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
Japan’s smokers stock up to beat tax hike
An impending 40 percent tax hike on cigarettes sends smokers out to buy in bulk before Oct. 1.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
Mexican marines arrest 30 Gulf drug cartel suspects
MEXICO CITY – Mexican marines captured 30 suspected Gulf cartel members and seized an arsenal of weapons during two days of raids in a northern border state torn by gang battles, officials said Wednesday. The marines, acting on intelligence obtained by the navy and other agencies, conducted the raids in Matamoros and Reynosa, two cities […]
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2010
Mitchell meeting with leaders in try to save peace talks
The Palestinians insist that Israel extend its moratorium on West Bank settlement construction.
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