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Senators look for economic fix

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Feb. 21, 2008
A struggling economy has forced many middle-class Americans to make tough financial decisions requiring leaps of faith. Two Midwest senators want to create a financial safety net in case of a fall. With apprehension about the looming Northwest Airlines ...

Airman dies as 2 fighter jets collide during training

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Feb. 21, 2008
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) - An Air Force fighter pilot died Wednesday after his jet and another likely collided during a training exercise and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The other pilot was rescued and is expected to survive...

Missile hits wayward spy satellite on first attempt

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Feb. 21, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Navy missile soaring 130 miles above the Pacific smashed a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite Wednesday and probably destroyed a tank carrying 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel, officials said. Officials had ...

Amid restrictions, new sex abuse allegations emerge

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Feb. 21, 2008
TOKYO (AP) - New allegations of sex abuse by a U.S. Army serviceman emerged Thursday as the U.S. military pressed forward with tight new restrictions on its troops in Japan following a furor over another rape accusation that surfaced ...

Texas test prep co. accused of illegally obtaining exams

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Feb. 21, 2008
(AP) - The owner of the SAT and PSAT exams sued a Dallas-area test-preparation company Wednesday, accusing it of trying to give its customers an unfair edge on the tests by illegally obtaining "live" copies to help students practice. The ...

Senators look for economic fix

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Feb. 21, 2008
A struggling economy has forced many middle-class Americans to make tough financial decisions requiring leaps of faith. Two Midwest senators want to create a financial safety net in case of a fall. With apprehension about the looming Northwest Airlines ...

Senators look for economic fix

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Feb. 21, 2008
A struggling economy has forced many middle-class Americans to make tough financial decisions requiring leaps of faith. Two Midwest senators want to create a financial safety net in case of a fall. With apprehension about the looming Northwest Airlines ...

Supreme Court rejects ACLU wiretapping suit

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Feb. 20, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to civil rights and privacy advocates who oppose the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. The justices, without comment, turned down an appeal from ...

U.N. peacekeepers denied permission to cross from Eritrea to Ethiopia

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Feb. 20, 2008
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Eritrean officials refused to grant U.N. peacekeepers permission to cross from Eritrea into Ethiopia, prompting them to regroup in the capital instead, U.N. officials said Tuesday. The developments came despite sharp criticism ...

Defense chief says Australian combat troops in Iraq should be withdrawn

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Feb. 20, 2008
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australia's 550 combat troops based in southern Iraq have helped to make the area more secure and should now be withdrawn, the defense chief said Wednesday. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston told a Senate ...

Stopping treatment for mental illness can be dangerous

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Feb. 20, 2008
CHICAGO (AP) - Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario - troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as ...

Great Lakes agreement delayed

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Feb. 19, 2008
TORONTO (AP) - The binational organization tasked with recommending how Canada and the United States should protect the Great Lakes is expressing disappointment that an agreement that hasn't been updated in 20 years appears ...

Bush well received during 5-country African tour

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Feb. 19, 2008
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - President Bush was swept up in an outpouring of affection Monday in Tanzania's rural north, where tens of thousands lined the road to see him, one woman burst into a dance of joy just from a hug and fierce-looking Maasai ...

Stimulus plan excludes dependants

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Feb. 19, 2008
By May of this year, Americans will receive anywhere from $300 to $1,200 in the mail from the federal government. But many college students will miss out on the $168 billion economic stimulus package signed by President ...

In Kosovo, daunting economic challenges confront Europe's newest country

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Feb. 19, 2008
VUCITRN, Kosovo (AP) - It's noon on a weekday, and Kosovar fashion designer Krenare Rugova's sewing machines are strangely silent. Rugova, young and U.S.-educated, is trying to build an upscale clothing business in her homeland. But she ...
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