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Franken pulls closer but Coleman still leads
Democrat Al Franken caught a couple of breaks Tuesday as the recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race drew closer to a finish, though not enough to undo Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's persistent lead.
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Pierce to play despite Burress shooting probe
The New York Giants expect Antonio Pierce to play in Sundays game against Philadelphia while the team gathers information on the linebackers involvement in a shooting that led to the season-ending suspension of star receiver Plaxico Burress.
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Expert: Tebow has earned a second Heisman
Expert: Two months ago, I didnt think it was possible. And now? It might be inevitable. Somewhere, Archie Griffin is hearing footsteps. Yes, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow deserves to win another Heisman Trophy.
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Judge affirms 'millennium bomber' sentence
A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday re-imposed a 22-year sentence on an Algerian convicted of plotting to bomb the Los Angeles airport at the turn of the millennium.
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UAW open to contract concessions
A United Auto Workers official said Wednesday the union has agreed to restart contract talks with U.S. automakers and delay their payments into a union-run health care trust.
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UAW agrees to restart Big 3 talks
A United Auto Workers official said Wednesday the union has agreed to restart contract talks with U.S. automakers and delay their payments into a union-run health care trust.
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Obama names Richardson to Cabinet
President-elect Barack Obama named Bill Richardson as his choice for commerce secretary on Wednesday, after passing over his vanquished Democratic rival for secretary of state.
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Harvard endowment loses $8 billion
Harvard University says its endowment has tumbled $8 billion in the four months since the end of the last fiscal year.
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World's oldest pot stash totally busted
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
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MySpace delivers video to mobiles
MySpace users with mobile phones are about to find out if they can walk and watch TV at the same time.
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Bombs found in Mumbai train station
Police in Mumbai found explosives Wednesday hidden in a bag left behind last week at the city's train station at the start of a three-day rampage by Islamist militants.
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NYT: Delicate task for Obama with CIA
The president-elect must take charge of the CIA in what is proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of the transition.
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Judge affirms 'Millennium bomber' sentence
A federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday re-imposed a 22-year sentence on an Algerian convicted of plotting to bomb the Los Angeles airport at the turn of the millennium.
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Autos union says will restart contract talks
A United Auto Workers official said Wednesday the union has agreed to restart contract talks with U.S. automakers and delay their payments into a union-run health care trust.
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Sound of Music hotel hits sour note
The Austrian city of Salzburg has blocked plans to open a hotel in a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in The Sound of Music after protests by neighbors.
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Conservatives form rival to Episcopal Church
Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination.
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Victim's kin sue in Wal-Mart stampede death
The family of a New York man who was trampled to death the day after Thanksgiving by a stampede of bargain hunting Wal-Mart shoppers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
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Autos union will consider contract changes
The United Auto Workers autos union is close to signing off on changes to the 2007 labor contract with Detroits three major automakers, according to a report in The Wall Street journal.
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China forces AIDS activist to return home
A Chinese AIDS activist said Wednesday that she was forcibly taken back to her rural home after participating in World AIDS Day in Beijing.
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Obama names Richardson commerce secretary
President-elect Barack Obama named Bill Richardson as his choice for commerce secretary on Wednesday, after passing over his vanquished Democratic rival for secretary of state.
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