NEW YORK – If Andre Agassi keeps this up, it’s going to be absolutely exhausting. For him, for his opponent, for his fans, for everyone at the U.S. Open. Knowing each time he steps on the court could be his last match as a pro, Agassi clearly does not want …
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20 November
Hospital: Separated Twins Making 'Wonderful Progress'
SALT LAKE CITY – Conjoined twins separated during a 26-hour surgery were breathing on their own, a milestone just days after the operation. Kendra and Maliyah Herrin, 4, were removed from ventilators Saturday afternoon, said Primary Children’s Medical Center spokeswoman Laura Winder, who called it “wonderful progress.” “It’s a little …
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20 November
Construction Spending Rises on Nonresidential, Public Building
WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending rose a stronger-than-expected 0.3 percent to a record high in June on gains in nonresidential and public building, but private residential construction fell for the third month in a row as the housing market cooled, a government report on Tuesday showed. Construction spending rose to …
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20 November
Dell Backs Out of Portable Music Player Market
DALLAS – Dell Inc. (DELL) has quietly pulled the plug on its DJ Ditty music players, less than a year after the world’s largest computer maker launched the device to compete with Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL) iPod Shuffle. The company stopped selling the Ditty on Aug. 17, Dell spokesman Venancio …
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20 November
JonBenet Murder Suspect's Relatives Offer Book, Movie Rights to Agent
LOS ANGELES – John Mark Karr‘s relatives offered the movie and book rights to the family’s story Wednesday in hopes of hiring a high-level attorney to defend the schoolteacher against charges he killed 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. Karr’s father and brother hired actor, author and producer Larry Garrison to …
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20 November
Mexico's Leftist Party: We Won't Concede Until Every Vote is Counted
MEXICO CITY – As Mexico launched the official recount of presidential vote tallies Wednesday, conservative Felipe Calderon insisted his slim lead from a preliminary count would hold, and said he would be willing to include his leftist rival in his Cabinet as a show of unity. “Mexico needs us all,” …
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20 November
Rumsfeld: Taliban Won't Succeed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban will be defeated in Afghanistan although cross-border movement of militants is continuing, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in a surprise visit Tuesday. Rumsfeld also called on Europe to provide a “master plan” to Afghanistan to help curb its massive drug trade, which has seen …
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20 November
Pope Visits Spain in Campaign to Defend Traditional Family
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI travels to Spain this weekend as part of his campaign to defend the traditional family, visiting a predominantly Roman Catholic country that allows gay marriage, divorce and abortion. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected when Benedict arrives to address an international meeting on …
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20 November
Conservatives' Love-Hate Relationship with John McCain
John McCain is a fiscal hawk. Even more than being a war hero, it’s probably the single greatest quality that most conservatives love about the guy. If you’ve ever seen McCain step before a group of rock-ribbed Republicans and start railing away about pork-barrel projects and runaway spending, you know …
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20 November
Car Plows Into Crowd at Connecticut Festival, Injuring 27
NEW LONDON, Conn. – An 89-year-old man driving through a crowd at a summer festival panicked after striking one pedestrian and lurched his station wagon through the throng, injuring 27 people, city officials and witnesses said. Ned Lamont, who is challenging three-term incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 …
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