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Obama, McCain tangle anew on national security
Blunt and brash rhetoric provided a potential preview of the fall presidential campaign.
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Amid disaster, China races onward
As strange as it sounds, the streets of Chengdu are normal today. This city barely 40 miles from devastated schools and apartments and hospitals is operating virtually as it was before the earthquake struck this patch of southwest China. Stores are open, tire shops are changing tires, the computer market is busy.
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Myanmar toll nearly 78,000
The official death toll from Cyclone Nargis has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported Friday.
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Police seek author of Daley threat after Michigan fire
When Richard J. Daley bought a vacation home in 1964 in Grand Beach, Mich., the seven-room, $41,000 house was supposed to allow the family to escape their responsibilities and celebrity in Chicago.
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Saudis reject Bush plea for lower gas prices
Regular gasoline goes for less than 50 cents a gallon here in the capital of the world's largest producer of oil, pumping out nine million barrels a day.
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Court: City not liable in E2 disaster that killed 21
In a key legal win for city officials, a state appellate court ruled Friday that the city cannot be held liable for its role in the fatal E2 nightclub disaster that killed 21 people and injured dozens more in 2003.
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Northwestern Memorial looks to the suburbs for expansion
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, which has spent more than $1 billion to build two new hospitals in the last decade in downtown Chicago, has quietly purchased a 10-acre piece of undeveloped land for future expansion in suburban Northbrook.
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20-year sentence for 9th DUI
A Bensenville man with nine DUI convictions was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for drunken driving.
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City crime statistics show increased violence
Violent crime is up 6% in first four months of the year compared with 2007, police say
Homicides in Chicago rose by almost 9 percent, while violent crime was up more than 6 percent in the first four months of 2008, compared with the same period last year, Police Supt. Jody Weis said Friday.
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Lake Geneva cracks down on motorcycles without mufflers
Motorcycle outlaws—the kind who ride without a muffler—may want to stay away from Lake Geneva, Wis.
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