Nation and World
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Monsoon displaces millionsOct 31, 2021 4:58 pm - DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Monsoon floods ravaging Bangladesh for more than a week have displaced or marooned at least 5 million people and left 40 others dead, officials said...
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Stocks fall despite GM earnings, consumer confidenceOct 31, 2021 4:49 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street showed further signs of stability Tuesday, rising sharply on strong earnings at General Motors Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. even as investors ...
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Audit faults parishesOct 31, 2021 4:49 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A handful of parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego deliberately concealed or inappropriately handled about $500,000 in funds in sometimes "pur...
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Possibilty of another Jason Bourne film remainsOct 31, 2021 4:51 pm - Frank Marshall won't rule out another sequel to the Jason Bourne films but says the story already has ventured far afield from Robert Ludlum's novels. "There might be an...
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Retired three-star Gen. Kensinger censured in cover-up after death of TillmanOct 31, 2021 4:52 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Army on Tuesday censured a retired three-star general for a "perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership" after the 2004 fri...
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Letters to the editorOct 31, 2021 4:50 pm - Leave nominations to party stalwarts Fifteen months away from the next presidential election, and we have all but anointed the next Democrat challenger! Super-egotists c...
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News Corp. board OKs deal to buy Dow JonesOct 31, 2021 4:51 pm - NEW YORK -- Rupert Murdoch edged closer to his goal of owning Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. as the board of his News Corp. media conglomerate signed off ...
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Doctors: Guantanamo force-feeding violates medical ethicsOct 31, 2021 4:50 pm - CHICAGO (AP) -- Military doctors violate medical ethics when they approve the force-feeding of hunger strikers at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, according to...
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British army ends missionOct 31, 2021 4:52 pm - BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The British army marked a milestone of peacemaking Tuesday as it formally ended its 38-year mission to bolster security in Northern Ireland....
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Today's birthdaysOct 31, 2021 4:50 pm - Cartoonist Tom Wilson (retired creator of "Ziggy"), 76; Fashion designer Yves Laurent, 71; Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., 70; Rock singer Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)...