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almanac: Dec. 2, the 337th day of 2008
There are 29 days left in the year. Highlight in history: In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time, at the University of Chicago. On this date: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor...Tags: Pennsylvania, Ford Motor Co., John Brown, University of Chicago, Wisconsin
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Bush: Iraq war 'a do-over I can't do'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, who has occasionally lamented that he regrets some of the tough talk he uttered in the war on terror - terms such as "dead or alive'' or "bring 'em on'' - also allows that the......Tags: Tornadoes, World War II, Abraham Lincoln, Meteorological Disasters, Heads of State
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AP Exclusive: DCFS suspends job seeker drug tests
AP Political WriterIllinois' child-welfare agency, looking for savings amid a budget crunch, has stopped a 10-month-old employee drug testing program officials say kept five dozen substance users from jobs that could have put them in contact with the state's most vulnerable...Tags: Unions, Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, Health and Safety at Work, State Budgets
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Codes for Armageddon: A new president to hold nuclear launch 'football'
It is a simple transfer of immense power.
On Jan. 20, an unobtrusive military officer carrying a small leather-bound metal briefcase will follow President George W. Bush up to Capitol Hill. After the inauguration ceremony, he will accompany President...Tags: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Treaties, Terrorism, Ronald Reagan
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Iran says alleged spy network for Israel had links to elite Revolutionary Guards
The Associated PressIranian official media said this week that one of the detained members of an alleged Israeli-linked espionage network was involved with the elite Revolutionary Guards. Iran said Monday it had uncovered three members of an alleged network who were trained...Tags: Satellite Technology, Punishment
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Target: military budget
We hear every day that the crises President-elect Barack Obama will inherit are even worse than we knew. During his news conference Monday to present his new economic team, Mr. Obama spoke of the need for "meaningful cuts and sacrifices" in the federal...Tags: Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Budgets and Budgeting, Executive Branch, Heavy Engineering
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Exelon rethinks design for proposed reactor
Tribune staff reporterCommonwealth Edison parent Exelon Corp., which is contemplating construction of a nuclear power facility in south Texas, disclosed Monday that it may opt for a more conventional reactor design because the next-generation "ESBWR" design Exelon has been...Tags: National Government, Exelon Corp., Texas, Hitachi Limited, Government
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Financial, strategic effects of a carrier move panned
804-225-7345Virginia's top political leaders sought on Thursday to delay the proposed move of an aircraft carrier to Florida, calling it financially reckless and strategically unsound, and fearing the loss of thousands of jobs in Hampton Roads. They called on the...Tags: World War II, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Florida, Timothy M. Kaine, Armed Forces
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Obama on '60 Minutes' Sunday
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe first time Steve Kroft went to Barack Obama's house to interview him two weeks before his presidential campaign kickoff, Obama's daughter Sasha answered the door. Don't expect that to ever happen again. Life has changed dramatically for the Obama...Tags: CBS Corp., Grant Park, Barack Obama, LeBron James, Family
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N. Korea nuke deal hits snag
Associated PressAssociated Press SEOUL—North Korea said Wednesday that it will not allow outside inspectors to take samples from its main nuclear complex to verify the communist regime's accounting of past nuclear activities. Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Robert Wood
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The information fortress known as North Korea
For months, North Korea watchers have played a frustrating guessing game: Is leader Kim Jong Il healthy? Incapacitated? Or even dead?
Many speculate that the reclusive 66-year-old has been sidelined by a stroke, while the government in Pyongyang...Tags: Diplomacy, Google Inc., Heads of State, Human Rights, Government
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Changing climate may push more countries past the brink of war
McClatchy-TribuneA warmer planet could find itself more often at war. Earth's fast-changing climate has a range of serious thinkers - from military brass to geographers to diplomats - predicting a spate of armed conflicts driven by the weather. Shifting temperatures...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Oceans, Global Warming, Bodies of Water, Delaware
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