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‘No one can shut our voice’: Miss Universe Mexico confronts mistreatment

A video of a Miss Universe contestant being berated by a male pageant director in Thailand has sparked widespread allegations of misogyny as well as global discussions about women empowerment and ...
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Accused killer spotted while hiker may have still been alive

A man accused of abducting and killing a hiker who vanished New Year's Day in the north Georgia mountains was seen at a restaurant one day before investigators believe she was killed, the eatery's ...
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White senator discovers family's African-American roots

Rand, whose family can trace its roots back to the 1700s, is a Democratic state senator in North Carolina. Until he watched the 2008 CNN documentary "Black in America," he had no idea that some of his ...
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Injured boy doesn't know attacks in India killed relatives

The well-planned but indiscriminate attacks targeted two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and the Victoria Terminus train station, where the boy's parents, uncle and three cousins waited to board. The ...
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Treasury chief: Holiday sales 'encouraging news'

Despite recent economic jitters exacerbated by the threat of terrorism, early figures from the key Thanksgiving shopping weekend provide "encouraging news" about the recovery of the American economy, ...
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Borger: McCain running out of time, and lines

Barack Obama and John McCain were restrained by silly rules designed to crush any legitimate exchanges between the two men (no doubt lawyered to death by their own campaigns and approved by the ...
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Speculation begins over McCain running mate

Weighing the pros a ...
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Poland signs missile shield deal with U.S.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed the deal and hailed it as a breakthrough in international cooperation. They said the mis ...
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Obama takes heat for skipping State of the Black Union

Sen. Barack Obama told organizers he needed to focus on his campaign Talk show host Tavis Smiley: It's a missed opportunity on Obama's part Smiley tells Washington Post he's gotten angry e-mails, ...
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Abortion foe suspected in anthrax hoax letters

The FBI named a self-proclaimed "anti-abortion warrior" as the chief suspect in hundreds of letters sent to women's abortion clinics that falsely claimed to be contaminated with anthrax. The suspect ...
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State Races: Texas

• Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) is up for re-election in 2006.
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Genetic map of cold virus a step toward cure, scientists say

Researchers have solved the first step in treating the common cold, by mapping its entire genome, or genetic map, teams from the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Madison reported ...