October 2007


NASA administrator Michael Griffin listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at NASA headquarters in Washington, in this Aug. 29, 2007 file photo. Griffin is hinting to lawmakers that he will reverse course and publicly disclose the results of a survey that found safety problems like near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than previously recognized. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)AP - Reversing course, NASA’s administrator promised Congress on Wednesday he will publicly disclose results of an unprecedented federal aviation survey which found that aircraft near collisions, runway interference and other safety problems occur far more often than previously recognized.


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Michael Mukasey, nominee for Attorney General, returns from a break in his confirmation hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, October 17, 2007. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)AP - The prospects of Michael Mukasey’s confirmation as the nation’s 81st attorney general grew dimmer Wednesday after he again declined to call waterboarding torture and endorsed many of President Bush’s positions on executive power.


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AP - A House committee chairman on Wednesday demanded that the White House turn over hundreds of pages of material about Jack Abramoff, the latest attempt by Congress to compel the Bush administration to detail its contacts with the disgraced lobbyist.

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Republican Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to the press in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. McCain plans to add another television ad to New Hampshire airwaves, again touting his record of curbing wasteful spending and criticizing lobbyists' influence.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain plans to add another television ad to New Hampshire airwaves, again touting his record of curbing wasteful spending and criticizing lobbyists’ influence.


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AP - Consumer advocate and 2004 independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party on Tuesday, contending officials conspired to keep him from taking votes away from nominee John Kerry.

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The Russian research vessel the Akademik Fyodorov sails in the Arctic Ocean in this Reuters Television image taken from a television broadcast August 2, 2007. Russia will file a claim to the gigantic mineral wealth of the Arctic seabed with the United Nations by the end of the year, Russia's natural resources minister was quoted as saying on Tuesday. REUTERS/ Reuters TelevisionReuters - Russia will file a claim to the gigantic
mineral wealth of the Arctic seabed with the United Nations by
the end of the year, Russia’s natural resources minister said
on Tuesday.


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Controversy in a small farming town in Illinois has been bubbling and boiling ever since the witches moved in about a year ago.

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A man pleaded guilty to providing weapons to a group of men accused of plotting an attack on Fort Dix.

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Authorities reopened an investigation this week into the death of a Chicago surburb police sergeant’s third wife after his fourth wife disappeared.

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Investigators search for body parts of slain woman whose dismembered body was discovered after a dog took a severed human foot back to his yard.

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