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WASHINGTON - Serbia's government failed to protect U.S. and other Western embassies from nationalist mobs angry over the international embrace of the former Serb province of Kosovo as an independent state, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
March 09, 2008
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By ANNE GEARAN
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
LOS ANGELES - A woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million in a case against one of California's largest health insurers.
March 09, 2008
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By THOMAS WATKINS
Associated Press Writer
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National
PORTLAND, Ore. - From Arizona to Oregon and east to Kentucky, county sheriffs are bracing for stiff cuts in a federal funding program that has helped them battle drug cartels.
March 09, 2008
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By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER
Associated Press Writer
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National
DEKALB, Ill. - The lecture hall where the shooting occurred is closed for the rest of the semester. Extra police and security guards will be on hand. Volunteer counselors will man each classroom, academic department and dormitory.
March 09, 2008
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By ASHLEY M. HEHER
Associated Press Writer
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National
RAE POH, Thailand - The tea shop is abandoned. Rubber plantations stand untended. Soldiers constantly patrol the one-lane road leading into this Muslim village.
March 09, 2008
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By AMBIKA AHUJA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Days after opposition parties triumphed in elections, lawyers chanting for President Pervez Musharraf's resignation were tugging at the barricades around the home of the judge whose ouster and house arrest helped trigger Pakistan's political crisis.
March 09, 2008
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months.
March 09, 2008
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By JOHN AFFLECK
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON - A 28-mile ''virtual fence'' that will use radars and surveillance cameras to try to catch people entering the country illegally has gotten final government approval.
March 09, 2008
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By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Rick Renzi was charged Friday with extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other crimes in an Arizona land swap that authorities say helped him collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs.
March 09, 2008
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By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer
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Washington
Many outside maintenance activities slow down during this time of year due to cold weather. Take advantage of this slower period and devote some time to pruning those long neglected trees in your landscape.
March 08, 2008
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By HENRY CLAY
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Lifestyles Columnists
Jami Teal Barrow and Brian Wayne Newland were united in marriage at seven o'clock in the evening on Saturday, October twentieth, two thousand and seven at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Statesboro. Father Timothy McKeown performed the ceremony.
March 08, 2008
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Wedding Planner
Levi Brian
March 08, 2008
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From Staff Reports
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Births
The Georgia Southern women's basketball team will conclude its four-game road trip in a key match-up at Western Carolina today. The Southern Conference scuffle is slated for 12:30 p.m. at the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, N.C. and will be broadcast on SportSouth.
March 08, 2008
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Georgia Southern AMR
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Georgia Southern
The Eagles venture outside the SoCon for a rare non-conference game this time of year, traveling to Austin Peay today as a part of ESPNU's BracketBusters.
March 08, 2008
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Georgia Southern AMR
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Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern's season-opening baseball game with Boston College was rained out on Friday night.
March 08, 2008
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From staff and wire reports
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Sports
