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For Franken, Coleman, the campaign trail takes big bucks

Published October 16, 2007

Al Franken has spent around $900,000 on his senate campaign as of Monday.

Airbus, nearly 2 years late, delivers superjumbo complete with double beds

Published October 16, 2007

Singapore Airlines said the world's largest passenger jet was worth the wait.

Students take action against genocide

by Betsy Graca
Published October 15, 2007

With more than 400,000 people killed in the Darfur genocide, and the toll continuing to rise, some students on campus felt the need to take action. University chapters of STAND - a student anti-genocide...

Turkey warns of damage to U.S. support

Published October 15, 2007

>ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's top general warned that ties with the U.S., already strained by attacks from rebels hiding in Iraq, will be irreversibly damaged if Congress passes a resolution that...

Car bomb strikes Shiite worshippers in Baghdad

Published October 15, 2007

.BAGHDAD (AP) - A bomb in a parked car struck worshippers heading to a Shiite mosque Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least nine people as Iraqis celebrated a Muslim holiday, while the death toll rose to...

U to assist national children’s study

by Amber Kispert
Published October 12, 2007

Unprecedented in scope, the study will spend 25 years with 100,000 children.

Britain’s Doris Lessing wins 2007 Nobel prize in literature

Published October 12, 2007

;NEW YORK (AP) - Doris Lessing, Nobel laureate. This year's winner of the literature prize should inspire a fresh look at the long, prolific career of the author of "The Golden Notebook" and dozens of...

Mexican horror writer suspected of dismembering girlfriend, 2 other women

Published October 12, 2007

>MEXICO CITY (AP) - An aspiring horror novelist was arrested after police discovered his girlfriend's torso in his closet, a leg in the refrigerator and bones in a cereal box, the city prosecutor's...

Medtronic stent clears major FDA hurdle

Published October 11, 2007

.WASHINGTON (AP) - Medtronic's drug-coated stent Endeavor cleared a major regulatory hurdle Wednesday, as government advisers recommended approval for the artery-opening device. A panel of outside experts...

NCAA to address hazing at national convention

by Jake Grovum
Published October 11, 2007

With the start of the winter sports season fast approaching, teams' hopes are sky-high for what the upcoming months might bring. But the NCAA has planned a hazing summit in an effort to address issues...