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The fault line that caused this week’s devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday.The 7.9-magnitude quake on Monday...
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Ron Reagan, the liberal son of the late President Ronald Reagan, is going back on the radio.
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Five days a week, Linda Graham trolls tattered neighborhoods of this once thriving steel city outside Pittsburgh for unregistered voters she can sign up as Democrats _...
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Another rising star, Kwame M. Kilpatrick, has fallen. The young major of Detroit resigned this week amidst a sex scandal that began early this year.
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Not ready to retire just yet? Consider asking your boss if you can work part-time or telecommute.
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