Bush urged to review denied Medal of Honor

California lawmakers asked President Bush to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Marine who was chosen to instead receive the second-highest medal the Navy can bestow for valor.

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Palin attacks media over 'very scary' reporting

Sarah Palin, still smarting over coverage of her vice presidential run, calls the media's reporting on her family "very scary".

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Bring toilet paper and hand warmers

Here are some last-minute tips to help the millions making their way to Washington, D.C., to see Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

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U.S. to split by 2010? Russian analyst thinks so

For seriously predicting that the United States will break into six parts in June or July of 2010, Igor Panarin has suddenly become a Russian state-media celebrity.

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Man spent days unnoticed in family's attic

A family did not realize they had an unexpected Christmas guest until a man who had been in their attic for days emerged wearing their clothes, police said.

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Police: 1981 killing of Adam Walsh solved

A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the 6-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh in 1981, Florida police said Tuesday.

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O.J. Simpson faces spartan desert prison

O.J. Simpson's future was clear Saturday. His new home will be a prison cell in the Nevada desert, with freedom hinging on an appeal of a trial that his lawyers say was filled with errors.

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Five-figure bonuses stun employees

Dave Tiderman wondered if the decimal point was in the wrong place when he opened his $35,000 company bonus. Jose Rojas saw his $10,000 check and thought, "That can't be right."

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McCain says Palin didn't hurt presidential bid

John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid, and that anonymous criticism aimed at her after their crushing defeat was just typical campaign sniping.

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Barack Obama elected 44th president

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Drew Peterson wants to start dating again

While relatives and friends of missing Illinois housewife Stacy Peterson observed her 24

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Drew Peterson to missing wife Stacy: 'Show yourself'

One year after the disappearance of his wife, Stacy Peterson, Drew Peterson said he didn't know why three answers he gave during a polygraph examination were judged deceptive, and continued to maintain she ran off with another man.

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Nepal declares young girl new living goddess

Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.

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McCain's last chance, or a chance to shine?

It's ironic but appropriate that Sen. John McCain's pivotal campaign moment tonight is in a city known for country-music troubadours of last chances.

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Vote: Who won the vice presidential debate?

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Acting legend Paul Newman dies at 83

Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario, has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 83.

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Amid scary rescue, window installer calls mom

A window installer plucked from a scaffold that teetered about 70 stories above a Manhattan street says he called his mother while he was waiting to be rescued.

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Even dead seemed to try to flee Ike's wrath

Hurricane Katrina chased bluesman Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown from New Orleans. Now, another hurricane has disturbed his resting place.

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