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Astronauts rest up for spacewalk to test caulking gun and goo
Last Updated: 6:19 AM 03/20/08 - Shuttle astronauts on board the international space station are preparing for another excursion outside today.
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More robot work in space today

Last Updated: 6:42 AM 03/18/08 - It's robot helping robot later today aboard the international space station. (Full Story)

Astronauts test handyman robot's brakes

Last Updated: 7:23 AM 03/17/08 - The international space station's giant new handyman robot got its first checkup today. Astronauts and flight controllers tested its electronics, joints and brakes. (Full Story)

Gunman open fire in Jewish seminary

Last Updated: 3:21 PM 03/06/08 - Two gunmen entered the library of a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire after nightfall Thursday, killing at least seven, police and rescue workers said. (Full Story)

Senate considers cutting funding for Iraq war

Last Updated: 8:29 AM 02/26/08 - The Army's chief of staff goes before Senators today as lawmakers vote on a proposal to cut funding for the war in Iraq in 120 days. (Full Story)

Cuba's Fidel Castro calls it quits

Last Updated: 11:41 AM 02/19/08 - Fidel Castro is resigning after nearly a half-century as Cuba's president. (Full Story)

KOSOVO UPDATE: UN Sec. Council holds emergency session

Last Updated: 12:41 AM 02/18/08 - The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency session this afternoon on Kosovo. (Full Story)

Top al-Qaida commander killed in Afghanistan

Last Updated: 2:15 PM 01/31/08 - A U.S. monitoring group says an Islamist militant Web site has announced the death of the al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi.
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East Tennessee doctor talks about turmoil in native Pakistan

Last Updated: 9:05 PM 12/28/07 - Even though it's on the other side of the world, what's happening in Pakistan is having an affect here in East Tennessee (Full Story)

Rep. Wamp's statement on Bhutto assassination

Last Updated: 7:08 PM 12/27/07 - Rep. Zach Wamp has released his own statement about the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. (Full Story)

Turkey and trimmings for Christmas dinner in space
Last Updated: 11:36 AM 12/25/07 - Christmas is a-comin' to the international space station. (Full Story)

2 Suspects in Natalee Holloway Case to be Released From Jail

Last Updated: 5:48 PM 11/30/07 - Two brothers who were re-arrested in the Natalee Holloway case in Aruba last week are to be released from jail.
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Black Box Found, Bodies Recovered in Turkish Plane Crash

Last Updated: 11:44 AM 11/30/07 - Authorities have found the black box of a Turkish passenger jet that crashed in southwest Turkey early today. (Full Story)

Police Question Alleged Teen Ringleader of Cyber Crime Network
Last Updated: 11:42 AM 11/30/07 - A New Zealand teenager who's suspected of heading up an international cyber crime network has been questioned by police and let go without being charged. (Full Story)

Kurdish Separatists Have Left Northern Iraq, Returned to Turkey

Last Updated: 11:40 AM 11/30/07 - There's word that Kurdish separatists fighting for autonomy from Turkey have left northern Iraq and returned to their homeland in the past two weeks. (Full Story)

British Teacher in Sudan Faces Possible Lashes For Allegedly Insulting Islam
Last Updated: 4:54 PM 11/27/07 - Officials in Sudan have been questioning a British teacher who could face charges of insulting Islam -- a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes -- for letting young students name a teddy bear "Muhammad" in a class project. (Full Story)

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