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  • Sparks fly over lousy economy

    Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for sweeping action by the government to directly shield many homeowners from mortgage foreclosure.
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  • Market free fall smashes retiree nest eggs — $2 trillion lost

    Americans' retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months — about 20 percent of their value — Congress' top budget analyst estimated Tuesday as lawmakers began investigating how turmoil in the financial industry is whittling away workers' nest eggs.
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  • Isolation, deprivation for men in U.S. brig

    A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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  • No cold medicines for children under 4, drug companies say

    Don't give over-the-counter cold remedies to kids under 4, drug companies said Tuesday. What sniffling little ones need, doctors said, are plenty of fluids and lots of tender, loving care.
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Michelle Ngwafon, 16, notes the answer she was given by government scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse to her online questions about date rape drugs during class at Rockville High School on Tuesday in Rockville, Md. (Kevin Wolf, Associated Press)
Kevin Wolf, Associated Press
Scientists and kids chat about drugs
Michelle Ngwafon, 16, notes the answer she was given by government scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse to her online questions about date rape drugs during class at Rockville High School on Tuesday in Rockville, Md.
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