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Cruel and unusual punishment
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Cruel and unusual punishment

National |  A rare glimpse into remote North Korea uncovers new stories on persecution-300 people a year killed for their faith-amid an unbending communist regime

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Looming storms

National |  With rainy season approaching, time is running short to avert disaster

Advance notice
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Advance notice

National |  In the post-Schiavo era, living wills and other directives may not be good enough

Year of the hurricane(s)
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Year of the hurricane(s)

National |  Floridians can still call them by name, like shirt-tail relatives who insist on visiting too often and staying too long: Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne. Week…

Price of gas
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Price of gas

National |  Soaring gas prices throughout the summer and fall were blamed for slowing the nation's economic recovery-and President Bush's reelection bid. By Election Day,

Intelligence (re)design
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Intelligence (re)design

National |  On July 22, nearly three years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, a nonpartisan commission released its 567-page report on what went…

So is there life on Mars?
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So is there life on Mars?

National |  Martian rovers haven't found evidence of it. But the NASA interplanetary dune buggies have found evidence that water once existed on the Red Planet. If Spirit…

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Early retirement

National |  Millions of extra viewers tuned into NBC Nightly News on Dec. 1 for the farewell broadcast of longtime anchor Tom Brokaw. But the graceful exit of the…

Martha must pay
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Martha must pay

National |  Martha Stewart began 2004 a near-billionaire, overseeing a vast media empire built on her knack for cooking and home decor. She ended it with friends…

Death-row decision
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Death-row decision

National |  Largely emotionless throughout his six-month trial, Scott Peterson remained so when a jury decided he should die. Mr. Peterson was convicted Nov. 12 of…

Coming out, stepping down
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Coming out, stepping down

National |  New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey (D) in August dropped a political bombshell, announcing that he was a homosexual, had engaged in adultery with a man, and…

Sick day
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Sick day

National |  For the first time in nearly 20 years, William Rehnquist is not presiding over a new session of the Supreme Court. The 80-year-old chief justice announced in…

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