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'The Boarded Window' by Ambrose Bierce

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1. The Senate's Democratic leader urges President Bush and Vice President Cheney to apologize for actions of their aides in the CIA leak case. 2. Two US soldiers are charged with assault for allegedly

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1. American Sarah Shroud says shes grateful to Iran's president and other officials for her release from a Tehran prison. Iran is still holding her two hiking companions. Shroud boarded a plane out of the country earlier Tuesday. 2. Warm, dry weather

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1. The lights are slowly coming back on across the mid Atlantic. Power crews have been restoring electricity after a violent storm Friday night knocked it out. By Sunday afternoon, millions remained in the dark. 2. A storm stranded passengers on a Ne

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