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INTERNATIONAL
North Korea vowsannihilating attack
NORTH KOREA vowed Monday to respond with an "annihilating" nuclear strike if it is attacked pre-emptively by the United States.
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IRAQ WAR
Ex-soldier in court
A FORMER SOLDIER discharged because of a "personality disorder" was accused in federal court Monday of executing an Iraqi family so he and other troops could rape and murder a young woman they had been eyeing at a traffic checkpoint.
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LOCAL
Roth rocks in Niles
DAVID LEE ROTH rocked the Valley's dreams Monday night as an estimated crowd of 4,500 people were encouraged to "Dance the Night Away" at Eastwood Field
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BUSINESS
FirstEnergy project
BEHIND BARBED WIRE at a secret location, FirstEnergy Corp. hopes a $22 million control center improves electric reliability for customers of the utility that was at the heart of the 2003 blackout across much of the Midwest and East.
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