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Monday, January 21, 2002
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Afghan aid deal reached
TOKYO -- Major donors pledged a combined $1.5 billion for Afghanistan today at the opening of a two-day reconstruction conference here in an effort to reverse 23 years of war, famine, intrigue and chaos.
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Marking King's impact, life
LACEY -- Eight-year-old LaRae Mathews led a group of girls in an African dance -- arms out, arms in, hands on knees, all to the beat.
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Collective bargaining bill back on agenda
OLYMPIA -- The last time state lawmakers tried to have a hearing on collective bargaining, it nearly broke down into a fistfight between a labor lobbyist and a Republican legislator.
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Enron phone flurry airs sticky questions
WASHINGTON -- In the last weeks of Enron's financial free fall, worried company executives grabbed the phone and dialed up Bush administration officials. Yet, to hear officials recount the conversations, the exchanges only casually touched on the company's need of a lifeline it never got.
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Congress will face daunting agenda
WASHINGTON -- Congress returns to work Wednesday to struggle with a flagging economy, a global war on terrorism, efforts to shore up homeland defense and mounting federal deficits -- and to try to reach consensus during a potentially polarizing election year when control of both chambers is up for grabs.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day closures
Events
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Defending champs fall
PITTSBURGH -- The Steel Curtain would have loved this.
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Rams rend records on hapless Packers
ST. LOUIS -- More records fell at the hands of the St. Louis Rams.
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Pair of Aussies leads pack at Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The uplifting drama about a schizophrenic genius, "A Beautiful Mind," led winners at Sunday's Golden Globes with four awards, including best drama and best actor for star Russell Crowe.
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Proposal targets wetlands
OLYMPIA -- A new tool to restore and create wetlands when other wetlands are destroyed by development is taking shape in this state.
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