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Are Chinese drugs and chemicals safe?

Beijing-based producer Beth Loyd blogs: There are an estimated 80,000 chemical companies in China. Many of these companies manufacture ingredients for drugs and export these chemicals to more than 150 countries. And many are not regulated at all by the...

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Huckabee Reaches October Fundraising Goal

ABC News' Kevin Chupka reports: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, has announced via his campaign’s website that they have raised over a million dollars online since October 1. A strong showing...

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Giuliani Says Gov't Needs "Flexibility" on Waterboarding

ABC News' Jan Simmonds Reports: In Nashua, New Hampshire, today Rudy Giuliani maintained his position that waterboarding may not be torture after he was asked if he had wanted to re-articulate his position. Holding his ground, Giuliani said "the way...

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McCain, Warner, Graham Subtly Endorse Mukasey

ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf Reports: It was not a ringing endorsement, but the White House and Attorney General nominee will take whatever they can get right now. The ranking and emeritus Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee have...

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Cheney's Dog Darth Vader for Halloween

ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: The Vice President's dogs may beat the President's dogs in the best dressed category this Halloween. Late night TV shows have ridiculed and compared Vice President Dick Cheney to Darth Vader. So in a wicked...

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Thompson: Clinton 'Dodging Hard Issues'

ABC News' Christine Byun Reports: While Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and her Democratic rivals were hashing it out on the debate stage Tuesday last night, Republican candidate Fred Thompson said he was not watching. At a media availability in San...

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Clinton Gets Major Union Endorsement

ABC News' Teddy Davis and Eloise Harper Report: On the heels of a rough debate, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., showed off the institutional strength of her candidacy on Wednesday when she picked up the endorsement of the nation's public employees...

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Bush Nominates Gov. Schafer to Agriculture

ABC News' Ann Compton Reports: President Bush has chosen another farm state governor to run the Department of Agriculture at a time when the important farm bill has to be reauthorized. President Bush nominated former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer...

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Only Love Between Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush Onstage

ABC News' Eloise Harper: The morning after receiving verbal punches from her Democratic rivals -- and delivering criticism of President George Bush -- Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., stood on stage Wednesday with the President's wife at an event to support...

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Bush Loyalist Karen Hughes Resigns

ABC News' Jonathan Karl and Kirit Radia Report: Karen Hughes resigned Wednesday morning as Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy. In July, 2005 Bush appointed Hughes as the first Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy to "promote America's values and confront ideological...

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