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Its the end of November, the start of the new day at CNN news, hello, Im CZ. For today we are looking at the tension between three countries. And those are Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States. They are connected by the war on terror, but tha

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1. The sentence is four years in prison for Dr. Conrad Murray convicted of manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. A judge in Los Angeles gave Murray the maximum sentence, saying he was a reckless physician. 2. The parent company of American Ai

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This business update is brought to you by Verizon Online DSL. Here’s some good news today concerning job cuts around the country.

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