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Published Date: April 24, 2007

The catalyst behind the Soviet collapse
BORIS YELTSIN: 1931-2007
The catalyst behind the Soviet collapse
By Maura Reynolds
MOSCOW — Boris N. Yeltsin, the burly, bearish peasant who struck the deathblow that shattered the Soviet Union and served as the first president of the shrunken, disorderly Russia that emerged, died Monday. He was 76.
PHOTOS: Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin 1931 | 2007

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Writer Halberstam dies in car crash
By John M. Glionna and Stuart Silverstein
His tenacious reporting raised early doubts about the Vietnam War.

COLUMN ONE
Colorado sheriff haunted by hostage dilemma
By Stephanie Simon
Gunman was holding two high school girls captive and saying it would all be over at 4. SWAT stormed in, and one girl died. He knows he did the right thing, and yet ...

Lethal Injection
Reliability of execution drugs is in question
By Karen Kaplan
The faulty administration of two of the three chemicals leaves some inmates suffocating and conscious, a report says.

Arizona is the new Nevada
By Maria L. La Ganga and Doug Smith
The Phoenix area is a magnet for people from the Golden State for two reasons: real estate prices and jobs.

Democrats set date to begin troop pullout
By Noam N. Levey
Negotiators in the House and Senate agree on a $124-billion spending compromise. A Bush veto is certain.
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