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Sheik Salman al-Feraiji, right, Muqtada al-Sadr's chief representative in Sadr City, takes weapons from a group of Iraqi policemen in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. Some 40 policemen in Sadr City handed over their weapons to al-Sadr's local office. (Photo by Karim Kadim / AP)

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Is Pentagon using Guantanamo trials to influence election?

The Navy lawyer for Osama bin Laden's driver argues in a Guantánamo military commissions motion that senior Pentagon officials are orchestrating war crimes prosecutions for the 2008 campaign.

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McClatchy Newspapers

FDA will investigate a possible link between the drug Singulair and suicide

The Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation examining a link between suicide and Merck's popular allergy and asthma drug, Singulair.

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Al-Sadr to followers: don't lay down your arms

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his followers not to lay down their arms, rejecting a demand by the Iraqi government which launched a massive crackdown this week.

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In photos: 'Iraq Basra Conflict'

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Monsters & Critics

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Violence unabated in Shiite strongholds

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San Francisco Chronicle

Bush may expand help for struggling homeowners

President George W. Bush said he is looking to expand U.S. efforts to help struggling homeowners reduce their mortgage payments, as Democrats pressed for a more substantial federal role.

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Reuters

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Paulson to propose new financial overseers

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Bloomberg

DA: Spitzer behind plot to smear rival

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer ordered an aide to release travel records to discredit a political rival despite the ex-governor's public denials, a criminal prosecutor said.

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NATION

Driver dies after explosion on I-91

The driver of a gasoline tanker truck died of injuries caused when his truck rolled over on Interstate 91 and its diesel fuel tank exploded, sending a fireball 60 feet in the air.

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Tanker truck explosion in western Mass.

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Baby found after abduction from hospital

A woman abducted a one-day-old baby from a secure hospital unit and apparently smuggled the child out in a tote bag, police said.

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MSNBC

TSA: nipple ring search procedures faulty

The TSA said its officers at a Texas airport appear to have properly followed procedures when they allegedly forced a woman to remove her nipple rings but said the procedures should be changed.

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CNN

POLITICS

Pelosi: eye 'must be on the prize'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats gathered in San Jose that they must not allow the competitive presidential primary to sidetrack them from their goal of taking back the White House in November.

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San Jose Mercury News

Texas caucus conventions running for second time

Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama scrambled for the last remaining delegates in Texas as the state pushed to settle the outcome of the March caucus.

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Associated Press

Obama tackles Pennsylvania as supporters urge Clinton to drop out

Barack Obama kicked off a six-day bus tour of Pennsylvania, working to narrow Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton's statewide lead enough to reaffirm his national front-runner status.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Obama skit soils North Dakota school

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Clinton fights pressure to quit

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BUSINESS

Scope for dollar selling, investors still overweight

The dollar has dropped sharply this year but many investors still hold overweight positions and could force the greenback to new depths against the euro as they scramble to sell.

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Reuters

Hops crisis brews trouble for craft beers, microbreweries

Ask about hops at the American Flatbread brewpub in Burlington, Vt., and you're likely to find yourself in cold storage, in the cellar, with brewer and co-owner Paul Sayler.

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MarketWatch

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US willing to make serious farm concessions, says Bush

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Epoch Times

SPORTS

Curry shines again as Davidson knocks off Wisconson

Stephen Curry poured in 33 points as Davidson continued its magical run in the NCAA Tournament by running away from Wisconsin, 73-56, and advancing to the Midwest Regional final.

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Judge threatens to jail cop in Sean Taylor murder case

A judge gave a homicide detective investigating Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor's death a deadline to finish his report -- or the cop will go to jail, the Miami Herald reports.

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HEALTH

How dangerous is boxing for the brain?

Boxing is possibly less dangerous for the brain than previously feared — at least for amateurs. However, conclusive statements on the level of danger are not yet possible.

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Brain scan technique spots Alzheimer’s

A computer-assisted imaging technique that measures sugar metabolism within a critical area of the brain could hold the key to the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

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WebMD

RELIGION

Muslim convert defends baptism by pope

A Muslim whose baptism by Pope Benedict over Easter sparked criticism from Muslim scholars has defended his conversion and accused critics of trying to manipulate the event to attack the pontiff.

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What is Muslim prayer?

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Beliefnet

Evangelicals want to change image

An evangelical group that wants to reshape the movement's conservative political reputation is hopes that stressing its roots in women's suffrage and abolition will help it break out of the mold.

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Associated Press

EDUCATION

Boosting GI Bill benefits could hit military roadblock

For Sen. Jim Webb, it's a question of fairness: Why don't veterans of today's armed services get the same benefits the GI Bill provided "the greatest generation" after World War II?

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USA Today

Soaring tuition costs

The cost of a higher education is increasing rapidly across the country. What can next year's freshmen expect.

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GOOD NEWS

Mich. teen finds fossilized shark tooth

David Wentz was snorkeling in the St. Clair River last August when what he thought was an odd-looking rock caught his eye.

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Saved by a text message sent 6,000 miles away

A young British couple got lost in a Thai jungle and were rescued after sending an SOS to a London text service 6,000 miles away -- a trivia company!

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Good News Network

WORLD

Brazil teen confesses to 12 killings, police say

A 16-year-old boy has admitted to the murders of 12 people in southern Brazil, according to a police investigator who described a chillingly calm confession.

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CNN

Zimbabwe's Mugabe seeks to extend rule as vote starts

Zimbabweans began voting as President Robert Mugabe tries to fight off challengers who say his 28-year rule has caused economic collapse and the world's highest inflation rate.

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Bloomberg

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In pictures: Zimbabwe votes

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BBC

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Arab efforts on Sudan urged

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Yahoo! News

Chaos continues at Heathrow's T5 as more flights are canceled

Disruption at Heathrow Terminal 5 will continue throughout the weekend, British Airways (BA) confirmed, as a total of 104 flights will have to be canceled.

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Times Online

ENVIRONMENT

California lowers auto emissions rule

California regulators have cut the number of zero-emission vehicles required to be sold in the state by the year 2014, a decision that frustrated environmentalists but came as a relief to auto manufacturers.

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LiveScience

Wildlife park official arrested in gorilla killings

Congolese authorities have arrested a senior park official in connection to the recent execution-style killings of several mountain gorillas.

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National Geographic

Lights out for Sydney

Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark as the world's first major city turned off its lights for this year's Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.

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Associated Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Stem cells from hair follicles may help 'grow' new blood vessels

For a rich source of stem cells to be engineered into new blood vessels or skin tissue, clinicians may one day look no further than the hair on their patients' heads, according to new research.

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Try this headline: black hole eats earth

A lawsuit contents that a giant particle accelerator outside Geneva might produce a black hole that will spell the end of the Earth — and maybe the universe.

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International Herald Tribune

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Images: the cosmos on your computer

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Chefs warn on side-effects of sushi boom

As Japanese sushi conquers restaurants and homes around the world, industry experts are fighting the side-effects of the raw fish boom: fake sushi bars, over-confident amateurs, poisoned consumers.

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Environmental News Network

Robert Fagles, translator of classics, dies

Robert Fagles, the renowned translator of Latin and Greek whose versions of Homer and Virgil were unlikely best-sellers and became fixtures on classroom reading lists, died at his home in Princeton, New Jersey.

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International Herald Tribune

Ledger's Joker could be biggest posthumous movie role

Heath Ledger's reinvention of the Joker had fans buzzing. His clown face was seen online by millions, and stood as the image upon which nearly all early marketing of "The Dark Knight" hinged.

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CNN

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

After 36 years, FBI reopens D.B. Cooper airplane hijacking case

After 36 years, the FBI reopens one of the great unsolved mysteries of American crime: How a man hijacked an airliner then parachuted off with $200,000 in cash. Who was he? Did he survive?

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International Herald Tribune

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Alden Spoonhunter (left) and Stan Aschenbernner dance during the Keepers of the Fire 28th Biennial Spring Pow-Wow at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. (Photo by Ben Wolosszyn / Laramie Boomerang / AP)

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