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Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., arrives at George Washington University Hospital in Washington to visit Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. Johnson was in critical condition after late-night brain surgery, creating political drama about which party will control the Senate next month if he is unable to continue in office. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Photo)

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McCain calls for more troops in Baghdad

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Yahoo! News

Solar-panel problems prompt spacewalk

An emergency spacewalk is being planned to fold up a balky solar panel that, in its current position, could halt construction of the International Space Station.

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USA Today

Israel court won't ban targeted killings

After five years of deliberations, a panel of three High Court of Justice judges unanimously rejected a petition asking it to declare that the army's policy of targeted assassinations is illegal.

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Doctor: Sen. Johnson suffered brain hemorrhage

Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota suffered a hemorrhage in the brain, said Johnson spokeswoman Julianne Fisher. Johnson is said to be in critical condition after brain surgery.

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Johnson's health could impact Senate control

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Bloomberg

Gunmen kidnap dozens in Baghdad

Gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped dozens of people from a major commercial area in central Baghdad, the second mass abduction in the capital in a month.

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U.S. News & World Report

Inquiry: Diana's death was 'tragic accident,' not murder

A police inquiry into the car crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed finds no evidence they were murdered.

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BBC

POLITICS

Swift Boat Veterans, MoveOn.org fined for ads

The overtly partisan activities of "527" organizations in the 2004 election crossed the line, the Federal Election Commission ruled.

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Chicago Tribune

WORLD

Israel blocks PM's return to Gaza

Israeli authorities have ordered the closure of a border point with Egypt to prevent the return of the Palestinian PM, Ismail Haniya of Hamas.

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BBC

Thousands of post offices must go, British MPs told

Around 2,500 post offices will be forced to close, says British Trade and Industry secretary Alistair Darling. Darling said that the current network of 14,263 offices was "unsustainable".

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Guardian

Olmert filmed 'coaching' Prodi

An Israeli television station has broadcast footage that appears to show Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, coaching Romano Prodi on what to say during a joint press conference.

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Al Jazeera

Airline mergers not great news for passengers

The U.S. airline industry is in the throes of merger mania. And while consolidation could be good for the industry’s bottom line, passengers will likely see airfares rise and planes booked solid.

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MSNBC

Study: U.S. worker interruptions cost businesses billions

U.S. office workers get interrupted on the job as often as 11 times an hour, costing as much as $588 billion to U.S. business each year, according to research.

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Yahoo! News

Minimum wage debate splits economists

With Democrats taking over Congress, prospects for hiking the federal minimum wage are good. But economists are divided over its potential effect.

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U.S. News & World Report

Outed CIA operative to leave Washington, head west

Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, former CIA agent Valerie Plame, will move to Santa Fe. The couple was at the center of a political controversy.

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Santa Fe New Mexican

SPORTS

Chiefs owner, AFL founder Lamar Hunt dies

Lamar Hunt, the pro sports visionary who owned the Kansas City Chiefs and came up with the term "Super Bowl," has died. He was 74.

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Boston Red Sox, Japanese pitching ace reach big-bucks deal

The $51 million the Red Sox offered to pay for the rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka was enough to get him across the Pacific; it took that much more to fly him the rest of the way to Boston.

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Concord Monitor

Churches divided on how to help poor

Were it not for churches and religious charities, a lot of folks in the U.S. would go hungry this winter. But while most churches believe in helping the poor, they take different views on how to go about it.

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Reuters

Do public menorahs cheapen Hanukkah?

When Diana Raphael Carver lights the menorah's candles, it's a time for reflection. That's why she doesn't like the idea of displaying a giant electric menorah at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

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GOOD NEWS

Hong Kong residents most generous donors to charity

When Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan announced he would leave half his fortune to his charity that helps young people, the news created barely a ripple in his home city.

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Gulf News

Charity to benefit from princes' concert in memory of Diana

The Leprosy Mission will benefit from the proceeds of a star-studded "super concert" organized by Princes William and Harry to celebrate their mother's life.

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Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Controversial anti-terrorism law upheld

A U.S. court has upheld President Bush's new anti-terror law, agreeing that Guantanamo inmates cannot challenge their imprisonment in courts.

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BBC

Feds: Immigration raids revealed identity theft

Federal officials say raids on meatpacking plants in six states uncovered a "disturbing front" in the battle against illegal immigration: identity theft as a tool to obtain employment.

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'Suicide doctor' Jack Kevorkian to be paroled

A frail Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June after promising he won't assist in any more suicides, a Michigan prison spokesman said.

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Canada East

Circumcision may reduce risk of HIV

Circumcising adult men may reduce by half their risk of getting the AIDS virus through heterosexual intercourse, the U.S. government announced, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link.

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Yahoo! News

FDA: Antidepressants risky for young adults

Treatment with antidepressants increases the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in patients age 24 and younger, according to proposed changes to the drugs’ labels unveiled by federal health officials.

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MSNBC

Wi-fi worry

Some schools are removing wi-fi networks after complaints from parents that their children suffer headaches. In what sounds like a re-run of mobile phone radiation panic, is there evidence of harm?

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BBC

Robo-music gives musicians the jitters

Realtime has never played Broadway, but touring shows and 'Les Miz' in London use it.

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Cows, pigs and sheep: Environment's greatest threats?

Cows, pigs, sheep and poultry have been awarded the dubious honor of being among the world's greatest environmental threats, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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NewScientist

China's white dolphin called extinct after 20 million years

An expedition searching for a rare Yangtze River dolphin ended without a single sighting and with the team's leader saying one of the world's oldest species was effectively extinct.

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CNN

'Babel' leads Golden Globe nominations

Helen Mirren, Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood received multiple Golden Globe nominations, while the multinational ensemble drama "Babel" led all contenders with seven nominations.

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Showbuzz

Robert Craig 'Evel' Knievel sues rapper Kanye West

Iconic daredevil Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West over a music video in which the rapper takes on the persona of ''Evel Kanyevel'' and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle.

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Miami Herald

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Nobel Peace Prize goes to anti-poverty economist, bank he founded

The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize goes to economist Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh and the Grameen Bank, which provides loans to poor people.

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BBC

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