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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., reaches out to the crowd after speaking in Seattle, Wash. Obama headlined a fundraiser for Gov. Chris Gregoire's re-election campaign, an event expected to raise about $320,000. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / AP)

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Oil markets search for signs of a bubble bursting

Crude oil futures closed below $130 a barrel for a second day, marking their biggest weekly drop ever, as traders started to wonder if the oil bubble has burst.

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USA Today

KBR's internal wiring inspection shocks Senate Dems

Pentagon officials have acknowledged that between September 2003 and May 2008, 13 Americans — 11 military personnel and two civilian contractors — had been electrocuted in Iraq.

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Houston Chronicle

Blood vessels made from human adult stem cells grown in mice

Stem cells drawn from the blood system of adult humans or the umbilical cord blood of newborns, injected into mice, formed vessels that may one day deliver oxygen-rich blood to damaged organs.

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Bloomberg

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Obama visits Afghanistan to tour war zone

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Google News

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Obama takes his campaign around the world

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ABC News

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Will trip be more than a photo op?

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CNN

Hurdles crossed for Guantanamo trial

Prosecutors who are preparing for a historic war-crimes trial next week cleared a final hurdle as attorneys for defendant Salim Hamdan accepted a federal judge's decision not to interfere.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Cuba reforms turn to state land

Cuba is to put more state-controlled farm land into private hands, in a move to increase the island's lagging food production.

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BBC

For McCain, ex-rival may be just the ticket

It was not so long ago that the idea that Sen. John McCain would even entertain tapping Mitt Romney, his bitterest primary rival, as running mate would have seemed preposterous.

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International Herald Tribune

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Gramm steps down after 'whiners' comment

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NATION

85 percent of US unhappy with economy

Americans are not simply dissatisfied. They are very unhappy. OK, deeply, pessimistically unhappy. Un–American dreamy unhappy.

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TIME

4 killed as huge crane collapses at Houston refinery

Four workers were killed and six were injured when a huge industrial crane collapsed at the LyondellBasell refinery in southeast Houston, a company official said.

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Houston Chronicle

US seeks 'time horizon' on Iraq

Iraq and the United States have called for an agreement on a "general time horizon" for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, the White House has announced.

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BBC

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Obama: Iraq war 'distracts'

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CNN

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Troop surge ends

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ABC News

POLITICS

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Could DC bribery have cost troop lives?

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CBS News

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Air Force uses counterterror funds to pay for VIP 'comfort capsules'

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Reuters

Hillary Clinton rips Bush abortion proposal

Sen. Hillary Clinton blasted a Bush administration proposal that would change the definition of abortion and, she argues, limit women's access to contraception.

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ABC News

McCain to General Motors Corp.: electric car 'vital' to oil independence

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain told General Motors Corp. employees that reviving the struggling industry would be of utmost importance in his administration.

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USA Today

SPORTS

Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team

In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from competing in the Beijing Olympics.

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Google News

Piepoli, Ricco fired by team over doping

Italians Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Ricco were kicked out of the Saunier Duval team for "doping practices," the team said.

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Guardian

EDUCATION

Chinese schools now top source of doctoral students for US universities

The pipeline into America's PhD programs used to flow from Berkeley. Now the most students pour in from China's Tsinghua and Beijing universities.

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San Jose Mercury News

Task force formed to establish new Antioch College

Antioch University trustees and directors of the Antioch College Alumni Association have agreed on the framework for a plan to create a new, fully independent Antioch College.

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Springfield News-Sun

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA used human cadavers in Orion landing tests

Personnel working under contract for NASA used cadavers in tests to develop landing systems, spacesuits and seats in the new Orion moonship, space agency officials said.

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Houston Chronicle

No recession for game console makers

The rest of the economy might be on the road to ruin, but the video-game market is riding high.

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AT&T muffs free iPhone Wi-Fi offer again

For the second time in the last two months, AT&T Inc. has mistakenly announced free access for iPhone owners to its 17,000 wireless hot spots.

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HEALTH

Tomato scare makes consumers wary

The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll — it’s cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods.

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MSNBC

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Salmonella: frequently asked questions

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WebMD

Deep flaws found in US health care

American medical care might be the most expensive in the world, but it is getting increasingly difficult to argue that it is worth every penny.

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International Herald Tribune

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7 Slimming Tips From the Skinniest State

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GOOD NEWS

In Spain, human rights for apes

One could be forgiven for wondering how it is that Spain, of all places, is on track to become the first country in the world to extend limited "human" rights to apes.

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TIME

Letter carrier saves child

It's been more than 30 years since Keith McVey used the skills he learned as a Boy Scout, but the letter carrier didn't let that stop him from jumping into a lake to rescue a young girl who was drowning.

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Akron Beacon Journal

WORLD

How the International Court pieced together its case against Sudan's Bashir

With the controversial indictment of Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, the International Criminal Court is putting its reputation on the line.

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Newsweek

Israel says it breaks up terror plot aimed at Bush

Israel's security service says it has arrested six men suspected of forming a terror cell sympathetic to al-Qaida.

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MSNBC

Iran rules out freeze on uranium enrichment

A senior Iranian official ruled out any freeze in uranium enrichment, rejecting a central demand of major powers at talks on its nuclear program in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Times Online

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Rice affirms Iran policy shift

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BUSINESS

California jury finds J&J not liable In $1 billion Motrin lawsuit

A jury in Los Angeles found that Johnson & Johnson isn't liable in a $1 billion lawsuit filed by parents who claimed their 11-year-old daughter went blind because of the pain reliever Children's Motrin.

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CNNMoney

US stocks turn lower after mixed earnings reports, oil heads upward

U.S. stocks slid lower after a mixed start, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. all disappointed, while oil reversed direction after three days of losses.

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MarketWatch

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Emmy nominees warn against strike

Hollywood's leading actors union got a kick in the rear end from several Emmy nominees worried about the threat of an actors strike.

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Reuters

Record-breaking weekend for Batman movie ‘The Dark Knight’?

"The Dark Knight" should soar into the box office stratosphere with its U.S. debut in a record number of theaters that could propel it past the $100 million mark on its opening weekend, industry watchers said.

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MSNBC

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Review: 'The Dark Knight'

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Variety

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'The Dark Knight'

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Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change threatens US way of life

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under fire for apparently discounting the impact of climate change, said global warming poses real risk to human health.

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Environmental News Network

Shelby Supercars announces the world's fastest electronic car

Shelby Supercars has announced plans to build a 100 percent green supercar. "I think we can do it faster, leaner and cleaner than any other manufacturer," says company founder Jerod Shelby.

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Wired

Al Gore lays down green challenge

Former Vice President Al Gore challenged the U.S. to shift its entire electricity sector to carbon-free wind, solar and geothermal power within 10 years.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Gore's Bold, Unrealistic Plan to Save the Planet

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TIME

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Long-running NY pageant spreads the Mormon message

Actors know that a career on stage takes dedication and sacrifice, but Mormons in the annual Hill Cumorah pageant take that to a whole new level.

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Religion News Service

Chant Krishna, be happy

On most days Sujoy Bhowmik is a pharmacist at a CVS in Columbus, Ohio. Other days, he is Narottama Das, a devotee of Hare Krishna, who finds peace in West Virginia at the Palace of Gold.

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Columbus Dispatch

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

In a head-to-toe black chador, Zohreh fits the western image of the repressed Iranian woman, but inside her apartment it seems clear that her life is much more than the Western world believes.

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Financial Times

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Katie White, right, and Jules De Martino, left, from the British indie-pop band, The Ting Tings, perform during an acoustic session on the banks of Geneva Lake at the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland. (Photo by Laurent Gillieron / Krystone / AP)

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