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The British Army's Royal Irish Regiment parade through Belfast City to honor Northern Ireland members of British armed forces that have recently returned from war zones under tight security from riot police, Belfast in Northern Ireland. Riot police kept apart rival loyalist and Republican supporters. (Photo by Peter Morrison / AP)

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Business booms behind Baghdad's security walls

When coalition forces built concrete barriers around the five square miles of his Baghdad neighborhood, Farooq al-Timimi saw a business opportunity. He gambled that they would bring security.

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TIME

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Iraq seeking doctors to rebuild health system

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NPR

Are automakers also too big to fail?

In a financial scenario that probably sounds all too familiar to Uncle Sam, the auto industry is declaring itself too important for the government to allow it to fail.

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Christian Science Monitor

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The economy: why it feels so bad

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CNN

Campaigns unleash massive voter drives

Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain uncorked massive operations in more than a dozen states, including millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a fitting climax to a $1 billion campaign.

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Yahoo! News

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What if ... a record turnout?

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Star Tribune

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Why Obama-McCain race deserves 'historic' label

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Sacrifice theme returns to US politics

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Christian Science Monitor

Excess weight boosts breast cancer risk

Obesity can wreck a person's health for many reasons. But for women, too much weight tacks on an additional danger: Studies have linked obesity and breast cancer in a variety of ways.

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HealthDay

UK seeks Saudi cash in latest crisis salvo

British PM Gordon Brown expects Saudi Arabia to pump money into the International Monetary Fund, the latest salvo in an effort to contain the global financial crisis.

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Reuters

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OPEC head urges production cuts

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BBC

NATION

Boeing machinists approve contract, return to work

Boeing Co.'s 27,000 assembly workers voted to approve the company's four-year contract offer, ending a strike that has stopped production at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants for 57 days.

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Reuters

US clocks back 1 hour

It's time in the U.S. to turn back the clock an hour as daylight-saving time ends. Arizona and Hawaii remain on Standard Time.

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Bloomberg

POLITICS

Defining patriotism in a divided nation

Competing claims about what defines patriotism arise during campaign years, but the passionate love of country that may divide us is also the glue that binds Americans together.

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CBS News

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Awash in anxiety, Americans look to shift course

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Election night guide

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MSNBC

How they would lead

The extraordinary powers of the presidency await either Barack Obama or John McCain. So do a grim national mood and a challenging global order.

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TIME

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Obama: McCain abandons the high road

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U.S. News & World Report

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Sen. McCain unveils his new strategies on Weekend Update

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NBC

Final campaign ads go negative

A look back at the back-and-forth battle of TV commercials.

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CBS News

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Requiem for a micro-celebrity

This is the story of Michael Ashe, a struggling, old TV actor who finally found fame and recognition on a Web site run by cheeky youngsters — and caught his break just in time to enjoy it a little.

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Vanity Fair

Queen reigns supreme once again

Thirteen years after their last album and 17 years after the death of Freddie Mercury, Queen, with a new singer, a new album, and a tour, are looking once again like champions of the world.

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HEALTH

Study claims benefits to prescribing heroin to addicts

A government-funded experiment that supporters hope will change the face of addiction treatment has achieved remarkable results, but critics decry the treatment as a slippery slope.

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ABC News

Asleep or awake, brain functions the same

The mind functions essentially the same when asleep as when awake, a new study shows. The discovery could help scientists better understand the difference between a normal and an abnormal brain.

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HealthDay

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The first few minutes after death

After countless accounts of near-death experiences, dating as far back as ancient Greece, science is now taking serious steps forward to explore the nature of the phenomenon.

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Popular Science

Saber-toothed tigers were social beasts

Leopards and tigers today are fairly solitary beasts, but the extinct saber-toothed cat was likely a social animal that lived and hunted like today’s lions, a new study suggests.

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LiveScience

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope says God and science compatible

Pope Benedict XVI told a gathering of scientists including cosmologist Stephen Hawking that there was no contradiction between believing in God and empirical science.

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Reuters

Breakout: What happened when one church dared to 'think outside the box'

If you had to close your church for refurbishment, would you decant the congregation into other buildings and try to maintain ‘business as usual?’ Or would you do something completely different?

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GOOD NEWS

New Wisconsin law hopes to ease organ donation process

The importance of organ donation and its ability to save lives cannot be overestimated. But the process is not always easy for those left behind. Now a new Wisconsin law hopes to change that.

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Channel 3000

Rare, prehistoric-age reptile found in New Zealand

A rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found nesting on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years.

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LiveScience

WORLD

Rebels tighten grip in eastern Congo

Tutsi-led rebels tightened their hold on newly seized swaths of eastern Congo, forcing tens of thousands of frightened, rain-soaked civilians out of makeshift refugee camps.

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ABC News

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UK calls for urgent aid for Congo

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BBC

BUSINESS

Retailers brace for holiday sales

One thing will not change, even with an economic slowdown: People will continue to buy gifts. What is undecided is how many and how much.

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TIME

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Recession fears grip US consumers

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BBC

Video game design graduates find themselves in high demand

Game design has helped rekindle interest in computer science and become a hot new major at more than 200 schools, according to the Entertainment Software Association.

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Small business issues in the ballot box: the Employee Free Choice Act

This election could make the difference for what many observers are calling the most sweeping change in labor laws in 70 years - and one that could affect millions of small businesses for better or worse.

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U.S. News & World Report

SPORTS

Alabama next up at No. 1 in Top 25

The Crimson Tide became the fifth team this season to sit atop the AP Top 25, moving up after previously top-ranked Texas was toppled by Texas Tech.

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Titans remain perfect after overtime victory vs. Packers

The Tennessee Titans remained perfect — even if they needed a little extra time to stay that way.

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USA Today

EDUCATION

Incentives can make or break students

Desperate for ways to ratchet up test scores and close the achievement gap separating white and minority students, school officials from Tucson to Boston are paying kids who put up good numbers.

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Washington Post

Socrates on knowledge

Was he a fair and righteous citizen as historian Xenofon said?

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Epoch Times

ENVIRONMENT

Office-related carbon emissions surge

Despite ongoing efforts to improve energy efficiency in the workplace, the world's growing reliance on the Internet is leading to a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Environmental News Network

Home solar energy systems on hold for better incentives

Congress passed new and extended tax credits with the financial bailout package that are expected to prompt thousands of people to add solar and wind-energy systems to their homes.

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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Student's view of campus safety

College students are faced with many challenges. It's tough to balance a job with hours of homework, and to pay attention in class while planning an escape route from a lecture hall seat.

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CNN

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A Voodoo believer stands on top of a cross dedicated to Baron Samdi, the head of the Gede family of spirits, during Day of the Dead celebrations in Petionville cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP)

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