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Tim Russert, Washington bureau chief of NBC News, walks with the aid of crutches as he leaves U.S. Federal Court in Washington. Russert is key prosecution witness in the I Lewis "Scooter" Libby CIA leak trial. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo)

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Russert says he didn't reveal CIA agent's ID to Libby

NBC's Tim Russert testified he did not inform Libby of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity, as Libby has claimed.

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CNN

Astronaut arrest prompts NASA selection review

A shocked NASA said it would review its screening process for mental and medical problems after astronaut Lisa Nowak's arrest on charges she tried to kill a romantic rival for another astronaut.

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Reuters

Wal-Mart loses job-bias appeal

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must face the largest workplace class-action lawsuit in U.S. history and defend itself against claims that it discriminated against thousands of women employees.

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Los Angeles Times

U.S. helicopter crash in Iraq kills 7

All seven crew members and passengers aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter were killed when it came down near Baghdad, the fifth such aircraft to crash in Iraq in less than three weeks, the military said.

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Reuters

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Iraqi official: Helicopter 'hit by missile'

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Vienna busts global child porn ring

Austria has uncovered an international child pornography network involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, including hundreds in the U.S.

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BBC

U.S. soldiers indicted in kickback case

Five active duty U.S. soldiers have been indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of getting kickbacks from a contractor hired to do work in Iraq.

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MSNBC

Officer's court-martial declared a mistrial

A judge declared a mistrial in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier didn't understand a document he signed admitting to the charges.

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ABC

States seek wider use of death penalty

At least a half-dozen states are considering broadening the application of the death penalty, countering a national trend toward scaling back its use.

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USA Today

NATION

Third office in Britain is hit by parcel bomb attack

A parcel bomb exploded and injured a woman at Britain's driver and vehicle licensing agency, South Wales police said — the third parcel bomb in as many days.

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International Herald Tribune

Hamas and Fatah promise to reach compromise

Leaders of Hamas and Fatah, the two main Palestinian political groups, opened an emergency summit meeting in Islam's holiest city, promising to compromise in forming a new government.

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International Herald Tribune

Indonesia flood victims return home to a smelly problem

Thousands of residents of the Indonesian capital began returning to their homes as flood waters receded, facing a huge task clearing up streets and homes caked in stinking garbage and mud.

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Reuters

POLITICS

GOP views Clinton as virtually unbeatable

What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario -- President Hillary Rodham Clinton -- is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.

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Politico

The biotech bubble

As Congress hunts for ways to push its stem-cell bill past an expected veto, states are charging ahead on their own.

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Slate

SPORTS

Meyer, Gators closing in on top-rated class

The Florida Gators, national champs, have assembled such an embarrassment of talent the past two years that it seems they'll never lose another football game.

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ESPN

Landis to learn his fate soon

The French Anti-Doping Agency will rule this week whether to ban Floyd Landis from racing in France for up to two years after his positive doping test at the 2006 Tour de France.

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USA Today

HEALTH

UK bird flu vet in hospital

A veterinarian who responded to the bird flu outbreak in eastern England is undergoing tests in hospital after developing a chest infection, health officials say.

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The Age

Ahead of the bell curve: Bayer heart drug

German drug maker Bayer AG will be in focus Wednesday after an international study linked its Trayslol drug to increased death rates in post-surgery patients.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Official says policies speed up benefits to the environment

California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer ripped the Environmental Protection Agency's top official for rules changes that could limit the input of scientific advisers into agency decisions.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Is political pressure stifling climate science?

Two advocacy groups told members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week that federal scientists are being pressured to play down the threat of global warming.

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Environmental Magazine

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GOOD NEWS

DNA clue to presidential puzzle

DNA tests carried out on two British men have shed light on a mystery surrounding the ancestry of Thomas Jefferson, America's third president.

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BBC

NATION

Deadly deep freeze grips Midwest, Northeast

Winter returned with a vengeance to the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with snow and below-zero temperatures snarling commutes, canceling flights and closing schools.

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Yahoo! News

Pot-growing moves to the suburbs

Never in his darkest dreams did Rick Estrada think the house a few feet from his contained an indoor marijuana-growing operation that authorities believe is the latest wrinkle in drug trafficking.

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USA Today

Man gets second chance at space ride

A man who gave up a free space ride because he could not afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.

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CNN

BUSINESS

Nortel cuts jobs

Nortel Networks Corp. said it plans to cut 2,900 jobs as it realigns its business. The Toronto-based telecom equipment maker said the workforce reductions will take place over this year and next.

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Toyota shares gain after profit rises to record on sales

Toyota Motor Corp. shares rose after the world's second-largest carmaker posted record profit in the third quarter, helped by a weaker yen and increased sales of Camry sedans and Corolla compact cars.

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Wal-Mart debuts film downloads

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. began selling films online, as the leading seller of DVDs stakes a claim in the emerging market of movie downloading.

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Indianapolis Star

Rowling both 'heartbroken' and 'euphoric' at 'Harry Potter's' end

After 17 years, and more than 350 million books sold, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling laments the end of the tale.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: Video games are good for your eyes

Video game addicts, rejoice: U.S. researchers have found that playing is actually good for your eyes, and despite all those warnings from your parents, it won't make you blind.

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Reuters

Hackers attack key net traffic computers

Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.

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Houston Chronicle

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Man swapped at birth tries to change his religion

An ethnic Chinese Malaysian mistakenly given by doctors to a Malay Muslim couple at birth is bracing for a possible legal battle to renounce Islam, which is considered a crime in parts of Malaysia.

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Free speech and religion clash in Paris

The editors of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly satirical magazine, are in court in Paris after reprinting the Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad that sparked controversy and riots around the world.

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Houston Chronicle

EDUCATION

Publishers cater to growing use of MP3s for schoolwork

Students are now using MP3 players more to listen to downloaded books, textbook study guides and language labs on the go.

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CNN

Arizona universities' endowments near $1 billion

A banner year of donations has put Arizona's public universities near the $1 billion mark in total endowments, meaning more scholarships, talented faculty members and research programs.

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Arizona Republic

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Better than blood?

A man-made, pure-white compound called Oxycyte carries oxygen 50 times as effectively as our own blood.

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Popular Science

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Drivers along U.S. 19 near Rivesville, W.Va., get a colorful ice display thanks to Rich DeMary, 43, who mixed food coloring into gallon jugs of water, then poured them over icicles hanging off the rocks. (Photo by Dale Sparks / AP)

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