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Rutgers University women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer speaks at a news conference on campus in Piscataway, N.J., to react to remarks directed at her team made on air by radio personality Don Imus. Stringer called his comments ''racist and sexist remarks that are deplorable, despicable and unconscionable.'' (Photo by Mike Derer / AP)

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Rutgers basketball coach calls Imus comments 'deplorable'

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Asbury Park Press

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Rutgers team will meet with Imus

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Macao ready to release funds linked to North Korea

The Macao government is prepared to release funds linked to North Korea that have been frozen in a local bank, as negotiations continued on the communist country's nuclear disarmament.

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International Herald Tribune

Bush invites lawmakers to discuss war funding

President Bush invited Democrats to discuss their standoff over a war-spending bill, but he made clear he would not change his position opposing troop withdrawals.

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House panel subpoenas Gonzales over firings

The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed new documents from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as part of its investigation into the firings of federal prosecutors.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Patience wearing thin

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MSNBC

U.S. forces in heavy clashes in Baghdad

U.S. and Iraqi forces backed by attack helicopters fought gunmen in Baghdad, witnesses said, in what appeared to be the heaviest battle in the capital since a security crackdown in February.

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Reuters

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Thousands of Iraqis protest U.S. military

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International Herald Tribune

Bush wants immigration laws overhauled

President Bush says because border security measures enacted by Congress last year are working, it is time for lawmakers to pass his stalled overhaul of immigration laws.

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San Diego Union Tribune

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Bush touts guest worker proposal

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ABC News

Iran now vows to expand nuclear plans

A day after Iran announced it had begun production of nuclear fuel on an "industrial level," the head of the country's atomic energy organization said Iran had plans to greatly expand its nuclear program.

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CNN

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Iran outlines nuclear status

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NATION

Serb paramilitaries found guilty in war crimes trial

Four Serb paramilitaries filmed as they killed Bosnian Muslims in 1995 were found guilty of murder at Serbia's war crimes court.

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Guardian

Turkish police 'arrest plane hijacker'

Turkish police arrested a man who tried to hijack an airliner flying from the southeast of the country to Istanbul and divert it to Iran, officials said.

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Guardian

Woman seeking frozen embryos loses case

A British woman left infertile after being treated for ovarian cancer has no right to use frozen embryos to have a baby without permission from the man who provided the sperm, a court ruled.

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POLITICS

Bush would veto stem cell bill

President Bush will again veto a bill to subsidize stem cell research, but would sign an alternative that permits public funding for studies on embryos, the White House said.

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USA Today

Obama not in 2008 race for second place

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama dismissed the notion he might consider accepting the No. 2 spot on the 2008 ballot - with Hillary Rodham Clinton at the top.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Source: Citigroup may cut 17,000 jobs

Citigroup Inc., the biggest U.S. bank, may cut 5 percent of its workforce, or almost 17,000 jobs, said a person with knowledge of the company's plans.

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Bloomberg

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Wall Street's prognosis: negative

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Marketplace

China slams U.S. over new WTO complaints

China reacted harshly to a U.S. decision to take it to the World Trade Organization over copyright piracy, saying it would "seriously damage" bilateral cooperation and harm business ties.

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China is mad

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Marketplace

Oil prices move higher after big loss

Oil prices regained some ground after sliding nearly $3 barrel the day on expectations of oversupply at a key North American delivery point.

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BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Olympian pleads guilty to money laundering

Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and money-laundering scheme.

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Sports Illustrated

Abreu, A-Rod lead Yankees past Twins

The New York Yankees thawed out quickly in Minnesota against Sidney Ponson. Bobby Abreu drove in four runs, Alex Rodriguez homered again and the Yankees beat the Twins 8-2.

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Forbes

HEALTH

U.S. cancer deaths continue to decline

The war on cancer continues to pay dividends with annual deaths from the disease declining in the United States, a new report shows.

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Health Day

Calories count more than foods

If you're trying to lose weight, calories count more than the types of food in your diet, a U.S. Department of Agriculture-Tufts University study shows

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WebMD

EDUCATION

YouTube blamed over teacher cyber bullying

The British Education Secretary will demand that Web sites like YouTube remove videos of teachers being abused, as unions charge that "cyber bullying" is making teachers' lives a misery.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Foundation commits $100 million to fight global warming

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in New York has pledged $100-million over five years to speed the development of new energy technologies that can reduce the threat of global warming.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy

Turning debris into treasure

The 200-ton mountain of debris that fills the yard at Premier Recycle comes from construction and demolition sites. These days, most of what's hauled away from these sites can be recycled.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Farmers survey crops following freeze

The weekend cold snap damaged crops across the Southeast and parts of the Midwest, and was especially devastating for fruit growers.

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Kansas City Star

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Cold snap threatens crops

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CBS

Mass. Governor seeks disaster relief for fishing towns

Governor Deval L. Patrick has submitted to the federal government documentation showing regional economic losses of $22 million due to recent changes in federal commercial fishing regulations.

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Fires rage, but Alligator Alley reopens

Alligator Alley was opened again, but the brush fires that shut down miles of the major highway linking South Florida and Naples continued to burn out of control.

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Miami Herald

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Fire threatens Alligator Alley

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Millions face hunger from climate change

Warming temperatures could result in food shortages for 130 million people by 2050 and threaten to cause drought and higher seas in Australia and New Zealand by 2030.

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Houston Chronicle

Effort to reduce vehicle emissions gets first court test

A week after the U.S. Supreme Court said vehicle carbon dioxide emissions can be regulated like other pollutants, an effort by several states to do that is about to get its first court test.

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Chicago Sun-Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Metro riders ignore world class violinist

It may be difficult for classical music lovers to imagine Joshua Bell as just another street musician, but that's exactly what he was to the busy commuters in Washington, D.C.

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Violinist's social experiment

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ABC News

Liz Hurley threatened with jail term

In a bizarre twist to her recent wedding ceremony, model and actor Liz Hurley is being threatened with a three-year jail term for breaching Hindu customs.

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Melbourne Herald Sun

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study suggests early earth was purple

The earliest life on Earth might have been purple, a scientist claims. Ancient microbes might have used a molecule to harness the Sun’s rays, one that gave the organisms a violet hue.

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LiveScience

Online sheriff sought; bloggers unimpressed

They are calling them the blog cops - two Internet bigwigs who want to clean out the potty-mouths of 70 million bloggers and civilize the virtual Wild West of online publishing.

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The Age

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Physicians view religiosity as factor in patients' health

A majority of physicians in a large survey declared that religion and spirituality, including divine intervention, affect their patients' health.

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Psychiatric Times

Analysts: Churches may sway Mugabe

The Catholic Church's criticism of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe could have a greater influence in persuading him to discuss reform than attacks from elsewhere, said analysts.

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News 24

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

School row over student's crucifix

A Roman Catholic schoolgirl's desire to wear a crucifix necklace has led to her religion clashing with her school's health and safety policy.

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BBC

Photo of the Day

A Russian Proton M rocket that will carry Canadian Anik F3 telecommunication satellite blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The satellite, which weighs 10,140 pounds, will supply telephone and Internet services and transmit television and radio signals across Canada and the United States. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / AP)

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