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Radio host Don Imus leaves his Manhattan residence. CBS fired Imus from his radio program, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation's most prominent broadcasters. Imus called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos" on the air last week. (Photo by David Karp / AP)

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CBS also pulls plug on Imus

CBS has canceled Don Imus' radio show, effective immediately, after uproar over his racist and sexist comments about Rutgers women's basketball team.

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MSNBC drops simulcast of Don Imus show because of slur

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Senate votes to ease Bush stem cell research limits

The Democratic-led U.S. Senate voted to lift a key restriction by President George W. Bush on the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

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Reuters

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Bush disapproves of stem cell bill

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3 dead, 5 missing as ship capsizes off Scotland

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MSNBC

At least 8 dead in Iraq parliament explosion

A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in the Iraqi parliament cafeteria in a stunning assault in the heavily fortified, U.S.-protected Green Zone, killing at least eight people, the American military said.

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MSNBC

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Iraq truck bomb damages bridge

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Yahoo! News

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White House can't say if lost e-mails referenced firings

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Bloomberg

Nifong admits Duke lacrosse players were 'wrongfully accused'

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong acknowledged that three former Duke University lacrosse players were "wrongfully accused" of sexual assault.

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Duke player speaks out

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CBS News

Musharraf: 300 foreign militants killed

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said tribesmen have killed about 300 foreign militants during a weekslong offensive near the Afghan border and acknowledged they had military support.

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Yahoo! News

NATION

BBC journalist abducted in Gaza is alive, Abbas says

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, says he has evidence that a BBC reporter abducted in Gaza a month ago is alive and well, the BBC's director general said.

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International Herald Tribune

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UN head: release BBC reporter

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BBC

Warmth, and a warning, in Chinese leader's visit to Japan

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China pledged friendship with Japan in a rare address to the Japanese, but cautioned that Tokyo must match its past apologies for its wartime aggression with concrete actions.

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International Herald Tribune

India test fires nuclear-capable missile

India successfully test fired a new missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads across much of Asia and the Middle East, a defense ministry spokesman said.

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MSNBC

POLITICS

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Leahy: Aides lying about White House-Justice e-mails

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CNN

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Gonzales crams for a Senate grilling

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Newsweek

Hill leaders to meet with Bush on war funding bill

The White House and Democratic congressional leaders agreed to meet next week to discuss the stalled war funding bill, but only after a day of dueling statements left prospects for bipartisan cooperation remote.

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Real Clear Politics

YouTube launches interactive forum for ’08 candidates

Online video service YouTube is providing presidential candidates with a virtual soapbox that allows them to interact with the online community.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

Nestle to buy Gerber for $5.5 billion

Nestle SA, the world's biggest food company, said it will buy Gerber Products Co. from pharmaceutical maker Novartis SA for $5.5 billion, giving it the largest share of the global baby food market.

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BusinessWeek

Vonage chief Snyder steps down

Vonage, the struggling U.S.-based broadband telephony pioneer, said Mike Snyder had stepped down as chief executive “by mutual agreement.”

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Financial Times

SPORTS

Rangers end playoff skid with win over Thrashers

The New York Rangers won their first playoff game in almost 10 years with a 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bledsoe calls it quits

Drew Bledsoe has retired, ending a 14-year career in which he made two Super Bowls.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Some foods take taste out of cigarettes

What do a slice of cheese, a glass of water, and a plate of broccoli have in common? According to new research, consuming any of these foods seems to diminish the taste of cigarettes.

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Health Day

Male births declining in the U.S.

The number of male babies born in the U.S. is dropping and has been on a steady decline for the last three decades, according to a new study.

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WebMD

EDUCATION

Students sue antiplagiarism website for rights to their homework

In a table-turning episode in the digital copyright wars, four teenagers are suing a business for allegedly trampling on their copyrights. Their product: homework.

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Christian Science Monitor

Education Dept. oversight questioned

An Education Department official placed on leave over a potential conflict of interest in his management of the government's student loan program filed disclosure forms that raise oversight questions.

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Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

6 million children immunized against measles in North Korea

Six million children in North Korea aged six months to 15 years have been immunized in a massive United Nations-backed emergency campaign.

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Good News Network

Venture philanthropy goes into politics

In recent years, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have led a growing effort to transform the philanthropic sector through what's been dubbed "venture philanthropy."

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BusinessWeek

NATION

N.J. Gov. Corzine in car accident, leg broken

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine broke his leg in a hit-and-run automobile accident en route to a meeting with embattled radio host Don Imus and the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

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Reuters

World Bank's Wolfowitz apologizes for role in staffer's promotion

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz apologized for his role in the promotion of a woman with whom he was romantically involved as the international finance agency's employees demanded he quit.

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Bloomberg

U.S. man accused of plot to bomb resorts

A federal grand jury indicted a U.S. citizen on charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials said.

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Examiner

ENVIRONMENT

Schwarzenegger: Make climate hip

The environmental movement must become "hip and sexy" if it is to succeed, California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said.

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BBC

Indonesia quake caused huge coral die-off: Survey

A strong earthquake that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island two years ago caused one of the biggest coral die-offs ever documented, a study by scientists from two conservation groups found.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84

Kurt Vonnegut, the satirical novelist who captured the absurdity of war and questioned the advances of science in darkly humorous works such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," has died at age 84.

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ABC News

Report: Beatles join iPod revolution with EMI settlement

The Beatles have settled a long-running legal row with record company EMI over royalty payments, clearing the way for the release of the band's entire back catalogue over the Internet.

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Monsters and Critics

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Spiders check the weather before flying

Spiders love to fly. But before casting out a silk thread and swooping miles through the air, a spider checks the weather just as a human pilot might do during a pre-flight routine, a new study finds.

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LiveScience

MGM movies arrive at iTunes Store

The inventory of movies at Apple's iTunes Store gets a shot in the arm with the announcement that MGM is beginning to release movies for download.

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iTWire

Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities

In an effort to bring attention to the ongoing crisis in Darfur, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service literally to map out the carnage.

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CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope writes on evolution, limits of scientific reason

Pope Benedict XVI discusses the limits of the scientific method, and in particular of evolutionary theory, in a new German-language book issued this week.

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Catholic World News

Spirituality influences health, most doctors say

The majority of American doctors think that religion and spirituality play an important role in influencing patients' health, a new review found.

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LiveScience

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Man buried for 8 hours in snow survives

A man buried by an avalanche for almost eight hours emerged with little more than scratches after a relative found him using a probe. Ryan Roberts said he was astonished he survived the avalanche.

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A Cuban student screams chants against anti-Castro Cuban militant Luis Posada Carilles' release in San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba. An appeals court blocked Carilles' release from jail just as he began the process to be freed on bond. (Photo by Javier Galeano / AP)

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