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In this file photo, Analia Maya looks out of the window at the Tango Cafe in Saugerties, N.Y., where she and her brother worked as Immigration and Customs Enforcement undercover operatives in exchange for a shot at legal US residency, until the agency suddenly arrested one and threatened deportation. (Photo by Seth Wenig / AP)

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Katrina children are still suffering

A startling number of children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems, a new study found.

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Detroit Free Press

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USA TODAY

Online rants carry big legal risks

Bloggers have free speech rights, but they increasingly are being sued over trash talk that defames or threatens people.

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Star Tribune

Feds moving to dismiss some deportation cases

The Department of Homeland Security is moving to dismiss pending immigration cases filed against suspected illegal immigrants who have no serious criminal records, according to several sources.

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Houston Chronicle

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Border deaths in Ariz. may break record

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Los Angeles Times

Global outlook casts shadow over Fed mountain retreat

Central bankers from around the world will assess a darkening economic outlook at their U.S. mountain retreat with discussion of printing yet more money to spur growth on the agenda.

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Reuters

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US futures extend drop on durable goods orders

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Bloomberg

Carter in North Korea to free prisoner

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met North Korea’s nominal head of state after touching down in Pyongyang for a private visit to win the release of an American jailed in the reclusive state.

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Toronto Sun

NATION

Existing home sales hit a 15-year low

Sales of existing homes plunged to the lowest level in 15 years, dashing hopes that a rebound in housing would jolt the economy out of its post-recession malaise.

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NPR

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Homes sales plunge

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MSNBC

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5 most and least affordable housing markets

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CNNMoney

Government will appeal injunction against stem cell funding

The Obama administration will appeal a federal judge's decision to temporarily block federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed.

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CNN

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White House: Ruling blocks 'life-saving' research

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Los Angeles Times

New microbe discovered eating oil from Gulf of Mexico oil spill

A newly discovered oil-eating microbe is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico, gobbling up the oil from the BP spill at a faster rate than expected, scientists reported.

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MSNBC

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Nature

POLITICS

McCain defeats primary challenger

Sen. John McCain routed conservative challenger J.D. Hayworth in the Republican primary in what could be the final campaign for the former GOP presidential nominee.

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U.S. News & World Report

Sherrod turns down job offer from Agriculture Department

Shirley Sherrod, who received an apology after being forced to resign from the Agriculture Department, declined an offer to serve as the agency's deputy director of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach.

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CNN

BUSINESS

Organic egg sellers scramble to keep up with fresh interest after recall

The recall of half a billion eggs at risk of being tainted by salmonella has scared consumers, who are now showing an increasing willingness to pay premium prices for these most basic of grocery items.

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AOL News

Egg recalls ripple through food supply

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Discount medical plan scam artists prey on the desperate

With medical costs skyrocketing and more people uninsured, some unscrupulous marketers are implying that cut-rate fees and discount plans are an alternative to comprehensive medical coverage.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Solar power: brighter investment outlook

Energy standards requiring U.S. utilities to use solar power could drive growth for companies ranging from inverter makers to installation financiers.

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BusinessWeek

Environment ministry failing to preserve British Columbia Parks

As British Columbia Parks prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011, a report painted a damning portrait of a fast-expanding yet underfunded system unable to protect ecological integrity.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pastor keeps preaching after cancer steals his voice

Throat cancer has left the Rev. Lyle Kath nearly speechless. He has turned to the written word to spread the Word.

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Star Tribune

The Indian tribe that took on a mining giant – and won

The tribal people of the Niyamgiri Hills in eastern India said they considered the mountain their god. They said they would fight before seeing the mountain destroyed, and they won their battle.

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The Independent

SPORTS

Nadal tops men's seed for US Open

Rafael Nadal has been handed the top seed for the next U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows. Five-time champion Roger Federer is seeded second.

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CNN

Vikings wide receiver could miss half the season due to hip surgery

Minnesota Vikings Pro Bowl wideout Sidney Rice could miss half the 2010 season after undergoing hip surgery.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Without death penalty, we'd have funds to treat mental illness

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Celebrate being rude

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Gen X faces unique challenge in Gen Y

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Kansas City Star

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Dodd vs. Warren shows that government is broken

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How the World Works

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5 ways Arab governments resist democracy

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How to change your response to anxiety

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The heart of al-Qaida in the Sahel

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Al Jazeera

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Things will be much more difficult once the world's attention wavers

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The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Group collecting memories of philanthropists Dan, Ada Rice

Some visitors have memories of Danada before it became a forest preserve. The Equestrian Center and Friends of Danada, a volunteer group, are urging members of the public to share those memories.

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Daily Herald

Peace Corps veterans recall the power of a clarion call

If you doubt the impact of a single voice uttering a single sentence, talk to Peace Corps volunteers who set off to help the world in the late 1960s.

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Detroit Free Press

WORLD

Chile braces for a long mine rescue

Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners trapped more than 2,000 feet below the parched earth have gotten a gel-like substance to keep them alive, tiny lights to illuminate the darkness.

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Hearing trapped miners brings relief

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Guardian

Why is Britain braced for a mackerel war?

Britain is said to be bracing itself for a rerun of its Cod Wars with Iceland — except this time the fish being fought over is mackerel. Yet, until recently, few were interested in a fish regarded as unclean.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

YouTube goes upscale at Guggenheim

YouTube will fill the cylindrical atrium of New York's Guggenheim Museum with video installations that may feature anthropomorphic sneakers and avatars from a virtual world.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Digital overload: your brain on gadgets

The average person today consumes almost three times as much information as what the typical person consumed in 1960, according to research at the University of California, San Diego.

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NPR

New solar system discovered

European astronomers said they had found a distant star orbited by at least five planets in the biggest discovery of so-called exoplanets since the first was logged 15 years ago.

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EDUCATION

Mo. schools take on cyber-bullying

A new Missouri law is pushing the anti-bullying effort off campus, placing schools in the midst of the gray area on how to handle student online activities.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fewer Americans back President Obama’s education programs

Support for President Barack Obama’s education agenda is slipping, according to a poll of attitudes toward public schooling.

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HEALTH

Virus link to chronic fatigue gives hope to sufferers seeking a cure

Scientists have found further links between a virus and chronic fatigue syndrome, a study says.

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Sydney Morning Herald

New evidence that cranberry juice fights urinary tract infections

Scientists have reported new scientific evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy — cranberry juice — for urinary tract infections.

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Medical News Today

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

New game lets players kill US troops

By allowing players to assume the role of Taliban fighters killing U.S. troops, Electronic Arts may have crossed the line with its latest first-person shooter game.

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San Jose Mercury News

Web scam hits iTunes and Paypal users

Accounts linked to iTunes and Paypal have been targeted in a scam with a number of users complaining that they have been cleaned out.

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BBC

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Dozens of genetic mutations linked to autism in children discovered

Dozens of rogue genes have been found in more than 1,000 children suffering from autism, researchers found. They said the findings come closer to helping identify the root cause of the disability.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Members of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force drop from a UH-60JA helicopter during an annual live-fire exercise and demonstration at the Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba at the foot of Mount Fuji, central Japan. (Photo by Koji Sasahara / AP)

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