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A U.S. Army soldier stands atop a Humvee at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, Iraq, before his last mission before leaving Iraq after a yearlong deployment. More than seven years after 1st Brigade entered Baghdad as the first conventional U.S. forces in Iraq, its soldiers are coming home. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / AP)

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Can Flickr save the whales?

Want to help save the humpback whale? Pick up a camera and start taking pictures, says Gale McCullough, a “fluke matcher” at a marine research group called Allied Whale.

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CNN

Enthusiasm over Tunisia’s historic, 1st free elections

Tunisians will elect an assembly that will appoint a new government and then write the country’s constitution, replacing a half-century-old dictatorship overthrown by a popular uprising earlier this year.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Tunisia prepares for historic elections

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Iraq announcement fuels debate at home

The White House decision to withdraw virtually all U.S. troops from Iraq by year‘s end is likely to draw a range of opinions as part of the current election season.

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CNN

US presence in Iraq after troops leave

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National Security

Iraq casualties and deaths by US state

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Data Blog (Guardian)

Lawmakers open to changes in military health care benefits

The government‘s promise of lifetime health care for the military’s men and women is suddenly a little less sacrosanct as Congress looks to slash trillion-dollar-plus deficits.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Congress open to raising health care fees for military retirees

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Chicago Sun-Times

Millions of Americans volunteer on Make A Difference Day

An estimated 3 million Americans rolled up their sleeves on the nation’s largest single day of service. Volunteers held bake sales and painted murals among other activities.

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USA TODAY

NATION

Feds: Gangs swell in size, try new crimes

The gang problem in the United States is growing and there are an estimated 1.4 million members in some 33,000 gangs, the federal government reported.

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CBS News

Handgun law riles activists; so they say they’ll carry rifles

A new California law banning the open carrying of pistols is loaded for action and the big guns are coming out — literally.

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San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Nevada moves caucus to Feb. 4

Nevada Republicans have shifted their presidential caucuses to early February, a move that ends a bitter standoff among rival states and clarifies the path to the Republican presidential nomination.

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MSNBC

Wash. state Sen. Scott White is found dead at age 41

State Sen. Scott White, a transit advocate who rose quickly to a legislative leadership position, has been found dead at a Washington resort hotel. He was 41.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Bachmann denies NH staff has quit

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has denied reports that five campaign employees in the state had resigned. But Jeff Chidester, her New Hampshire campaign manager, confirmed he had quit.

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Michele Bachmann once prosecuted tax evaders for the IRS

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BUSINESS

Murdoch takes on shareholders at an annual meeting

Rupert Murdoch jousted with shareholders as the 80-year-old chairman and CEO of News Corp. defended his handling of a phone hacking scandal and deflected any notion that he plans to step down.

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CBS News

European stocks post longest streak of weekly gains in 2011

European stocks advanced for a fourth week, for the longest rising streak since December. European leaders will soon meet in Brussels to nudge forward a solution to the region’s debt crisis.

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BusinessWeek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

German space telescope to come crashing back to Earth

A 20-year-old German space telescope weighing more than two tons is due to crash back to Earth sometime in the next couple of days.

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Telegraph.co.uk

More women in the lab, making strides in science and math

In the U.S., women earned two-thirds of all undergraduate degrees, 60 percent of master’s degrees and more than half of the doctorates handed out in all disciplines in 2009 and 2010.

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Daily Mail

Scientists find what may be the youngest planet ever observed

A new picture of a Jupiter-like world swaddled in gas and dust is a direct image of what may be the youngest planet yet seen, astronomers report.

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National Geographic

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Huge ‘ice disc’ in space detected

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Daily Mail

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What really happened at our universe’s birth?

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SPACE.com

HEALTH

HPV transmission: 20 percent chance an uninfected partner will pick up virus

If one person in a heterosexual couple has human papillomavirus, then there is a 20 percent chance his or her partner will pick up the virus within six months, a new study has concluded.

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LiveScience

Vaccine may help slow progression of lung cancer

A recent study suggests that a new, experimental vaccine may enhance the effect of chemotherapy and help slow down the progression of lung cancer.

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Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Meet the spirit junkies

A hip, young generation is rebranding spiritual growth as sexy, stylish — and sellable. In Vancouver, bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein spoke to hundreds about her path to cool guru.

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Church wrestles with growth of Wisconsin shrine to Mary

The afflicted and the faithful have long made pilgrimages to the Champion, Wisc., site where Belgian immigrant Adele Brise said in 1859 that she saw the Virgin Mary three times.

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Religion News Service

Columns And Op-Ed

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Cain better get serious

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No hope for the jobless if a Republican wins

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Libya: Fear is finite, hope is infinite

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Take your money and run

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Christian Science Monitor

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Friday’s top 5: animated misfits

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‘Green marketing’ is a false gospel

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Why Republicans don’t trust Romney

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GOOD NEWS

Noble Elementary recycling pays off

Almost fairy tale-like, Noble Elementary School converted trash into treasure. The Berryessa, Calif., school won what could be called a $50,000 play structure for the school’s empty playground.

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San Jose Mercury News

Colorado-based company sets new pace for United Way giving

A cupcake war, jail lock-up and picnic dunk tank all helped Loveland-based Hach Co. employees raise $86,000 for United Way this year, and as a result, the nonprofit’s annual Pacesetter Award.

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Natural resource boom in Mongolia — an opportunity to alleviate poverty

The recent economic growth in Mongolia due to a boom in its mining sector represents an opportunity to reduce poverty in the country, the United Nations development chief Helen Clark said.

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WORLD

US Embassy in Kenya warns its citizens of ‘imminent threat’

The U.S. Embassy in Kenya warned American citizens of an “imminent threat of terrorist attacks” after Kenya sent troops across the border into Somalia to pursue suspected Islamic militants.

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CNN

Colombian troops killed in what is described as a ‘FARC ambush’

Ten Colombian soldiers have been killed and six others wounded in an attack near the border with Ecuador that the military blamed on leftist fighters.

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Al Jazeera

Kenya says Somalia rebels on the run

Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants were on the run after Kenya deployed more troops and struck rebel targets by air to secure its border from rebels Nairobi accuses of kidnapping foreigners on its soil.

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Reuters

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US warns of terrorist threat in Kenya

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Bloomberg

EDUCATION

More schools step up and take action to stem anti-gay bullying

After anti-gay bullying led to a spate of teen suicides last year, schools across the country are stepping up efforts to prevent such incidents, while more students are coming forward to report bullies.

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CBS News

Myths of online education

Whereas many educators have questioned the virtue of online education, others have questioned the way in which the questioners question online education.

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Inside Higher Ed

ENVIRONMENT

EPA delays pollution rule for coal plants, but only until December

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will postpone its final rule aimed at slashing air pollution from coal plants for a month, but made it clear it plans to move forward on the regulations.

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Environmental News Network

Ohio Governor cracks down on “dangerous, wild animal” owners

Ohio Governor John Kasich signed an executive order instructing the state’s agencies to use their “existing but underused legal powers” to deal with “dangerous wild animals.”

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Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Live art installation, Petra Gallerie: ‘Futuristic Ice Huntress’

A stunning live art exhibit is coming to Los Angeles’ hippest art gallery. Hailing from a family of artists and stage craftspeople, Melanie Mills is now showcasing her second art exhibit.

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Monsters and Critics

Ryuichi Sakamoto: The music dried up

As his country recovers from disaster, Japanese electronic music pioneer Ryuichi Sakamoto explains why he’s now deciding to go acoustic.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Magic lantern show honors the anniversary of the Civil War

Before there were color films, there were black and white films. And before there were talking films, there were silent movies. But before there were any movies at all, there were magic lantern shows.

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Hartford Courant

SPORTS

Rangers aim to turn Arlington into title town

When Dirk Nowitzki throws out the ceremonial first pitch against St. Louis at Rangers Ballpark, it could be symbolic of an unprecedented achievement in pro sports for any North American metropolis.

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MLB.com

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Game 3: St. Louis Cardinals at Texas Rangers

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CBSSports

Record day for college QBs

Dominque Davis couldn’t miss. Case Keenum passed Timmy Chang for the first of two records he took from the former Hawaii quarterback. Kellen Moore matched Colt McCoy with yet another victory.

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ABC News

Fox, Telemundo outbid networks for World Cup TV rights

Fox won the English-language U.S. television rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, outbidding ESPN and NBC for soccer’s showpiece tournament.

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CBSSports

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Panasonic plans to build a ‘sustainable smart town’ in Japan by 2014

Part demonstration initiative and part reclamation project, a former Panasonic factory site will be turned into a 47-acre, 1,000-home “smart town” with energy- and eco-conscious considerations.

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Sebsatian Harmsen of Peru reacts after taking a fall in the men’s wakeboard final during the water skiing event at the Pan American Games in Chapala, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills / AP)

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