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Rescue supplies arrive at the entrance of the Crandall Canyon Mine during rescue efforts for six trapped coal miners near Huntington, Utah. With their efforts to drill deep inside a Utah mountain yielding no signs of the miners, exhausted rescuers pondered alternatives, including drilling another hole big enough to allow a human-size capsule to get inside the tunnel. (Photo by Rick Bowmer / AP)

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3rd drilling effort planned at Utah mine

A video camera lowered into a coal mine revealed equipment but not the six missing miners, a federal official said. Officials plan to drill another hole in an attempt to locate the men.

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Rescue efforts continue

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CNN

3 killed in Missouri church shooting

A gunman opened fire in the sanctuary of a southwest Missouri church, killing three people and wounding several others, authorities said.

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Forbes

U.S. to plug hole left by British troops

America is preparing to pour thousands of extra troops into southern Iraq amid fears that Gordon Brown is committed to withdrawing British troops from the region early next year.

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Sunday Telegraph

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Signing bonus brings recruits

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CBS News

Karl Rove is leaving the White House

Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush's political career, a hero to many conservatives and a villain to many liberals, is leaving the administration at the end of the month.

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USA Today

U.N. votes to take larger role in Iraq

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to expand its role in Iraq after four years in which it took a low profile because of security fears and hostility from the Bush Administration.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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U.N. expands peace role in Iraq

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NPR

NASA must make decision on repairing shuttle's tile damage

Damage to one part of the shuttle Endeavour's heat tiles penetrates right through the thermal shielding and has NASA making some high-pressure decisions about whether repairs are needed.

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CTV

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Endeavour's mission profile

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Space.com

Fear of bloodbath thwarts efforts to rescue Korean hostages

South Korean officials have twice blocked rescue missions to free 21 of their countrymen held by Taliban rebels amid concerns that Afghan military action could spark a bloodbath.

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Times Online

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Afghan governor: 2 Koreans to be freed by Monday

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NATION

Musharraf, Karzai pledge to fight terrorism

Pakistan's and Afghanistan's presidents have pledged to fight terrorism together and prevent extremists from operating in their countries.

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Bloomberg

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Four soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Times Online

War-torn Sierra Leone votes for change

Sierra Leoneans desperate for change voted in huge numbers in the first elections since U.N. peacekeepers left two years ago following a 1991-2002 civil war in the diamond-rich nation.

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Reuters

Poisoned city fights to save its children

Families in a Peruvian valley choked by toxic gas from a smelter are taking on a U.S. metals giant.

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Guardian

POLITICS

New immigration rules will force illegal workers to be fired

The Bush administration announced sweeping new enforcement measures that will force employers to fire the millions of illegal workers they now employ.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Rules to target illegal immigrants worry employers

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NPR

Dems say Iraq exit may take years

Even as they call for an end to the war and pledge to bring the troops home, the Democratic presidential candidates are setting out positions that could leave the United States engaged in Iraq for years.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Freshmen lawmakers weigh in on Iraq after visits

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NPR

Ukraine opposition protests decision to bar its candidates

The main Ukrainian opposition force erected a tent site in the center of the capital, protesting the authorities' refusal to register its candidates for parliamentary elections next month.

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Asian economies on ‘demographic cliff’

The rise in the size of Asia’s labor force is expected to slow over the next decade threatening output growth in some of the region’s fastest growing economies.

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Financial Times

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Credit fears rattle Asia

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Reuters

Virgin boss buys 20 percent stake in start-up Asian airline

Virgin snapped up a 20 percent stake in AirAsia X, a long-haul budget start-up that will offer cut-price flights initially from Malaysia to Australia's Gold Coast.

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Independent

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Virgin's luxury plane

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SPORTS

Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship

Tiger Woods withstood final-round challenges from Ernie Els and Woody Austin to win golf's U.S. PGA Championship by two strokes for his 13th career major tournament title.

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Bloomberg

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Tiger talks after winning 13th major

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ESPN

Walker tells of Williams dying in his arms

Denver Broncos wide receiver Javon Walker says he still has the bloodied shirt from the night teammate Darrent Williams died in his arms after a drive-by shooting on New Year's Day.

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HEALTH

MRI detects early breast cancer cells

MRI screening has been considered less sensitive than mammography for detecting precancerous cells in the breast which are confined to the milk ducts, but a new study suggests the opposite is true.

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WebMD

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MRI screening more effective

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Insider Medicine

Extreme heat hits elderly harder

A combination of age-linked factors helps explain why older adults and the elderly are at higher risk on very hot days, experts say.

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HealthDay

EDUCATION

Students cut costs by not always going 'buy' the book

While most families factor rising costs for tuition and room and board into their college budgets, they often overlook the increasingly hefty bill for books.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Economics test results mixed for students in U.S.

Eight out of 10 high school seniors understand economics basics, but less than half were deemed proficient in a first-ever test.

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Zimbabwe is rare bright spot for AIDS in southern Africa

In southern Africa for the past two decades, casual sex fueled the worst epidemics of HIV and AIDS in the world, but Zimbabwe has become an unlikely bright spot in the battle against AIDS.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Teen OK after fall from church ceiling

A teenage boy who suffered only minor injuries when he fell through a church ceiling 40 feet to the floor had a "guardian angel" looking out for him, said the church's pastor.

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San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

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Divers recover 9th body at Mississippi bridge collapse

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International Herald Tribune

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The victims, the missing

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WCCO

Feds pull funding for troubled Los Angeles hospital

Federal regulators said that they are pulling $200 million in funding from a troubled hospital that serves one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, forcing it to all but shut down.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Mixed emotions surround closure of MLK-Harbor Hospital

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KCAL

Civil rights lawyer Richmond Flowers dies

Richmond Flowers, who prosecuted Ku Klux Klansmen in the killings of civil rights workers, died at his home in Dothan, Alabama. He was 88.

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International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Ferrets slinking back from brink of extinction in U.S.

The black-footed ferret, North America's most endangered mammal, has made a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction, according to a new study.

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National Geographic

Australia plans to shoot nuisance Indonesian deer

Indonesian deer have become a worsening feral pest on the outskirts of Australia's largest city, chomping through suburban gardens and causing traffic accidents, an official said.

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Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Merv Griffin dies at age 82

Merv Griffin, the entertainer turned impresario who parlayed his "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" game shows into a multimillion-dollar empire, has died. He was 82.

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Yahoo! News

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Merv Griffin dies

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CNN

Mexican actors promote human rights

'Y Tu Mama Tambien' stars Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna said a gala dinner they are hosting will raise money to support human rights and shine light on poverty and injustice in Mexico.

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Guardian

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Mexican films wow Hollywood

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

U.S. icebreaker to map Arctic sea floor

A Coast Guard icebreaker is headed to the Arctic to map the sea floor off Alaska, as Russia, Denmark and Canada assert their claims in the polar region, which has potential oil and gas reserves.

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LiveScience

Teams compete for coolest solar home

This summer, teams from 20 universities are busy building enough homes to make an entire "solar village." They are competing in the Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon.

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CNET News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Egyptian convert goes into hiding after death threats

An Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity and then took the unprecedented step of seeking official recognition for the change said he has gone into hiding following death threats.

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Gulf News

Evangelical Lutherans urged not to discipline gay clergy

A national assembly of Evangelical Lutherans urged its bishops not to discipline gay and lesbian ministers who violate a celibacy rule.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Sacramento charter school will teach students in 3 languages

A charter school opening in Sacramento this fall will teach students in three languages from the time they start kindergarten. They will be taught in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

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Women Village Defense Committee members shoot during a training session by the Indian Army at Sariya village, in Naushera sector, about 88 miles northwest of Jammu, India. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)

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