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Filipino students wade thru flood waters as they walk outside their school in Manila, Philippines. Pounding rain from Typhoon Sepat flooded parts of the Philippine capital, forcing schools to cancel classes, briefly stopping a commuter train and slowing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's convoy due to poor visibility. (Photo by Aaron Favila / AP)

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Typhoon Sepat strengthens to category 4 off Philippines

Typhoon Sepat strengthened to a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles an hour east of the Philippines and is forecast to reach Taiwan within three days, the U.S. Navy said.

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Bloomberg

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Floods hit the Philippines

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Reuters

North Korea floods may have hit up to 300,000 people

Devastating floods in North Korea may have affected up to 300,000 people and will further worsen food shortages in the impoverished state, U.N. officials said.

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The Age

Psychologists condemn torture

The American Psychological Association is poised to issue a formal condemnation of a raft of interrogation tactics allegedly employed by U.S. authorities against detainees during the war on terror.

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Salon.com

60 feared dead in Himalayan landslide

Around 60 people are thought to have died in the Indian Himalayas after a cloudburst caused a landslide that buried an entire village, officials said.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Iraqi officials: Truck bombings killed at least 500

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CNN

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards 'a terror group'

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Al Qaeda in Iraq suspected in massacre

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CNN

Japanese prime minister skips visit to controversial war shrine

Veterans and lawmakers crowded a war shrine as Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of its World War II surrender, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and all but one member of his cabinet stayed away.

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International Herald Tribune

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Abe steers clear of shrine

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Reuters

Insurance fails women bankrupted by cancer

Kathleen Aldrich, financially ruined by two bouts with ovarian cancer, is not who you might assume she is. She raised three kids as a single mom. She worked hard for years. She had good jobs.

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MSNBC

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Breast cancer screenings

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CBS News

NATION

Venezuela's Chavez to propose sweeping changes to constitution

President Hugo Chavez was presenting his blueprint for sweeping constitutional changes expected to allow him to be re-elected indefinitely.

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International Herald Tribune

6 Italians killed in gang feud in Germany

Six Italian men were shot dead in a western German city in an execution-style killing. Italy's interior minister said it appeared to be part of a feud between two Italian organized crime clans.

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Guardian

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Mafia hit: 6 targeted in vendetta killings

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EuroNet

3 Germans killed in Afghanistan

Three Germans travelling in a diplomatic convoy were killed and one wounded in a roadside bomb blast near Kabul, the Afghan capital.

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Al Jazeera

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Taliban claims responsibility for roadside attack

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EuroNews

POLITICS

Hastert planning to retire at end of 2008, GOP sources say

Former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is expected to call an end to a political career that made him the longest serving Republican Speaker in history.

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CQ Politics

Giuliani vows to end illegal immigration

Under his immigration plan, Rudy Giuliani would allow most of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in this country to stay, work and even become citizens."

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Newsday

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Chertoff immigration reform

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

DirecTV to sell powerline broadband

The DirecTV Group Inc. said it will market Current Group LLC's broadband over powerline service, to be available in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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Forbes

Fed injects $7B of temporary reserves into banking system

The Federal Reserve added $7 billion in reserves to the U.S. money market this morning in overnight repurchase agreements.

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CNBC

Home sales fall in a third of U.S. cities

Home prices fell in a third of U.S. cities as turmoil in the mortgage market caused an 11 percent decline in sales nationwide, the National Association of Realtors said.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Ex-NBA ref Donaghy pleads guilty in betting scandal

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy turned himself in to authorities and pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a gambling scandal involving his wagering on games he officiated.

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Donaghy pleads guilty to 2 felony counts

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ESPN

League suspends Offerman indefinitely after assault arrest

Long Island Ducks shortstop Jose Offerman has been suspended indefinitely by the Atlantic League after he was arrested for attacking Bridgeport Bluefish pitcher Matt Beech with his bat.

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Connecticut Post

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Jose Offerman charged with assault

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ESPN

HEALTH

Western diet ups new colon cancer risk

Colon cancer patients who eat a lot of red meat, french fries and desserts may raise their chances of suffering a relapse and dying early, researchers say.

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NEWS.com.au

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Avoiding fatty foods could keep colon cancer away

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WCBS

FDA says Avandia to carry stronger heart failure warning

The widely used but controversial diabetes drug Avandia will now have a strong "black box" warning on its label, advising users of an increased risk of heart failure, the FDA announced.

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Health Day

EDUCATION

UC system president to resign next year

University of California President Robert C. Dynes is stepping down, effective in June next year, ending a five-year presidency marred by scandal.

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San Jose Mercury News

Philly students to get free rides to school

About 36,000 Philadelphia school students will receive free weekly SEPTA passes to get to and from school, under an agreement between the transit agency and the Philadelphia School District.

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Philadelphia Business Journal

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GOOD NEWS

The good Samaritans

These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue. Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow creatures, furloughed from reality for all time. Billionaires are even more removed.

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TIME

Newborn dolphin prepares for stardom

The latest arrival at the dolphinarium in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa, a calf born less than a week ago, seems destined to become a performing star alongside his mother and father.

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Reuters

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Crowds flock to see rare dolphin calf

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BBC

WORLD

NYPD report warns of mounting homegrown terror threat

Average citizens who quietly band together and adopt radical ways pose a serious threat to American security, a new police analysis has concluded.

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WNBC

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Remembering 9/11

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WCBS

Passport rules snag child support cash

The price of a passport: $311,491 in back child support payments for a U.S. businessman now living in China and $46,000 for a musician seeking to perform overseas.

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Forbes

After Virginia Tech

He displayed all the signs of a young man headed for trouble. Professors raised alarms over his violent writings. Roommates worried about his isolation and lack of friends.

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Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. food boss urges biofuels rethink

The world risks deeper poverty and greater environmental damage unless it fundamentally changes its bioenergy strategy, the United Nations’ top food and agriculture official has warned.

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Financial Times

Police warn climate protesters near London airport

Environmental protestors launched a week-long global warming protest near London's Heathrow airport, with police warning they would deal harshly with attempts to disrupt air travel.

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Earth Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How 'Guitar Hero' saved guitar music

Contrary to some purists' claims, the popular video game Guitar Hero is inspiring kids to rock out for real.

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Salon.com

'Save the Queen' wins auction for Queen Mary lease

A company called Save The Queen acquired the lease to the Queen Mary and surrounding property in Long Beach, Calif. The company purchased the lease via auction for $43 million.

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KNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Optimistic' NASA uncertain on space shuttle repair

NASA will decide whether to send two spacewalkers out to fix a 3 1/2-inch gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heat shield. Managers were "cautiously optimistic" it could safely return "as is."

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Orlando Sentinel

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Space shuttle Endeavour blasts off

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WJZ

Why Wi-Fi networks are floundering

The crackling around municipal wireless networks is getting worse. San Francisco Wi-Fi, perhaps the highest-profile project among the hundreds announced over the past few years, is in limbo.

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BusinessWeek

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Christian group plans straw poll, religion-and-politics faceoff

The Family Research Council is planning a three-day "Values Voter Summit" this fall, complete with a presidential straw poll and a conservative-liberal faceoff on religion and politics.

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USA Today

Teenage girl 'dragged by van at Christian boot camp'

A teenage girl attending a Christian "boot camp" in Texas was allegedly tied to a van and dragged along the ground after falling behind during a morning run.

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Telegraph.co.uk

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Rumsfeld: no coverup in Tillman death

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stood before Congress and denied any effort to mislead the public about the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Photo of the Day

Grit Vogt, pet keeper of the zoo Tierpark, presents a new born Chinese Reeve's turtle (Chinemys reevesii) also known as the three-keeled pond turtle, to media in Berlin. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

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