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Algerian soldiers stand in the rubble of the coast guard barracks after a booby-trapped car exploded in the northern coastal Algerian town of Dellys. The explosion killed at least 28 people and injured dozens more in the North African nation's second terror attack in less than 48 hours. (Photo by AP)

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Bush braces for policy fight over Iraq

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Bin Laden's new warning

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Tropical Storm Gabrielle churns towards North Carolina

Gabrielle became a tropical storm and was expected to intensify, but stay below hurricane status, as it set its sights on the North Carolina coast.

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Hurricane survivors in Nicaragua need food, water, medicine, U.N. says

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International Herald Tribune

Car bomb hits Algerian barracks, killing 28

A car bombing killed 28 coast guard officers in Algeria, days after a blast hit a crowd waiting for the president.

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Country profile: Algeria

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BBC

Bombing in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 12

A suicide bomber drove through a checkpoint and blew up his car in Baghdad's Shiite district of Sadr City, killing at least 12 people, police and hospital officials said.

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Small Sunni Arab party ends boycott of parliament meetings

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International Herald Tribune

First lady resting after elective surgery

First lady Laura Bush was "resting comfortably at the White House" after successful surgery to relieve pressure on pinched nerves in her neck, her press secretary Sally McDonough said.

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McCanns want to leave Portugal

The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann want to return to Britain as soon as possible amid fears they could be charged over her disappearance.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Sympathy for beleaguered parents muted by jeers and suspicion

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Guardian

NATION

Duke D.A. completes 24-hour sentence

Former Durham County prosecutor Mike Nifong left jail after completing a 24-hour contempt sentence imposed by a judge for lying to the court about critical DNA evidence in the Duke lacrosse rape case.

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CNN

Diocese settles abuse claims for $198M

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego agreed to pay nearly $200 million to 144 people who were sexually abused by clergy members.

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Forbes

Nevada hunt for pilot Steve Fossett widens to big area

Search teams expanded their hunt for adventurer Steve Fossett to cover 10,000 square miles of rugged mountains and desert after nearly four discouraging days yielded no trace.

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Risk-takers: What makes them tick?

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POLITICS

Sources: Hagel won't seek re-election

U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel does not intend to run for president next year, and he won't run for re-election to the Senate, sources close to the Nebraska Republican tell two Nebraska newspapers.

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House Dems see political win on SCHIP

House Democratic leaders will use legislation to renew a health insurance program for children to put President Bush and congressional Republicans on the defensive.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling appeals conviction

Jeffrey Skilling, the former CEO of Enron Corp. who was sentenced to 24 years behind bars for his part in the company's failure, sought a new trial.

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Skilling wants new trial

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MSN Money

Recalls post challenge for Mattel CEO

Mattel Inc. CEO Robert Eckert is on the defensive, forced to explain to Congress how some of his decisions resulted in three high-profile recalls this summer involving millions of Chinese-made toys.

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SPORTS

New deal for RYR; Robert Yates to retire

In a succession of announcements at Richmond International Raceway, Doug Yates confirmed the retirement of Robert Yates Racing owner Robert Yates at the end of the season.

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Rutgers pulls rank on Navy

Ray Rice rushed for 175 yards and scored three touchdowns, leading No. 15 Rutgers to a 41-24 victory over Navy.

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Detroit Free Press

Instant success: expanded use of replay a smart move for the NBA

In a step forward in embracing available technology as a tool in the officiating of its games, the NBA Board of Governors approved the use of instant replay by referees in two specific circumstances.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Mediterranean-style diet may benefit arthritis sufferers

Learning how to eat Mediterranean-style may help people with rheumatoid arthritis improve their symptoms, a study suggests.

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Reuters

Report card: Who has the dirtiest hands?

Students and dads have the dirtiest hands, and school nurses and other health professionals have the cleanest hands, according to the hygiene grades in the Clean Hands Report Card.

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LiveScience

EDUCATION

Draft retains quality rules for teachers

The latest House proposal for reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act includes billions for improving the nation’s teaching corps by offering professional development to teachers.

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Help on the horizon for college students

After months of negotiations, Congress handed college students something to cheer about: bigger federal scholarships, lower interest rates on college loans and a cash infusion for minority-heavy schools.

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Columbus Dispatch

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope blasts Europeans for not having enough children

Pope Benedict XVI blasted Europeans for being selfish and not having enough children, in a sermon at the 850-year-old pilgrimage site of Mariazell in Austria.

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AFP

Student whistleblower to receive award

The high school student who blew the whistle on a history teacher who was proselytizing in the classroom is slated to receive an award that puts him in distinguished company.

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GOOD NEWS

U.S. woman survives canyon ordeal

A 76-year-old woman who had been given up for dead after being lost in the Oregon mountains for two weeks has been found alive and well.

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Woman survives 2 weeks in mountains

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After years of quiet, a Purple Heart

In World War II, George Simko was in the 82nd Airborne Division, parachuting into harm's way. His plane got shot up so badly over Europe that he had to jump. When he did, he took a bullet.

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Observer

WORLD

U.S. Army's strategy in Afghanistan: better anthropology

Evidence of how far the U.S. Army's counterinsurgency strategy has evolved can be found in the work of a uniformed anthropologist toting a gun in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

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Christian Science Monitor

First lady favored in Argentina election

After living through bouts of hyperinflation and recession, Argentines appear to be in no mood to put a recent economic recovery at risk by voting for change in the upcoming presidential election.

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Reuters

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Guatemalans to vote for security

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Christian Science Monitor

Bush offers North Korea a deal to end the world's oldest cold war

George Bush offered North Korea a peace deal that would end the world's oldest and bloodiest cold war conflict on condition that Pyongyang gives up its nuclear weapons program.

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Guardian

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Nuclear inspection set for North Korea

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ENVIRONMENT

New tool to fight global warming: Endangered Species Act?

A recent deal to protect the habitat of endangered coral may offer U.S. environmentalists new leverage.

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Christian Science Monitor

Changing climate sees leaders act on fossil fuel

Leaders from 21 Pacific Rim nations have agreed to work towards a non-binding target to cut greenhouse emissions, slash the intensity of energy consumption and take strides in cleaning up fossil fuels.

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The Age

Most polar bears could die out by 2050

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be killed off by 2050 — and the entire population gone from Alaska — because of thinning sea ice from global warming in the Arctic, government scientists forecast.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Fall's TV season is rated X

TV shows have never shied away from trading on the sex appeal of their stars, but a look at the new fall season reveals that the overall TV landscape is about to get a lot more explicit.

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Christian Science Monitor

Hudgens upset at 'private' photo leak

Vanessa Hudgens' representative has confirmed reports that nude photographs circulating on the Internet are of the "High School Musical" star.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Good girls gone bad

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dingo had measure of Tassie tiger

Scientists have digitally crash-tested the predator performance of two Australian icons — the feral dingo dog and the extinct Tasmanian "tiger."

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BBC

Mummy of girl sacrificed by Incans prompts gasps

Museum-goers gasped at the well-preserved mummy of an Inca girl on display for the first time, a serene gaze etched on her face hundreds of years ago when she froze to death in the Andes.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Farmers flocking trees with sunblock

The valley heat can have a devastating effect on crops. But, one grower has found a unique way to protect his walnuts from the high temperatures.

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Costumed members of an anti-APEC protest group perform a "Ghost Dance" in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ed Wray / AP)

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