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A mock flag-draped coffin and combat boots in remembrance of Marine Lance Cpl. Alexander S. Arredondo, from Randolph, Mass., are positioned across the street from the White House as anti-war protesters gather at Lafayette Park in Washington. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

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Frightened Indonesians suffer new Sumatra quakes

Frightened residents on Indonesia's Sumatra island huddled in tents outside their damaged homes, traumatized by the latest of more than 40 aftershocks since a huge earthquake struck two days ago.

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Reuters

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Indonesian quakes

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Car bomb strikes commercial area in southwestern Baghdad

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International Herald Tribune

Protesters, supporters descend on D.C.

Thousands of opponents and supporters of the U.S. presence in Iraq are converging in the nation's capital for a day of demonstrations.

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Yahoo! News

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Sadr's movement pulls out of Iraq alliance

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Reuters

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The fight for Iraq: a regional powerplay

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MSNBC

Retired federal judge the top prospect to replace Gonzales

A retired federal judge is a leading candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, two sources familiar with the search for a successor told CNN.

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CNN

Melting ice opens Northwest Passage

The Northwest Passage, the previously impassable shortcut between Europe and Asia in the Canadian Arctic, has now opened due to the shrinking of Arctic sea ice.

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Al Jazeera

China frees NY Times reporter

A Chinese journalist jailed while working for the New York Times was released, ending a controversial prison term that highlighted the country's tough media controls.

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Reuters

NATION

Humberto brings more than rain

While thousands of people in Louisiana and Texas will have a heavy cleanup job from the unexpected force of Hurricane Humberto, the storm's strongest effect could be an emotional one.

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USA Today

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Tropical Storm Ingrid weakening

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Palm Beach Post

White House: little progress on Iraq goals

The White House told Congress that Iraq's leaders had gained little new ground on key military and political goals.

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International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Wesley Clark endorses Hillary Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton was endorsed by Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general whose early criticism of the Iraq war fueled a high-profile but short-lived run for the party's nomination in 2004.

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Yahoo! News

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Giuliani slams Clinton on Iraq

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AFP

Thompson courts Florida gun advocates

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson walked through rows of assault rifles, pistols and other firearms, signing autographs and greeting people at a gun show.

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WKRN

BUSINESS

Chrysler recalls SUVs for brake problem

Chrysler LLC said it would recall nearly 300,000 sport utility vehicles to address potential braking problems while driving uphill.

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ABC News

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Chrysler recall

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CBS News

Americans wonder which way their economy is heading

When Annie Cox is unsure if the economy is headed for a decline, she keeps an eye on the orders for beverages at the diner she runs in Oklahoma City.

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International Herald Tribune

The cartel is back in control of oil price — for the time being

By boosting oil output for the first time in two years, the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries finally signalled that the oil price, at nearly $80 a barrel, has gone high enough.

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Economist

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Barreling past $80

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MSN Money

HEALTH

ER kiosks let patients avoid long lines

An emergency room might be the last place you'd think would have do-it-yourself check-in, but many hospitals have self-service computer kiosks, similar to those at airports.

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Yahoo! News

Blood banks tainted with HIV in Peru

Officials from the World Health Organization have started a nationwide inspection of blood banks in Peru after four people were infected with HIV from blood transfusions at a public hospital.

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Medical News Today

SPORTS

Belichick tries to move on

Patriots coach Bill Belichick continued to dodge questions about the videotaping incident that cost him $500,000 and in all likelihood a first-round draft pick in 2008 for violating an NFL policy.

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U.S. stays one point in front of Europe in Solheim Cup

Europe produced a great fightback for the second day, running to share the morning foursomes 2-2 and stay just one point behind the United States at 6.5-5.5 in the Solheim Cup.

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Guardian

EDUCATION

Unions assail teacher ideas in NCLB draft

The two national teachers’ unions are lobbying to change language linking bonuses to test scores and incentive-pay provisions in a draft reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.

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They have planted bombs and shot soldiers – now it is time for school

Americans are re-educating children who acted as lookouts for jihadist kidnappers, planted bombs or carried out shootings.

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GOOD NEWS

Polymer gets rid of a very sticky problem

A new non-stick chewing gum may solve the expensive problem of how to remove used deposits.

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Teen pulls elderly woman off track of oncoming train

Tom Foust saw the train lights in the distance and knew it was time to stop arguing with the elderly driver, whose white Lexus was stuck on railroad tracks.

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Good News Network

WORLD

Missing British girl's parents say hunt must go on

The parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann are to launch an advertising campaign across Europe to try to shift attention back to the search for their daughter, a family member said.

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Reuters

Thousands march in Taiwan ahead of doomed U.N. bid

About 250,000 people demonstrated in two Taiwan cities to back the island's doomed efforts at securing United Nations membership, a move condemned by rival Beijing and rejected by ally Washington.

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Reuters

Flood misery hits arc of Africa

An estimated 1 million people across Africa have been hit by prolonged rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead, officials say.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

States are closer to trimming vehicles' CO2 emissions

When historians take stock, Vermont may look like the mouse that roared – the tiny state that brought the nation's mighty auto industry to heel by requiring cars that emit fewer greenhouse gases.

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Christian Science Monitor

10 'most polluted places' named

A list of the world's most polluted places has been published by a U.S.-based independent environmental group.

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BBC

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World's 10 most polluted places

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Kanye West retains lead over 50 Cent

In the highly publicized sales battle between Kanye West and 50 Cent, West is still in the lead at the end of the first week.

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NME.com

War hits home in 'Valley of Elah'

Grim and methodical, Paul Haggis's "In the Valley of Elah" is one of the first Iraq-themed movies out of the gate, and it aims to be one of the strongest words on the subject.

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Christian Science Monitor

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dark matter clues in oldest stars

A computer model of the early Universe indicates the first stars could have formed in long filaments. These structures, thousands of light-years across, would have been shaped by "dark matter."

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BBC

Car weight limits are a big, fat problem

The growing girth of Americans is colliding with government-mandated warning labels on all 2006 or newer cars that list the maximum weight — passengers and cargo — that's safe to carry.

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USA Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Archbishop's criticism angers Germans

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, has sparked a row in Germany by calling some modern art "degenerate," a word that evokes the Nazis' attitude to art.

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ABC News

Bounty set over Prophet cartoon

The purported head of al-Qaida in Iraq has offered a reward for the murder of a Swedish cartoonist over his drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

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BBC

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Women prefer men who look like dad

A new study finds that women who got along well with their dads as kids are attracted to men who resemble their fathers, whereas women who had a bad father-daughter relationship do not.

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Jaque Fourie of South Africa, foreground, attempts to score as teammate Bryan Habana, England's Jason Robinson and England's Josh Lewsey, behind Habana, look on during the Rugby World Cup Group A match, at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. (Photo by Christophe Ena / AP)

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