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Carlotta Walls Lanier, left, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Terrence Roberts and Melba Pattillo Beals, far right, four of the Little Rock Nine who helped desegregate Little Rock Central High School in 1957, greet each other before a reception at the Governors Mansion in Little Rock, Ark. (Photo by Mike Wintroath / AP)

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Passions run high with Ahmadinejad visit

Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad has arrived in New York, ready to tell the United Nations that his country's nuclear ambitions are purely peaceful.

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Columbia University criticized for Ahmadinejad visit

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CNN

Maliki insists Blackwater must pay for Iraqi civilian shootings

Iraqi prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, showed unexpected stubbornness in his stand-off with the U.S. over the Blackwater shootings, insisting that action must be taken against the security firm.

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Guardian

50th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine

In May 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. Eisenhower then ordered federal troops to protect the rights of African Americans.

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San Antonio Express-News

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Little Rock Nine mark 50th anniversary

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CNN

Polygamist leader convicted in Utah

The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted of being an accomplice to rape for performing a wedding between a 19-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl.

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USA Today

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Testimony in polygamy trial

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CBS News

U.N. chief on climate talks: 'Inaction now will prove the costliest action'

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told an unprecedented summit on climate change that "the time for doubt has passed" and a breakthrough is needed to reduce emissions.

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Global warming meetings put focus on U.S. role

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Reuters

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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

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AFP

NATION

Administration revisits Social Security

The Bush administration said the only way to permanently fix Social Security is through some combination of benefit cuts and tax increases.

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CBS News

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Treasury wants early Social Security reform, but cannot say when it's possible

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Forbes

Life sentence: Prison is reshaping the U.S.

A government program whose impact rivals the New Deal, pushes communities out of mainstream society and costs billions of dollars; scholars are just beginning to understand American prisons.

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International Herald Tribune

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FBI: Violent crimes nearing 5-year peak

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USA Today

POLITICS

Bush, Abbas meet amid skepticism over prospects for progress

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. President George Bush met to discuss peace talks with Israel as supporters question whether he will make progress toward his goal of a Palestinian state.

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Bloomberg

Hearings for attorney general to examine Mukasey's courtroom behavior

In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Judge Michael Mukasey raised concern among civil liberties groups over his treatment of potential witnesses in the attacks.

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

GM workers strike as labor talks halt

United Auto Workers walked off their jobs at General Motors Corp. after nine days of intense labor negotiations failed to produce a new labor contract.

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MarketWatch

Dollar slump could help U.S. exports

The U.S. dollar's slump on world currency markets boosts sales prospects for U.S. exporters but could mean higher prices for American consumers already smarting from rising food and energy costs.

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McClatchy Newspapers

HEALTH

Study of stroke victim offers insights into sensory perceptions

By studying a woman who experienced sounds as bodily sensations after suffering a small stroke, researchers think they've gained insight into how the brain processes sensory signals.

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HealthDay

Survey: 70 percent of churches provide health care services

About 70 percent of U.S. churches provide direct health care services to either members or the community, and half offer such services to both, according to a survey.

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Medical News Today

SPORTS

'Raw Deal' busts labs across U.S., many supplied by China

DEA agents shut down 26 underground steroid labs and made more than 50 arrests across the country.

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ESPN

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Steroid fallout

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Yahoo! News

Favre ties Marino for career TDs

Brett Favre threw three touchdown passes to lead the Green Bay Packers over the San Diego Chargers 31-24 and tie Dan Marino's National Football League career record for scoring passes.

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Bloomberg

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

China Catholics throng to church

Beijing's Southern Cathedral has the kind of congregation many Catholic churches in Europe can only dream of attracting. At Sunday morning Mass, the church is overflowing with worshippers.

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BBC

Study: College campuses are not destroyers of faith

For any who think that the university is hostile territory to religion, there is new evidence that Jesus is still a big man on campus.

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Denver Post

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GOOD NEWS

Munich mayor taps Oktoberfest barrel

Munich's mayor joyously hammered a tap into Oktoberfest's first barrel of beer, opening the annual drinking spree with the traditional cry of, ''It's tapped!''

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Silicon Valley executives join push for plug-in hybrids

By 2008, 100 Silicon Valley executives will be driving high-mileage plug-in hybrids, a testament to the seriousness of global warming and the earnestness of tech leaders to help fight it.

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San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Some 100,000 Myanmar protesters march for democracy

As many as 100,000 protesters marched in the most powerful show of strength yet from a movement that has grown from faltering demonstrations to one rivaling the failed 1988 pro-democracy uprising.

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Yahoo! News

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Bush to announce new sanctions against Myanmar regime

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AFP

Pakistan police break up rally, make arrests amid U.S. concerns

Pakistani police arrested dozens of stone-throwing protesters outside the Supreme Court amid a growing crackdown described by key ally the United States as "extremely disturbing."

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AFP

Yasuo Fukuda, a moderate, is chosen to lead Japan

Yasuo Fukuda, a mild-mannered political moderate known for his ability to build consensus, was chosen by Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party to become the country's next prime minister.

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International Herald Tribune

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Yasuo Fukuda

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ENVIRONMENT

Amazonian forest 'more resilient'

The Amazon rainforest may be more resistant to rising temperatures than was first believed. Researchers found that during the 2005 drought, parts of the rainforest "greened."

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BBC

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Amazon forest: geographical location

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Is an ecofriendly cruise possible?

Cruise ships pose environmental problems and raise other issues. But some advocates say there's a way you can travel with a clear conscience.

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Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Microsoft in talks to invest in Facebook

Microsoft Corp. is talking to Facebook about an investment in the company that could value the fast-growing social network at $10 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.

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Hollywood Reporter

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NY attorney general subpoenas Facebook

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Yahoo! News

'The War' re-examines World War II

The new documentary series, "The War," from award-winning producer and director Ken Burns debuted on PBS and is re-examining one of the most hallowed eras of American history.

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CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Germs taken into space return meaner than before

It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except that it really happened.

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USA Today

Why China shut down 18,401 Web sites

Chinese authorities are in the midst of a harsh crackdown on the Internet, closing tens of thousands of Web sites that allowed visitors to post their opinions, according to Internet monitors in China.

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Christian Science Monitor

Advertisers lure youth with free calls

Students will be able to save their money for books — and beer — with the launch of a new mobile service that offers free calls and texts if customers agree to receive advertising.

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Guardian

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Company will monitor phone calls to tailor ads

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CNET News

EDUCATION

In growing cities, a loss of students

Public school officials in several districts in Arizona, California and Texas are seeing a drop in enrollment this school year, and many are at a loss to explain it.

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Christian Science Monitor

Author fasting in protest of 'No Child' law

Noted education writer Jonathan Kozol is so concerned about No Child Left Behind that he’s on a ‘partial fast’ to oppose reauthorization of the law.

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Newsweek

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Man’s wallet found ... after 43 years

A California man who lost his wallet more than 40 years ago finally got it back when construction workers renovating a movie theater discovered the billfold in the metal casings of a radiator.

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MSNBC

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An Ultra-Orhtodox Jewish man reads a book as he walks along an empty street during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti / AP)

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