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A demonstrator, with Turkish flags next to him, shouts anti-American slogans during a protest near the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Hundreds of Turks marched to the U.S. Embassy in Turkey to protest a U.S. bill declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide, local media reported. (Photo by STR / AP)

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Teen shoots 4, kills self at Cleveland high school

It was only after a crowd of screaming students ran past Darnell Rodgers in a stairway at his Cleveland, Ohio, high school that he realized he had been shot.

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CNN

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Cleveland responds to shooting

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CBS News

EPA's record settlement with utility could lead to other deals

A utility's agreement to cut smokestack pollution may clear the legal logjam that has kept other large utilities from cutting similar deals that could trigger reductions in harmful power-plant emissions.

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Christian Science Monitor

Noose targets Columbia professor

New York police are investigating a possible hate crime at Columbia University after a hangman's noose was tied to the door of a black professor.

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ABC News

Turks warn U.S. over genocide vote

Turkish President Abdullah Gul has warned the U.S. that a bill recognizing the mass killings of Armenians during WWI as genocide could cause "serious problems" for relations between the two countries.

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CNN

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Turk PM confirms plan to operate in Iraq

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Reuters

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Sights of Ramadan

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ABC News

Activists: Myanmar opposition leader tortured to death

A Myanmar opposition leader who was arrested during last month's mass protests against the junta died due to torture during interrogation, an activist group said.

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Reuters

Report: conflict costs Africa billions

A report released by three international non-governmental organizations estimates that conflicts are costing Africa about $18 billion per year.

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International Herald Tribune

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The high cost of African wars

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BBC

Thompson's TV debate debut falls flat

The former senator and actor stumbled through the first question, appearing nervous and hesitant though his performance improved by the end of the two-hour debate in Dearborn, Mich.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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NATION

Lead found in toys, backpacks in stores

A Curious George doll, vinyl lunch boxes and backpacks had high amounts of lead, the nonprofit group Center for Environmental Health said.

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Environmental News Network

High-octane bust: Smugglers mix cocaine and diesel

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the interdiction of an estimated 3 metric tons of cocaine, and officials say the alleged smugglers combined the narcotics with the fuel to conceal it.

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ABC News

Sniper feels shame, guilt for murders

Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo said in a letter to CNN that he is still "grappling with shame, guilt, remorse and my own healing if that will ever be possible."

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CNN

POLITICS

Michelle Obama not hurt in car crash

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was involved in a traffic accident as she rode to a rally in northern Iowa, organizers said. She was not injured.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Clinton proposes universal 401(k)s

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a new multibillion-dollar retirement plan -- billed as a universal 401(k) plan with federal matching funds -- to supplement Social Security for middle-class workers.

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BUSINESS

Agreement ends strike against Chrysler

The United Auto Workers union reached a tentative four-year contract with Chrysler, hours after going on strike and the same day General Motors workers ratified a separate four-year pact.

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MSNBC

Google continues mobile buying spree

Google Inc. has purchased Jaiku Ltd., a Finnish startup company that has developed an application for mobile phones that lets people display short status messages on their contact lists.

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CBC

Costco profit exceeds estimates on food

Costco Wholesale Corp., the largest U.S. warehouse club, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates on higher sales of fresh food and consumer electronics.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Salmonella alert halts pot-pie production

ConAgra Foods voluntarily stopped production at the Missouri plant that makes its Banquet pot pies after health officials said the pies may be linked to 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states.

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How stress harms the heart

Researchers have long suspected that stress does the body harm, now two new studies published this week lend further support to the belief.

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TIME

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Can work cause a second heart attack?

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ABC News

SPORTS

For NFL officials, scrutiny begins long before kickoff

NFL referee Ed Hochuli's final preparations for Sunday's game between the Detroit Lions and the Washington Redskins began with three rubber ducks, three stuffed bears and a plunger.

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USA Today

Landis will appeal arbitration loss to Court of Arbitration for Sport

Floyd Landis will appeal a decision that took away his title in the 2006 Tour de France for failing a drug test in what will be the cyclist's last chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Man takes the Bible literally for a year

Imagine not telling a single lie, coveting thy neighbor's iPhone or touching women for a year. Author A.J. Jacobs did that and more while trying to adhere as literally as possible to some of the Bible's 800 rules.

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Beliefnet

Argentina priest convicted for kidnappings, murders

The first Roman Catholic priest to be charged for murders and kidnappings under the nation's former dictatorship has been jailed for life.

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Scotsman

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GOOD NEWS

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine

Mario Capecchi lived on streets and in orphanages as a child in Italy. Now, six decades later as a scientist in the U.S., he joins two other researchers in winning the Nobel Prize in medicine.

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German scientist wins chemistry Nobel Prize

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Yahoo! News

Hospital gives man drip-feed of vodka

Doctors plugged an Italian tourist into a drip-feed of vodka to save him at a hospital in Australia that ran out of the medicinal alcohol it would normally have used for treatment.

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Yahoo! News

WORLD

Russia defies West over Iran

Russia defied Western pressure to toughen its stance over Iran's nuclear program, days before President Vladimir Putin has talks in Tehran and U.S. Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice visits Moscow.

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Reuters

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Jimmy Carter on Iran

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CBS News

Sudan red tape delaying U.N. force

The United Nations has criticized the Sudanese government's use of red tape to delay the deployment of the hybrid U.N. African Union force to Darfur.

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BBC

Doors closing on Iraqi displaced

A growing number of Iraqi provinces are refusing entry to internal refugees, the U.N. refugee agency has warned.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

NOAA: No drought relief for Southeast or Southwest this winter

Above-average temperatures are expected for most of the country this winter as well as drier than average conditions across parts of the Southwest and Southeast.

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Environment News Service

More join anti-bottled water movement

Cities around the U.S. are joining influential restaurateurs and activists in a public campaign to convince consumers to choose tap water over bottles.

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MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Radiohead's album 'In Rainbows' sets its own terms

Radiohead has made its seventh studio album, "In Rainbows," available on the Internet.

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NPR

Latinas celebrate 'change'

Capitalizing on her charm, Hispanic Women of the Year honoree America Ferrera is taking Hollywood by storm. The accomplishments of Hispanic women in entertainment are front and center.

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Hollywood Reporter

'Control' rocks the big screen

This picture about Joy Division's Ian Curtis is one of the most beautiful movies ever made about rock 'n' roll.

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Salon.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Office 2008 on schedule

Microsoft reached an important milestone in the development of Office 2008, and the development teams say they will be ready for release to manufacturing in December and shipping in mid-January.

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iTWire

Space station ma'am gets a whip

Astronaut Peggy Whitson was presented with a "kamcha," a traditional Kazakh riding whip. Sergei Semchenko, a Russian official, said the gift was to help her keep her International Space Station crew in line.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Police will ticket those who skip class

Houston school officials are warning students from Key Middle School not to participate in a planned protest during school hours — threatening they could be ticketed for skipping class.

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Houston Chronicle

Study: Where kids go to high school may not matter

Urban private high schools have about the same effect on academic achievement, college completion and future job satisfaction as public schools among poor, inner-city students.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Are private schools really better?

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TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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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Photo of the Day

St. Basil Cathedral is lit by the sun with a rainbow in the background on Red Square in Moscow. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)

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