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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a crushed car is seen under a roof that collapsed during an earthquake in Antofagasta, northwest of Santiago, Chile. A major earthquake crushed cars, damaged hundreds of houses and terrified people for hundreds of miles around. Authorities reported at least two deaths and more than 100 injuries. (Photo by Ricardo de la Pena / Xinhua / AP)

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Bush administration is looking past Musharraf

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International Herald Tribune

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Pakistan readies caretaker government

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Yahoo! News

GAO: Investigators pass security at 19 airports with bomb parts

Investigators with bomb-making components were able to pass security checkpoints in nineteen U.S. airports without detection, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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CNN

NATION

House passes Iraq bill demanding troops out by December '08

The Democratic-controlled House approved a war-funding bill with a timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq and substantially less funds to conduct the war than President Bush has requested.

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CNN

Clinton says no to licenses for illegals

Sen. Clinton came out against granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, after weeks of pressure in the presidential race to take a position on a now-failed ID plan from her home state governor.

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Yahoo! News

Mukasey takes over

Michael Mukasey was sworn in as the 81st U.S. Attorney General during a ceremony where he promised to uphold his obligations to apply the law impartially.

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U.S. News & World Report

POLITICS

On the fake campaign trail

Hillary Clinton got busted for planting a question with an audience member in Iowa. But there's all kinds of hocus-pocus at "town hall" events.

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Salon.com

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Student describes how she became a Clinton plant

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CNN

America's next top spouse

A guide to the brassy, opinionated, loud, difficult and plum-crazy partners on the arms of their president-running partners. Who says the campaign season is dull?

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Salon.com

Bishops make statement on '08 vote

Catholic bishops approved a statement on the nature of "faithful citizenship" that hammers home the "intrinsic evil" of abortion, reminding Catholic voters to be mindful of their choices.

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USA Today

BUSINESS

UAW: Ford labor pact is official

The United Auto Workers said its members have ratified a four-year labor deal with Ford Motor Co.

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Detroit News

Wal-Mart beats the street

Analysts say Wal-Mart's focus on low prices at a time when consumers are feeling pinched seems to be the right message.

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BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Chlamydia becomes widest STD threat

More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the U.S. last year, the most ever for a sexually transmitted disease, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

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Language barriers adversely impact health-care quality

For the millions of Americans whose native tongue isn’t English, language remains a critical road block to quality healthcare, according to a University of California, Irvine study.

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SPORTS

Indians' C.C Sabathia voted American League Cy Young Award

Cleveland left-hander C.C. Sabathia won the Cy Young Award as the top pitcher in the American League, becoming the first Indians' player in over three decades to be voted the honor.

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Bloomberg

Federer keeps his hopes alive

Roger Federer continues to be far from convincing, but did enough in his second round-robin match, beating Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 6-3 to keep himself in his fourth Tennis Masters Cup success.

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Embattled Baghdad shows signs of hope

Taking advantage of a dramatic drop in car bombings and sectarian murders, Baghdad residents are once again venturing out to local markets and restaurants after dark.

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McClatchy Newspapers

WORLD

Magnitude 7.7 quake kills 2 in Chile and hits copper mines

A powerful earthquake hit mineral-rich northern Chile, killing at least two people, injuring more than 100 and halting output at some of the world's largest copper mines.

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Powerful earthquake hits Chile

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Reuters

Former Muslim rebel may have been target in Philippines bombing

A bomb explosion at the Philippines House of Representatives in Manila killed four people, including the suspected target, Congressman Wahab Akbar, a former Muslim rebel.

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Christian Science Monitor

Sarkozy calls for end to strikes

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a speedy end to transport strikes against his pension reforms.

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BBC

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French Transportation Workers Strike Again

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

A melting Alaska draws visitors

Tourists still flock to Alaska to see Mount McKinley, but a small and steady stream of visitors now head to the last frontier to see thawing tundra, crumbling glaciers and ailing forests.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Melting Alps

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National Geographic

U.N. seeks global pact to curb mercury

Worldwide government leaders meeting in Bangkok have been asked to step up efforts to develop an international agreement curbing mercury.

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United Press International

Ship crew's drug tests botched, Coast Guard says

The Coast Guard and the owners of the Cosco Busan freighter apparently drug testing of the crew of a ship that hit the Bay Bridge and dumped 58,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Most of San Francisco Bay oil spill not recoverable

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Environment News Service

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Actors lend support to writers' strike

Motorists driving past Universal Studios were treated to a cavalcade of stars almost as impressive as the Golden Globes. Actors clenched picket signs in support of the Writers Guild strike.

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USA Today

O.J. Simpson ordered to face trial in alleged Vegas heist

O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled.

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MSNBC

Matt Damon is 2007’s ‘sexiest man alive’

Matt Damon has been named the "sexiest man alive" by People magazine, an honor that has been bestowed twice on his pals George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

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MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Breakthrough in primate cloning

Experts have for the first time created cloned embryos from an adult monkey, a technical breakthrough that could bring efficient human cloning a step closer.

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BBC

Tool-wielding chimps provide a glimpse of early human behavior

Chimpanzees inhabiting a harsh savanna environment and using bark and stick tools to exploit an underground food resource are giving scientists new insights to the behaviors of the earliest hominids.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Georgians pray for rain ... literally

Gov. Sonny Perdue joined other state leaders and ministers at the state capitol to pray to the heavens for rain and relief from a historic drought that has hit the Southeast.

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ABC News

'Idol' meets gospel on BET

"Sunday Best," a gospel version of "American Idol," is one of BET's top-rated shows.

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NPR

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

California city grieves after family's second son killed in Iraq

Friends of U.S. Army Cpl. Nathan Hubbard hoped to release some of their grief by lighting candles in his name, but a deeper mourning hung over the full-moon vigil in the soldier's honor.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

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Haji Noorallah, 52, weaves silk at a factory in Herat, Afghanistan. (Photo by Fraidoon Pooyaa / AP)

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