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Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto chant slogans as they are arrested during an anti-government rally in Karachi, Pakistan. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was finalizing a caretaker government while his two main rivals opened talks on forming an alliance against him and political unrest worsened and left two children dead, officials said. (Photo by Fareed Khan / AP)

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Bhutto 'freed from house arrest'

Benazir Bhutto has been released from house arrest in Pakistan, say reports.

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BBC

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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

Barry Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction charges

Barry Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice, charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.

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Iraq allies claim U.S. killed 25 anti-al Qaida fighters

Iraqi officials said they were investigating whether American troops had mistakenly killed some two dozen anti-al Qaida fighters earlier this week north of Baghdad.

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Iraqis dropping the ball, U.S. officers say

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Suicide car bombing In Iraq kills 6

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CBS News

Blackwater guard recounts shooting

A guard from the U.S. security firm Blackwater says his motorcade came under fire and that he feared for his life in a deadly shootout in Iraq.

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AFP

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FBI finds Blackwater in violation

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NPR

Bringing the sun to the car market

Steve Titus is among those entrepreneurs trying to create and market an affordable, renewable-energy vehicle.

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Christian Science Monitor

Military air space open for the holidays

President Bush ordered steps to reduce air traffic congestion and long delays that have left passengers stranded.

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NATION

Surging oil price pushes up cost of living for Americans

The cost of living increased 3.5 percent compared to a year ago after consumer prices rose another 0.3 percent last month, driven by higher fuel costs, according to official figures.

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Financial Times

1920s-era streetcars back in New Orleans

Amid a Carnival-like atmosphere, streetcars began rolling past the historic mansions of New Orlean's Garden District for the first time since Hurricane Katrina halted the St. Charles Avenue line.

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San Jose Mercury News

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

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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Ron Paul collecting fans, big money

The Texas libertarian appeals to a mix of liberals and conservatives who feel alienated and deeply distrustful of the government, and he has experiences a rise in the polls and in fundraising.

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Examiner

Mukasey threatens veto of Leahy surveillance plan

Attorney General Michael Mukasey jumped into the political fray this week, telling a Democratic senator he opposed his electronic surveillance plan and would recommend the president veto it.

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CNN

BUSINESS

United, Delta merger may create world's largest airline

A deal between Delta, the No. 3 U.S. airline based on revenues, and United parent UAL Corp., which holds the No. 2 spot, would create the world's largest airline.

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Denver Post

He fixed the NYSE. Can he fix Merrill?

Merrill tapped John Thain, CEO of NYSE Euronext and a former Goldman executive, to be its new chief. He faces the challenge of cleaning up the subprime mess at the investment bank.

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BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Virulent form of cold virus worries experts

A new and virulent strain of adenovirus, which frequently causes the common cold, killed 10 people in parts of the United States earlier this year and put dozens into hospitals, U.S. health officials said.

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Reuters

Effects of isolation traced to hormone

The anxiety and aggression that result from social isolation have been traced to altered levels of an enzyme that controls production of a brain hormone.

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SPORTS

Selig sees bright financial future for Major League Baseball

Baseball revenue climbed to $6.075 billion this year, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig envisions an even rosier financial future.

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ESPN

Padres' Peavy unanimously voted Cy Young Winner

San Diego Padres right-hander Jake Peavy unanimously won the Cy Young Award after leading the National League in wins, strikeouts and earned run average.

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GOOD NEWS

Your check may be on the IRS list

Any extra cash — even an unexpected check for $30 or $40 — is a welcome bonus. So why not see if the IRS is holding onto some money that it still owes you?

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Detroit Free Press

Singing Boston University law professor rocks the classroom

For nearly 20 years, Professor Mark Pettit has been spicing up his classes by singing legal spoofs of Top 40 hits.

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WORLD

Hamza can be tried in U.S., judge rules

A judge ruled that the jailed radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the U.S., where he could face terror charges.

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Guardian

Bangladesh put on cyclone alert

Tens of thousands of people have left coastal districts of Bangladesh as a severe cyclone heads in across the Bay of Bengal.

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BBC

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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Reuters

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Thousands of Chileans homeless after quake, mayor says

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Powerful earthquake hits Chile

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Big Chevy Hybrid SUV wins 'Green Car of Year' at auto show

An eight-passenger sport utility vehicle, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid from General Motors Corp., won the "Green Car of the Year" award at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Australians 'worst per capita emitters'

Australians have been found to be the world's worst polluters per capita, producing five times as much carbon from generating power as China.

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WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA

Frito-Lay plans environmentally neutral potato chip

The Casa Grande Frito-Lay chip plant will be run off the power grid, or nearly so, and run almost entirely on renewable fuels and recycled water.

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International Herald Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

McCartney: Beatles likely to go digital

As he rolls out a new DVD and expanded edition of his latest album, Paul McCartney is predicting the Beatles’ catalog will make its long-awaited arrival in the digital realm next year.

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MSNBC

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

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Clones of monkey embryos raise hopes for stem cell research

Oregon researchers revealed that they have successfully cloned embryos of rhesus monkeys and made stem cells from them that could be transformed into heart and nerve tissue.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Rocky planets may inhabit popular nearby star cluster

Astronomers have spotted a thick cloud of dust surrounding a star in the Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters," star cluster that they speculate is debris created from the collisions of planets.

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Space.com

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Russian doomsday sect members threaten mass suicide

To locals in the Russian village of Nikolskoye they were simply a group of eccentric Christian believers. And when 29 members of the sect abruptly vanished, villagers assumed they had left.

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Guardian

British Airways acted 'reasonably' over employee wearing cross

British Airways has suspended an employee who insisted on wearing a cross necklace, an employment tribunal was told. Nadia Eweida claims the decision amounted to religious discrimination.

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BBC

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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People make their way across the Brooklyn Bridge which is shrouded in low morning clouds as a fog breaks up in New York. (Photo by Kathy Willens / AP)

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