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Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry rescuers prepare go to the entrance of the Zasyadka mine in Donetsk, Ukraine. A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 19 miners, authorities said. More than 150 miners were still trapped underground. (Photo by Photomig / AP)

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At least 28 dead and 70 missing in Ukrainian mine blast

An explosion ripped through a colliery in Ukraine's Donbass coalfield, killing at least 28 miners and leaving 70 missing in the latest of a string of accidents in the region's outdated mines.

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Reuters

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U.S. report cites failure to inspect mines, including where 6 died

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Bush, Congress at odds on tax bill

President Bush demanded that Congress send him legislation that keeps middle-class Americans from being hit at tax time next year by the alternative minimum tax.

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Rescue slow work as toll in Bangladesh nears 1,900

Rescuers fought their way through blocked roads as thousands of cyclone survivors awaited relief aid amid their wrecked homes and flooded fields, while the storm's death toll neared 1,900.

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International Herald Tribune

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Recovery faces daunting challenges

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Residents demand tests in FEMA trailers

Lawyers for a group of hurricane victims living in government-issued trailers are asking a federal judge to order the Federal Emergency Management Agency to test for hazardous fumes.

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CBS News

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U.S. tells Musharraf to step back

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BBC

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Scores killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan

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International Herald Tribune

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Musharraf pressed to end crisis

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NATION

Gas prices hit high for this time of year

Gasoline prices are at the highest they have ever been for this time of year, and experts say they will likely go up.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Pathologist: Ex-cop's third wife was killed

Amid the search for a former police officer's fourth wife, a renowned pathologist said he has examined a previous wife's exhumed remains and determined she was killed.

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CNN

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Man who found body of ex-cop’s wife summoned by jury

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Web hoax led girl to kill herself

Megan Meier thought she had made a new friend in cyberspace when a cute teenage boy named Josh contacted her on MySpace and began exchanging messages with her.

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ABC News

POLITICS

Giuliani assures conservatives: I'm with you on judges

Speaking in Washington to the Federalist Society, a group of influential conservative lawyers, Giuliani said he would nominate justices in the vein of the current conservative wing of the court.

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CNN

Clinton looking forward after debate

U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's camp tried to convince voters that she had put a bad two-week stretch behind her and emerged strong from her debate in Las Vegas.

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Senator Clinton sharpens criticism of opponents

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Christian Science Monitor

Bush criticizes Democrats over war funds

With Congress and the White House engaged in a long-running feud over war funds, President Bush criticized Democrats for holding up money he requested for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

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Reuters

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Key test in Iraq: Is the power on?

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Christian Science Monitor

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Army desertion rate soaring

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BUSINESS

Google readies wireless bid

Google may make a solo bid for frequencies to run a wireless network, but analysts say it needs a carrier partner.

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PC World

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Google in the wireless world

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Slate

Fed's Kroszner says 'rough patch' won't warrant cuts

Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner said policy makers probably won't need to reduce interest rates further to help the economy weather a "rough patch'' in the coming year.

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Bloomberg

Retailers face headwinds this season

With investors and consumers getting more nervous about the rise in oil prices and the meltdown in the mortgage and housing market, the outlook for the holiday shopping season is turning cautious.

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HEALTH

Parents face jail for not vaccinating kids

Two months into the school year, more than 2,000 students in a suburban county outside the nation’s capital had yet to get the shots they needed to attend class.

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Killer cold virus appears in U.S.

A virulent new form of an old cold virus is spreading in the U.S., causing severe pneumonia and death even in healthy adults.

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WebMD

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What's your flu I.Q.?

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CBS News

SPORTS

MLS chief hails impact of Beckham

David Beckham delivered 'in every measure' according to Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, despite appearing in only five games in his first season in the United States.

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ESPN

Snowbird Jeter may owe New York millions

The phrase "home is where the heart is" has never meant more to New York Yankee Derek Jeter, who is going to have to prove whether his home is Florida or his apartment in Manhattan.

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EDUCATION

California regents oppose community college funding measure

The University of California's governing board voted to oppose a ballot measure to boost funding for the community colleges.

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San Francisco Chronicle

School board has short list for CEO

In its national search for a permanent successor to Paul Vallas, the Philadelphia School Reform Commission has several candidates on its short list, sources say.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Church's 'scandal' is others' kindness

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$1 trillion to the rescue

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Christian Science Monitor

Columbia's cave-in

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Prosecuting Blackwater

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International Herald Tribune

America's vulnerable economy

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Economist

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Let's stand with Pakistan's heroes

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Christian Science Monitor

Panel’s secrecy unhealthy to ed reform

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No comfort in economic predictions

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Seeing homelessness in a new light

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GOOD NEWS

India youth spurring locals to trade plastic bags for eco-friendly sacks

Indian youth from Orchha are campaigning for a polybag free town and giving pilgrims eco-friendly bags to carry instead.

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Good News Network

Mike Keilty's race for heroes

Army Cpt. Mike Keilty will take his place at the starting line alongside 15,000 other runners in the Philadelphia Marathon. His goal is to raise money and awareness for the families of wounded service members.

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WORLD

Big day looms for Venezuela

Venezuela could be starting an experiment in centralized socialism: a six hour workday, state-mandated pensions, and President Hugo Chávez would have enhanced powers.

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International Herald Tribune

Independence loses its magic in Kosovo

Kosovo Albanians who fought Serbia for independence eight years ago seem disillusioned as their dream nears fulfilment and the reality sinks in that prosperity is going to take years of work.

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Reuters

Japan defends whaling 'tradition'

For the world's anti-whaling activists, it's an atrocity that must be stopped. But the men who harpoon and sell these whales have another word for it: tradition.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

U.S. wants freeze on tuna fishing

The U.S. is calling for a ban on the fishing of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

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BBC

Harder rain, more snow

While raising average global temperatures, climate change could also bring more snow, harder rain, or heat waves, meteorologists say.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Striking Hollywood writers, studios to resume talks

Striking screenwriters and major film and TV studios agreed to resume formal contract talks as the most serious Hollywood labor confrontation in 20 years drags on.

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Reuters

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Broadway workers back at the negotiating table

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New York Daily News

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Where did TV theme songs go?

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ABC News

A prodigy at age 15

Jay Greenberg has composed more than 100 works, and began playing a child's cello at age 2, finished high school at age 14, the same year Sony released his CD.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Maya rituals caused decline in big game

Maya rulers' growing demand for animals of symbolic value may have caused a decline in big game, like jaguars, in ancient Latin America, a new study suggests.

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National Geographic

Are we getting closer to cloning humans?

Ever wanted to be a new you? Recent developments in cloning mean that day might be possible without therapy, a new diet or fitness regime.

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CNN

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Dolly scientist abandons cloning

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Former Southern Baptist leader dies

The Rev. Wayne Dehoney, who was president of the Southern Baptist Convention for two terms in the 1960s and later became pastor of Louisville's oldest Baptist church, has died. He was 89.

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Associated Press

Trendy hotels bail on the Bible

Since 2001, the number of luxury hotels to include Bibles and other religious materials has dropped by 18 percent, according to the Hotel and Lodging Association.

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ABC News

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Scientists expect to create life within next 10 years

Scientists are getting closer to creating life from scratch. Experts expect an announcement within three to 10 years from someone in the now little-known field of “wet artificial life.”

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MSNBC

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A boy views the exhibit inside the "Science Express" at the Jammu railway station in Jammu, India. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)

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