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People wait for the arrival of the eye of Hurricane Dean as they overlook the Caribbean Sea from Pedernales, Dominican Republic, some 200 miles west of the capital, Santo Domingo, near the Haiti border. Dean, which has claimed six lives, began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa / AP)

Peru deploys army to halt looting after quake

Peru's government sent more soldiers to its southern coast to halt looting of aid convoys, three days after the country's worst earthquake in more than 30 years.

Bloomberg

Quake victims

Yahoo! News

Falluja's calm is fragile if U.S. leaves

International Herald Tribune

Officials: Bush plans troop cuts in Iraq

International Herald Tribune

Hurricane Dean makes beeline for Jamaica

Jamaica's electrical grid was powered down as the first winds from Hurricane Dean began pounding the eastern end of the island.

CNN

Hurricane Dean could be a powerful Category 5

Star Tribune

Jamaica on alert

Yahoo! News

Search for six trapped coal miners abandoned

The search for six miners trapped in a collapsed Utah mine was suspended after crumbling tunnel walls inside the Crandall Canyon Mine killed two rescue workers and a federal mine inspector.

San Jose Mercury News

Chinese rescuers seek 172 in flooded shandong mine

Bloomberg

Handling of mine disaster questioned

Yahoo! News

New U.S. law may permit broader spying on citizens

Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping.

International Herald Tribune

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Bandit the Biker Dog gets a long ride during his heat in the solo division at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competition in Imperial Beach, Calif. (Photo by Denis Poroy / AP)	Riders are reflected in a mirror behind a policeman at the Great Wall of China at Badaling during the Men's Road Race at the Road Cycling International Invitational. (Photo by Greg Baker / AP)	Graffiti artists paint in the Sarajevo's Zetra sports hall as part of the second International graffiti art festival held in the Bosnian capital. (Photo by Hidajet Delic / AP)

NATION

White House's Snow to leave before Bush term ends

White House spokesman Tony Snow plans to leave his job before U.S. President George W. Bush's term ends in January 2009, citing financial reasons.

Reuters

Empty highrise burns near Ground Zero

An abandoned skyscraper was in danger of collapse after a seven-alarm ripped through the building near ground zero and critically injured at least two firefighters, police said.

ABC News

Two arrested in schoolyard slayings

Two people were arrested in connection with the triple killings in a New Jersey elementary schoolyard, law enforcement sources said.

CNN

Newark killings

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Non-candidate Thompson campaigns in Iowa

TIME

Edwards' finances and populism clash

A company John Edwards has invested $16 million in Fortress Investment Group, which owns mortgage companies that have moved to foreclose on homeowners in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.

Baltimore Sun

BUSINESS

Starbucks: A baristas union?

At the Labor Board trial of the company, twentysomething activists are trying to poke holes in the company's socially responsible image.

BusinessWeek

Home Depot agrees to pay $10M in hazardous waste dumping lawsuit

Home Depot has agreed to pay nearly $10 million in penalties and investigation costs to settle a lawsuit alleging it mishandled hazardous waste from its California stores, officials said.

International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Familiar sight: USC once again preseason No. 1

After a season of chasing, Southern California is again the team being chased. And that’s just the way coach Pete Carroll and the Trojans like it.

MSNBC

Vick must make choice after pals plead guilty

With his NFL career in jeopardy and a superseding indictment adding more charges in the works, Michael Vick has been left with a hard choice.

Kansas City Star

Vick's co-defendants enter guilty pleas

ESPN

HEALTH

N.M. planning medical marijuana program

Gov. Bill Richardson ordered the state Health Department to resume planning of a medical marijuana program despite the agency's worries about possible federal prosecution.

Forbes

Dendreon breast cancer drug effective in clinical trial

Dendreon Corp., the developer of a treatment to stimulate the immune system against prostate cancer, said a small study suggests the same technique may help women with breast cancer.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

EDUCATION

American campuses get greener than ever

As the demand for green industry increases, colleges are encouraging their student bodies to engage in environmental stewardship while they seek a college education.

Newsweek

America gets cash for science education

President Bush signed legislation to recruit thousands of new teachers, update the science and maths skills of those already in classrooms and help science-orientated kids to launch careers.

New Scientist

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