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Emergency workers are seen on and near the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis after it collapsed into the Mississippi River. The busy highway bridge that spans the Mississippi River just northeast of Minneapolis collapsed during evening rush hour, sending dozens of cars, tons of concrete and twisted metal crashing into the water. (Photo by Jacob Reynolds / AP)

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Search begins for the missing in Minneapolis bridge collapse

Searchers in Minneapolis combed the Mississippi River looking for victims of an interstate bridge collapse. Four people were confirmed dead.

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Officials check for survivors in Minneapolis

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MSNBC

Lead paint spurs massive toy recall

Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.

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CBS News

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List of toys included in Fisher-Price recall

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MSNBC

Suicide car bomb kills 13 at Iraq police station

A suicide bomber drove a car bomb into an Iraqi police station, killing 13 people, while politicians prepared for a summit to restore a coalition government.

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Reuters

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Iraqi Mosul al-Qaida leader killed

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CNN

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Sunnis quit Iraqi cabinet as bombs rock Baghdad

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Herald Sun

S. Korea, U.S. won't use force to free Afghan hostages

South Korea and the United States agreed not to use force to free 21 Korean hostages in Afghanistan, but Afghan troops warned villagers of a possible offensive near the captives' location.

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Reuters

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CNN

Sudan welcoms U.N. decision on Darfur

Sudan welcomes the U.N. decision to approve a joint African Union-U.N. peacekeeping force for Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, Khartoum's ambassador to London said.

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London Independent

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Aid workers criticise U.N. Darfur force

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Telegraph.co.uk

NATION

Rice urges deeper Israeli-Palestine talks

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Israel and the Palestinians to talk about the key issues that would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Reuters

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Rice seeks momentum on Mideast peace

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Yahoo! News

Desperation rises among South Asia's flood-hit

Desperation is spreading among millions of people made homeless by monsoon flooding in South Asia, with hungry victims clashing with police and looting food as hundreds of villages remained cut off.

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The Age

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Floods in South Asia

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BBC

Cambodia's first step toward justice for Khmer Rouge

Kaing Guek Eav was indicted on charges for the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge, a radical communist regime that oversaw the deaths of some 1.7 million people in Cambodia in the late 1970s.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

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Support for Attorney General Gonzales slips further

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Christian Science Monitor

Bush, Dems seek deal on spy bill

Democratic lawmakers said they were moving closer to a deal with President George W. Bush to expand the government's powers to eavesdrop on telephone calls and e-mail from abroad.

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Reuters

Pure horserace: Obama talks tough

Freshman Sen. Barack Obama has spent the past week sparring with Hillary Clinton about direct diplomacy with some of America's harshest adversaries.

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CBS News

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Obama warns over Pakistan strike

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BBC

BUSINESS

Imports overtake U.S.-made autos

Sales plunged worse than expected at U.S. automakers in July, allowing import brands to overtake their domestic rivals for the first time.

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CNNMoney

Oil prices jump to new record high

Oil prices jumped to a new record and gasoline futures fell on the government’s report of a steep drop in crude inventories and surge in refinery activity.

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Marathon Oil settles over price manipulation

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MSN Money

SPORTS

Boston starts to rebuild roster, signs House to one-year deal

The Boston Celtics began filling out their trade-depleted roster a day after acquiring Kevin Garnett, agreeing to terms with journeyman guard Eddie House on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.

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ESPN

Oakland nabs Culpepper as No. 1 pick Russell remains unsigned

Free agent quarterback Daunte Culpepper signed a one-year contract with Oakland, giving the Raiders a backup plan for top draft pick JaMarcus Russell.

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USA Today

HEALTH

Senate panel backs tobacco legislation

A Senate committee embraced legislation that would allow federal regulation of cigarettes for the first time.

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Senate panel OK's tobacco bill

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CBS News

Now the proof: Work stress does make people mentally ill

A new study found that 14 percent of women and 10 percent of men who were stressed at work suffered depression or anxiety by the age of 32 when they had not had these conditions before.

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New Zealand Herald

Study: Genders agree on 'why' of sex

After compiling a list of the 237 reasons people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations.

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Indianapolis Star

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Romania mourns church patriarch

The late head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Teoctist, will be buried on Friday, Church leaders say.

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BBC

Stefani tour 'too obscene' for Malaysia

Singer Gwen Stefani is reportedly facing calls for her forthcoming concert in Malaysia to be scrapped amid claims by a Muslim student group it is too obscene.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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The reality of day labor

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The losing war on junk e-mail

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How to stop radiation terrorism

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International Herald Tribune

Coming clean in Washington

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International Herald Tribune

How healthy is the American economy?

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Economist

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Why Africa fears Western medicine

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International Herald Tribune

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Log on and rediscover the generation gap

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Times Online

Baghdad’s dysfunctional leaders undermine U.S. military efforts

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GOOD NEWS

Injured Briton survives Alpine ordeal

A hiker has survived three nights in freezing temperatures on a Swiss mountain despite severe injuries to his legs and chest.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Fisherman catches 'living fossil'

Scientists are examining an extremely rare "living fossil" caught by a fisherman in Indonesia.

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BBC

NATION

FEMA stops sending out trailers while formaldehyde risk checked

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has stopped donating and selling disaster trailers while it studies reports that people living in them got sick from formaldehyde exposure.

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Houston Chronicle

Woman charged with fraudulently adopting and abusing kids

Abuse charges were filed against a woman accused of fraudulently adopting and mistreating 11 New York children in order to bilk a child welfare agency out of $2 million.

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Forbes

Wildfires spark calls for more grazing

Wildfires in several western states have rekindled the "Sagebrush Rebellion," as ranchers and politicians criticize land managers over policies they say contribute to fires.

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Modesto Bee

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Montana wildfires

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MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Russian submersibles stake Arctic claim

Russia staked a claim to untapped oil and gas reserves in the North Pole as polar researchers in submersibles planted a rust-resistant titanium Russian tricolour on the sea floor.

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Earth Times

Asian pollution clouds intensifying global warming

Brown clouds of pollution over South Asia have multiplied solar heating of the lower atmosphere by 50 percent, new research finds.

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Environment News Service

Hybrids better for environment than for your wallet

While hybrid automobiles burn less gas and produce lower emissions, they generally cost more than comparable cars, erasing net savings on fuel.

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International Herald Tribune

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Whoopi officially joins 'The View'

Whoopi Goldberg will bring no celebrity feuds with her when she joins "The View," at least none that she's aware of.

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Forbes

Getty to return 40 antiquities to Italy

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has agreed to hand over 40 objects from its antiquities collection that Italy contends were looted from its soil.

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International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Makers of voting machines battle critics over study

County election officials and makers of voting machines squared off against critics of electronic voting in a hearing that could determine how the Feb. 5 presidential primary election is run.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Laser printers linked to health risk

According to a study, some laser printers used in home and office environments pollute the air with potentially hazardous toner particles.

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InformationWeek

EDUCATION

'Listening' computer ups reading skills

The interactive Soliloquy Reading Assistant boosts students' confidence and test scores and helps teachers track and improve reading fluency in more than 5,000 schools.

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Christian Science Monitor

New model for university presses

Many university presses today are faced with the difficulty of being unable to publish books for financial reasons, but Rice University Press is about to solve the problem with an entirely new approach.

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Inside Higher Ed

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran

The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favor of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned.

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Guardian

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Farmer Digonta Saikia shows a "Bhut jolokia" or "ghost chili" pepper plucked from his field in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. (Photo by Manish Swarup / AP)

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