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An Indonesian youth retrieves a matress from his house destroyed by a powerful earthquake in Bengkulu, Sumatra island, Indonesia. Three powerful earthquakes jolted Indonesia in less than 24 hours, triggering tsunami warnings, damaging hundreds of houses and sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground. (Photo by Dita Alangkara / AP)

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Indonesian quakes trigger tsunami alerts

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Eyewitnesses: Sumatra earthquake

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BBC

Trial begins for polygamist Warren Jeffs

The trial of Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is underway in St. George, Utah.

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NPR

Petraeus Report: Is a bipartisan policy possible?

President Bush is expected to endorse the Petraeus Report, but a growing number of lawmakers, on both sides of the aisle, are chafing both at the recommendation and at its source.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Prominent Anti-Qaeda sheik killed

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TIME

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30,000 troops expected to come home

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CBS News

U.N.: child mortality hits record low

Deaths of children under age 5 around the world dropped below 10 million for the first time last year, according to United Nations Children's Fund figures released. .

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Melbourne Herald Sun

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New SIDS breakthrough

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CBS News

Mattel chief apologizes to Congress

The chief executive of Mattel apologized to Congress for failing to stop lead-laced toys from entering the global marketplace, vowing to take immediate steps to prevent it from happening again.

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International Herald Tribune

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Mattel recalls more toys over lead paint concern

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Texan: Humberto 'snuck up on us'

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CNN

Prosecutor says West Virginia torture victim knew suspect

A woman who authorities say was tortured for days, sexually assaulted and beaten, had a relationship with one of the suspects and was involved in a domestic dispute with the man.

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Charleston Daily Mail

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No hate crime charges in torture case

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POLITICS

Nevada caucus creates more questions

If Iowa and New Hampshire are the favorite sons, then Nevada may be the presidential primary's awkward stepchild. Nine months into the race, few know what to make of the Nevada caucus.

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Yahoo! News

High drama over highly skilled workers

After failing over the summer to overhaul rules for all kinds of immigrants, Congress is gearing up to take on the narrower task of reforming immigration laws for highly skilled workers.

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BUSINESS

What's behind OPEC's production hike?

Until just before the OPEC meeting in Vienna, virtually every prognosticator ruled out any increase in oil production. So why did OPEC announce a 500,000 barrel a day increase?

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Bombardier urges airlines to ground Q400 after second failure

Bombardier Inc., the world's third- biggest aircraft maker, urged airlines to ground 60 of its Q400 turboprops after a second landing-gear failure in a week.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Diet-conscious city eyes moratorium on fast-food outlets

Los Angeles officials see myriad fast-food outlets as a health problem and are seeking change in efforts that experts say may be the first example of a health-zoning law in the United States.

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Christian Science Monitor

U.S. life expectancy rises to 78 years

Life expectancy for children born in the U.S. rose to a record in 2005, the latest year for which data is available, while the death rate fell to a new low, according to a report.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Doctor says Kevin Everett's improvement is a 'minor miracle'

Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills' tight end would walk again.

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Dr. Gibbons updates Everett's medical condition

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Pats coach apologizes for spying flap

A tight-lipped New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick apologized amid accusations his team spied on the New York Jets during last weekend's season-opening game.

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Report on sign-stealing scandal

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Wiesenthal Center starts Web site about Judaism for Muslims

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has launched a Web site to inform Muslims about Judaism through a forum that allows visitors to post live questions in Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Bahasa and English.

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Beliefnet

Dobson's politics won't affect Focus' tax-exempt status

Focus on the Family chairman James Dobson's endorsement of 2004 Republican candidates did not disqualify his conservative media ministry from tax-exempt status, the IRS ruled.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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A virus among honeybees

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Give the earth a Sabbath

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Hit her, baby, one more time

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Salon.com

Don't unite the 2 Koreas on the backs of cheap labor

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Christian Science Monitor

Abe: irresolute leader who was a magnet for crisis

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How tough choices saved Kevin Everett

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Newsweek

Bottom-up progress in Iraq

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Atlantic Online

Pakistan: rue of law

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Sayonara, Shinzo Abe

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Salon.com

The war on terror, 6 years on

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Real Clear Politics

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GOOD NEWS

Knight Foundation and MTV partner on global grant program

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and MTV announced the Knight News Challenge "Young Creators Award," a new digital journalism grant program for anyone in the world up to age 25.

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PNN

Congress passes bill to forgive student loan debt for charity workers

Some charity workers would be able to get their student loan debt forgiven under legislation that was recently adopted by both houses of Congress.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

WORLD

Japanese PM admitted to hospital

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been admitted to hospital after announcing his resignation. Doctors said Mr. Abe was being treated for a stomach complaint probably caused by stress.

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BBC

Terracotta Army awaits the British hordes

Spectacular treasures relating to the First Emperor of China’s underground palace for the afterlife are set to draw a huge number of visitors to the British Museum.

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Terracotta Army marches into London

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Reuters

South Korean hostages describe ordeal

The South Korean Christian volunteers who were held hostage by the Taliban for nearly six weeks have described how they suffered at the hands of their captors.

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Al Jazeera

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South Korean hostages speak out

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Millions at risk in China, India pollution

China and India's 10 worst pollution blackspots together account for a third of the world's 30 most polluted places, according to a report issued by U.S.-based group, the Blacksmith Institute.

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Yahoo! News

200 more species face extinction

The annual Red List of Threatened Species was released, and it's bad news for nearly 200 more species of animals and plants since last year's report.

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USA Today

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Critically endangered animals

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MSNBC

States looking to regulate greenhouse gases win big in court

States can limit vehicle emissions of gases that contribute to global warming despite the Bush administration's refusal to do so, a federal judge ruled.

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Judge backs Vermont's auto-emissions rules

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NPR

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

MySpace launches Web TV show

Facebook may be getting the headlines lately, but MySpace still has a few cards up its sleeve — including the connections it has to some of the top names in media.

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Globeandmail.com

HarperCollins to publish novel by author James Frey

HarperCollins announced it would publish a new novel by James Frey, the author who admitted fabricating key parts of his best-selling drug and alcohol memoir "A Million Little Pieces."

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sun Microsystems to install Windows OS on its hardware

Sun Microsystems Inc. will start selling its lineup of 64-bit PC servers pre-installed with the Windows Server operating system from Microsoft Corp. within 90 days.

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Yahoo sells ads for Bebo

Yahoo Inc. will sell display advertising for Bebo Inc., the first such deal Yahoo has secured with a social networking site, the companies said.

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PC World

EDUCATION

Colleges build Web sites to enable campus comparisons

College associations and a national organization are building or planning five free, Web-based platforms that may reduce the impact of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges" list.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Greatest mysteries: How many species exist on earth?

The prospect of discovering little green men on other planets has long captured our imaginations, but many scientists are just as excited about finding new life forms in our own backyard.

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A performance artist of the show "Fuerzabruta" lays in a water basin during a photo-call in Berlin. (Photo by Franka Bruns / AP)

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