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New York City police officers investigate the scene at a military recruiting station in New York's Times Square. (Photo by Louis Lanzano / AP)

Small explosion hits New York's Times Square

A small explosion caused minor damage to a U.S. military recruiting center in New York's Times Square area but there were no injuries, police said.

Reuters

Bicyclist sought in Times Square bombing

CNN

Images: Times Square explosion

WNBC

US mortgage foreclosures rise as owners 'give up'

Bloomberg

Mueller reports more privacy breaches

FBI Director Robert Mueller told law makers that breaches of privacy in counter-terror investigations, which were known to have occurred from 2003 through 2005, also occurred in 2006.

Baltimore Sun

Huge law enforcement database created

United Press International

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Justice Department finds improper use of subpoenas in terror, spy cases

USA Today

Venezuelan troops reinforce border

Venezuela's defense minister said troops were in place along the porous border with Colombia and prepared to defend the nation in case of attack.

Voice of America

US skeptical of Colombian 'dirty bomb' claims

ABC News

Karachi power cuts hit millions

Pakistan's state-run utility said it had cut supplies to Karachi because the city's power company had not paid its bills. Outages occurred in the morning.

BBC

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A man dressed as God Shiva, dances during Shivratri procession, ahead of Shivratri, a Hindu festival, in Jammu, India. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)	Petra the koala is given medication after nasal surgery at Sydney Wildlife World, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Rob Griffith / AP)	Spring is in the air as a tree with flowering blooms attracts a bee at the First Presbyterian Church in Roswell, N.M. (Photo by Mark Wilson / AP)

NATION

Troop depression on rise in Afghanistan

U.S. troop morale improved in Iraq last year, but soldiers fighting in Afghanistan suffered more depression as violence there worsened, according to an Army mental health report.

Google News

Lawmaker's solution to US campus shootings: more guns

International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

McCain receives Bush backing

After clinching the Republican presidential nomination, John McCain strode through the front door of the White House to receive the endorsement of the man who defeated him for the nomination eight years ago.

USA Today

Huckabee ends GOP run

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee bowed to "the inevitable" and dropped out of the Republican presidential race after an improbable run for a politician little known beyond his home state a year ago.

CNN

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The world reacts to the US presidential race

NPR

BUSINESS

In budget wrangling, the cost of doing nothing grows

Congress plunged into next year's federal budget with marathon mid-week markups. At stake are competing visions of how to restore fiscal stability and keep the economy from sliding into recession.

Christian Science Monitor

Greenspan says credit recovery hinges on US housing

Reuters

What's behind record oil prices?

Record high oil prices notwithstanding, OPEC said its members wouldn't boost production to rescue a U.S. economy that's suffering from what it labeled as self-inflicted "mismanagement."

McClatchy Newspapers

High-tech signs to feature breaking news

Clear Channel Outdoor is launching its third network of digital billboards in L.A., and for the first time they'll feature breaking headlines bought and paid for by a major newspaper: the Los Angeles Times.

Hollywood Reporter

SPORTS

Voters approve $121.6 million in arena upgrades to lure NBA team

Oklahoma City voters approved a sales tax extension to fund $121.6 million in improvements to a downtown arena and build a practice facility in hopes of luring an NBA team.

ESPN

Through all the flaws, we love Favre

Brett Favre was always that carefree gunslinger, throwing footballs into tight spots and putting himself into a few as well. He was fearless. He was daring. He was the every man.

CBS News

Why Is Brett Favre Walking Away?

ESPN

HEALTH

FDA finds contaminant in suspect blood-thinner

U.S. health officials said they have found a contaminant in a blood-thinning drug produced by Baxter Healthcare Corp. that has been linked to more than a dozen deaths in the United States.

CNN

Report: Colonoscopies could miss dangerous lesions

The most dangerous types of pre-cancerous lesions in the colon could be missed by colonoscopies, researchers cautioned.

ABC News

New cancer drug may curb tumors

Scientists report early success in preliminary tests of an experimental cancer drug.

WebMD

RELIGION

Vatican to canonize Indian woman

A nun from southern India whose short life was dominated by ill health is set to be named by the Vatican as the country's first woman saint.

BBC

Iraqi Christians cling to last refuges

The Christians who fled sectarian persecution that followed the U.S. invasion in 2003 are now battling to hold onto one of their final refuges.

Christian Science Monitor

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Single mothers find new job track

In Wyoming, a state with the highest gap in the U.S. between a man's and a woman's wages, and a high divorce rate, some women are challenging economic barricades.

International Herald Tribune

One volunteer's war against hunger

David Schoen is one foot soldier in the fight, which is growing more intense as fuel and food prices rise and the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis is felt.

Christian Science Monitor

WORLD

Gaza situation 'worst since 1967'

BBC

India's prime minister wants to meet Pakistan's leaders

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited Pakistan's new leaders to put the past behind them and build a new relationship based on cooperation and enduring peace.