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A line of voters cast their ballot in the primary election in Columbus, Ohio. Heavy rain fell in much of the state with a forecast of freezing rain, sleet and maybe snow by the time voting wraps up. Flood warnings were posted in some parts of the state. (Photo by Kiichiro Sato / AP)

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Russia urges Iran to comply on nuclear program

Russia urged Iran to comply with demands by the United Nations Security Council to curb its nuclear program, but Tehran remained defiant.

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Reuters

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UN sanctions on Iran

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Yahoo! News

Gay marriage debate shifts back to Calif.

The national debate over gay marriage shifts to California. The court considers whether a constitutional pledge of equality for all or a voter-approved law forbidding same-sex couples to wed takes precedence.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Americans split over same-sex civil unions

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Angus Reid

Democrats expect no knockouts in primaries

The month-long political fight will conclude in the Texas and Ohio, but the campaigns of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have signaled that neither expects a nomination knockout punch.

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Houston Chronicle

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Polls show Democrats nearly tied heading into primaries

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Detroit Free Press

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Clinton pulls out the stops

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CNN

Pentagon report eyes China's cyberwarfare, anti-satellite programs

China's military expansion is continuing, putting regional stability at risk as the military expands its space and cyberwarfare programs, warned the U.S. Pentagon.

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Christian Science Monitor

Our solar system isn't what it used to be

Move over, Copernicus. Your once-revolutionary idea — that the Earth revolves around the sun rather than the other way around — has been eclipsed.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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First Mars' avalanches seen in action

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National Geographic

NATION

Dozens flee acid fumes after train derails

A freight train derailed in the Southern California desert and two tanker cars full of chemicals caught fire, sending up a cloud of fumes and forcing home evacuations, authorities said.

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MSNBC

6 killed in Memphis shooting

Six people were killed, including two children, and another three children wounded in a shooting in Memphis, Tenn., authorities said.

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CNN

President Bush lauds Odierno, gives no hints on drawdown

President Bush pledged that security gains will continue in Iraq, but offered no new details about how that promise will affect the timing of additional U.S. troop withdrawals.

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Taking on local fighters in Iraq

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International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Out of bounds! Obama admits what he once denied

Obama has denied that there was a meeting between his senior economic policy adviser Austan Goolsbee and the Canadian government regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Pelosi to move forward 'soon' with ethics commission proposal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wants to ship a Republican ethics proposal back to the bipartisan task force that labored for nearly a year to draft a proposal for an ethics commission.

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The Hill

BUSINESS

Wall Street wounded by Intel, Citi

U.S. trading got off to a weak start after a profit warning from Intel, new challenges for Citigroup and remarks on foreclosures from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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Forbes

Oil hits record — near $104

Oil reached a historic high near $104 a barrel, surpassing the inflation-adjusted level of the 1980s, as a weakening dollar made crude futures attractive to investors.

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CNNMoney

Fannie, Freddie to overhaul appraisals in Cuomo deal

New rules prohibit mortgage brokers from selecting appraisers and lenders from using in-house staff to do valuations for any home loans the government-chartered companies purchase.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Brett Favre is retiring

Quarterback Brett Favre will retire, several media outlets reported, after weeks of speculation that he would return for his 18th NFL season.

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USA Today

Moss sticks with Pats

In the final analysis, it was a marriage that made no sense ending in divorce. The Patriots knew it. So did Randy Moss, who turned down a more lucrative offer from the Philadelphia Eagles.

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HEALTH

Doctor accused of hastening death for patient's organs

A respected California transplant doctor faces charges he hastened a comatose man's death to retrieve his organs — a far-reaching case that could impact the nation's organ donation industry.

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CNN

Limiting TV, screen time curbs childhood obesity, study finds

Limiting the time that young children spend with television and computers shaves calories from their diets and reduces their risk of becoming obese, researchers said.

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Bloomberg

RELIGION

Vatican, Muslims prepare historic meeting with Pope

Muslim representatives and Vatican officials begin talks that they hope will lead to an unprecedented Catholic-Islamic meeting.

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Reuters

The last triumph of Fatima

Candidates for sainthood wait five years beyond their deaths before the Catholic Church begins its investigation. When Sister Lucia, who died in 2005, was added, many wondered why.

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TIME

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GOOD NEWS

In Mexico, a clean-air bucket brigade

A grass-roots group to monitor air quality has sprouted in one of Latin America's largest industrial corridors.

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Christian Science Monitor

Teens who eat breakfast weigh less, US study shows

Teenagers who eat breakfast consume more daily calories, but weigh less than those who skip the first meal of the day, a study showed.

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Agence France-Presse

WORLD

Venezuelan troops mobilize as FARC dispute nears boiling point

Hundreds of Venezuelan troops began leaving for the country's border with Colombia, in advance of emergency talks aimed at preventing an increasingly tense regional standoff.

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Guardian

Bodies found at Nepal crash site

Officials in Nepal say they have recovered the bodies of 12 people from the wreckage of a crashed U.N. helicopter.

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BBC

Israel forces leave Gaza

Following five days of combat that left at least 117 Palestinians and three Israelis dead, Israel pulled its ground troops out of the Gaza Strip as Hamas declared victory.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Rice, Abbas urge resumption of talks

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AOL News

ENVIRONMENT

Facing drought, North Carolina counties turning to desalinization

With demand for water increasing as the drought and growth continue, some coastal counties in Eastern North Carolina are tapping a saltier source: rivers of brackish water that flow underground.

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Raleigh News & Observer

In highland Peru, a culture faces blight

Farmers in Peru say warmer temperatures are opening the door to the disease that caused the Irish potato famine.

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

No-fuss backup system arrives

Apple is offering laptop users streamlined back-up with its first wireless storage device, called Time Capsule.

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Techworld

Pacific Gas and Electric begins tapping into cow power

In a ceremony at Vintage Dairy, a 1,700-acre dairy farm in Riverdale, Calif., officials will turn a valve that will send 3 billion cubic feet of natural gas a year, derived from cow manure, into a pipeline.

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San Jose Mercury News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Eddie Van Halen has medical tests; band postpones shows

Van Halen has postponed concerts as guitarist Eddie Van Halen undergoes medical testing for an undisclosed condition.

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CNN

Blind guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41

Blind rock and jazz musician Jeff Healey has died after a lifelong battle against cancer. He was 41.

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San Francisco Chronicle

EDUCATION

School district backs off after students' penny protest

Twenty-nine New Jersey students punished with detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches are getting a pardon.

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MSNBC

Congress wants rich schools to give students a break

Congress is inspecting the spending habits of wealthy universities across the country. Lawmakers are toying with the idea of requiring universities to spend 5 percent of the burgeoning endowments each year.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Experts release common red flags of ovarian cancer

Experts issued new recommendations on how to catch a deadly cancer early, which could save thousands of lives every year. More than 22,000 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed this year.

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CBS2

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An evening view of China's National Stadium, nicknamed the "Bird's Nest," is seen in Beijing. The stadium was on lighting test for the Beijing Olympic Games in August. (Photo by Xinhua, Luo Xiaoguang / AP)

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