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A man reacts among the remains of a destroyed clothing market in Port-au-Prince. A U.N. police officer, identified in a forensics report as Nigerian Corporal Nagya Aminu, was dragged from a marked U.N. vehicle and shot fatally through the neck, U.N. police spokesman Fred Blaise said. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos / AP)

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Polygamist sect gets millions from US

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Rangers talk to man in polygamist probe

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Google News

Stolen military items for sale online

Sensitive and stolen U.S. military items are being sold on eBay and Craigslist, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

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NATION

Salmon fishing closure prompts emergency by Schwarzenegger

A sharp decline in fall-run chinook population has led to the closure of coastal salmon fishing, and with that a predicted loss of 2,263 jobs.

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End of coast's 150-year-old fishery looms

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San Francisco Chronicle

Ohio state troopers disciplined for Ku Klux Klan photo

A highway patrolman who was photographed in a handmade Ku Klux Klan costume while on duty the day before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has been suspended without pay, authorities said.

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CNN

Georgia patients' records exposed on Web for 7 weeks

A company hired by the state of Georgia to administer health benefits is sending letters to notify tens of thousands of residents that their private records were exposed on the Internet.

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ZDNet

POLITICS

Another dubious Obama contact is dogging the Democrat hopeful

Republicans are turning on Obama for his connection with William Ayers, once a member of the Weather Underground, a terrorist group in the 1970s.

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Times Online

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Documentary: the Weather Underground

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YouTube

McCain shifts stance on mortgage crisis

Sen. John McCain shifted his stance on the mortgage crisis, acknowledging that the country can't rebound from the foreclosure epidemic without some government assistance to homeowners.

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Newsday

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McCain's 'nucleus' revived campaign

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Washington Times

Obama says remarks were ill chosen

Democrat Sen. Barack Obama conceded that comments he made about bitter working class voters who "cling to guns or religion" were ill chosen, as he tried to stem a burst of complaints.

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Associated Press

BUSINESS

Citigroup's market value drops below Apple's amid credit crisis

At the end of 2006, Citigroup Inc. was the fourth-largest company in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, with a market value of $274 billion. Now Citigroup has lost 13 percent in value.

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Bloomberg

Paulson says IMF must improve monitoring of markets

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged the International Monetary Fund to adapt quickly to the growing complexities of the global financial system and improve its monitoring of currency markets.

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Bloomberg

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

First animal on earth surprisingly complex

Earth's first animal was the ocean-drifting comb jelly, not the simple sponge, according to a new find that has shocked scientists who didn't imagine the earliest critter could be so complex.

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LiveScience

Is Vista dead in the water?

Analysts from Gartner said that Windows is collapsing under its own weight. Talk in the blogosphere keeps pointing to a Windows 7 release date earlier than 2010. Is Vista already a lame duck?

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BetaNews

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Microsoft: Vista feature designed to 'annoy users'

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ZDNet

Digital leap could cost cable customers

The FCC and broadcast industry have focused their consumer-education efforts of the digital transition on viewers of over-the-air television programming. But info for cable subscribers has been scant.

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USA Today

SPORTS

Immelman tries to hold on with Tiger lurking at Augusta

The final round at Augusta National in Georgia is under way with the questions remaining: Can all those major-less contenders, led by Trevor Immelman, finally break through at the Masters?

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Wang's 2-hitter, Giambi's homer lift Yanks over slumping Red Sox

Chien-Ming Wang continued his sparkling start to the season, throwing a two-hit complete game, as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, at Fenway Park.

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HEALTH

Congress aims to ease doctor shortage

Congress is under pressure to remedy a national doctor shortage that could worsen on July 1, when physicians who treat Medicare patients get a 10 percent pay cut.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Mother denied daughter's organs

A mother who urgently needs a kidney transplant has been denied the organs of her dying daughter.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Officers save boy, 12, choking on bread

The family of a 12-year-old boy got quite a scare when he choked on a piece of bread. What followed was a series of efforts by his uncle and two Fourth Precinct officers that dislodged the food.

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Newsday

WORLD

Somalia: confusion surrounds French anti-piracy operation off coast

A military operation off the Horn of Africa coastline to rescue 30 hostages kidnapped by Somali pirates ended after all the hostages were released safely.

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Summit bids to end Mugabe impasse

An emergency regional summit has opened in Zambia aimed at ending deadlock over Zimbabwe's presidential elections.

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BBC

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Mbeki says no crisis in Zimbabwe

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Reuters

Soaring food prices likely to persist

Soaring food prices that have sparked unrest across the globe are likely to persist, threatening millions of people worldwide who live on a dollar or less a day.

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International Herald Tribune

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Struggling country where bread means life

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Wind farm buffets family, town relations

Across the nation, the demand for renewable energy is booming and so is the construction of wind farms.

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NPR

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Wind power growth blows past projections

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Worldwatch

Just the tree of us

Driven by public concern, all the candidates agree that action is needed to slow global warming. No matter who's elected, America's policy will be different a year from now.

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Newsweek

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The Simpsons' 'Great Swartzwelder'

John Swartzwelder is one of the greatest comedy writers of all time, and now that he has self-published another novel, it's about time people found out about it.

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TIME

Old rockers give new life to lyrics

The unlikely image of a 92-year-old war bride screaming The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" backed by an elderly chorus has already captivated live audiences around the world.

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Reuters

Post-Polaroid age: some still cling to instant film

Instant analog film is dated technology, but for some, it has practical applications and an artistic dimension not easily replicated by digital.

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Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION

Santo Daime: the drug-fueled religion

A new religion is spreading — its central sacrament the consumption of a hallucinogenic Class A drug.

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Times Online

Pope Benedict XVI will show gentle, thoughtful side to United States

Next up for Pope Benedict XVI, a welcoming nation that wants to get to know him.

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Star Tribune

Cardinal George: Pope will find a 'chastened' Church ready to listen

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National Catholic Reporter

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Pope's US itinerary angers some critics

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EDUCATION

House will try to bolster student loans

Dozens of lenders have dropped out of the federal student loan program in recent weeks, leaving colleges and the students who attend them worried about the upcoming academic year.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study: Dark chocolate helps the heart

Eating a little bit of dark chocolate every day can reduce blood pressure without causing weight gain or other side effects, according to a study.

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Photo of the Day

A Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper lifts a Haitian girl to make a basket, during a community activity at a primary school in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince. (Photo by Ariana Cubillos / AP)

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