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Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, stands with Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., during a rally for Obama at American University in Washington. Kennedy was hospitalized after becoming ill at his Hyannis, Mass., home. (Photo by Evan Vucci / AP)

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Myanmar kids may starve, charity says

Thousands of children in cyclone-hit Myanmar are starving and may die unless aid arrives, a Save the Children U.K. spokesperson warned.

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Bloomberg

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Burma 'guilty of inhuman action'

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BBC

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Malaysian gov't urged to ban Halliburton

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CBS News

Raul's reforms, as small as they are, stir hope in Cuba

The changes unfurled by new leader Raúl Castro are hardly profound, but they've stirred a new sense of hope in a nation with its first new president in 49 years.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Tiny Jewish enclave thrives, witnesses a rebirth in Cuba

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Boston Globe

US soldier uses Quran for target practice

A soldier used the Quran, Islam's holy book, for target practice, forcing the chief U.S. commander in Baghdad to issue a formal apology.

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CNN

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US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq

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Associated Press

Sen. Kennedy hospitalized in Boston

Senator Edward Kennedy was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for tests after suffering a seizure, Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said.

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Bloomberg

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Kennedy: liberal legend, able legislator

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Yahoo! News

After the earthquake, Chinese flee new threat of flooding

More than a million people were on the move to escape the new danger of floods in remote areas blocked by earthquake debris in China’s western Sichuan province.

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Times Online

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Hope amid the wreckage

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Guardian

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Bush says Saudi oil boost `not enough' to ease prices

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Bloomberg

NATION

DOT proposes slot auctions to reduce congestion at NYC airports

The Department of Transportation has proposed slot auctions that will require carriers to auction off some of their slots over the next five years and potentially retire others.

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USA Today

NAACP picks activist as new president; youngest ever

Ben Jealous, a 35-year-old former news executive and activist, was chosen by the NAACP's board of directors as the organization's next president and the youngest in its history.

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USA Today

POLITICS

Clinton presses on with campaign despite long odds

The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey. The Democrat was touring Kentucky's Maker's Mark distillery as she soldiers on despite a difficult week.

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Associated Press

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Obama, facing likely defeat, will skip visiting Kentucky

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McClatchy Newspapers

Obama keeps up criticism of McCain and President Bush

During a campaign stop, Obama said McCain and President Bush don’t understand foreign policy and urged voters to support McCain if they want to continue the Bush Administration’s approach to diplomacy.

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MSNBC

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Obama criticizes McCain, Bush over attacks

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BUSINESS

Mexico's tax-free shopping incentive

In light of slow economic growth in Mexico, the Tourism Ministry announced a tax credit in the hopes of maintaining tourist interest.

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BusinessWeek

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Week 3 of rebates: $13.5 billion sent out

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CNNMoney

GE plans to exit appliance business

General Electric Co. said it plans to sell or spin-off its century-old appliance business, as part of an ongoing plan to exit "slower growth and more volatile businesses."

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CBS News

EDUCATION

Can competitions raise 'cool' factor of math, science?

Math bees and science smackdowns for teen brainiacs are on the rise, along with efforts to fuel interest in those fields.

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Christian Science Monitor

Poor performances linked to classrooms

Noisy, hot and poorly lit classrooms impair the performance of pupils, according to research published. Poor conditions affected children's ability to concentrate and to do well in tests.

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Guardian

HEALTH

Dairy, dairy, quite contrary

For many consumers, "organic" means food that's healthy, clean, and fair to farmers. Of course, in reality it is more complicated.

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Grist

Factors in delaying or declining total knee replacement surgery

A study unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery.

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Medical News Today

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Hagee apologizes to Catholics

Texas megachurch pastor John Hagee, who drew sharp criticism for comments critics called anti-Catholic, has written a public letter expressing "deep regret" for causing any harm.

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National Catholic Reporter

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Gene Robinson: Putting together faith and political decision

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PBS

World Falun Dafa day

From its introduction in 1992 until 1999 when it was banned by the communist regime, approximately 60-100 million people were practicing Falun Dafa in China.

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Epoch Times

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GOOD NEWS

New mouthwashes may help take bad breath away

It's a vexing and often taboo topic. Despite shelves full of products to fight bad breath, there's little solid information on whether they really work.

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USA Today

Douple-amputee sprinter wins right to try for Olympic spot

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.

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Sports Illustrated

WORLD

Hezbollah's actions ignite sectarian fuse in Lebanon

After almost a week of street battles, long-simmering Sunni-Shiite tensions have sharply worsened in an ominous echo of the civil conflict in Iraq.

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International Herald Tribune

Unexploded landmines leave lethal legacy in Uganda

The recent deaths of children in a landmine explosion in Uganda have raised awareness about the dangers of unexploded devices left over from twenty years of conflict.

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Environment News Service

Mugabe rival fears 'assassination' plot

Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has canceled his return to Harare from South Africa after receiving information about a planned assassination.

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oreos invade England

The classic sandwich cookie may be as familiar and nostalgia-inducing as, well, Mom's apple pie for Americans, but the majority of Britons have never seen or tasted one. Until now.

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ABC News

WMA tops $100 million film fund

William Morris Agency and Screen Capital International announced the development of a $100 million film financing company that will fund up to 50 movies within the next five years.

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Variety

SPORTS

Lakers show championship form en route to quieting Jazz

So maybe it was more of a stagger than a bold leap into the next round, the Lakers squandering all but three points of a convincing 19-point lead before holding on to close out the Utah Jazz in Game 6.

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ESPN

NFL owners could opt out of CBA with NFLPA union

Owners might opt out of the existing labor agreement soon when they hold their next meetings in Atlanta, according to sources.

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ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

At ten, dark energy "most profound problem" in physics

For decades physicists were convinced that gravity should be causing the expansion rate of the universe to slow. But that might not be the case.

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National Geographic

FDA not worried about BPA but critics demand moratorium

The controversy over the use of bisphenol A — or BPA — in many consumer plastics isn't going away, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may have further inflamed it.

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Consumer Affairs

ENVIRONMENT

Baby buffalo's escape: the movie

"Battle at Kruger," the amateur clip about the escape of a baby buffalo from lions and crocodiles is made into a documentary by National Geographic.

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Guardian

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Battle at Kruger

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Native Canadians win mini-victory over big loggers

Pressure is mounting on the Canadian government to take actions against private loggers and businesses that encroach upon the indigenous peoples' territories.

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OneWorld

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Synthetic life closer

Scientists took a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, turning the second microbe into a copy of the first.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Competitors jump in the pool in the 200 meter freestyle final during the Santa Clara International Invitational swimming grand prix in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP)

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