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Anti-terrorist police search for evidence at the U.S. embassy in Athens following a rocket attack. Assailants fired a rocket at the embassy on Friday but no one was hurt in the attack, which anonymous callers said was staged by Greek leftists, authorities said. (Photo by Yiorgos Karahalis/Reuters)

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Rice seeks to restart Mideast peace plan

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice explored opportunities for a fresh start in the stalled effort at a political compromise between Israel and the Palestinians.

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BBC

Greece hunts new generation of militants after embassy attack

Greek authorities say they are dealing with copycat militants styled after terror groups captured before the 2004 Olympics.

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International Herald Tribune

Secret Santa who gave away $1.3M dies

Larry Stewart, a millionaire who anonymously handed money to people each December, has died. He was 58.

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MSNBC

NATION

Brazil subway station collapses

Several people are feared missing in Brazil's city of Sao Paulo after a hole being dug for a new subway station collapsed leaving an enormous crater.

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BBC

Bush authorized raids on Iranians in Iraq

Recent U.S. military raids against Iranians in Iraq were authorized by President George W. Bush but do not mark a widening of the conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

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Reuters

World's first test-tube baby gives birth

Louise Brown, who was the world’s first test-tube baby, has given birth to a child, believed to be a boy. The baby conceived without the aid of in-vitro fertilization

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Times

BUSINESS

Attorneys are focus of Apple probe

Federal authorities are attempting to zero in on who was responsible for creating false documents that inflated the value of stock options granted to Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs in 2001.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Retail sales show solid gain in December

U.S. retail sales increased 0.9% in December, showing a relatively healthy Christmas retail season and bolstering the sense that there will not be a first quarter-rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

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MarketWatch

POLITICS

Democrats pledge to extend minimum wage

Fending off charges of favoritism, House Democrats say a just-passed minimum wage bill will be changed to cover all U.S. territories - including American Samoa - before it reaches President Bush 's desk.

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AOL News

Senate wants no pension for convicted lawmakers

With disgraced ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham eligible to collect a pension from behind bars, the Senate voted to deny taxpayer-funded retirement benefits to lawmakers convicted in the future.

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Los Angeles Times

Cheney may visit Japan in February

Vice President Dick Cheney may visit Japan for talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, possibly as early as next month, a Japanese daily reported.

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Boston Globe

SPORTS

Prosecutor in Duke case asks to be removed

The embattled district attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case asked the state attorney general's office to appoint a special prosecutor to take over the case.

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Newsday

Fujikawa youngest in 50 years to make PGA cut

Tadd Fujikawa tried to block out the cameras, the faces packed behind the ropes and the loudest ovation he had ever heard as he closed in on history over the final hour at the Sony Open.

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Sports Illustrated

Landis wants second Tour de France victory

Tour de France winner Floyd Landis wants a second title to make up for the mixed memories of last year's victory.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Congress to weigh 'No Child Left Behind'

The No Child Left Behind law was supposed to level the playing field, promising students an equal education no matter where they live or their background.

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Houston Chronicle

Study shows attitudes and motivations of first-year students

When they arrive at college, most of today's first-year students are highly motivated to complete their degrees.

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GOOD NEWS

King holiday tributes to honor his wife

When Jeffrey and Liza Dunn brought their daughter to the Martin Luther King Jr. center, the family took a moment to sit by the crypt of his wife, Coretta.

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Lexington Dispatch

911 call makes a 'Hero of the Day'

Little LanieBelle Masset wore a big gold star that read "Hero of the Day" during kindergarten classes in Colden Elementary School.

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Buffalo News

NATION

Alaska and Hawaii tsunami alerts canceled

An 8.3-magnitude earthquake in the Pacific triggered tsunami alerts in Alaska and Hawaii that were lifted, officials said.

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Reuters

Teacher accused of taking improper photos found dead

A suspended teacher on trial over charges of photographing teenage boys in revealing clothing was found dead in a car idling in his garage, authorities said.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Depp to make film about poisoned ex-spy

Johnny Depp is planning a film about a former Russian security agent whose poisoning in London touched off an international mystery.

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Salon

NY fashionistas weigh in on thin models

The organizers of New York's fashion shows issued guidelines to tackle the problem of too-skinny models but stopped well short of banning them from the catwalks.

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Two Indonesian women die from bird flu

Two Indonesian women died from bird flu, a health official said, the latest in a flurry of recent cases in the country worst hit by the virus.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Prostate surgery is viable option for older men.

Emerging research shows that surgery for prostate cancer can be safe and worthwhile for older men above the traditional cutoff age of 70.

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HealthDay

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

China says sea pollution worsening in coastal waters

Pollution of the seas off China's coasts is worsening, a state newspaper quoted a regulator as saying, amid mounting official warnings about the environmental costs of the country's economic boom.

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International Herald Tribune

Global warming to cost us

Global warming is known to be destructive, but a new study shows it also will be expensive.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mystery of world's yuckiest flower solved

Scientists have used genetic analysis to discover the lineage of the rafflesia flower, known for its stench of rotting flesh.

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Scientific American

Comet McNaught could be brightest in recorded history

Comet McNaught didn't generate much initial buzz when it was discovered last year, but it has brightened and the word has spread as stargazers get a glimpse of the brightest comet seen in decades.

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CBC

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

In China, Christianity rises again

Some 140 years ago, a Methodist missionary with a flowing beard stepped aboard a sampan in coastal China and held on firmly as he went up the Min River.

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Miami Herald

Archbishop of Warsaw resigns, Weigel warns of future 'blackmail'

Recently appointed Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus announced his resignation in the wake of revelations about his collaboration with Communist-era security forces.

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National Catholic Reporter

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Poll: British think Bush is a greater danger than North Korea or Iran

A poll found 75 percent of Britons think Bush is a great or moderate threat to peace, placing him ahead of the presidents of North Korea and Iran.

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Reuters

Photo of the Day

An Indian Hindu devotee takes a dip in River Ganges in Allahabad, India. Millions of Hindus are taking part in the Half Grand Pitcher festival which takes place once in six years in Allahabad at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. Thousands of Hindu holy men threatened to boycott ceremonies, saying the divine river was too polluted. (Photo by Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)

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