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An Iraqi policeman mans a machine gun as he oversees traffic at a vehicle checkpoint in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, part of the new security operation that will involve about 90,000 Iraqi and American troops. (Photo by Adil al-Khazali / AP)

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Anna Nicole Smith dies after collapsing in hotel

Reality TV star and former model Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead after being taken to a Florida hospital, a law enforcement source told CNN.

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CNN

North Korea nuclear talks resume with higher hopes

International talks on North Korea's nuclear program resumed after Pyongyang's envoy said he's ready to discuss initial steps toward nuclear disarmament.

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CBS News

Shooting erupts on Israel-Lebanon border

Lebanese troops deployed along the border with Israel opened fire as Israeli troops searched for Hezbollah bombs, drawing retaliatory fire.

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Yahoo! News

U.S. airstrike on rebels reportedly kills civilians

A U.S. airstrike killed 13 insurgents in a volatile area west of Baghdad, the military said. Local officials said 45 civilians, including women and children, died in the attack.

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MSNBC

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Top Iraqi official arrested in U.S.-Iraqi raid

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BBC

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Five indicted in alleged Iraq contracting scam

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CNN

Iran says it identified and detained U.S. and Israeli spies

Iran's intelligence minister said Iran had identified 100 people he described as U.S. and Israeli agents and said some were arrested trying to leave Iran to attend "spying" courses abroad.

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Reuters

Spain horrified by royal sister's death

The youngest sister of Spain's Crown Princess Letizia, the wife of the heir to the throne, has been found dead in her Madrid apartment in a story which has sent shockwaves through Spain.

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Times

Senate approves Casey for Army top post

The Senate handily confirmed Gen. George Casey as the next Army chief of staff in a roll call vote that some lawmakers used to dramatize their anger over his direction of the war in Iraq.

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Kansas City Star

NATION

U.S. asks to arm pilots abroad

For the first time, the U.S. government is asking foreign countries to allow pilots to carry guns in the cockpit when they fly overseas.

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USA Today

Hamas, Fatah agree on key cabinet posts

Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to give key cabinet posts to independents at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia, overcoming a key stumbling block to a unity government, officials said.

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Reuters

Wild card gaining ground in French presidential race

Judging from magazine covers, there are only two candidates in France's presidential campaign: the feisty interior minister and the Socialist contender. But a third candidate is quietly gaining ground.

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International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Public to Congress: Why no action on Iraq?

The Senate’s failure to act on Iraq, even with a non-binding resolution, makes some wonder whether Congress gets it.

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MSNBC

Russert to return to the stand in Libby trial

Attorneys for former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby will resume questioning the memory and scruples of NBC newsman Tim Russert.

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MSNBC

Georgia Congressman heads home for hospice care

Rep. Charlie Norwood is leaving Washington to receive hospice care at home in Georgia, forgoing further treatment for lung cancer that has spread to his liver.

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CNN

SPORTS

Italian teams to play to empty arenas

Only six soccer stadiums in Italy meet security requirements, meaning that league games in other arenas will be played behind closed doors.

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Sports Illustrated

Chargers' Phillips reported to be Cowboys' choice

The Cowboys have selected Wade Phillips, the San Diego Chargers' defensive coordinator, to be their next head coach, according to a source.

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Dallas Morning News

Landis to voluntarily sit out Tour de France

The French anti-doping agency postponed a decision on whether to suspend last year's Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, after he agreed not to race in the country this year.

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ESPN

HEALTH

Sleep may help kids keep slim

Eating right and being active are well-known ways to help keep a child's weight in check, but a new study points to another potential weapon in the fight against childhood obesity: sleep.

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Health on the Net

Values play into treatment recommendations, study finds

Many doctors believe they have the right not to tell patients about treatments that they object to on moral or religious grounds and to refuse to refer patients elsewhere for the care.

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Washington Post

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

NY to sue Exxon over oil spill clean-up

New York's attorney general told Exxon Mobil and two other oil companies that he intends to sue them for taking decades to clean up a giant, underground pond of petroleum.

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Forbes

EU plans limits on carbon dioxide emissions for new cars

The European Commission proposed binding rules to force automakers to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the European Union by 2012.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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Air Pelosi: having it both ways

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TIME

The dirty secret about global warming

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Newsweek

The price of obsession

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USA Today

Super deal leaves us with questions

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Indianapolis Star

Sunni Arab view of U.S.-Iran tensions

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Christian Science Monitor

Iraq War: 'Soprano's' logic

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

2007, a space oddity

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San Francisco Chronicle

France's surrender to Iran?

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Chicago Tribune

Right people, wrong question

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International Herald Tribune

America the blameworthy

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Real Clear Politics

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GOOD NEWS

Hospital for sick children gets record $30M donation

Philanthropists Arthur and Sonia Labatt gave the Hospital for Sick Children $30 million to build a new heart center and to expand the brain tumor research center the couple established 10 years ago.

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Canada.com

IRS lets firms help employees with tainted options

The Internal Revenue Service said that companies can step up and help hundreds of thousands of employees pay hefty penalties from tainted options.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

LA to target city's worst gangs to combat rising violence

The mayor and police of Los Angeles have launched an initiative that will break past practice and publicly identify the most violent gangs.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Death toll from cold snap climbs

West Virginia called snowplow drivers out of retirement as snow and cold blamed for at least 14 deaths since the weekend hung over the Midwest and the East.

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USA Today

Flames from chemical plant blast prove stubborn

Firefighters had trouble dousing the last of the flames at a chemical distribution business where explosions shot fireballs into the air and sent black smoke drifting over Kansas City.

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

Kodak plans to cut 3,000 more jobs

Eastman Kodak Co. is cutting 3,000 more jobs this year as the picture-taking pioneer wraps up its wrenching transformation into a digital-imaging company.

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BusinessWeek

News Corp. to launch biz channel

Media conglomerate News Corp. said it will launch its long-awaited business cable television network in the fourth quarter, challenging General Electric's CNBC.

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MarketWatch

ENVIRONMENT

Ozzy bats for fans: free tickets

Ozzy Osbourne, the wizard of the Ozzfest, is going back on the road this summer and this time the tickets to his 25-city tour will be free.

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Spector case 'could be televised'

A judge in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector has said he is considering allowing the case to be televised so people can follow it.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CBS expands mobile-content offerings

CBS announced that it has launched three new sites designed for access on the mobile Web

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CNET News

Astronauts make 3rd spacewalk

Two spacewalking astronauts tossed quilt-sized thermal shrouds from the international space station and watched them float away during their third spacewalk in nine days.

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Jackson News-Tribune

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

China gets religion, believe it or not

China's turn towards religion has been officially acknowledged, with a landmark poll showing a tripling in the number of people who describe themselves as religious.

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Sydney Morning Herald

U.K. Islamic school removes insults to Jews, Christians

A Saudi-funded Islamic school in London at the center of a media storm over textbooks containing references to Jews and Christians as monkeys and pigs said it had removed the controversial chapters.

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Ha'aretz

EDUCATION

Supreme Court’s Alito speaks with U.Va. class

The student questioner was blunt: Was it an embarrassment to the U.S. Supreme Court that Samuel Alito Jr. and not a woman was appointed to fill its most recent vacancy?

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Virginian Pilot

NY students in trouble for fake hostage tape

Five college students are claiming that they were just joking when they decided to mimic a hostage taking on video, according to a newspaper.

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ABC7

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

AIDS cases on the rise; forecast to be among top causes of death worldwide

Within the next 25 years, AIDS is set to join heart disease and stroke as the top three causes of death worldwide, according to a newly released study.

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CBS News

Photo of the Day

A tourist walks under colorful lanterns on display at the Kek Lok Si temple in Penang Island, Malaysia, for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. Chinese throughout the world will be celebrating Chinese lunar new year which falls on Feb. 18. (Photo by Gary Chuah/AP)

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