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In this file photo, a woman shops for a car at Springfield Auto Mart in Springfield, Vt. Above her is a car that was dumped in a Dumpster as a visual promotion for the government cash-for-clunkers program. (Photo by Vyto Starinskas / Rutland Herald / AP)

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Spain on high alert after blast in Mallorca

The bomb exploded outside the offices run by the Civil guard paramilitary police in Palmanova. The royal family were vacationing nearby.

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Spaniards denounce bombing

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Reuters

Growth figures hailed as sign recession is coming to an end

The U.S. economy shrank at an annualized pace of 1 percent from April to June in a clear sign that the longest postwar recession may be drawing to a close.

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News & Observer

Gen. Stanley McChrystal prepares new Afghan war strategy

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is preparing major operation changes, including a vast increase in the size of Afghan security forces and intensified efforts to root out local official corruption.

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San Jose Mercury News

House passes 'cash for clunkers' lifeline

The House swiftly passed a $2 billion emergency measure to keep afloat the “cash for clunkers” automobile trade-in program a day after learning that it had run out of its initial funds in about a week.

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The Hill

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White House and 'Cash for Clunkers'

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NASDAQ

Players in Gates incident meet for beer

With beer and conversation, President Barack Obama tried to pull himself and the nation beyond an uproar over race, sitting near the Rose Garden with the professor and policeman at the center of debate.

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Detroit Free Press

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Racial slur may get officer fired

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The beer summit

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CBS News

Gitmo prisoner to be released

The U.S. has agreed to release an Afghan prisoner who was captured as a teenager and held for nearly seven years in Guantanamo Bay prison for allegedly throwing a grenade at U.S. soldiers.

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Sydney Morning Herald

House panel reaches deal with Democrats on health care bill

The chairman of a pivotal House committee announced that he had reached an agreement with other Democrats that would allow the panel to approve sweeping health legislation later in the day.

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NATION

Senator Reid declares Yucca victory

Senator Reid said President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu have agreed to eliminate all money for pursuing a license for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal project.

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

US adviser’s blunt memo on Iraq: time ‘to go home’

A senior military adviser has concluded that the Iraqi forces are now capable of protecting the Iraqi government, and that it is time “for the U.S. to declare victory and go home.”

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POLITICS

Pelosi criticizes private insurers

After delaying a vote on a health care bill and accepting a weakening of a public option, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at the health insurance industry.

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The Hill

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Pelosi on public option

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Politico

Dodd has prostate cancer, but prognosis is good

Sen. Chris Dodd has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer, a condition that is not considered life-threatening, according to his staff.

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Politico

ENVIRONMENT

Global poll finds 73 percent want higher priority for climate change

A majority of peoples around the world want their governments to put action on climate change at the top of the political agenda, a new poll suggests.

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Guardian

Feds give millions in grants to combat Calif. water shortage

Federal agencies are directing nearly $60 million in grants to help central California communities, farms and dairies suffering from ongoing water shortages.

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KPIX-TV

EDUCATION

Technology, education more entwined

Reality: Many of the jobs students will compete for in the future do not exist yet. Those jobs will use technology that is today “cutting edge” and those students will compete in a global job market.

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Jacksonville Journal-Courier

Civics 101: what everyone should know

A group of teachers, lawyers, judges and others will begin shaping proposed improvements in civics education, backed with support from retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter.

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Union Leader

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers can attack mobile phones via spoofed SMS messages

Researchers at the Black Hat security conference showed how an attacker could spoof a type of SMS message that appears to be sent from the carrier or some other trusted source.

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CNET News

Space shuttle touches down safely

The space shuttle Endeavour lands safely at Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ending a 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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BBC

HEALTH

2 deaths raise concern about swine flu risk for pregnant women

Swine-flu virus has claimed the lives of two Bay Area women who recently gave birth, adding to the growing body of evidence that pregnancy puts women at increased risk of flu-related hospitalization and death.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Swine flu vaccine available in fall

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WIVB

New form of drug-resistant malaria

A malaria that resists the drug artemisinin, which used to be considered a wonder cure for the disease, has been spreading rapidly in the region, causing concern that it could spread globally.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Mosquitoes used as flying vaccination needles

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Why all the birther attention now?

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RealClearPolitics

Protection rackets

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Newsweek

What if Washington were a ghost town?

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Wall Street Journal

13 in Congress control health care debate

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San Francisco Chronicle

'Yes we can!' meets 'No we won't!'

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Huffington Post

Medicine won't fix US health care woes

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Detroit Free Press

Health care realities

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White cops are always right

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The Atlantic

Don't rush health care reform

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Orlando Sentinel

Do as green gods say, not as they do

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Detroit News

US playing into hands of extremists

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GOOD NEWS

Stiletto Spy School unleashes inner Bond girls to boost confidence

The school puts women through vigorous weekend training sessions designed to help students feel confident and empowered.

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MSNBC

Grateful St. Louis dog owners donate $1 million to MU veterinary school

David and Gloria Lowell brought their golden retriever to the college’s Columbia hospital for cancer treatment. Now they are repaying the compassion they found there with a $1 million donation.

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Kansas City Star

WORLD

In Afghanistan, Taliban kills more civilians than US

According to a new U.N. report, the number of civilians killed by both sides in the conflict has risen nearly 50 percent since 2007.

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Christian Science Monitor

Bhopal gas tragedy: NBA warrant reissued against key accused

A court in India has reissued a nonbailable arrest warrant against the then Union Carbide Company Chairman, Warren Anderson, in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy case that claimed thousands of lives.

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US exec arrest sought in Bhopal disaster

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CBS News

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Remembering Bhopal 1984

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Bombs outside mosques in Baghdad kill at least 29

Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques around Baghdad within 45 minutes as worshippers attended prayer services, killing at least 29 people.

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Deadly car bombs hit Baghdad

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BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

A neuroscience professor makes her move to the racetrack

Michelle Nihei’s life changed when she persuaded a trainer to let her gallop a horse. She got around the track just fine and knew in an instant that she had found her calling.

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Moore film nominated for Venice gong

Michael Moore's upcoming movie has been nominated for the main prize at this year's Venice film festival.

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Digital Spy

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'Capitalism: A Love Story' — HD trailer

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BUSINESS

Recession worse than prior estimates, revisions show

The first 12 months of the U.S. recession saw the economy shrink more than twice as much as previously estimated, reflecting even bigger declines in consumer spending and housing.

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Bloomberg

In Wall Street's meltdown, 5,000 still made a million

Even in the darkest days of the financial crisis, Wall Street continued to dole out multimillion-dollar bonuses in what New York Attorney-General Andrew Cuomo calls a “heads I win, tails you lose” pay culture.

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Globeandmail.com

SPORTS

Hamilton 'excited' to race Schumacher

World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he is excited about racing against Michael Schumacher when the German returns to the cockpit for the European Grand Prix.

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Ortiz and Ramirez said to be on 2003 doping list

Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought, tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003.

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Madonna turns scribe to extol the virtues of Kabbalah

Madonna has used a newspaper column to reveal that she was inspired to adopt African children by her conversion to the Kabbalah sect of Judaism.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Latest acquittals revive questions about faith healing

For more than half a century, children in the Followers of Christ church have died for lack of medical care, a pattern lawmakers and prosecutors have worked for the past decade to change.

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Salt Lake Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Auschwitz note leads to survivor

Auschwitz survivor Albert Veissid does not know who put his name on a list that remained hidden inside a bottle for more than 60 years.

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BBC

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An actress from the Contemporary Legend Theatre makes up before performing at the National Theater Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo by Chiang Ying-hing / AP)

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