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Former US president Bill Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, holding "exhaustive" talks that covered a wide range of topics, state-run media said. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service / AP)

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GOP senators concede on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program

With a jump-start from car dealers and consumers, prospects are brightening for quick Senate action on a $2 billion fill-up for the “Cash for Clunkers” program.

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Christian Science Monitor

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What happens to the clunkers traded in?

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TIME

Computers unlock more secrets of the mysterious Indus Valley script

Thousands of years ago, an urban civilization lived on the border between Pakistan and India. Researchers are trying to gather information on the script.

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ScienceDaily

US journalists head home from North Korea

Two U.S. journalists who had been detained by North Korea are traveling back to the United States with former President Clinton hours after being pardoned, a Clinton spokesman said.

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CNN

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Obama administration asked Clinton to go

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The Hill

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North Korea pardons US journalists

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MSNBC

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Clinton meets Kim Jong Il

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Reuters

Ground Zero Freedom Tower construction lags, slated for 2018 finish

A secret report predicts the Freedom Tower, billed as America's defiant answer to terrorism, won't be finished until 17 years after the 9/11 attacks.

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Developer rejects Gov. Paterson’s proposals

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Medicines top source of kids' poisonings

The leading cause of accidental poisonings among American children can be found in the family medicine cabinet, a new government report shows.

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HealthDay

NATION

Firm stance on illegal immigrants still current policy

President Barack Obama's administration is pursuing an aggressive strategy for an illegal-immigration crackdown that relies significantly on programs started by former president George W. Bush.

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Immigration

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Houston Chronicle

At least 4 die in gym shooting near Pittsburgh

A gunman walked into an LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned off the lights and fired off 50 rounds, killing three women before killing himself.

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CNN

POLITICS

Obama administration to crack down on texting drivers

The Obama administration signalled a nationwide clampdown on people who send text messages while driving, a practice cited as the cause of a recent series of high-profile fatal crashes.

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Guardian

Report: Acting White House cyberspace chief resigns

Melissa Hathaway, acting cyberspace director for the White House's National Security and Homeland Security councils, has resigned, citing personal reasons.

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CNET News

Senate set to begin Sotomayor debate

As the Senate debates the Supreme Court nominee, the only remaining questions are whether the NRA can claim to have swayed votes against her and whether Obama can claim a victory for bipartisanship.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Marines solidify ban on Facebook, Twitter

The U.S. Marine Corps has banned social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter from military networks. The new directive doesn't change much as these sites were already unofficially banned.

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Scientists report original source of malaria: parasite on chimps

Researchers have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria: a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa.

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ScienceDaily

Call for debate on killer robots

An international debate is needed on the use of autonomous military robots, a leading academic has said.

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BBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

'Twilight' author Stephenie Meyer accused of plagiarism

Author Jordan Scott has sent a cease and desist letter to the publisher of "Breaking Dawn," claiming passages in the book bear "striking and substantial similarity" to portions of Scott's book "The Nocturne."

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Reality rules the roost

In all, 14 of the week's top 18 programs in adults 18-49 were reality series, and comedy repeats filled the other four spots.

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Variety

HEALTH

Midlife cholesterol levels linked to developing dementia

A new study found that even borderline to moderately high cholesterol levels in your 40s can significantly raise the chances of developing dementia later in life.

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San Francisco Chronicle

China disinfects town where plague killed 3rd man

Authorities killed rats and fleas as they disinfected a town sealed off after three people died of pneumonic plague.

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WHO says swine flu deaths surge to 1,154

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MSNBC

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Turkish designer Zeynep Fadillioğlu brings a woman's touch — and perspective — to the interior of the Şakirin Mosque. Her role as designer was a breakthrough for women.

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Christian Science Monitor

Dalai Lama cites growing support in China for Tibetans

The Dalai Lama said that an estimated 4,000 people who were imprisoned during anti-Chinese riots in Tibet last year remain in custody, and he called for an international investigation of the violence.

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USA TODAY

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Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhism

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Beliefnet

BYU not the most religious campus

Brigham Young University is not the most religious campus in the U.S. Rankings released by the Princeton Review show that BYU was runner-up to Thomas Aquinas College, a Catholic school in California.

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GOOD NEWS

Afghan kids set aside differences

The sick and injured Afghan children shed their surnames — a label that often carries religious implications — and are able to form unlikely friendships.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Michelin employees to volunteer in SC elementary schools

Michelin North America Inc. employees will volunteer in elementary schools across South Carolina under a program launched seeking to help the neediest students and boost the state's graduation rate.

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Newsday

WORLD

Top US general in Iraq disputes early pullout memo

The top U.S. general in Iraq says he disagrees with a colonel's memo that urges an early troop withdrawal although the security situation is better than expected.

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Houston Chronicle

Opposition skips out on Ahmadinejad's swearing-in

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a show of reconciliation at the swearing-in ceremony as leading reformist politicians stayed away.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Iran protests not over

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CBS News

Australia foils terrorist plot

Australian police thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an al-Qaida-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base and open fire.

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BUSINESS

Accounting tricks catch up with GE

General Electric agreed to pay a $50 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission, ending an investigation into accounting shenanigans that severely tarnished the company's reputation.

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Forbes

Americans' incomes and spending down

The fragility of the recovery is highlighted by indicators giving out mixed signals on the economy: incomes and spending fell in June, while the housing market showed signs of recovery.

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Times Online

Mortgage refinancing program on track

A government loan refinancing program is on pace to offer help to three to four million homeowners over the next three years, the Treasury Department reported.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

Gators give Meyer 6-year, $24M contract

Urban Meyer, who has taken the Florida Gators to two national championships in four seasons, will see his salary climb to equally exclusive company, making him the SEC's highest-paid coach in 2009.

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ESPN

Finally, Pro Football Hall of Fame arrives for Derrick Thomas

Before she leaves the grave of her son, Derrick Thomas, Edith Morgan touches the oval photograph of no. 58 for the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Kansas City Star

NBA regular-season schedule to include 5 Christmas Day games

The 64th National Basketball Association season tips off Oct. 27 with a matchup between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers before a battle between Los Angeles franchises.

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Bloomberg

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2009-2010 NBA schedule released

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ESPN

ENVIRONMENT

Earth's biogeochemical cycles, once in concert, falling out of sync

What do the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," global climate change and acid rain have in common? They're all a result of human impacts to Earth's biology, chemistry and geology and their natural cycles.

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ScienceDaily

Millennium Project report issued on the future of the world

A major report issued by the United Nations Millenium Project has just been released. It finds that half the world appears vulnerable to social instability and violence.

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Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Chicago elite public schools probed

Federal investigators are looking into the city’s elite public schools. Thousands apply, only a handful get in and many families think it's not what you know that's important, but who you know.

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Chicago Public Radio

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Elite Chicago public schools admissions probed

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NPR

Education is now a right

India joined a select global club with the passage of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, providing education to children in the age bracket of 6-14 years.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

US sends musicians to make overtures in war zones

The Musical Overtures program is a cultural exchange that is part of the Obama administration's emphasis on "smart power": using non-military means as a way to expand American influence.

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USA TODAY

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Space shuttle Discovery moves along its path at sunrise to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Cananveral, Fla. (Photo by John Raoux / AP)

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