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Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is accompanied by Seif al-Islam el-Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, upon his arrival in Tripoli, Libya, after Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds. (Photo by Amr Nabil / AP)

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Lockerbie convict arrives home

Over ferocious American objections, the person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing flew home to a jubilant welcome in Libya after the Scottish government ordered his release on compassionate grounds.

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Families react to Lockerbie

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CNN

Cash for Clunkers to end Monday

The Obama administration will wind down the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program to support the auto industry.

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The Hill

Special section:

10 most traded-in cars

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MSNBC

Obama: US must finish job after Afghan vote

President Barack Obama said the U.S.-led forces must "focus on finishing the job" in Afghanistan after what he said appeared to have been a successful election.

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Reuters

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Afghan poll pronounced a success

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BBC

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Survey: Afghan war not worth fighting

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Obama points finger at GOP on health care

President Barack Obama blamed congressional Republican leaders for seeing health care overhaul in only political terms while acknowledging that Democrats might go it alone.

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ABC News

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Obama downplays 'public' health care

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Los Angeles Times

Kennedy seeks new law on filling seat

Ailing Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy asked state officials to change succession laws to make sure his Senate seat doesn’t sit vacant if he dies or can’t continue in office.

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Bloomberg

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Letter from Sen. Kennedy to Mass. leaders

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NATION

Army's new bid to promote mental health: 170 questions

The Army is set to introduce a new mental health test as part of its efforts to improve soldiers' mental wellness.

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Christian Science Monitor

Abortion law ruling to be appealed

Okla. will ask the state's high court to overturn a judge's decision to toss out a controversial abortion law.

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Tulsa World

POLITICS

Tom Ridge: I was pressured to raise terror alert to help Bush win

In a new book, former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reveals being pressured by President Bush to raise the terror alert to help Bush win re-election.

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Huffington Post

10 more countries set to accept Guantanamo Bay detainees

The Obama administration is increasingly confident about its ability to transfer a large majority of the prisoners who have been cleared for release, according to U.S. and foreign officials.

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MSNBC

Biden, Sebelius to unveil funds for electronic medical records

Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will announce the application process for $1.2 billion in grants to expand the electronic medical records system.

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McClatchy Newspapers

BUSINESS

Tax advisers brace for heavy business from US tax dodgers

An agreement by a major Swiss bank to disclose the identities of many Americans suspected of hiding assets has U.S. tax advisers bracing for a stampede of tax dodgers looking to come clean.

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Starbucks changes drink prices; last price hike followed by traffic decline

Starbucks began changing drink prices in some markets today as part of a readjustment that will roll out nationwide over the next few months.

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LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Tiny video screen to run ad in magazine

CBS will run video advertisements in September issues of Entertainment Weekly magazine, using a new form of insert to spur interest in its shows for the coming television season.

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San Jose Mercury News

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CBS to run video ads in Entertainment Weekly

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YouTube

'Inglourious Basterds'

In Quentin Tarantino's imagination, World War II features Brad Pitt scalping Nazis, G.I. Jews with a flair for torture porn, a film critic as a war hero, and babes as the brains of the Resistance.

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'Inglorious Basterds' trailer

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USA TODAY

HEALTH

Mercury found in all fish caught in 300 US-tested streams

Sports fishermen take heed: A government test of fish pulled from nearly 300 streams in the USA found every one of them contaminated with some level of mercury.

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USA TODAY

Primary liver cancers 'soaring'

While it is not uncommon for cancer to spread to the liver, Cancer Research UK statistics show incidents where it starts in the organ have risen sharply.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Drop in world temperatures fuels global warming debate

Government measurements show world temperatures have cooled since the most recent peak in 1998. That's given global warming skeptics ammunition to attack the prevailing theory of climate change.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Australia passes bill requiring 20 percent renewables by 2020

Australia's parliament today passed a law demanding that 20 percent of the country's electricity come from renewable sources by 2020, matching European targets.

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Teen hailed as hero in N.Y. school bus crash after bus driver collapses

A 16-year-old camp counselor in N.Y. is being hailed as a hero for stopping a school bus carrying nine children after the driver collapsed behind the wheel.

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Star Tribune

As Ramadan nears, Muslims to donate

Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting and prayer, begins soon, and many believers are already planning a key observance: zakat, often translated as "charity," one of the five pillars of Islam.

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Travel bites: Ramadan

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NBC New York

WORLD

US indicts 10 men reputed to be Mexican cartel leaders

Federal authorities announced the indictment of 10 men described as Mexican cartel leaders who have organized the smuggling of billions of dollars of drugs into the United States.

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International Herald Tribune

CIA sought Blackwater’s help in 2004 in plan to kill Jihadists

The CIA in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of al-Qaida.

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SPORTS

Semenya wins 800 meters

South Africa's track and field federation has been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman.

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ESPN

Plaxico Burress accepts surprise plea bargain, will spend 2 years in jail

Ex-Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress took a surprise plea bargain that will land the talented but troubled wide receiver behind bars for two years.

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Burress reaches plea deal

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EDUCATION

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for legislation to reform education

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for a special session of the Legislature to ensure that California can compete for $4.3 billion in federal stimulus funds tied to reforming the educational system.

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San Jose Mercury News

A harsh lesson in college math

College students are appealing financial aid decisions in unprecedented numbers, an outpouring of need that underscores how layoffs and pay cuts have battered household budgets in the past year.

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MSNBC

Celebrities confer cachet to civics education in K - 12 curriculum

Richard Dreyfuss, Bob Graham, two retired U.S. Supreme Court justices and several nonprofit organizations are working on ensuring that civics education gains a bigger foothold in the K-12 curriculum.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Life's building blocks in comet dust

A building block of proteins found in samples from an icy comet’s halo suggests that the ingredients of life could have hitched a ride to early Earth.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Life on other planets a reality: NASA

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ABC News

Kilogram's future hangs in the balance

Over 100 years ago, a small metal cylinder was forged in London and sent to Paris. That cylinder has been the standard against which every other kilogram has been judged. But that's creating problems.

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NPR

More employers use social networks to check out applicants

In a new study conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com, 45 percent of the employers questioned use social networks to screen job candidates — more than double from a year earlier.

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Kidnapped Sikh priests charged with sex assault in Manitoba

Three Sikh priests have been ordered to stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing a young boy for years in a bizarre case that has divided their community.

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More forgo clergy-led funerals for those by secular 'celebrants'

A growing number of people want to celebrate a loved one's life at a funeral or memorial service without clergy — sometimes even without God.

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USA TODAY

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

WHO: Child deaths drop sharply

According to the latest World Health Organization estimates, deaths of children under five have dropped by 27 percent globally since 1990.

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Soldiers await inspection of honor guards during a welcome ceremony at PLA Headquarters in Beijing, China. (Photo by Elizabeth Dalziel / AP)

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