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Holding a green ribbon, a symbolic color of pro-reform Iranian opposition, a female opposition supporter attends a protest in Tehran, Iran, in competition with government-sponsored mass rallies to mark an annual anti-Israel commemoration, the Quds Day that reflects the Persian nation's sympathy with the Palestinians. (Photo by AP)

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Ex-CIA chiefs urge Obama to drop prisoner abuse investigation

Seven former heads of the CIA urged President Barack Obama to end the probe into allegations of abuse of prisoners held by the agency.

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Reuters

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Letter by former CIA directors to President Barack Obama

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FOX News

Unemployment in California at 12 percent, highest in nearly 70 Years

California’s unemployment rate hit its highest point in nearly 70 years, underscoring how the nation’s incipient economic recovery continues to elude millions of Americans looking for work.

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Iranians protest against Islamic government

Tens of thousands of people marched in Tehran and other major Iranian cities as demonstrators turned an annual anti-Israel event into a new protest against the Islamic government.

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The Washington Times

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Anger at Iranian Holocaust denial

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BBC

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Violence rises in dueling rallies in Iran

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MSNBC

President Obama rejects race as lead cause of criticism

Obama believes the cause of criticism aimed at his administration in the debate over health care is not race, but rather a sense of suspicion and distrust many Americans have in their government.

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Immigrants’ health care exclusion

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Reuters

Michelle Obama on health care

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CBS News

Setback to foreign policy agenda as US fails to secure Israel peace talks progress

A frantic effort by the U.S. Middle East envoy to wrest an agreement that would restart peace talks appeared to have ended in failure, a setback to President Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda.

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Times Online

NATION

Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against US Muslim teen, lawsuit claims

The U.S. government has accused clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch of discriminating against a Muslim teenager by denying her a sales representative job because she wears a headscarf.

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Guardian

Pelosi says anti-Obama talk risks inciting some to violence

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised concern that some of the heated political rhetoric against President Barack Obama’s policies may incite emotionally unstable people to acts of violence.

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Bloomberg

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Pelosi chokes up amid fears of political violence

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ABC News

Incomes of young in 8-year nose dive

The incomes of the young and middle-aged — especially men — have fallen off a cliff since 2000, leaving many age groups poorer than they were, even in the 1970s.

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USA TODAY

POLITICS

Court rejects limits for nonprofits

Federal regulations restricting how non-profit groups spend and raise money to advance policy positions and support political candidates violates free speech.

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Reuters

Reps, Dems unite against ACORN

Congressional Republicans are clearly united against funneling federal dollars to the community organizing group ACORN. But surprisingly, so are many Democrats.

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FOX News

Conservatives use liberal playbook

Conservatives are coming for the Democrats on their blind side — the left. The evidence is everywhere.

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Politico

BUSINESS

Thain says he should have furnished Merrill at Ikea

John Thain, the former chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch & Co., who was accused of overspending on an office renovation, said he should have bought less-expensive furniture at Ikea.

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Bloomberg

Euro lower against dollar

The euro was slightly lower against the dollar in European trading, though the U.S. currency — typically a safe haven for traders — remained near year lows as economic signals point to recovery.

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Newsday

Facebook turns a profit, triples members

While you were posting vacation photos and messaging your friends, Facebook, with a total of 300 million members, just became the world's fourth largest "nation."

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ABC News

HEALTH

How binge drinking undermines the body's immune system

Researchers have confirmed that binge drinking undermines the immune system and weakens the body's ability to fight off infection for at least 24 hours afterward.

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Medical News Today

WHO: Annual H1N1 vaccine production far less than forecasted

Annual production of H1N1 vaccine will be "substantially less" than the 4.9 billion doses the World Health Organization (WHO) previously forecasted was possible.

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Reuters

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First doses of swine flu vaccine will be nasal spray

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H1N1 expert on back-to-school scare

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EDUCATION

$40 billion expansion of federal aid to college students a step closer to law

The maximum annual Pell Grant scholarship would increase to $5,550 in 2010 and to $6,900 by 2019 under legislation passed by the House of Representatives.

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US education secretary visits Okla

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised Oklahoma as a national leader in efforts to improve early childhood education, saying such efforts would prove their worth in future years.

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Edmonton Sun

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Christmas kept in textbooks

Christmas will stay in Texas textbooks, State Board of Education members said. while reviewing early recommendations for new social studies standards.

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Houston Chronicle

Muslim groups ease fears with accreditation by Better Business Bureau

A Chicago charity credits the influx of donations to the organization becoming one of the nation's first to be accredited by the Better Business Bureau's newest charity wing tailored for Islamic nonprofits.

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GOOD NEWS

Woman gives low-income workers 'Wheels of Success'

''Wheels of Success" is a non-profit organization that has refurbished 280 donated cars for low-income individuals and families and helped another 280 clients with vehicle-related services.

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CNN

Day of Caring volunteers build bridge for county park

Volunteers from Grand Haven's JSJ Corp. built a 35-foot bridge over a stream at Eastmanville Farm County Park as part of the United Way's annual Day of Caring.

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Grand Haven Tribune

Golfer hits $1 million hole in 1 at Utah charity event

A Utah man who was a late addition to a charity golf tournament made a hole-in-one during a contest for a $1 million prize.

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USA TODAY

WORLD

Bali quake injures 7

A powerful earthquake registering magnitude 6.4 struck the Indonesian island resort of Bali, leaving seven people hospitalized, the head of the Health Ministry's crisis center said.

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CNN

UN concerned over Sri Lankan refugees

U.N. has expressed "strong concerns" over Sri Lanka's war refugees, warning that any delay in resettlement would undermine efforts to reconcile with the country's estranged Tamil minority.

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Al Jazeera

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UN on Tamil resettlement plan

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BBC

21 killed in suicide attack on African Union base in Somalia

Twenty-one people were killed when suicide bombers attacked the African Union base in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital.

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CNN

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Suicide bombers kill 11 in Somalia

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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change warning from Greenland

Greenland ice melted much more rapidly as a result of warmer temperatures than previously estimated.

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Nature News

Mercury threatens Calif. water

Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of the population.

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Huffington Post

Obama administration seeks national oversight of federal waters

The Obama administration has called for the creation of a comprehensive national system for regulating the use of federal waters along the nation’s marine and Great Lakes shores.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google goes after Yahoo with marketplace for display ads

Google wants a bigger piece of the display advertising market currently dominated by Yahoo, opening a new online marketplace called DoubleClick Ad Exchange.

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PC World

FCC chairman reportedly prepping Net neutrality rules

New Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski will reportedly unveil plans for Net neutrality rules at an event in Washington, D.C.

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PCMag

SPORTS

In Chicago, gloveless players hold on to softball dreams

For those in Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, softball is a game played gloveless, with a fat ball, 16 inches in circumference, not the ordinary 12-inch sphere found most everywhere else.

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Yankees and Red Sox on collision course for replay of '03 & '04 ALCS bouts

The 15 regular-season games so far between the Yankees and Red Sox might once more turn out to be nothing more than prologue, the way it was in 2003 and 2004.

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ENTERTAINMENT

'Dancing with the Stars' to pay tribute to Patrick Swayze

The TV show "Dancing with the Stars" will pay tribute to Patrick Swayze on its Sept. 23 live results show.

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People

Pavement to reunite

Pavement, one of the most influential indie rock bands of the `90s, will reunite. Pavement will reconvene for a tour — and only a tour — to begin at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park.

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Variety

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

The growing success of 'vegitecture'

A growing number of "plant walls" or "vertical gardens" are taking root across the world, as architects search for environmentally friendly ways to create beautiful buildings.

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CNN

Photo of the Day

Members of the Romanian Jewish community attend the New Year religious service at the Great Synagogue in Bucharest, Romania. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda / AP)

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