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Travis Forgues of Forgues Family Farm, gives a statement in a panel before U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the current crisis in the dairy industry in St. Albans, Vt. (Photo by Alison Redlich / AP)

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Space shuttle Discovery begins cross-country flight to Fla.

The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space in Southern California.

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Yahoo! News

Japan to propose green technology, funding-minister

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting, Japan's environment minister said.

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Reuters

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The real Yukio Hatoyama

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Newsweek

Obama rejects Russia missile link

President Obama says his decision to shelve a missile defense plan was not dictated by Russian opposition.

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BBC

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Gates defends move to scrap missile shield

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Christian Science Monitor

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Israel finds strength in missile defenses

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Washington Post

Gov. Paterson says he will run despite White House pressure

Gov. David A. Paterson defiantly vowed to run for election next year despite the White House's urging that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race.

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Top Dems ask NY Gov. Paterson to quit race

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Gatherings that will test Obama's leadership: UN and G-20

The global troubles confronting President Obama are about to converge, testing the leadership for a first-year president who has pledged to "change the world."

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Arizona Daily Star

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Obama’s worldwide star power finds limits

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NATION

US 1st in health care spending, 37th in health

Studies show that Americans spend the most on health, but the country ranks 37th in overall health-system performance.

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Daytona Beach News Journal

3 men in terror probe charged with making false statements

Federal agents have charged a 24-year-old Colorado resident, his father and another man with making false statements as part of an extensive terror investigation that stretches to Pakistan.

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CNN

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Suspected terrorist arrested

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Denver Post

ACORN has seen firestorms before, but not like this

Long before two young, conservative activists strode into an ACORN office wearing a hidden camera, the liberal-leaning group felt the heat of political scrutiny. But it’s never been this hot.

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Kansas City Star

POLITICS

Mike Huckabee in 2012?

If conservative value voters have their way, Huckabee may be at the top of the GOP ticket in 2012. He was the victor in a 2012 straw poll at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.

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Examiner

Obama claims requiring health insurance is not a tax increase

In a testy exchange on ABC's "This Week," Obama rejected the assertion that requiring Americans to obtain coverage would violate his campaign pledge against raising taxes on middle-class Americans.

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CNN

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Charges and denials of racism in health debate

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Detroit Free Press

Palin emerges as Facebook phenomenon

Relying almost exclusively on social media to get her message out, Palin has managed to carve out her own high-profile place in the national health care debate, on energy policy and on tort reform.

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Politico

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Fan pays $63,500 for dinner with Sarah Palin

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ENTERTAINMENT

Juanes 'peace concert' in Cuba readies for a large crowd

Cubans are expected to fill Havana's Revolution Square for a concert by Colombian singer Juanes who hopes art can do what politics has not — reconcile Cubans here and in the United States.

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Washington Post

Can the Emmys recover its audience?

The television awards show hopes that deploying Neil Patrick Harris as host and mixing up its usual format will grab viewers from "Sunday Night Football."

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Christian Science Monitor

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Neil Patrick Harris

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Chicago Sun-Times

'Precious' snags audience choice award at Toronto International Film Festival

A raw film about an abused teen named Precious won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival, stoking predictions that the harrowing tale is Oscar-bound.

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Google News

ENVIRONMENT

UN plans 'shock therapy' for world leaders on environment

The United Nations is planning a form of diplomatic shock therapy for world leaders in the hope of injecting badly needed urgency into negotiations for a climate change treaty.

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Guardian

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No leader on climate change

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Air Force, EPA to clean up McGuire AFB

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Air Force agreed to clean up a Superfund site at the base in New Jersey.

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Cherry Hill Courier Post

Trafigura reaches settlement with waste claimants, ANP says

Trafigura Beheer BV has reached a settlement with thousands of people in Ivory Coast who had claimed to have fallen ill due to a waste dump.

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Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Somali rebels tell schools to discontinue use of UN textbooks

Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents have warned schools not to use textbooks provided by U.N. agencies and other donors they accuse of being un-Islamic.

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Reuters

Cursive writing is fading skill

The decline of cursive is happening as students are doing more and more work on computers, including writing.

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MSNBC

Keen to learn in South Africa

With looming national examinations that would determine whether they were bound for a university or joblessness, seniors at Kwamfundo high school in South Africa demanded a replacement.

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RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Muslims around the world end fast, usher in Eid Mubarak

Muslims around the world woke up and welcomed the end of a long month of fasting with hearty greetings of "Eid Mubarak," or happy festivities.

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CNN

H1N1 prompts modifying religious rituals

On this Jewish New Year, a centuries old tradition is adjusting for the H1N1 virus. Beth Zion Temple in is recommending hand sanitizer and dropping the handshake.

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GOOD NEWS

Humane responders take on task of socializing 500 dogs from raid

A team from the American Humane Association will return to a shelter near St. Louis to help care for and socialize some 500 dogs that were rescued in a dogfighting raid.

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USA TODAY

Santa Cruz County sees largest volunteer effort for Coastal Cleanup

Volunteers made the 25th annual Coastal Cleanup the largest local cleanup yet with about 3,800 volunteers hauling more than 12,900 pounds of trash and recyclables from beaches and waterways.

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San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

Abbas to meet Obama, Netanyahu, but won't negotiate

U.S. President Barack Obama's summit with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders does not signal a full re-launch of peace talks, a Palestinian official said.

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Reuters

'Civilian surge' plan for Afghanistan encounters challenges

The U.S. government is expected to increase the number of American civilians working in Afghanistan. But there are problems persuading civilians with the requisite skills to go.

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NPR

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Pakistan Taliban commander dies in jail

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USA TODAY

Israel kills 2 Gaza militants

Two Palestinian militants were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip, associates of the men and medical workers said.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Number of failed US banks hits 94

Another two U.S. banks have been closed by the federal regulator, making the total number of American banking failures 94.

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BBC

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Interactive map: bank failings

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CNNMoney

US no longer insures your money-market fund, but that’s good news

Withdrawing federal insurance is part of a broader exit strategy from the government's emergency supports for the economy that is expected to gather steam.

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Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Starting drinking at an older age means less alcohol use

A study finds that adults who legally were able to purchase alcohol before the age of 21 are more likely than others are to be alcoholics or addicted to drugs.

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Medical News Today

Historic flu pandemics: viruses spread easily, target healthy

Recollections of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic have resurfaced in light of the current flu pandemic — H1N1, more commonly known as swine flu.

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Lawrence Journal World

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

US objects to Google book deal

The U.S. Justice Department has urged a New York court to reject a deal that would allow internet company Google Inc. to publish millions of books online.

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BBC

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Google to redo 2 million digital books in its library as paperbacks

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Oshkosh Northwestern

Amazon.com launches private electronic brand 'Amazon Basics'

Amazon is adding electronics accessories to its shoppers' list. The new category has been named "Amazon Basics."

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SPORTS

Former Wizard Gutierrez selected to Humanitarian Hall of Fame

Former Kansas City Wizards and Rockhurst University star Diego Gutierrez has been voted into the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame.

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Kansas City Star

Rex Ryan's Jets back up all the talk, beat Tom Brady and Patriots, 16-9

Backing up their bombastic coach and chatty safety Kerry Rhodes, the Jets rose up and outlasted the Patriots, 16-9, in a taut, hard-hitting game in their home opener at the Meadowlands in N.Y.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Patients not always told about test results

A new study finds that people who visit their primary care physician for routine blood tests or screenings are often not informed of the results.

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ABC News

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A Palestinian boy plays with a homemade sparkler, celebrating the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

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