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People wait in line for food at a roadside chicken stand in Kihei, Hawaii, after an earthquake struck the big island of Hawaii knocking out power and forcing restaurants and other merchants to close. (Photo by Joseph Kaczmarek/AP)

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Hawaii

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck Hawaii early Sunday morning, waking up residents and knocking out power.

Reuters

India spotted Yunus before Nobel panel

Long before the Nobel committee, India recognised Mohammad Yunus and the pioneering work of his Grameen Bank in popularising the concept of micro credit in Bangladesh.

Times of India

White House upbeat about GOP prospects

President Bush and Karl Rove are confident about GOP prospects in the coming midterm elections.

Washington Post

Competitive era fails to shrink electric bills

A decade after the federal government opened the business of generating electricity to competition, the market has produced no decline in rates.

New York Times

North Korean nuclear conflict has deep roots

A review of history shows that both Democrats and Republicans have contributed to the current situation.

Washington Post

Security Council Backs Sanctions on North Korea

New York Times

Doubts over Iraq drive a volatile U.S. campaign

Growing public unhappiness with the Iraq war has become the top obstacle for Republicans, pollsters and analysts said.

Washington Post

IDF leaves central Gaza; 21 Palestinians killed in operation

Following 72 hours of intense fighting, the IDF withdrew from the central Gaza Strip Saturday night.

The Jerusalem Post

Air Force memorial dedicated

President Bush helped the Air Force make a dream come true with the dedication of a hilltop monument.

USA Today

After Duke case, college athletes are put on notice

Colleges across the country have profoundly changed how they respond to even the most minor indiscretions by athletes.

New York Times

Aid Is a bumper crop for farmers

The government pays billions to help farmers and spends billions on disaster payments.

Washington Post

SCIENCE

Research finds selfishness 'off' switch

New research has found the switch in the brain for turning selfishness on and off

Forbes

SPORTS

Fox fires baseball announcer Steve Lyons after racially insensitive comment

Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella's Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League championship series.

USA Today

BUSINESS

Wal-Mart owes $78.5 million in back pay, jury finds

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. owes workers in Pennsylvania $78.5 million for missed rest breaks and hours worked beyond regular shifts, a jury ruled, handing the world's largest retailer its second such trial loss in less than a year.

Bloomberg

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Daum):

The state of student activism

Los Angeles Times

Column (Adams):

Disputed election keeps Mexico on edge

St. Petersburg Times

Column (Taylor Martin):

Books lay blame with general

St. Petersburg Times

Column (Ghitis):

Will Iran follow North Korea's lead?

Miami Herald

Column (Rubin):

Kremlin won't investigate killings

Miami Herald

Column (Brooks):

A good week for the Axis of Evil

Los Angeles Times

Editorial:

A medical-legal travesty in Libya

New York Times

Editorial:

AARP to voters: Don't vote, unless...

Kalamazoo Gazette

Editorial:

Desperately seeking Susan

New York Times

Editorial:

AIDS tests, everywhere

New York Times

Editorial:

Immigrants are eager to learn English

USA Today

Editorial:

Prove them wrong

Baltimore Sun

Editorial:

Globalization and schools

Washington Post

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EDUCATION

Gallaudet protest shuts school

Deaf students protest over the choice of a new president form human blockade to close university for a second day.

New York Times

WORLD

Draft law would help Chinese unions

A proposed law would clamp down on sweatshops and protect the rights of workers, giving unions power.

New York Times

NATION

Coming tomorrow, American number 300 million

The United States will become a nation of 300 million people on Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

CNN

Simpler form created to aid storm victims

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday that it had greatly simplified the form for evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to reapply for extended rent subsidies.

New York Times

ENTERTAINMENT

Booker winner had author mother for strength

Prize-winning novelist Kiran Desai said long talks and travelling with her daughter helped her defeat self-doubt and go on to win an award on three occasions.

Reuters

TECHNOLOGY

Political 'Tracker' is looking for err time

Video cameras are now a valued campaign tool, as a foe's gaffes can land on YouTube in a flash.

LA Times

Parents disapprove, but Internet romance a big hit

In a country where arranged marriages are common and premarital relations of any sort are frowned on, the Internet represents a threat to the established order.

USA Today

HEALTH

In cities, healthful living through fresher shopping

Eastwick is one of the first sites for a government campaign to bring supermarkets stocked with healthful food into neglected inner-city neighborhoods to improve public health.

Washington Post

GOOD NEWS

Microchip gets dog back to owners after 1,400-mile trek

Kobe the terrier is back with his family after the small white pooch vanished from his California home last month and was found by a stranger 1,400 miles away in Denton, Texas.

USA Today

Message in bottle travels around world in 47 days

A message in a bottle was discovered on the other side of the world, in New Zealand.

USA Today

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