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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., second from left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from right, take part in a ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

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Drug lord on most-wanted list captured in Colombia

Elite troops captured one of the world's most wanted drug lords. Colombian authorities called it their biggest drug war victory since the 1993 slaying of Pablo Escobar.

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International Herald Tribune

U.S.-led team to visit N. Korean nuke plant

Nuclear engineers from the U.S., China and Russia began a five-day inspection of North Korea's main Yongbyon nuclear reactors.

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Bloomberg

U.S. base in Germany acts on threat

Police in Germany have helped the U.S. military secure an air base after a bomb threat was made by telephone.

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BBC

Heads bow in memory of 9/11 victims

Relatives of World Trade Center victims bowed their heads in silence at a small park to mark the moment exactly six years earlier when the first hijacked plane struck the towers.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Remembering Welles Crowther

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CNN

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Bin Laden praises 9/11 hijacker

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Al Jazeera

Diocese to pay $198M for abuses

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy, the second-largest payment by a diocese.

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TIME

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Diocese files bankruptcy

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CBS News

Terror suspect gets 24 years

A California man was sentenced to 24 years in prison for attending an al-Qaida terrorist training camp in Pakistan and returning to the U.S. "willing to wage violent jihad."

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TIME

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Calif. man sentenced to 24 years

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NATION

Overweight trucks damage infrastructure

More than a half-million overweight trucks are allowed onto the nation's roads and bridges, a routine practice that some officials say is putting dangerous wear and tear on an already groaning infrastructure.

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Yahoo! News

All 5 guilty in Chicago mob trial

A federal jury in Chicago returned guilty verdicts on all counts — including key racketeering and conspiracy charges — against all five defendants in the historic Family Secrets mob case.

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Chicago Sun-Times

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Mob kingpins guilty in decades of crime

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CBS2

POLITICS

Clinton to return $850,000 from donor

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said it will return $850,000 in donations raised by fundraiser Norman Hsu, who is under federal investigation for allegedly violating election laws.

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AOL News

Sen. Hagel won't seek third term

Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a Republican critic of the Iraq war, will announce that he will not seek a third term, according to GOP officials.

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Kansas City Star

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Nebraska's Hagel confirms he will bow out

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BUSINESS

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Energy from unusual sources

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BusinessWeek

Airlines begin scaling back fare increases

U.S. airlines have begun to withdraw a revenue-boosting fare increase initiated last week by Delta Air Lines, but it is too soon to say whether the bulk of the increase will last.

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CNBC

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A380 superjumbo wows Hong Kong

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Reuters

HEALTH

Study: vitamin D increases life expectancy

An intriguing new study finds that those who take vitamin D supplements can increase their life expectancies by one to two years.

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CTV

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Vitamin D prolongs life

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Insider Medicine

Study: reports of drug side effects rise

U.S. regulators received more than twice as many reports of deadly or debilitating side effects from drug treatment in 2005 as they did seven years before, a study found.

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Bloomberg

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An increase in adverse drug reactions

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MSNBC

SPORTS

Sources: Raiders reach agreement in principle with top pick Russell

Ending months of negotiations and a holdout that stretched to more than six weeks, the Oakland Raiders reached a contact agreement in principle with JaMarcus Russell.

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ESPN

Doctors: Everett's injury 'catastrophic', paralysis likely

Kevin Everett sustained a "catastrophic" and life-threatening spinal-cord injury while trying to make a tackle during the Buffalo Bills' season opener and is unlikely to walk again.

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Sports Illustrated

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Bills players react to Everett's injury

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Young Muslims begin fight for right to abandon faith

A group of young Muslim apostates launched a campaign on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America to make it easier to renounce Islam.

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Times Online

Outright religion ban may lead to lawsuit

Too many school administrators struggling with questions about religious expression respond by banning it outright, an unwise move that can lead to costly lawsuits, a legal expert warned educators.

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Arizona Republic

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GOOD NEWS

Retired auto worker claims $314M Powerball jackpot

A retired General Motors worker and his two adult children have claimed a $314 million Powerball jackpot after waiting two weeks to step forward.

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WTOL

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Winners of $315 million

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CBS News

Volunteers help monitor nation's rivers

A nationwide corps of volunteers monitors lakes, rivers and wetlands for pollution and its effects. Their role is becoming more crucial as water protection agencies struggle with staff and budget shortfalls.

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WORLD

Darfur peacekeeping chief confident mission on target

A large and complex peacekeeping operation planned for Darfur will launch on time and could, within months, improve security in the war-torn region of western Sudan, the mission's head said.

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CNN

Militants fire Gaza rocket, about 30 Israeli soldiers wounded

A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip wounded some 30 soldiers in Israel in an attack likely to increase pressure on Israeli leaders to take strong action in the territory.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. envoy urges developing nations to accept climate targets

U.N. climate change envoy Gro Harlem Brundtland opened a G8 meeting on global warming with a plea for the developing world to agree to binding goals on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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Google News

First ever 'zero emission' Antarctic station

The International Polar Foundation has unveiled to the world the first ever “zero emission” Antarctic research station at Tour & Taxis exhibition center in Brussels, Belgium.

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'Green' Antarctic home built

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Oscar winner Jane Wyman dies at 93

Jane Wyman, who won a best actress Oscar for her performance as a deaf-mute rape victim in 1948's "Johnny Belinda", has died. She was 93.

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Hollywood Reporter

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Jane Wyman, first wife of Ronald Reagan, dies at 93

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Yahoo! News

Madeleine L'Engle, author of 'A Wrinkle in Time', dies

U.S. writer Madeleine L'Engle, beloved for her classic science-fiction classic "A Wrinkle in Time", has died, her publicist said. She was 88.

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CBC

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L'Engle's fiction inspired real science

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NPR

It's official: Sherri Shepherd becomes fifth host of 'The View'

As long expected, Sherri Shepherd has been added to "The View" – in what Barbara Walters called "the worst-kept secret" on television.

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People

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

3-D facial images of children can reveal genetic disorders

The facial features of children can be analyzed in three dimensions to help doctors assess whether a child is suffering from one of many rare genetic disorders.

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The Independent

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Facial features disorders link

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BBC

Part-synthetic muscle sheets made with rat heart cells

Imagine origami that can fold itself into the shape of a fish or a slug—and then swim or crawl around under its own power. Harvard researchers are bringing that fantastic scenario closer to reality.

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National Geographic

EDUCATION

Colleges build Web sites to enable comparisons, sans ranks

Long-established college associations and a nascent national organization are either building or planning five free, Web-based college-information platforms.

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No Child Left Behind Act faces overhaul, political donnybrook

Reform is coming to No Child Left Behind, but the question is what kind. Teachers unions, which bitterly oppose the law, are pushing to relax its rigid testing rules and penalties.

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San Francisco Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Girl, 2, becomes member of Mensa

Georgia Brown, from Aldershot, Hampshire, astounded experts by scoring 152 on an IQ test, putting her in the top 2 percent of the population for her age.

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BBC

Photo of the Day

Palestinian visually impaired students practice hearing methods as part of sports class under a soft blue light, on the first week of the school year at Al-Qabas Islamic school for the visually impaired in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo by Muhammed Muheisen / AP)

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