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Thai rescue workers look through inside a charred plane in Phuket, Thailand. The passenger plane that crashed on Thailand's resort island of Phuket killed at least 90 people, most of them foreign tourists, an airline official said. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit / AP)

Thai investigators work to identify plane crash victims

Investigators on the resort island of Phuket began the task of identifying the dead in Thailand's worst air disaster in a decade: 89 people, including 53 foreigners, were killed in the crash.

Guardian

Additional charges expected in W. Va. torture case

Some of the six people accused of torturing a woman for days in rural West Virginia are expected to face additional kidnapping and sexual assault charges, the county prosecutor said.

Associated Press

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CBS interactive: sexual assault

CBS News

France seeks new set of sanctions on Iran

International Herald Tribune

U.N. nuclear chief tells France not to raise tensions over Iran

EuroNews

Bush AG choice: No loyalist or insider

He's not a Bush loyalist or a Washington insider, but it's precisely those qualities that helped catapult former federal Judge Michael Mukasey to President Bush's pick for the next attorney general.

U.S. News & World Report

Bush picks Mukasey as AG

Yahoo! News

Iraqis revoke license of U.S. security company Blackstone

The Iraqi government said that it had revoked the license of security firm Blackwater USA after a shooting involving an American diplomatic convoy killed eight Iraqis.

International Herald Tribune

Dealing with Iraq's militias

Yahoo! News

NATION

American teacher sentenced for sex with minors overseas

A Los Angeles man who worked as an English teacher in Bangkok was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for traveling to Thailand to have sex with minors.

KCAL

Convicted pedophile charged with preying on boys using MySpace

WCBS

Tornado damages dozens of homes and cars in Florida

Residents began cleaning up after a tornado damaged more than 100 homes and dozens of cars in Florida. The National Weather Service estimates the storm packed winds of 105 miles per hour.

WBBH

POLITICS

Clinton to offer health care plan

With a price tag of about $110 billion per year, Clinton's "American Health Choices Plan" represents her first major effort to achieve universal health coverage since 1994.

ABC News

2008 presidential hopefuls

WCBS

Gay activists push for bias ban

Gay rights advocates expect Congress will soon move closer to approving a federal ban on job discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgender workers.

TIME

Howard K. Stern rejects book's gay allegations

KCAL

BUSINESS

Is the party over for Indian outsourcers?

India's biggest outsourcing firms continue to rake in the profits, at least judging by the latest earnings season. Yet behind this show of supreme confidence lurks deep unease.

BusinessWeek

London moves to safeguard U.K. savings

The British government stepped in to guarantee the savings of customers of the beleaguered Northern Rock bank as it moved to prevent panic from gripping the entire U.K. banking sector.

Financial Times

British lender Northern Rock under pressure

EuroNews

HEALTH

Aerobic, weight training combo best against diabetes

Most people know that exercise can help beat type 2 diabetes, but one type of fitness regimen might work best, a new study shows.

HealthDay

Investigation of gene therapy death focuses on fungal infection

A virus used in a gene therapy experiment likely didn't cause the death of an Illinois woman suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, although it can't be completely ruled out, health advisers said.

Canadian Press

NIH reviews death in gene therapy study

NPR

SPORTS

Woods ends year with seventh win and FedEx Cup

Tiger Woods closed with a 4-under 66 to take an eight-shot victory at East Lake, capturing the U.S. Tour Championship in record-setting fashion in his seventh title of the season.

International Herald Tribune

Thome reaches 500 HR milestone in walk-off fashion

Jim Thome knew his 500th homer would be special, but he had no idea it would be a game-winner, too.

ESPN

500 home run club

Sports Illustrated

EDUCATION

College student leader charged with DUI

Bloomsburg University's student government president was charged with drunken driving just weeks after saying the media has unfairly portrayed students as irresponsible.

Associated Press

Teacher charged with sex crimes attempts to commit suicide

Vermont state police say a sixth-grade teacher from Bradford has been charged with multiple felony sex crimes against a child.

WCAX

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GOOD NEWS

College pays $700K to replace cut trees

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey calls itself the ''College of the Pines.'' What's the cost of living up to that nickname? Apparently, $718,053.

HappyNews.com

Trapped donkey pulled from well

Firefighters in a Minnesota community have rescued cows from frozen lakes but they admit saving a donkey from a well was a first.

United Press International

WORLD

Worldwide protests call for Darfur action

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in more than 30 countries around the world to call for immediate action to end the conflict in Darfur.

Scotsman

New Darfur peace mission begins

BBC

E. coli fears prompt lettuce recall

Fears of E. coli contamination have prompted the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to warn the public not to eat a brand of Dole lettuce. The affected product is called Hearts Delight.

canada.com

E. coli outbreak spreads

ABC News

North Korean ship 'linked to Israel's strike on Syria'

A North Korean freighter that re-flagged itself as South Korean before off-loading an unknown cargo at a Syrian port is at the center of efforts to investigate Israel's recent airstrike on Syria.

Telegraph.co.uk

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists: Arctic meltdown opens fabled Northwest Passage

Scientists have confirmed that in August, Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest levels since satellite measurements began monitoring the region nearly 30 years ago.

LiveScience

Call to protect shark-filled sea

Conservationists are urging the Australian government to protect the Coral Sea, one of its last tropical marine wildernesses.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

In Asia, MTV turns camera on trafficking

A U.S.-funded documentary which premieres on MTV Thailand, is intended to educate Asian youths about the risks of exploitation and raising awareness of its dangers.

Christian Science Monitor

'Sopranos' bows out with top drama Emmy award in its final season

"The Sopranos" won the Emmy for best drama series in its final season, also taking awards for best writing and best directing.

International Herald Tribune

Emmy highlights

Yahoo! News

Britney Spears to lose sons?

Britney Spears could allegedly lose custody of her two sons. The lawyer of Britney's ex-husband Kevin Federline is reportedly bringing a "secret" witness to a court hearing in Los Angeles.

Monsters and Critics

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Video game teaches medics how to treat blast victims

Doctors are to be trained on a video game that simulates the effects of a city center explosion, to help them decide how best to treat casualties.

Guardian

New non-stick chewing gum could end a sticky city problem

Non-stick chewing gum that can be washed off streets and degrades naturally in the environment has been developed by a team of British scientists.

Taipei Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Child bride testifies she wanted to preserve 'eternal salvation'

A reluctant child bride told a Utah jury she was preserving her "eternal salvation" when she obeyed a command by polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to marry her cousin at age 14.

CNN

Muhammed cartoonist forced from home

Swedish artist Lars Vilks, under a death threat from al-Qaida over his drawing of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, said that police have increased his security and will not allow him to live in his home.

Toronto Star

Muslim charity trial nearing end

USA Today

Late Vietnamese cardinal put on road to sainthood by Vatican

The Roman Catholic Church began the sainthood procedure for a Vietnamese cardinal who was imprisoned by communists for some 13 years.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

The ruins of Peru's famed Machu Picchu are seen near Cuzco. Machu Picchu has been named one of the new seven wonders of the world. (Photo by Karel Navarro / AP)

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