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Iraqi children gather outside the tomb of Saddam Hussein near Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, as mourners gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of the former dictator's execution. The sign, in Arabic, reads "we will never forget you, Sheik of Mujaheddin." (Photo by Bassem Daham / AP)

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Iraq on alert for anniversary of Saddam Hussein's death

Iraqi security forces were on high alert around Baghdad and in the Sunni heartland north of the capital as the country marked the one-year anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution.

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ABC News

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Bloody year in Iraq ends with hopes of growing calm

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McClatchy Newspapers

Bush extends children's health program

President George W. Bush signed legislation that extends a popular children's health insurance program after twice vetoing attempts to expand it.

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CBS News

Bhutto's son appointed chairman of party

Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son, Bilawal, has been appointed co-chairman, with his father, of the former prime minister's Pakistan People's Party.

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Times Online

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Q&A: Benazir Bhutto assassination

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BBC

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The funeral of Benazir Bhutto

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Guardian

Kenya leader re-elected in disputed vote

President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the closest presidential election in Kenya's history, a contest marked by allegations of rigging and two days of deadly violence.

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MSNBC

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Kenya's vote shows tight race

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Reuters

CIA videotapes created and killed over concerns about image

Current and former intelligence officials say the agency's every action in the prolonged drama of the interrogation videotapes was prompted by worry about how its conduct might be perceived.

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International Herald Tribune

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Pentagon sends 10 Saudis home from Guantanamo

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Kansas City Star

NATION

Tiger attack could be fatal blow for zoo

The deadly tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo could prove to be a costly blow to an institution that has come under fire repeatedly in just the past few years.

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CBS News

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Transcripts show chaos of tiger attack

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ABC News

Couple confess to killing family on Christmas Eve

After slaughtering their parents, Joseph McEnroe apologized to his girlfriend's young niece and nephew before shooting them both in the head to end a Christmas Eve massacre, prosecutors alleged.

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CNN

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4 die in fiery 'mud-bogging' accident

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CBS News

The city of lights is starting to see 'green'

The latest marvel in the Nevada desert isn't a hotel casino. It's a solar thermal plant that provides peak power to nearby Las Vegas, one of the most unlikely places to be showing signs of green fervor.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Health reform comes slowly for California

California political leaders are pushing forward with a healthcare reform effort backed by the star power of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger despite an ominous legal ruling last week.

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Christian Science Monitor

Romney chides rivals for dissing Bush

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is chiding G.O.P. rivals Mike Huckabee and John McCain for their deviations from President Bush on security and tax policy.

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ABC News

Obama's character, Clinton's experience split early-vote states

Democrats are locked in a tight struggle in the initial Iowa and New Hampshire presidential contests, a survey of the two states shows.

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Bloomberg

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Crunching the campaign calendar

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Unemployment may rise, factories slow

Employers in the U.S. hired fewer workers in December and the unemployment rate rose, signaling one of the few remaining bright spots in the economy heading into 2008, economists said.

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Bloomberg

Bonded by Buffett

As Berkshire Hathaway quietly moves into the business of municipal bond insurance, rivals and bond issuers question the outcome.

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BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Pistons sweep Pacers for 8th straight win

The Detroit Pistons, inspired by guards Richard Hamilton and Chauncey Billups, claimed a 98-92 road win over the Indiana Pacers, their eighth straight victory.

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Reuters

Patriots make history with perfect season

With one mighty heave, Tom Brady and Randy Moss took care of the record books. Now it's down to business for the unbeaten New England Patriots: stamping themselves as the greatest team in NFL history.

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ESPN

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League scores by putting game on TV

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Sports Illustrated

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Patriots are perfect

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CBS News

Bode Miller wins Stelvio downhill

Bode Miller has won the gruelling Stelvio downhill in Bormio, Italy, for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the United States ski team.

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Telegraph.co.uk

HEALTH

New gene clues in breast cancer

African-American women diagnosed with breast cancer in their mid-30s or younger appear to be more likely than most other women to have a genetic predisposition for the disease, new research suggests.

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WebMD

Wealth and waistlines

Health economist Eric Finkelstein, co-author of the new book "The Fattening of America," explains how the obesity epidemic has been shaped by economics, and what we can do to reverse the trend.

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Newsweek

Teen brain key to understanding criminal behavior and impulses

The teenage brain is like a car with a good accelerator but a weak brake. With powerful impulses under poor control, the likely result is a crash. And, perhaps, a crime.

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CNN

RELIGION

Belly dancing: a vehicle for spiritual exploration and practice

Belly dancing began as a fun way to exercise has for many women turned into a spiritual practice that empowers them to explore their physical and artistic selves free from male judgment.

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USA Today

Bogus Romney card sent to Republicans

Many South Carolina Republicans got a bogus holiday greeting card, purported to be from White House hopeful Mitt Romney, that cites some controversial passages of the Book of Mormon.

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MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Philanthropy lands boy on Cheerios' box

Nine-year-old Connor Bailey recently landed a place of honor on a Cheerios' box for his tireless effort since kindergarten in raising money -- pennies, in the beginning -- to help feed the hungry.

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Newsday

US teen brings new school to Cambodia

Hundreds of Cambodian villagers welcomed the arrival of a new school, a gift from an American teenager who raised $52,000 after reading about the hardships of growing up in Cambodia.

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Good News Network

WORLD

Brazil's oil 'blessing' no energy panacea

State-owned oil firm Petrobras found some 8 billion barrels of oil, but it's buried deep in the ocean.

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Christian Science Monitor

Colombia hostage mission delayed

An operation by Venezuelan helicopters to collect three hostages due to be released in Colombia by the Farc rebel group has been delayed for another day.

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BBC

Purported bin Laden message has warnings for Iraq, Israel

Osama bin Laden warned Iraq's Sunnis against fighting al-Qaida and vowed to expand the holy war to Israel in a new audiotape, threatening "blood for blood, destruction for destruction."

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CNN

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Bin Laden says US seeks to exploit Iraqi oil

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Air Force to fly on synthetic fuel?

The U.S. Air Force is experimenting with a synthetic fuel that could become a cheaper fuel-alternative for the entire U.S. military and even commercial aviation.

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Christian Science Monitor

Vanishing ice biggest weather story

The dramatic disappearance of Arctic sea ice is so shocking it takes the No. 1 spot among Canada's Top 10 weather stories of 2007.

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Toronto Star

'Green fatigue' leads to fear of backlash over climate change

British people are now convinced about the dangers of global warming, but are either baffled about how to stop it or are ignoring the issue.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ancient pandas competed with giant apes for bamboo

New fossils suggest ancient pandas competed with the largest known apes for habitat and food nearly half a million years ago on the tropical coast of southern China, scientists say.

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National Geographic

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Invasive species

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LiveScience

Two 'noses' are necessary for flies to navigate well

With the ability to see smells, scientists now show that when fly larvae detect smells with both olfactory organs they find their way to a scented target more accurately than when detected with one.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Messages on New Year's Eve confetti in New York

For the first time, anyone can write their wishes for the New Year on the multicolored confetti by visiting the Times Square Information Center or posting on a "virtual wishing wall" online.

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International Herald Tribune

Mother lied to win contest

A North Texas mother made up a tragic story about a father dying in Iraq for an essay contest to win a Hannah Montana prize package.

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MSNBC

EDUCATION

School system bolsters its testing effort

The No Child Left Behind law, with its sanctions for failing schools, has made some educators resentful of too much testing, saying it stifled creative teaching.

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Internet opens elite colleges to all

An MIT initiative called "OpenCourseWare" makes virtually all the school's courses available online for free -- lecture notes, readings, tests and often video lectures.

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Associated Press

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

50th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine

In May 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal. Eisenhower then ordered federal troops to protect the rights of African Americans.

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San Antonio Express-News

Photo of the Day

Visitors watch king penguins walking on a snow-covered walkway at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa on Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido. (Photo by Kyodo News / AP)

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