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North Korean soldiers attend a mass rally to hail the country's first-ever atomic test at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service / AP)

North Korea may be backing off from showdown

Hartford Courant

Slideshow: North Korea

Yahoo! News

Rice takes next step on N Korea response tour

Daily Telegraph

North Korea heads toward hunger

Christian Science Monitor

Romania's effort lax on CIA jails, EU says

Romania has made only "superficial" efforts to investigate reports that CIA planes used its territory to transfer terrorism suspects across Europe.

IHT

Meteor destroys German cottage

A fire that destroyed a cottage near Bonn and injured a 77-year-old man was probably caused by a meteor and witnesses saw an arc of blazing light in the sky, German police said today.

Toronto Star

NATION

Blue eyes are increasingly rare in U.S.

Once a hallmark of the boy and girl next door, blue eyes have been disappearing, as now only 1 in 6 Americans have blue eyes.

International Herald Tribune

Social Security benefits to rise in 2007

Social Security checks for nearly 49 million retirees are going up by 3.3 percent next year - an average increase of $33 per month, though rising health care costs will take a bite out of the gain.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Not it! Mass. elementary school bans tag

Officials at an elementary school near Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they'll get hurt and hold the school liable.

Boston Globe

ENVIRONMENT

Look at what the cargo ship dragged in

With invasive aquatic species costing billions yearly, lawmakers are clamping down on the discharge of ballast water.

Christian Science Monitor

In L.A., ailing palm trees making a frond farewell

The trees are dying of old age and a fungal disease, disappearing one by one from parks and streets, and city planners are replacing them with oaks, sycamores and other species that are native to L.A.

StarTribune

Scientists: Ozone hole size sets record

This year's Antarctic ozone hole is the biggest ever, government scientists.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Democrats need a vision

USA Today

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Status quo must go in Middle East

International Herald Tribune

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Wish it were your idea?

Chicago Tribune

Column (Huden):

5 years later: An anthrax victim's recollections

New York Post

Column (McBride):

A tale of 2 newspapers

Poynter Institute

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The time for forced integration has passed

St. Petersburg Times

Column (Barry):

The blame game

International Relations Center

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Instead of erecting fences, remember our traditions

Miami Herald

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Leaving DNA on the shelf is a crime

Chicago Tribune

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Test of a company's social pledges: helping workers volunteer

Christian Science Monitor

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Behind the veil

International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Close to 24 million rally against poverty

UN News Service

GOOD NEWS

Flying eye hospital aids world's poor

Converted DC-10 complete with operating room and volunteer doctors has flown to 70 developing countries, and trained over 100,000 local doctors and nurses in eye repair procedures.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

GOP terrorism ad provokes Democratic furor

CNN

Republican right beats itself up

IHT

Lieberman opens wide lead on Lamont in Conn. race

Reuters

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How Republicans hope to hold the Senate

Time

HEALTH

Doctor changes culture to improve odds for patients

Dr. Brent James used statistics to find flaws in system and new strategies for care.

ABC News

Studies say eating seafood still a good idea

The health benefits of eating fish regularly outweigh the danger from mercury and other contaminants, two major reports state.

StarTribune

Putin ducks EU demands on energy charter

Putin defended his government's stance on Georgia and dodged EU leaders' demands that he commit to a legally binding energy charter that would guarantee better access to Russia's oil and gas fields.

Forbes

Foreign students begin to look away from US

Japan, France and Germany outpace United States in recruiting of foreign students

Financial Times

Pentagon: U.S. propaganda program is legal

A U.S. military propaganda program used in the Iraq war was legal under the rules for psychological operations, a Pentagon investigation has concluded.

StarTribune

Vt. to get Wal-Mart low-cost Rx

Wal-Mart is expanding a low-cost drug program it launched in Florida last month by allowing shoppers in Vermont and 13 other states to begin buying generic prescription drugs for $4.

Rutland Herald

SPORTS

Baseball teams endorse caskets and urns

Starting next season, baseball fans will be able to have a casket or cremation urn emblazoned with their favorite team's colors and insignia.

Boston Globe

Cardinals take NLCS, on to Detroit

The underdog St. Louis Cardinals, led by strong pitching and standout performances by unsung players, stunned the New York Mets late Thursday night, winning the 7th game, 3-1.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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