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This satellite image provide by NASA shows plumes of smoke rising from wildfires in Southern California. (Photo by NASA / AP)

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Where did $1.2 billion for Iraqi police program go?

The State Department so badly managed a $1.2 billion contract for Iraqi police training that it can't tell what it got for the money spent, a new report says.

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CBS News

More rain for soggy New Orleans

Heavy rains have inundated areas of New Orleans, and authorities warned residents only now recovering from Hurricane Katrina not to drive through flooded streets.

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Rain drowns New Orleans

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ABC News

Iraq to help Turkey against Kurdish rebels

Turkey and Iraq have agreed to work together to deal with the problem of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.

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BBC

California wildfires force mass evacuation

Wildfires have reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee, and laid a pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.

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TIME

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California wildfires force 250,000 to evacuate

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Reuters

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Firefighting resources exhausted

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MSNBC

A cheaper plan to stop poachers: Give them real jobs

A new program in Zambia, under the Community Markets for Conservation, teaches former poachers new ways to make a living in order to support conservation goals.

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Christian Science Monitor

U.S. air strike kills 11 in Iraq

U.S. helicopters opened fire on a group of men the military says were planting roadside bombs north of Baghdad, killing 11 Iraqis, including at least six civilians, according to a spokeswoman.

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Bin Laden calls for unity among Iraq insurgents

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Bloomberg

NATION

Space shuttle Discovery blasts off

Space shuttle Discovery and a crew of seven rocketed away in pursuit of the International Space Station where a formidable construction job awaits them.

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Globeandmail.com

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Yahoo! News

Jury reaches verdict in case of Muslim charity accused of funding terror

A jury has reached a verdict in the federal case against former leaders of a Muslim charity, but hadn't reached a decision on the charges that the organization provided aid to Hamas.

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FOX News

Van carrying Amish had blowout

A tire blowout may have caused a van carrying passengers from an Amish community to flip over on a highway, killing three children and two adults, police said

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Associated Press

POLITICS

Republican candidates engage in 'demolition derby' at debate

The Republican candidates for president of the United States sharply escalated their attacks on one another, clashing over which of them is the most conservative, most experienced and most electable.

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International Herald Tribune

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President Bush at 36%, or lower, in United States

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Angus Reid

Jindal wins Louisiana governorship, pledges end of corruption

Republican U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal pledged to end corruption in Louisiana after winning the governor's race and becoming the first Indian-American chosen to lead a U.S. state.

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Bloomberg

Common ground at work

Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist. Bob Beckel is a liberal Democratic strategist. But as longtime friends, they can often find common ground on issues that lawmakers in Washington cannot.

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USA Today

BUSINESS

Record Mac sales help Apple earnings climb 67 percent in quarter

Apple said it sold 2.16 million Macintosh computers worldwide in the quarter, an increase of 400,000.

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International Herald Tribune

A troubled 'ownership society'

As lenders cease making small, second loans, the homeownership rate is starting to decline, and the outlook for the housing market could worsen.

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BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Where there's wildfire, there's smoke and breathing problems

While wildfires in California continue to rage and chase many from their homes, those who are not directly in the path of the inferno may also be in harm's way.

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ABC News

Emotional state doesn't affect head and neck cancer survival

Neither positive nor negative emotional states predict how long a person with cancer will survive, a new study finds.

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HealthDay

SPORTS

Chargers cancel practice amid wildfires

NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson was one of 40 members of the San Diego Chargers' organization forced to evacuate as wildfires burned in San Diego, and the team moved practice to Arizona.

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ESPN

La Russa inks 2-year deal with Cards

Tony La Russa will return for his 13th season as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, agreeing to a two-year contract after a difficult season in which his team failed to play .500 ball.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Herbie, fully Buddhist

Jazz great Herbie Hancock's journey into Buddhism began in 1972 with a life-altering bass solo.

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Beliefnet

Religion should not be used for hate

Pope Benedict XVI and Dr. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, condemned the use of religion to justify violence.

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Telegraph

Columns And Op-Ed

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Cosby is just telling blacks the truth

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Denver Post

Congress should not follow on FISA

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San Francisco Chronicle

The new GOP means business

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The Nation

'Values voters' in a bind

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Dumbledore, meet Tinky Winky

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Slate

This failure should sound the alarms

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Detroit Free Press

Card sense

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Houston Chronicle

Cause of Iraq's chaos: bad borders

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Christian Science Monitor

Leaving Congress

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Philadelphia Inquirer

More can be done on Burma

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Hartford Courant

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GOOD NEWS

The miracle under the mattress

A mattress and a miracle are being credited for sparing the life of a 14-month-old boy sucked out of his home and thrown 40 or 50 feet by a powerful tornado.

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MSNBC

For volunteers, it's personal

This week, Stephan Cullins and Fred Mayes answered the "Call to Action," joining throngs of African American men at a rally in North Philadelphia to volunteer as neighborhood peacekeepers.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

WORLD

Afghan battle kills militants, civilians

NATO and Afghan troops called in airstrikes during a battle against insurgents that left 20 suspected militants, but also several civilians dead.

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San Jose Mercury News

'Ban on Bhutto' leaving Pakistan

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been banned from leaving the country, her Pakistan People's Party says.

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BBC

Bush asks Congress for $46 billion to continue fighting wars

President George W. Bush asked Congress for an additional $46 billion to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to finance other national security expenses.

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International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

British Columbia's forest workers end 13-week strike

Forest workers in British Columbia will return to work this week after narrowly accepting a new, three-year contract and ending a 13-week strike that has crippled the $2 billion coastal forest industry.

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canada.com

Scientists fear climate change speed-up as oceans fail to hold greenhouse gases

The role of oceans to act as a "carbon sink" soaking up greenhouse gases has reduced, leading to new fears about global warming.

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Scotsman

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Home design affects mood, experts say

Even in a real estate market driven by fear, inflated prices and a scarcity of buyers, finding that personal place of security has value that goes well beyond economics.

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Hollywood Reporter

Rapper Rock arrested after fight

Police arrested Kid Rock and five members of his entourage after an argument with a man escalated into a fight at a Waffle House in Atlanta, Ga.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

BlackBerries to sport limitless music

Research in Motion's BlackBerries will come with a cheap, unlimited music service from next month for the first time, marking the latest foray by a handheld device maker into music.

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Reuters

Biggest 'small' black hole discovered

Discovery of the largest example of a “small” black hole, one formed from the collapse of a single massive star at the end of its lifetime, has led scientists to revaluate how black holes form.

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Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Big gifts help small colleges compete

Liberal arts colleges in the U.S. are attracting alumni gifts of $10 million or more at a record pace to finance their competition with Ivy League universities for the nation's premier students.

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Bloomberg

U.S. college tuition rises 6.6 percent

Average tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose 6.6 percent this year, again outstripping increases in financial aid and pushing students into more borrowing.

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News Journal

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Rana Walker of Philadelphia walks barefoot through a stream during a warm fall day at the Wissahickon Valley Park, Philadelphia. (Photo by Matt Rourke / AP)

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