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Pakistani lawyer Chaudry Ikram flashes a victory sign as he was arrested by police during an anti-Musharraf rally in Islamabad, Pakistan. Authorities rounded up opposition leaders after President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's Constitution, declaring rising Islamic extremism forced him to take emergency measures. (Photo by B.K.Bangash / AP)

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Jobs on the rise, despite housing industry woes

In a surprise to most economists, the economy created 166,000 new jobs in October, about double the expectations, the Labor Department reported.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Home foreclosures

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Rice seeks Mideast peace deal while Bush is still in office

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she believed a U.S.-led conference would launch Palestinian statehood talks and voiced hope for a deal before President George W. Bush leaves office.

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Reuters

Police attack protesters in Pakistan

Police officers armed with tear gas and clubs attacked thousands of protesting lawyers in Pakistani cities as President Pervez Musharraf faced the first signs of concerted resistance.

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International Herald Tribune

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Bhutto: No time for dictatorship

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Timeline: Pakistan's political rivals

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Unrest in Pakistan

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The mega-bunker of Baghdad

When the new American Embassy in Baghdad entered the planning stage, U.S. officials inside the Green Zone were still insisting that great progress was being made in the construction of a new Iraq.

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Vanity Fair

Mexican flooding affects 500,000

Residents began running perilously short of food and water in Mexico's southern Gulf coast after a week of devastating floods that destroyed or damaged the homes of as many as 500,000 people.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

Hollywood writers go on strike

The talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers were called by a federal mediator. The producers said a deal couldn't be reached.

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CBS News

U.S. smoking bans are moving home

A movement to restrict smoking in apartments and condominiums is having some success.

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International Herald Tribune

Why states are resisting plan for real ID

The federal government's efforts to create a standardized, secure driver's license that would also serve as a national ID card have hit some significant stumbling blocks.

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Christian Science Monitor

POLITICS

Watergate-era fundraising returns with Clinton, Obama, Giuliani

Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have joined Republicans including Rudy Giuliani in declining federal subsidies. Instead, they are raising millions from corporate executives.

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Bloomberg

Mukasey bid gains key GOP backing

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he is bothered by Michael Mukasey's refusal to say whether waterboarding is torture, but will support his nomination for attorney general.

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Candidate's ally has drug-dealing past

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson has been campaigning using a private jet that was provided to him by a businessman and friend who has a criminal record for drug dealing.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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Thompson advisor has record

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Restoring Wal-Mart

With U.S. sales growth lagging, Wal-Mart is trying to execute a massive overhaul of its discount outlets and get closer to its customers and its employees.

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Time

Wall Street prepares for an uncertain week

Wall Street’s in the dark about how much risky debt banks are holding, how the Federal Reserve plans to keep the markets running smoothly, and whether the strong parts of the economy will remain strong.

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HEALTH

Strange but true: Snake oil salesmen were on to something

Snake oil really is a cure for what ails you, if that happens to be arthritis, heart disease or maybe even depression, according to researchers.

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Scientific American

Without enough sleep, kids gain weight

Insufficient sleep can negatively affect preteens' metabolism, as well as their exercise and eating habits, according to new research.

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Reuters

Canadian drug sales slow

Canadian drug sales to U.S. patients were once a hot trend, but a variety of factors have stifled this continental trade.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

SPORTS

Patriots win titanic game

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in a four-minute span of the fourth quarter to overcome a 10-point deficit and beat Super Bowl champion Indianapolis 24-20.

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ESPN

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Vikings' Peterson breaks NFL record

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Sports Illustrated

New moms rule at NYC marathon

There may have been 38,000 runners who competed in the New York City Marathon, but for the winners in the women's race, there were only two.

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ABC News

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Race to the finish

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Obscure faith risks extinction in Iraq

A Mandaean high priest is on a crusade to educate the West about the little-known faith that has called Iraq home for almost 2,000 years.

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Beliefnet

Westchester church bell makes a comeback after 50 silent years

It's a sound that hasn't been heard in half a century: the chime of the Hawthorne Reformed Church's massive bell. The 931-pound instrument was silenced when the church's bell tower fell into disrepair.

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Crackdown on oil polluters ahead in Gulf

State and federal regulators in Louisiana are preparing to crack down on oil industry pollution in the Gulf of Mexico under a new initiative shifting the way environmental laws are enforced.

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Houston Chronicle

WORLD

Russian nursing home fire kills 30

A fire that engulfed a retirement home south of Moscow has killed at least 30 people, emergency officials say.

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BBC

At least 8 killed in Brazil plane crash

An executive jet crashed into a heavily populated neighborhood of Sao Paulo, killing at least eight people and leaving a pile of smoky rubble.

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CNN

Somali pirates release two hijacked ships

Somali pirates left two boats they had hijacked in the waters off the Horn of Africa. The newly liberated vessels and their crew of 24 were under U.S. Navy escort, the American military said.

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ENVIRONMENT

Can climate affect security?

Climate change could be one of the greatest national security challenges ever faced by U.S. policy makers, according to a new joint study by two U.S. think tanks.

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LiveScience

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Most ready for 'green sacrifices'

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BBC

Flying lemurs close relatives of primates

While the human species is unquestionably a member of the Primate group, the identity of the next closest group to primates within the class of mammals has been debated.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'American Gangster': Harlem knight

As archetypal as its title, Ridley Scott’s would-be epic, "American Gangster," aspires to enshrine Harlem dope king Frank Lucas in Hollywood heaven, heir to "Scarface" and the "Godfather."

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LA Weekly

Jewel goes country with new label

Singer/songwriter Jewel has a new label and a new genre to boot. The artist has signed a multi-album deal with newly launched Nashville-based independent Valory Music Company.

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Billboard

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA provides funding for projects

NASA announced new projects to help meet critical needs. The Innovative Partnerships Program Seed Fund is used for overcoming technology barriers with joint-development programs.

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InformationWeek

IBM invests $1.5 billion in new security

IBM has launched new security services and products designed to help businesses manage operational and information technology risk more effectively.

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Solar power claims misleading

Organic solar cells are essentially plastic; they can be cheaply manufactured and even painted onto a surface. But new information suggests these may not work as well as advertised.

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LiveScience

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Building a better solar-powered home

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CBS News

EDUCATION

Studying abroad goes mainstream

The consensus in the educational community is that globally fluent graduates are essential to American competitiveness. But are American students ready for the real world?

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International Herald Tribune

School vouchers on ballot in Utah

Utah voters will vote on whether to adopt the country's first statewide school-voucher program. The referendum could influence efforts elsewhere to use tax dollars for private-school tuition.

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South's public school children are now mainly low income

This rise is part of a nationwide surge: Low-income students now represent 12 percentage points more of the student body than in 1990.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How 4 women quit smoking; you can too

New research shows that the carcinogens in cigarettes are more dangerous for women, who are three times as likely as men to get aggressive forms of lung cancer and more likely to develop it earlier in life.

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Models show off the latest men's underwear designed by Chinese Wang Hailing during the Beijing Aimer Lingerie fashion show in Beijing, China. (Photo by Ng Han Guan / AP)

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