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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, smiles during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Rice was making a surprise visit to the Iraqi capital to meet with Iraqi and American officials before going to Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories to talk with leaders there. (Photo by Sabah Arar, Pool / AP)

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Senate set to vote on Iraq troop buildup

Determined to check President Bush, Democratic critics of the Iraq war hope a strong House vote critical of the administration's troop buildup will pay dividends in the Senate.

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USA Today

FDA widens peanut butter warning

All Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006 should be discarded, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement broadening its warning about salmonella-contaminated peanut butter.

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Reuters

Bumpy landing foils plane hijacker

A pilot thwarted a hijacker on a flight to Spain's Canary Islands by discreetly warning passengers he would brake hard upon landing, then speed up just as abruptly to knock the man off balance.

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Independent

Rice pays surprise visit to tense Baghdad

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived for an unannounced visit in Baghdad, a U.S. Embassy spokesman in Baghdad said, for meetings with Iraqi and American officials.

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CNN

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Officials say Baghdad violence drops, but why?

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MSNBC

Car bombs kill 10, wound 60 in Iraq

Twin car bombs have killed at least 10 people and wounded 60 in a crowded market in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police say.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Report: Prince Harry due in Iraq

Britain's Prince Harry will be serving as a soldier in Iraq by the end of the month, a British newspaper reported.

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CNN

Police, insurgents clash after Iran bomb

Police and insurgents clashed after a bombing in southeastern Iran near the site where an explosion killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards this week.

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AOL News

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Few Americans see Iran as an immediate threat

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Angus Reid Global Monitor

Bomber kills 15 in Pakistan courtroom

A suicide bomber killed 15 people — including a judge — after blowing himself up inside a courtroom in a southwestern Pakistani province that has seen intense civil conflict for years, police said.

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USA Today

NATION

U.N.: Hunger kills 18,000 kids each day

Eighteen thousand children die of hunger and malnutrition daily and 850 million people go to bed hungry every night, a "terrible indictment of the world in 2007," according to the U.N.

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ABC News

Seven jailed for Turkey bombings

A court in Turkey has sentenced seven people to life in prison for the 2003 Istanbul bombings which killed 58 people including the UK consul-general.

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BBC News

U.S. doubts police wounded al-Qaida in Iraq

The U.S. military cast doubt on a report from the Iraqi government that al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Ayyub al-Masri was wounded in clashes with police.

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CNN

POLITICS

McCain to skip Senate war vote

John McCain has decided to stay on the presidential campaign trail rather than return to Washington for a rare weekend session of the Senate called for a vote to begin debate on the president’s plan.

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The Politico

Congressional Black Caucus presses president in meeting

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus pressed President Bush on post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction aid, the war in Iraq and social programs during an hourlong meeting at the White House.

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SPORTS

The 2007 NBA All-Star Game: showtime on the strip

Las Vegas, the city where winning is everything, is the perfect contrast for a game in which winning, at least for this weekend, means very little.

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USA Today

Fighting Illini say goodbye to the chief

The University of Illinois will drop its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men's basketball home game of the season next Wednesday.

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CBS

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Tire reef off Florida proves a disaster

A mile offshore from this city's high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old tires, strewn across the ocean floor - a monument to good intentions gone awry.

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Central Florida News

Global lawmakers seek new climate accord

A group of global lawmakers signed a resolution urging a new agreement limiting greenhouse gas emissions by 2009 to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which is set to expire in 2012.

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Examiner

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January weather hottest by far

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Environmental News Network

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

More evidence of water is found on Mars

New images of a craggy, fissure-filled canyon on Mars provide evidence of long-term underground water flows that may have provided a suitable environment for microbial life, scientists said.

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Scientific American

Frog in amber could be 25 million years old

A miner in Chiapas discovered a tiny tree frog that has been preserved in amber for 25 million years, a researcher said.

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CNN

RELIGION

Seven Anglican leaders refuse Holy Communion with U.S. church

Seven conservative Anglican leaders refused to take Holy Communion with the head of the U.S. branch of the church, who supports ordaining gays and blessing same-sex unions.

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Houston Chronicle

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Setback for Church conservatives

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BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

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Taking a bite out of eating disorders

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Christian Science Monitor

U.S. needs resolve, not a resolution

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Chicago Tribune

Look, just grow up and kick out the kids

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Times

Blog (Andrew Sullivan):

While Baghdad burns

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Daily Dish

Who will get blacks' votes?

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Indianapolis Star

To our troops we must remain faithful

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Real Clear Politics

A Bush reversal that could pay off

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San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Ayub Nuri):

My war away from war

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International Herald Tribune

Column (David Clark):

Like it or not, the U.S. will have to accept a multipolar world

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Cat adopts puppy rejected by mom

Workers at the Meriden, Conn. Humane Society are marveling at a mother cat that has adopted a 6-day-old rottweiler puppy that was rejected by its mother.

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Houston Chronicle

Film about past recognizes heroes

A film about France's past has helped bring changes in the present by recognizing colonial troops who fought in World War II.

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HappyNews

NATION

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Revelers pack the Big Easy at the start of Carnival weekend

From costumed men on horseback to an "American Idol" and bead-throwing marchers, there are events in the weekend leading up to Mardi Gras to please almost anyone.

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USA Today

How cold is it? Plane windshields are cracking

Airlines were investigating why windshields on at least 13 planes cracked at Denver International Airport as winds of up to 100 mph whipped through the foothills in Colorado.

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MSNBC

N.J. to honor out-of-state gay marriages

Gay couples who legally married elsewhere will have all the rights of married people in New Jersey, but they can't call themselves married, the state's attorney general has decided.

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USA Today

BUSINESS

Optimism on Fed creates good week for stocks

U.S. stocks resumed their 2007 rally, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to three record highs, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke spurred expectations for interest rate cuts.

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Bloomberg

Mississippi seeks legislation on State Farm

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation to block State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state.

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BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

Britney's new look – bald

Britney Spears appeared in a tattoo parlor in the San Fernando Valley — with her head shaved completely bald.

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Showbuzz

Smith will names Stern; judge approves embalming of body

Anna Nicole Smith said in a 2001 will that all property of her estate should be given to longtime companion Howard K. Stern to hold in trust for her son, who has died.

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USA Today

HEALTH

Docs: patients hurt themselves by lying

There's an open secret in medicine: patients lie. They lie about how much they smoke and whether they're taking their medicine. They understate how much they drink.

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CBS News

FDA warns consumers of online drug scam

Consumers who thought they were purchasing sleep aids, antidepressants and other drugs over the Internet were shipped a powerful anti-psychotic, sending some to the emergency room.

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Yahoo! News

EDUCATION

More succeeding on AP exams

More high school students are proving they can keep up with college-level courses, passing Advanced Placement exams that have become a measure of academic rigor.

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Honolulu Advertiser

Schools strive for 'no parent left behind'

With schools increasingly held accountable for the performance of every student, the demand to partner with parents has intensified.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Military unveils powerful 'ray gun'

The military's new weapon is a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they will catch fire.

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MSNBC

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Wild Konik stallions seen on a pasture inside the nature reserve in northern Germany before they are corralled for transportation. (Photo by Heribert Proepper/AP)

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