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Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter, right, listens to Harald Gremel of the Central Division for Combating Child Pornography, during a Vienna news conference where they announced the bust of an international child pornography ring involving 77 countries. (Photo by Lilli Strauss / AP)

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Vienna busts global child porn ring

Austria has uncovered an international child pornography network involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries, including hundreds in the U.S.

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BBC

Wal-Mart loses job-bias appeal

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. must face the largest workplace class-action lawsuit in U.S. history and defend itself against claims that it discriminated against thousands of women employees.

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Los Angeles Times

States seek wider use of death penalty

At least a half-dozen states are considering broadening the application of the death penalty, countering a national trend toward scaling back its use.

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USA Today

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Iraqi official: Helicopter 'hit by missile'

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U.S. soldiers indicted in kickback case

Five active duty U.S. soldiers have been indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of getting kickbacks from a contractor hired to do work in Iraq.

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Lawmaker: U.S. sent giant pallets of cash into Iraq

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CNN

Astronaut's target says she was stalked

NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak stalked her romantic rival for about two months before attacking her in a parking lot, according to a victim statement.

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Orlando Sentinel

It’s ‘Meet Tim Russert’ at the CIA leak trial

NBC News' Tim Russert won’t be asking the questions when he testifies at the trial of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

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MSNBC

NATION

Third office in Britain is hit by parcel bomb attack

A parcel bomb exploded and injured a woman at Britain's driver and vehicle licensing agency, South Wales police said — the third parcel bomb in as many days.

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International Herald Tribune

Rival Palestinian leaders meet in Mecca

Rival Palestinian leaders began open-ended talks in Islam's holy city, optimistic for an agreement to end their bloody street battles and resume the peace process with Israel.

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U.S. News & World Report

Indonesia flood victims return home to a smelly problem

Thousands of residents of the Indonesian capital began returning to their homes as flood waters receded, facing a huge task clearing up streets and homes caked in stinking garbage and mud.

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Reuters

POLITICS

GOP views Clinton as virtually unbeatable

What many conservatives regard as the nightmare scenario -- President Hillary Rodham Clinton -- is increasingly seen by veteran Republican politicians and strategists as a virtual inevitability.

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Politico

The biotech bubble

As Congress hunts for ways to push its stem-cell bill past an expected veto, states are charging ahead on their own.

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Slate

SPORTS

Meyer, Gators closing in on top-rated class

The Florida Gators, national champs, have assembled such an embarrassment of talent the past two years that it seems they'll never lose another football game.

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ESPN

Landis to learn his fate soon

The French Anti-Doping Agency will rule this week whether to ban Floyd Landis from racing in France for up to two years after his positive doping test at the 2006 Tour de France.

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USA Today

HEALTH

UK bird flu vet in hospital

A veterinarian who responded to the bird flu outbreak in eastern England is undergoing tests in hospital after developing a chest infection, health officials say.

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The Age

Study shows lonely people twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's

Lonely individuals are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's as those who are not lonely, according to a new study.

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WebMD

Face blindness not just skin deep

Patients with face blindness are usually able to actually see the features on a person's visage with no difficulty; it is the retention of those images that challenges them.

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CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Bush proposes large increase for parks leading up to 100th birthday bash

President Bush's 2008 budget would give the National Park Service its largest-ever funding increase in preparation for the park system's 100th birthday in 2016.

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Environmental News Network

Harper says balancing economy, environment toughest challenge

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said his government's greatest challenge is to ensure plans to combat climate change don't undermine the economy.

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Bloomberg

Columns And Op-Ed

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All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites

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Boston Globe

Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Jewish dissent

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Daily Kos

Debating a vaccine

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International Herald Tribune

Column (Hong-sub Choi):

Tourism magic, Harry Potter-style

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Chosunilbo

Column (Yuri Ushakov):

From Russia, with liking

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Frahad Manjoo):

How to fix campaign financing forever for $50

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Salon

As U.S. confronts Iran, Cold War offers lessons

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USA Today

U.S. media can't cover the news if they don't cover the world

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Christian Science Monitor

AIDS burden worsens and the silence lingers

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Miami Herald

Its Howard Dean's party

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Real Clear Politics

Confronting climate change

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San Francisco Chronicle

Will pro-war statements haunt 2008 campaign?

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Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Nations pledge not to use child soldiers

Nearly 60 nations pledged this week not to use children to wage war and to disarm and rehabilitate underage soldiers — an agreement seen as a strong moral step against the problem.

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HappyNews

Running down 'Greenest Cars' list

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's 10th annual "Greenest Cars" list includes the best vehicles with high gas mileage and low emissions.

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CNN

NATION

Deadly deep freeze grips Midwest, Northeast

Winter returned with a vengeance to the Upper Midwest and Northeast, with snow and below-zero temperatures snarling commutes, canceling flights and closing schools.

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Yahoo! News

Pot-growing moves to the suburbs

Never in his darkest dreams did Rick Estrada think the house a few feet from his contained an indoor marijuana-growing operation that authorities believe is the latest wrinkle in drug trafficking.

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USA Today

Man gets second chance at space ride

A man who gave up a free space ride because he could not afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.

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CNN

BUSINESS

Nortel cuts jobs

Nortel Networks Corp. said it plans to cut 2,900 jobs as it realigns its business. The Toronto-based telecom equipment maker said the workforce reductions will take place over this year and next.

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Toyota shares gain after profit rises to record on sales

Toyota Motor Corp. shares rose after the world's second-largest carmaker posted record profit in the third quarter, helped by a weaker yen and increased sales of Camry sedans and Corolla compact cars.

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

Osbourne decides to make Ozzfest free

Ozzy Osbourne surprised the music industry with plans to stage this year's Ozzfest, his annual U.S. summer hard-rock extravaganza, as a first-of-its-kind free event.

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Scotsman

Rowling both 'heartbroken' and 'euphoric' at 'Harry Potter's' end

After 17 years, and more than 350 million books sold, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling laments the end of the tale.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hackers attack key net traffic computers

Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.

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Houston Chronicle

Gates 'dares anybody' to exploit Vista

Bill Gates goes on the offensive in a recent interview and claims that the security in Vista is better than the security in the Mac.

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ZDNet

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Alabama churches slowly rise from the ashes

Galilee Baptist Church was destroyed by flames last year, one of nine Alabama churches set on fire. One year has passed since the attacks, and many of the churches are now rebuilding.

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NPR

Jordan king attacks Israel over mosque excavations

Jordan's King Abdullah said Israeli excavation works near the al-Aqsa mosque in the holy city of Jerusalem has led to a dangerous rise in Middle East tensions.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

Publishers cater to growing use of MP3s for schoolwork

Students are now using MP3 players more to listen to downloaded books, textbook study guides and language labs on the go.

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CNN

More students succeed on Advanced Placement 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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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Better than blood?

A man-made, pure-white compound called Oxycyte carries oxygen 50 times as effectively as our own blood.

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Popular Science

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Sweden's Anja Paerson slides in the snow to celebrate winning the gold medal in the Women's Super-G at the World Alpine Ski Chmpionships in Are, Sweden. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / AP)

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