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Sir Richard Branson, left, playfully tosses a globe as former U.S. Vice President Al Gore looks on, at the London announcement of the Virgin Earth Challenge -- a $25 million global science and technology prize that will be awarded to an individual or group who finds a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP)

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Anna Nicole Smith's mother blames drugs for her death

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FAA to air tours: Tighten safety

A series of deadly crashes prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to impose tighter restrictions on companies that fly sightseeing tours over scenic areas.

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USA Today

Former NASA doctor says agency must do more to monitor mental health

Serious questions are being raised about how closely NASA monitors the mental health of its astronauts, particularly regarding difficult personal situations.

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MSNBC

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Official's key pre-war report on Iraq is faulted

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Washington Post

Gates: U.S. can prove Iran's role in Iraq

Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Meters cost Iraq billions in stolen oil

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CBS News

House Democratic leaders plan Iraq vote

House Democratic leaders said members will vote next week on a resolution stating opposition to President Bush's decision to send more forces into combat and voicing support for the troops.

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Yahoo! News

Jerusalem 'tense' after clashes at mosque

A tense calm is reported in the Old City of Jerusalem, after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians erupted at a contested holy site.

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BBC

NATION

North Korea talks resume on positive note

South Korea's nuclear envoy said a Chinese draft agreement, with North Korea accepting in principle steps for disarmament, is a good start for discussion.

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Guardian

South Africa's president vows war on crime and poverty

In a speech focusing on the country's most glaring social ills, South African President Thabo Mbeki pledged to tackle poverty and crime, speed up land redistribution to blacks and fight AIDS.

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Reuters

Man charged with plot to kidnap and kill British soldier

One of the terror suspects arrested last week in England has been charged with plotting to kidnap and kill a member of the British armed forces.

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Guardian

POLITICS

White House defends Pelosi plane request

Democrat Nancy Pelosi received some rare help from the White House against a barrage of Republican criticism over how the new House speaker intends to fly home.

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Yahoo! News

Public to Congress: Why no action on Iraq?

The Senate’s failure to act on Iraq, even with a non-binding resolution, makes some wonder whether Congress gets it.

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MSNBC

Government rests in Libby case

NBC's Tim Russert deflected criticism of his ethics and credibility as he completed a second day of cross-examination Thursday in the trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter Libby.

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MSNBC

SPORTS

Cowboys pick their new coach

Wade Phillips, a native Texan, became the seventh coach in Dallas Cowboys' franchise history, agreeing to a three-year deal to replace Bill Parcells.

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Dallas Morning News

Italian teams to play to empty arenas

Only six soccer stadiums in Italy meet security requirements, meaning that league games in other arenas will be played behind closed doors.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Sleep may help kids keep slim

Eating right and being active are well-known ways to help keep a child's weight in check, but a new study points to another potential weapon in the fight against childhood obesity: sleep.

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Health on the Net

Values play into treatment recommendations, study finds

Many doctors believe they have the right not to tell patients about treatments that they object to on moral or religious grounds and to refuse to refer patients elsewhere for the care.

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Washington Post

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Branson offers millions for climate change solutions

Sir Richard Branson, the British tycoon who founded the Virgin Group empire, has announced a $25 million prize for the scientist who finds a way to extract greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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International Herald Tribune

EU plans limits on carbon dioxide emissions for new cars

The European Commission proposed binding rules to force automakers to cut carbon dioxide emissions from new cars sold in the European Union by 2012.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Hospital for sick children gets record $30M donation

Philanthropists Arthur and Sonia Labatt gave the Hospital for Sick Children $30 million to build a new heart center and to expand the brain tumor research center the couple established 10 years ago.

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Canada.com

IRS lets firms help employees with tainted options

The Internal Revenue Service said that companies can step up and help hundreds of thousands of employees pay hefty penalties from tainted options.

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San Jose Mercury News

NATION

6 feet of snow, and more on the way

While the northern Plains and Northeast shiver in dangerously cold temperatures, folks in upstate New York are keeping warm shoveling snow — lots of snow.

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USA Today

LA police probe 'homeless dumping'

LA police are investigating allegations that a hospital van dropped off a paraplegic man on Skid Row, with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag.

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Yahoo! News

Plant nursery accused of human trafficking

A dozen Guatemalans filed a federal lawsuit against a large nursery, claiming they were taken to Connecticut without their consent, forced to work nearly 80 hours a week.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

Road-travel icon has new British owner

Britain's biggest bus company, FirstGroup Plc, has agreed to buy Laidlaw International Inc. -- the U.S. company that runs Greyhound buses -- for $2.8 billion plus debt.

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Reuters

Kodak plans to cut 3,000 more jobs

Eastman Kodak Co. is cutting 3,000 more jobs this year as the picture-taking pioneer wraps up its wrenching transformation into a digital-imaging company.

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ENVIRONMENT

The Who's Townshend and Daltrey to tour

More than four decades after they first hit the road, The Who gave an impromptu performance to show they're in fighting form for a 28-city European tour.

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Showbuzz

Spector case 'could be televised'

A judge in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector has said he is considering allowing the case to be televised so people can follow it.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CBS expands mobile-content offerings

CBS announced that it has launched three new sites designed for access on the mobile Web

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CNET News

Astronauts make 3rd spacewalk

Two spacewalking astronauts tossed quilt-sized thermal shrouds from the international space station and watched them float away during their third spacewalk in nine days.

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Jackson News-Tribune

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

China gets religion, believe it or not

China's turn towards religion has been officially acknowledged, with a landmark poll showing a tripling in the number of people who describe themselves as religious.

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Sydney Morning Herald

U.K. Islamic school removes insults to Jews, Christians

A Saudi-funded Islamic school in London at the center of a media storm over textbooks containing references to Jews and Christians as monkeys and pigs said it had removed the controversial chapters.

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Ha'aretz

EDUCATION

Supreme Court’s Alito speaks with U.Va. class

The student questioner was blunt: Was it an embarrassment to the U.S. Supreme Court that Samuel Alito Jr. and not a woman was appointed to fill its most recent vacancy?

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Virginian Pilot

NY students in trouble for fake hostage tape

Five college students are claiming that they were just joking when they decided to mimic a hostage taking on video, according to a newspaper.

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ABC7

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

N.H. to offer girls free cancer vaccine

New Hampshire announced plans Wednesday to become the first state to offer the new cervical-cancer vaccine free to all girls.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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A tourist walks under colorful lanterns on display at the Kek Lok Si temple in Penang Island, Malaysia, for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. Chinese throughout the world will be celebrating Chinese lunar new year which falls on Feb. 18. (Photo by Gary Chuah/AP)

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