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Jose Lechuga is interviewed in his store in Hazleton, Pa., June 15, 2006, in the heart of the Hispanic business district. Lechuga and his wife Rosa are plaintiffs in a federal trial opening in nearby Scranton that will determine whether Hazleton has the right to make life difficult for illegal immigrants by penalizing landlords who rent to them and businesses that give them jobs. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster, File / AP)

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Pa. city to defend illegal immigrant law

Nearly a year after the city of Hazleton began a high-profile campaign to rid itself of illegal immigrants, opponents of the crackdown are getting their day in court.

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ABC News

Bush, first lady visit Guatemalan town

President and Mrs. Bush are going to Santa Cruz Balanya, a town of about 10,000 mostly indigenous Guatemalans, to stress the need for social justice and equality.

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Examiner

Zimbabwean opposition tortured by police

Top opposition leaders were assaulted and tortured by police who broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies, colleagues of the activists said.

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Zimbabwe opposition leader hurt

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Al Jazeera

Report: U.S. military plans Iraq fallback strategy

U.S. military planners have begun work on a fallback strategy in case the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq fails, including a gradual pullout of U.S. forces and more emphasis on training Iraqi forces.

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U.S. military buildup may require multiple tours of duty

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Houston Chronicle

Firefighters snuffing Orange County blaze after 2,000-acre rampage

Encouraged by cooler temperatures and calmer winds, firefighters battled a wind-whipped blaze that earlier chewed through thousands of acres of parched hillside.

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Fire in the hills

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MSNBC

Sudan orchestrated Darfur crimes, U.N. mission says

A U.N. human rights mission accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in war crimes in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.

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Reuters

U.S. security scares away foreign visitors

According to figures from the Travel Industry Association of America, the number of travelers to the United States has dropped by 17 percent since 2001.

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MSNBC

NATION

Pro-Kremlin parties win Russian regional polls

Russian regional elections seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's presidential vote handed the Kremlin's supporters a hefty majority and squeezed out its most outspoken opponents, results showed.

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Reuters

Suicide bomber hurts 3 in Net cafe

Morocco was investigating whether an overnight blast was a militant suicide attack after a man with explosives under his clothes was blown up and three others were wounded at a Casablanca Internet cafe.

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CNN

Chief U.N. nuclear inspector in Beijing

The U.N.'s chief nuclear inspector played down expectations that his trip to North Korea heralded the communist country's rapid disarmament, saying a buildup of trust and confidence were needed first.

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Examiner

POLITICS

Immigration bill could get jump-start

After years of deadlock, Congress seems to have all the ingredients to revamp a broken immigration system and devise a way to handle up to 12 million undocumented immigrants while tightening border security.

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San Jose Mercury News

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States, feds at odds over stricter Medicaid rules

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

White House says Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors

The White House acknowledged that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints to the Justice Department about federal prosecutors who were later fired.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Democrats call for resignation of Gonzales

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should resign following disclosures of mass firings of federal prosecutors and a report the FBI improperly obtained information, top Democratic senators said.

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MSNBC

SPORTS

Source: Patriots sign Stallworth to multiyear deal

Donte' Stallworth will be catching passes from Tom Brady instead of Donovan McNabb next year. Stallworth and the New England Patriots agreed on a multiyear contract.

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Sports Illustrated

Pavano missed start to be with ailing girlfriend

New York Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano says he missed his scheduled spring training start because of a medical situation involving his girlfriend.

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ESPN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Confessions of an Internet scammer

The U.S. operative for a Nigerian Internet scam ring has turned on his one-time colleagues, providing new details of who they are and how they work, for a report to broadcast on 20/20.

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ABC News

Turkish ban on YouTube lifted

Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey.

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HEALTH

Link between rheumatoid arthritis and cancer

Inflammatory arthritis may increase the risk of dying from cancer but not developing it, suggests long-term community-based study.

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Research strengthens link between smoking, pancreatic cancer

Researchers at Michigan State University have added yet another piece to the puzzle that links cigarette smoking with cancer of the pancreas, one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Comedian commits apparent suicide

Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said.

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Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige win big at Soul Train Awards

Jamie Foxx and Mary J. Blige took best album honors at the 21st Anniversary Soul Train Music Awards.

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GOOD NEWS

Violence against intimate partners at record low

Criminal violence against intimate partners fell by nearly two-thirds in recent years and has reached a record low, according to preliminary government figures.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Inseminated elephant gives birth in Asia

Thai veterinarians announced that an artificially inseminated elephant has given birth to a bouncing baby boy - a first in Asia that could be a crucial step in conserving the endangered species.

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NATION

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Immigration raids split families

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Kidnapped newborn reunited with mother

A newborn girl was reunited with her mother at a Lubbock, Texas, hospital where the baby was abducted the day before, a hospital official told CNN.

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CNN

Vietnam War's most decorated American Indian vet dies

Billy Walkabout, a native Cherokee whose actions in Vietnam made him among the most decorated soldiers of the war, has died. He was 57.

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USA Today

BUSINESS

Giver's remorse

It is a sign of poor relations between donor and charity when the donor's heir takes a hacksaw to the charity's filing cabinets.

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CNN Money

Halliburton will move headquarters to Dubai

Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced.

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Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

Anglers prepare for end of bottomfishing off northwestern Hawaii

In a marine area nearly the size of California, stretching northwest from the main Hawaiian islands, a handful of anglers still ply the waters. But their way of life will end in just over four years.

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Environmental News Network

13 new corals found in Gulf of Mannar

Thirteen new species of corals were discovered in the Gulf of Mannar's Marine National Park during a survey conducted by a research institute in Tuticorin.

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Earth Times

EDUCATION

Hundreds of students have SAT test scores cancelled

About 900 Korean students will have their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores cancelled over a possible breach of security in January.

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Korea Times

Higher education has higher standards

When Mike Tolusso's oldest daughter applied to colleges three years ago, there was no reason to worry: Laura Tolusso had a 4.0 at Cave Spring High School and 1300 on her SATs.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

TV anchor: I was sexually abused by Catholic priest

Thomas Roberts, a Headline News anchor since 2001, discusses being abused by a Catholic priest as a teenager in a CNN Behind the Scenes story.

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CNN

Call for halt on Muslim immigration in Australia

The NSW election campaign has become entangled in a debate over Muslim immigration after the leader of the Christian Democratic Party called for an immediate halt to Islamic immigrants.

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Melbourne Herald Sun

These models wear their spirituality on their sleeves

The bodies at this evening gathering are sculpted, the locks of hair full and wavy, the faces made for the covers of magazines. It's heavenly.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

'Hobbit'-like skeleton is a new species

New scientific evidence supports the theory that an 18,000-year old Hobbit-like skeleton unearthed in Indonesia is a new species closely related to Homo sapiens

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A boy, only hands seen, smears color and glitter on another as they celebrate Rangpanchami, marking the end of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Bhopal, India. Holi is celebrated for a week in some parts of the country. (Photo by Prakash Hatvalne / AP)

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