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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, hands U.S. President George W. Bush, left, a sample of biodiesel fuel during their tour of the Petrobras S.A. Facility, before delivering a joint statement on BioFuel Technology, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP )

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Justice Dept.: FBI misused Patriot Act

The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States, a Justice Department audit concluded.

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Yahoo! News

Big-city murders jump more than 10 percent

The murder rate jumped by more than 10 percent among dozens of large U.S. cities since 2004, a study shows in the latest sign of the end of a national lull in violent crime.

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Associated Press

Hard-liners triumph in Northern Ireland election

The polar extremes of Northern Ireland politics have strengthened their grip on the legislature, ensuring they will control any future administration.

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Toronto Globe and Mail

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Bush, Chavez on dueling tours of Latin America

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Reuters

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Bush pledges to promote bio-fuels

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BBC

Gasoline again flirts with $3 mark

Gasoline prices have jumped above $3 a gallon in areas of California and Hawaii, and may hit that level in other parts of the country when summer arrives.

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Mercury News

Ethiopia says European hostages unharmed

Five Europeans and eight locals kidnapped by gunmen in remote north Ethiopia are in good condition despite more than a week's captivity, the government and a local community leader said.

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Reuters

Hearings set for 'high-value' Guantanamo inmates

U.S. military officials will start hearings for 14 prisoners transferred to Guantanamo Bay from secret CIA jails, including the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States.

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Reuters

NATION

U.S. sends spies into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden

America is stepping up its hunt for Osama bin Laden by dispatching additional CIA operatives and paramilitary officers to Pakistan to kill or capture the al-Qa'eda leader.

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Telegraph

Olmert 'planned Lebanon war before soldiers' kidnap'

Ehud Olmert's decision to go to war in Lebanon in response to abductions of soldiers was taken as early as March 2006, according to a leak of his evidence to the commission investigating the war.

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London Independent

The fall of the House of Lords

The House of Commons voted to replace the House of Lords with a shockingly modern invention: a fully elected upper chamber.

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TIME

POLITICS

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New York wonders as ex-Mayor Giuliani gains support

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Reuters

John Edwards to skip Nevada debate

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards won't participate in a debate co-hosted by Fox News and the Nevada Democratic Party, as officials tried to settle issues over their partnership with Fox.

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CBS News

Gingrich tells Christian group of affair

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Bills trade McGahee to Ravens

Running back Willis McGahee was traded to the Baltimore Ravens by Buffalo for three draft choices, a day after Jamal Lewis signed with Cleveland.

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Sports Illustrated

Vukovich passes away at 59

There are many funny, sad and heartwarming stories about Philadelphia Phillies coach John Vukovich, as there should be for a man who touched so many lives.

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MLB

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Video game makers pick top titles

Gears of War has won the title of best game in the industry's version of the Oscars.

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BBC

Spring forward, fall to pieces?

Will early daylight–saving time destroy your computer? Remember when Y2K nearly destroyed Western civilization?

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Slate

Astronaut e-mails raise acceptable use issues

The NASA astronaut love triangle involving Lisa Nowak, Colleen Shipman, and William Oefelein might very well serve as an object lesson for I.T. departments about private communications.

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HEALTH

Invasive therapy doesn't cut deaths in acute coronary syndrome

Early invasive therapies that open blocked heart arteries don't reduce the number of deaths or heart attacks in patients with acute coronary syndrome, Dutch researchers report.

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Health Day

'Morning after' access sought at Kroger

Activists are calling on Kroger Co. pharmacies to make the so-called "morning after" pill available at all of their stores after a Georgia woman said she was denied the contraceptive.

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Examiner

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Americans get an 'F' in religion

Sixty percent of Americans can't name five of the Ten Commandments, and 50% of high school seniors think Sodom and Gomorrah were married.

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USA Today

Pope opposed Bob Dylan appearance

Pope Benedict was opposed to Bob Dylan appearing at a youth event with the late Pope John Paul in 1997 because he considered the pop star the wrong kind of "prophet".

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GOOD NEWS

Rare vulture heads home to Mongolia

The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of 9.2 feet and a taste for rotting carcasses may also be on board.

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MSNBC

Doctor: Surgery to help nerve damage in 8-month-old Iraqi baby went 'really well'

An 8-month-old Iraqi infant, who suffered nerve damage during birth, is expected to recover some movement in his right hand following successful surgery in Houston.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

NATION

Which bell should the NAACP answer?

Bruce Gordon's resignation as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People after only 19 months, points to an internal split: civil rights vs. economic progress.

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Christian Science Monitor

CBS hires new chief to boost Katie Couric

The hiring of Rick Kaplan to run the "CBS Evening News" is a sign that the network wants to replace experimentation with a program its viewers can count on when they switch on Katie Couric.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Net worth of U.S. households skyrockets

The net worth of U.S. households climbed to a record high in the final quarter of last year, boosted mostly by gains on stocks, the Federal Reserve reported.

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Associated Press

BUSINESS

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U.S. unemployment rate drops to 4.5 percent

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Associated Press

Trichet: Greenspan doesn't sway European Central Bank

Alan Greenspan holds no quarter with the European Central Bank, even though it was his remarks that the U.S. could find itself in a recession that sent world markets on a volatile ride.

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BusinessWeek

ENVIRONMENT

Don’t discuss polar bears, U.S. tells scientists

Polar bears, sea ice and global warming are taboo subjects, at least in public, for some U.S. scientists attending meetings abroad.

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Reuters

50,000 scientists to study impact of climate change on poles

Nearly 50,000 scientists from 60 countries have enrolled themselves in a two-year intense study of the poles under the International Polar Year program to investigate global warming.

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Earth Times

EDUCATION

Low-income families get college aid help

More than 1,700 potential college students and parents who earn less than $45,000 annually and have their taxes done at select H&R Block offices will get free help completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

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Christian Science Monitor

An MCAT glitch affects hundreds of test-takers

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, which administers the Medical College Admissions Test, a total of 787 examinees encountered incoherent passage-question pairing.

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Nation

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Backstory: A marine's corps de ballet

A unique pas de deux: A Soviet ballet star and a medaled ex-marine run a very intense dance school in rural Maine.

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Christian Science Monitor

The last days of internet radio?

A decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to raise royalty fees could put some small online radio stations out of business.

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BusinessWeek

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Will Pope Benedict become a Mormon after he dies?

Pope Benedict was baptized at birth and will most likely be baptized again one year after his death, not by his Roman Catholic Church but by a Mormon he never met.

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A man walks among the rice paddies carved out of the hillside in the village of Longji, in southern Chinas Guangxi region. (Photo by Elizabeth Dalziel)

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