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Friends of Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Arbel Reich, who was killed during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, gather around his grave after his funeral in the cemetery in the northern Israeli town of Misgav. The army said his death was the first combat fatality since Nov. 1, 2006. (Photo by Sebastian Scheiner / AP)

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Islamists fire rockets at Lebanon villages

Islamist militants fired Katyusha rockets at Lebanese villages in a further escalation of their 8-week-old battle with the army at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

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Reuters

New York Times journalist killed in Iraq

An Iraqi journalist for The New York Times was shot to death on his way to work, less than an hour after he called the bureau to say a checkpoint had blocked his normal route, the newspaper said.

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CBS News

Afghan police 'under-equipped'

A senior American army officer in Afghanistan says that only about 40 percent of the police force is properly equipped.

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BBC

Bush admits admin. leaked CIA name

President Bush acknowledged for the first time that "perhaps" one of his aides unmasked a covert CIA agent, but expressed no regrets and said it was time to "move on."

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Melbourne Herald Sun

House votes to bring home troops in '08

The House voted 223-201 to require most U.S. troops to leave Iraq by April 1, 2008. President Bush vetoed a bill with a similar withdrawal date in May.

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CNN

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Bush upbeat despite Iraq woes

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BBC

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Iran okays U.N. nuclear inspections

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Quick guide: Iran nuclear stand-off

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BBC

Probe: FAA covers up controller errors

The FAA has covered up mistakes and created dangerous conditions such as letting planes fly too close at one of the nation's busiest airports, according to a government investigator.

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Houston Chronicle

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Overworked air traffic controllers

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NATION

Can Darfur's disparate rebels unite?

Fighting between rebel groups in Darfur could complicate upcoming peace talks.

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Christian Science Monitor

Nigerian kidnappers demand $78,600 for 3-year-old

Nigerian kidnappers have demanded 10 million naira ($78,600) for a 3-year-old boy they snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta, relatives of the toddler said.

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Reuters

Thousands protest mosque assault

Several thousand Pakistani Islamists rallied to denounce the government for ordering an army crackdown on a radical mosque in the capital, Islamabad.

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Reuters

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Horror of the Red Mosque revealed

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Inside battle scarred mosque

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BBC

POLITICS

Bush tells Miers not to attend hearing

President Bush ordered former counsel Harriet Miers to defy a congressional summons, even as a former aide appeared before a Senate panel earlier this week.

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Arizona Republic

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Former Bush aide testifies

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CBS News

Surgeon General nominee will undergo rigorous questioning

A Senate committee will consider President Bush's nomination for the next surgeon general. But there are questions about both the job, and the candidate.

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NPR

Dems get warm receptions from NAACP

Delegates at the NAACP's annual meeting warmly welcomed all eight Democratic contenders who came because of things they said.

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USA Today

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Dems vie for black vote

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BUSINESS

Tougher safety rules ahead for imports

The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is preparing regulatory proposals that could mandate broader inspections of imports and stiffer penalties for ignoring safety rules.

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Ledger

Whole Foods CEO criticized rival in anonymous posts

Whole Foods Market Chief Executive Officer John Mackey criticized Wild Oats Markets in anonymous messages on the Internet in the years before his company agreed to take over the smaller rival.

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Houston Chronicle

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CEO stages Internet attack

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NPR

SPORTS

Lancaster leads John Deere Classic

It took Neal Lancaster a while to wake up. When he finally did, he was already well on his way to shooting his best round in two years.

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Lancaster leads John Deere Classic

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ESPN

Beckham sells 250,000 Galaxy shirts

David Beckham's move to L.A. Galaxy has set cash tills ringing at the Major League Soccer club with 250,000 replica team shirts ordered before they were unveiled.

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Reuters

EDUCATION

The latest move abroad: Tutoring

Companies such as TutorVista have assembled an army of foreign teachers, mostly classroom veterans with graduate degrees, to help American students learn everything from ABC to E=mc2.

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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

House OKs bill to cut student loan rates

Legislation to lower interest rates on student loans and increase aid to poor people who want to go to college won House approval.

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

World's tallest man marries in Mongolia

The world's tallest man has found his soulmate and gotten married, though his new bride is almost half his height and half his age.

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CTV

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World's tallest man marries, sweeps bride off feet

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Yahoo! News

Friends 'pay it forward' to survivor

Since Seth Mutschler was in a car accident, he hasn’t felt up to much physical activity. But, he and his friends recently headed out to toss a Frisbee.

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NATION

Nation's poor hit by housing crunch

Growing numbers of the nation's poorest households are using more than half their earnings for rent while waiting years for federal housing assistance that may never come.

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McClatchy Newspapers

A few shops sell most crime guns

When criminals need guns, they have plenty of options in a country with nearly 100,000 licensed gun stores. But drug dealers and other crooks don’t shop just anywhere. They have their favorites.

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MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists predict floods in New York from global warming

New York and several coastal cities would suffer a huge upsurge in floods by the end of the century if temperatures continue to rise because of global warming, a new report says.

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Earth Times

Deep volcanic fizz forces earth to burp

Like rising bubbles in champagne, gases from Earth’s interior can ascend to the surface and cause magma to explode in dangerous splatters.

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LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Miss New Jersey keeps crown

Amy Polumbo may have been out of her gourd a while back, but she's still in the running to be Miss America.

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E! Online

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Miss New Jersey allowed to keep crown

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KCBS

Poll: Few fans think Harry Potter will die

Harry Potter can breathe a sigh of relief. Only one in five adult fans think the boy wizard will die in the final book of J.K. Rowling's hit series, according to an opinion poll.

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Reuters

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Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix trailer

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study reveals anatomy of suppressed memories

U.S. researchers have identified the parts of the brain that are involved with suppressing unpleasant memories, a finding that could have implications for treating depression.

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IOL

Water found on distant planets

Researchers now have the first conclusive evidence of water on a planet outside our solar system, according to a paper in the journal Nature.

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TIME

HEALTH

Dangerous lead levels found in some garden hoses

It's about as uncomplicated as it gets — rip off the package, screw the fitting onto a spigot and your new garden hose is good to go. But some garden hoses may contain dangerous levels of lead.

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Health News Digest

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Lurking danger in garden hoses

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ABC News

Test warns of dangerous 'deep belly' fat

A protein in blood points to rising amounts of a particularly lethal form of body fat around organs, scientists say.

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Health Day

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican names O'Brien to head Baltimore archdiocese

The Vatican announced that Edwin Frederick O'Brien will take over for Cardinal William H. Keeler, who has headed Baltimore's archdiocese for nearly two decades.

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Baltimore gets new archbishop

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WJZ

Group meets with city officials over Muslim scarf ban

Members of a Muslim advocacy group met with local officials from Valdosta, Georgia, about a policy that barred a Muslim woman from wearing a traditional head scarf in a city courtroom.

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International Herald Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Pentagon restricting who can testify before Congress

The Pentagon has placed unprecedented restrictions on who can testify before Congress, according to Defense Department documents.

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Brazilian diver Tammy Galera practices at the venue of the diving and swimming competitions of the Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro. The games will feature more than 5,000 athletes from 42 countries. (Photo by Armando Franca / AP)

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