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Afghan soldiers cordon off a UN guest house after it was attacked by gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Altaf Qadri / AP)

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100 killed in blast at Pakistan market

A car bomb tore through a Pakistan market, killing 100 people while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was visiting the country to pledge support for the campaign against Islamist militants.

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Pakistan market blast

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NY Fed’s secret choice to pay for swaps hits taxpayers

In November 2008, the New York Fed led by Timothy Geithner intervened in negotiations to instruct AIG to pay its big bank creditors par, or 100 cents on the dollar. The deliberations have not been made public.

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The Examiner

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Protests at US bankers' convention

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Guardian

UN reviews security after Kabul attack

The United Nations is reviewing its security procedures after an attack on a private guesthouse in central Kabul killed five U.N. staff members.

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CNN

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Casualties in Iraq, Afghanistan

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USA TODAY

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On the hunt for roadside bombs in Afghanistan

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NPR

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Afghanistan violence reaches record level

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MSNBC

Pay czar increased base pay at firms

While Treasury Department pay czar Kenneth Feinberg cut by half total compensation at firms under his control, he substantially increased their regular salaries as well.

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Wall Street Journal

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Survey: CEOs receive less at Asian banks

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MarketWatch

Gay rights activists await census data

Both advocates and opponents of gay rights await the statistics in the new national census data on same-sex couples.

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Newsweek

NATION

Brother of Afghan leader is said to be on CIA payroll

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of President Hamid Karzai, has been receiving regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency for over eight years, according to current and former American officials.

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Dems say CIA may have misled Congress

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The Hill

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Karzai brother on CIA payroll

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MSNBC

San Francisco's Bay Bridge closed after repair falls apart

Three pieces of an emergency repair to the Bay Bridge's cantilever section snapped and crashed onto the upper deck, forcing closure of the region's busiest bridge.

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San Francisco Chronicle

POLITICS

Dems struggle to find unity on health plan

Democrats are still struggling to find a strategy that will let them push a health care overhaul through the Senate and fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of signing a bill this year.

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Big asterisk on Reid's public option

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Nuclear energy: focal point in climate debate

Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation.

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San Antonio Express

HEALTH

Study: heart health worsening for middle-age women

Middle-aged men still have higher rates of heart disease than middle-aged women, but those gender differences appear to be narrowing, a new study shows.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Smoking's damage swift, irreversible

Cigarette smoking starts inflicting "very significant" damage on the arteries with the very first puffs taken by otherwise healthy young smokers, new research shows.

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WebMD

ENVIRONMENT

UN officials: Quick climate treaty unlikely

Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it is scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warming.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Study: Coastal communities must do more to protect against climate change

Atlantic coastal communities have been slow to prepare themselves for rising sea levels due to climate change, a report says.

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SPORTS

Harvesting baseball's 'magic mud'

The unique muck is the only brand used each year by Major League Baseball to abide by a line in the league's rule book requiring umpires to inspect balls and remove gloss.

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CNN

In book, Agassi admits using crystal meth

Andre Agassi's upcoming autobiography contains an admission that he used crystal meth in 1997 and lied to tennis authorities when he failed a drug test.

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Google News

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Celebrating María Lionza

Each October, thousands of followers of the María Lionza religion make a pilgrimage to Sorte Mountain in Venezuela for a weekend of fire dances, cleansing ceremonies and healing rituals.

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The benefits of meditation

Over the past 40 years hundreds of studies on the effects of meditation have shown the practice produces benefits on many levels of life simultaneously — physical, mental and emotional.

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GOOD NEWS

Citizens' Green$ense reaps $5.2 million

Green$ense aims to reduce paper consumption by urging Citizens and Charter One customers to do all of their banking electronically.

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New Haven Register

Biking 150 miles for a cause — in a dress and heels

Amidst the sea of jerseys and bike shorts at New Jersey's City to Shore — a 150-mile bike ride to benefit multiple sclerosis research — one unlikely rider stands out.

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WORLD

UN chief condemns Kabul killings

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned as "shocking and shameless" a Taliban attack which killed six UN workers in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

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BBC

2 Chicago men charged in alleged Danish terror plot

Two Chicago men were charged with plotting to attack "facilities and employees" of a Danish newspaper that printed cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 2005.

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Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Bill would shift rescue costs to banks

The Obama administration and the head of an important House committee unveiled legislation to shift the cost of rescues of big financial institutions from taxpayers to other large companies.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Don't expect a great recovery

Economists are forecasting that the GDP rose at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the third quarter. If correct, it will end the most severe U.S. economic decline since the Great Depression.

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CNNMoney

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Building better DVDs with shrimp eyes

The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Digital cinema still a work in progress

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Hollywood Reporter

Cleaning up polluted harbors with greener ships

The second busiest port in the world is filled with diesel-powered ships, ferries and fishing boats that belch toxins into the infamously polluted Hong Kong skyline. That could be changing.

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TIME

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Disgraced ex-reporter Jayson Blair to speak in Va. on ethics

Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair will be the featured speaker at a Virginia journalism ethics seminar.

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Modesto Bee

Scarlett Johansson to Broadway

Scarlett Johansson will co-star on stage with Liev Shreiber, who plays a Brooklyn longshoreman who becomes obsessed with Johansson as his orphaned niece.

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Telegraph.co.uk

EDUCATION

Science and technology student defection occurs after high school

The conclusion of a study disputes the idea that students are leaving the mathematics and science fields because they lack preparation or ability.

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Study: no shortage of US engineers

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BusinessWeek

Bill seeks to make it easier for veterans to become school teachers

Legislators introduced a bipartisan bill that would make it easier for veterans to become public school teachers.

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Examiner

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Bronx principal's tough love gets results

Edward Tom has raised the graduation rate to 84 percent, compared to 52 percent in the rest of Bronx, and many of his students are college-bound.

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CBS News

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An Indian camel herder reaches for a camel at the Pushkar Mela in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. (Photo by Kevin Frayer / AP)

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