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Trader Frank Laregina uses a phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks fell in another rocky opening, with investors uneasy about the health of the economy and corporate earnings after disappointing reports from big names like Apple Inc. and Motorola Inc. (Photo by Richard Drew / AP)

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World markets catch a US cold

Asia's markets rebounded after the Fed's move, but the fact remained that investors worldwide were finally absorbing an unavoidable truth: The United States appears to be in real economic trouble.

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TIME

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Interest-rate cut helps markets rein in losses

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NPR

Special section:

World markets: details of price moves and charts

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International Herald Tribune

Suspect in Marine’s killing seen in Mexico

Missing Marine Cesar Laurean, wanted in the slaying of a pregnant colleague, visited relatives in Mexico, but left without saying where he was headed, a man identified as his cousin said.

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MSNBC

Gazans flood through Egypt border

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have surged into Egypt from the Gaza Strip after masked militants destroyed parts of the border wall.

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BBC

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Israel eases Gaza blockade

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Reuters

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Palestinians flood into Egypt

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Guardian

Bush made false statements on Iraq

A study by two non-profit journalism organizations found that President Bush and top administration officials issued hundreds of false statements about the national security threat from Iraq.

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USA Today

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'Orchestrated deception' by Bush on Iraq

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NPR

Striking writers agree to resume talks with studios

Hollywood writers agreed to discuss ground rules for new negotiations with movie and television studios to end the 11-week-old strike.

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Bloomberg

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Grammy telecast is still on; striking writers will not protest

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MTV.com

NATION

Army recruiting more dropouts

A new analysis of Pentagon data shows that only 71 percent of Army recruits in 2007 earned high-school diplomas, extending a downward trend that began in 2004, and well below the Army's goal.

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TIME

Murder conviction thrown out; Masters goes free

A Colorado judge threw out Tim Masters' 1999 murder conviction after DNA evidence exonerated him, and Masters was immediately freed after spending more than nine years behind bars.

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CNN

FBI joins search for 'abducted' teen

The FBI has joined the investigation into what police now say was likely the abduction of a teenage woman from a friend's Reno, Nev., home.

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ABC News

POLITICS

Giuliani's Florida strategy about to be put to test

Having let his rivals battle it out in the early states, Rudy Giuliani faces a must-win situation in Florida when the state's Republicans head to the polls next week.

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CNN

Obama ahead of Clinton in South Carolina

Illinois' Sen. Barack Obama is enjoying a comfortable lead in the newest polls over rival Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York as the South Carolina primary draws closer.

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MarketWatch

BUSINESS

Seattle Starbucks testing $1 coffees with free refills

Faced with growing competition from cheaper rivals, Starbucks Corp. is testing $1 short cups of drip coffee with free refills in its hometown.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

GM global sales tied with Toyota

General Motors Corp.'s 76-year claim as the world's largest automaker is in jeopardy after preliminary sales totals for 2007 indicated a virtual tie with Toyota Motor Corp.

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Bloomberg

Apple posts nice Q1, pessimistic on Q2

Apple's first quarter hit on all cylinders, as the company continued its financial run on the strength of its Mac business.

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CNET News

SPORTS

Federer rolls past Blake, Ivanovic ousts Venus

Top-ranked Roger Federer ran his record against James Blake to 8-0 and advanced to the Australian Open semifinals with a 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory. Ana Ivanovic ousted Venus Williams 7-6 (3), 6-4.

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Sports Illustrated

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Australian Open - Day 10

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Chang leads latest class into ITF Hall of Fame

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CBS News

Kentucky upset No. 3 Tennessee

Jodie Meeks raised his arms as a sea of blue-and-white clad fans at Rupp Arena roared in the aftermath of another home win over a ranked Southeastern Conference opponent.

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Tumor recently removed from Nuggets' Nene malignant

The Brazilian magazine "Epoca" has reported, and the Denver Nuggets have confirmed, that the tumor recently removed from the right testicle of their power forward Nene was indeed malignant.

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ESPN

HEALTH

Gastric lap-band surgery can send diabetes into remission

New research suggests that gastric lap-band surgery isn't only for the most obese; it can also combat diabetes in people who aren't severely fat.

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U.S. News & World Report

Work stress 'changes your body'

A stressful job has a direct biological impact on the body, raising the risk of heart disease, research has indicated.

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BBC

RELIGION

Pre-marital sex 'more accepted'

The British Social Attitudes Survey suggests 70 percent of the 3,000 people polled had no objections to pre-marital sex — up from 48 percent in 1984.

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BBC

Tom Cruise, Scientology fundamentalist

The question that a student of religion must ask is whether the fascinating train wreck of belief embodied by the Tom Cruise video is typical of the Scientologist's experience?

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Beliefnet

Motorcycle ministry: A 'biker church' in Texas draws a devoted flock

Dennis King preaches in a converted blues bar to motorcycle riders and others who like his brand of everyone-is-welcome worship.

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Christian Science Monitor

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Robert Reich):

The politics of an economic nightmare

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Salon.com

Column (Holly Bailey):

Where Thompson went wrong

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Newsweek

Column (Martin Wolf):

The financial turmoil is like an elephant in a dark room

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Financial Times

By seeing everything, kids today miss a lot

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MSNBC

To wealthy Americans: save the economy!

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Slate

Money flows 'round the globe; where it stops, no one knows

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USA Today

A Super Bowl lesson from Ghana

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (David Brooks):

The voters revolt

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International Herald Tribune

A whiff of panic at the Fed

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Economist

The boomerang effect in Pakistan

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

Cat with no eyes still hunts, finds way around house

A tough little rescued cat, who lost both her eyes after being hit by a car lives a normal, happy life chasing squirrels and birds and navigates around her home with no difficulty.

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Houston Chronicle

Doing philanthropy the Google way

With its funding of renewable energy and early warning systems for drought and infectious diseases, Google.org is innovating and disrupting the world of corporate philanthropy.

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CNET News

WORLD

Namibia turns to world for answers on missing soldiers

Relatives of "disappeared" fighters hope the International Criminal Court will investigate the cases that have haunted them for so long.

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Christian Science Monitor

Davos: center of the world

From Birmingham to Bangkok, the name “Davos” stands not so much for a mountain community in eastern Switzerland, but an annual gathering of bigwigs meeting to save the world.

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Financial Times

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Recession fears stalk Davos meeting

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CNN

Dying under the radar

In a newly released report, the International Rescue Committee updated its running total on Congo's dead since the outbreak of war in 1998. Their number now stands at 5.4 million deaths.

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Newsweek

ENVIRONMENT

Beijing Olympic water scheme drains parched farmers

Dusty villages far from China's capital are paying their own price for the government's plan to stage a postcard-perfect Olympic Games, enduring shrunken crops, drained wells and lost land.

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Environmental News Network

EU reveals energy plan of action

According to the European Commission, the aim of the plan would be a 20 percent cut in the EU's greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, which could rise to 30 percent with a global deal.

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BBC

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US given poor marks on the environment

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International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Seeing snowflakes as 'hieroglyphs from the sky'

Ken Libbrecht, astrophysicist and chairman of the physics department at the California Institute of Technology, explores the physics of how snow crystals grow and form in the atmosphere.

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NPR

Can Web-based worlds teach us about the real one?

Researchers are eager to study millions of online gamers that live in "virtual" communities, such as Second Life, hoping to gain insight into our "real world" behaviors.

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Christian Science Monitor

Unmanned aircraft may spot hurricanes

Unmanned aircrafts, like those used by the U.S. military in Iraq, will increasingly be used to monitor storms.

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Reuters

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Retire at 75? Not these folks

In recent years, the number of people 75 and older with jobs has grown. The trend is driven by love of work, the need for something meaningful to do and a Depression-era fear of poverty.

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Raleigh News & Observer

Initial Ledger autopsy is inconclusive

An autopsy on Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and more tests are needed, the medical examiner's office said, after the 28-year-old actor was found dead with sleeping pills nearby.

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AOL News

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Heath Ledger: life and times

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ABC News

EDUCATION

Former FCC chairs push for digital-education effort

Common Sense Media is teaming up with Michael Powell, a former FCC chairman, and others to push for government and industry funding of a broad-based digital-media-education initiative.

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Broadcasting and Cable

Texas' public school athletes to be tested for steroid usage

Testing for steroid use will start within weeks and will involve between 40,000 to 50,000 student-athletes, said Kim Rogers, spokeswoman for the University Interscholastic League.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

15 percent of women struggle with pregnancy-related depression

One in seven women suffers from depression before, during or after pregnancy, a new study finds.

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Photo of the Day

A view of the border area between the Gaza Strip and Egypt after it was destroyed in a series of explosions by militants in Rafah. (Photo by Adel Hana / AP)

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