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People walk through the debris outside the CNN Center in Atlanta after a wind storm blew through the area, injuring several people and damaging the Georgia Dome and other surrounding buildings. The National Weather Service had not determined if the storm was a tornado. (Photo by Dave Martin / AP)

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House OKs surveillance bill opposed by President Bush

The House narrowly approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government's eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails inside the United States.

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Houston Chronicle

Police make arrests in Tibet after protests

Recent arrests were the fallout from the largest public protests against Chinese rule for nearly 20 years, according to Tibet experts. The protests came on the 49th anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Tibetan exiles defy Indian ban

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ABC News

Atlanta braces for another severe storm

An even larger system than the previous one was forecast to move through northern Georgia, bringing heavy rains and high winds to the area, said Vaughn Smith, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

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Audio slide show: 'Looked like a riot'

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CNN

US tightens air quality standards

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tightening air quality standards in an effort to help improve public health, for the first time in more than 10 years.

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BBC

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Battle of the bags: paper vs. plastic

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MSNBC

Obama struggles to downplay minister

The racially charged exchanges between supporters of both Democratic presidential candidates continued after videotape of inflammatory sermons by Sen. Obama’s former pastor ignited fierce debate.

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MSNBC

NATION

Docs cleared in John Ritter trial

Two doctors were not negligent in the diagnosis and treatment of John Ritter, who died from a torn aorta in 2003, a jury found in a wrongful death lawsuit by the actor's widow and children.

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Showbuzz

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Remembering John Ritter

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CBS News

Arizona city seeks moat to secure border

Most plans to gain control of the porous U.S.-Mexico border focus on some combination of fence. But this city in far west Arizona is looking to build a moat.

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Reuters

Top federal judge linked to call-girl ring

One of the country's top federal judges has been linked to an investigation of a Denver-based prostitution ring, according to federal officials.

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ABC News

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Will scandal give call girl her big break?

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CBS News

POLITICS

Pelosi says there won’t be a Democratic ‘dream ticket’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is throwing cold water on the idea of a “dream ticket” on the Democratic presidential ballot that includes both Sens. Clinton and Obama.

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The Hill

Candidates' controversial religious advisers bring scrutiny

The controversial views expressed by Sen. Obama's pastor have renewed scrutiny of the role religious leaders play in the 2008 presidential campaign.

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ABC News

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The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor

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Huffington Post

Earmark moratorium fails in Senate

A closely watched proposal for a congressional “time out” on earmark spending failed by a wide margin, creating some unusual Senate alliances along the way.

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The Hill

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Senate earmarks

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CNN

BUSINESS

Console race: another lap for Sony

For the second month in a row, sales of Sony’s Playstation 3 console system outpaced Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in the U.S., according to figures released.

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BusinessWeek

Bear Stearns gets emergency funds

U.S. bank Bear Stearns has received emergency funding, in a move that raises fears that even the top Wall Street names are suffering amidst the credit crunch.

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BBC

Gas, oil prices setting record highs

Gasoline and oil prices extended their record-setting streaks, with gas at the pump reaching a new high of nearly $3.25 and crude surpassing $110 for the first time.

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USA Today

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Gas not alone - food prices way up, too

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CBS News

SPORTS

Giants re-sign running back Ward

Running back Derrick Ward, a key player for the New York Giants before breaking his calf bone late in the season, re-signed with the NFL club.

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Reuters

Vonn's overall title gives US first World Cup sweep since '83

Lindsey Vonn completed the first American sweep of men's and women's ski titles in 25 years by winning the overall World Cup.

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ESPN

EDUCATION

Teen abused by teacher files $3 million civil suit

A Maryland teenager who was the victim of sex offenses by a former county teacher has filed a $3 million suit claiming that he suffers "extreme emotional distress" because of the incidents.

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On campus soon: more empty seats

The tide of college applicants could begin to turn as a baby bust that started in 1991 is expected to reduce the number of 18-year-olds by almost 10 percent by 2016, according to the Census Bureau.

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U.S. News & World Report

HEALTH

Breast cancer deadlier in heavy women

When obese and overweight women get breast cancer, it is more likely to be aggressive, leading to lower survival rates, according to a new report.

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KCCI

Kernel of truth about butter flavoring

A new study shows signs of lung damage in mice exposed to diacetyl, a chemical used in artificial butter flavoring. Popcorn makers say they no longer use diacetyl in their products.

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WebMD

Why DEET bugs mosquitoes

Got insect repellent containing the chemical DEET? Scientists now know how DEET keeps mosquitoes at bay. And that knowledge could lead to even better bug repellents.

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WebMD

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GOOD NEWS

'Green' kids tackle drought

Their aim had been to save the world. But now, three teenagers from Sandy Springs explain that they've scaled things back a little. The new goal: help rescue Atlanta's dwindling water supply.

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Good News Network

First lady visits Haitian AIDS clinic

U.S. first lady Laura Bush toured Haiti's capital to promote funding for AIDS patients and support education in the impoverished Caribbean country.

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WORLD

High-level al-Qaida figure captured

The Pentagon says authorities have captured a high-level al-Qaida figure who helped Osama bin Laden escape from Afghanistan in 2001.

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TIME

Funeral mass for Iraqi archbishop

Christians from across Iraq have been attending the funeral of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho.

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BBC

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'Signs of torture' you cannot imagine

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CNN

Back to reality at Heathrow's T1

If anyone stands to benefit most from the opening of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, say its supporters, it's the “poor infantry” of the air travel world – Heathrow's long-suffering passengers.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change takes bloom off wildflowers

Fewer flowers may grace the slopes of the Rocky Mountains as global warming's earlier springtimes make blooms more vulnerable, a new study suggests.

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LiveScience

Germany wins guarantee in emissions trading plan

Germany won a guarantee that big industrial energy users would be protected from the full force of Europe's emissions trading plan if rivals like the U.S. or China did not agree to similar measures.

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International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Data contributes to ‘exploding digital universe’

The research firm IDC said in 2007, the digital universe equaled about 45 gigabytes for every person on Earth. Now there’s the matter of the each individual’s "digital shadow."

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MSNBC

Indian DNA links to 6 'founding mothers'

Nearly all of today's Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests.

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Yahoo! News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Sculptor forges art from nails

The Portland Museum of Art in Maine is currently exhibiting the first major retrospective of John Bisbee, a sculptor who, over the course of his career, has made almost all of his art with nails.

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NPR

Shandling takes stage at Pellicano trial

Gary Shandling provided the first star power of the federal wiretapping and racketeering trial of Anthony Pellicano, accusing the disgraced Hollywood PI of running a "smear campaign."

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E! Online

RELIGION

Religious leaders help renters buy in New Orleans

In this landscape of abandoned homes, a group of three-dozen religious leaders — called the Jeremiah Group — sees an opportunity to solve another New Orleans crisis: the lack of affordable housing.

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NPR

Vatican seeks dialogue with China

A special Vatican commission on China said that the Holy See sought "respectful and constructive" dialogue with Beijing and unity for the country's divided Church.

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Reuters

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

New key question: How happy are you?

A new kind of public attitude polling, called well-being research or behavioral economics, is gaining influence with corporate leaders and in government policy circles worldwide.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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The northern lights dance over the Spitsbergen Hotel in Longyearbyen, Norway, on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, as far north as you can fly on a scheduled flight. At about 78 degrees north latitude, it is less than 620 miles from the North Pole. (Photo by John McConnico / AP)

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