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Nicole Gantner, 11, left, looks through debris for items with her grandmother, Gayl Aicher in Lady Lake, Fla. They are searching at the home of Doris Gantner, Nicole's other grandmother, who was killed in yesterday's tornado. (Photo by John Raoux / AP)

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Bush declares disaster in storm-ravaged Florida counties

FEMA sent two trailers filled with generators to tornado victims in Florida, and more trailers carrying water, ice, tarps and ready-to-eat meals are expected.

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CNN

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BLOG: Latest tornado coverage

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Orlando Sentinel

Minister: Nigeria's first human death from bird flu confirmed by WHO

Nigeria's first case of a human death from the deadly bird flu virus has been confirmed by the World Health Organization.

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USA Today

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Bird flu virus is Asian strain

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BBC

46 nations back body to protect planet

Forty-five nations answered France's call for a new environmental body to slow inevitable global warming, perhaps with policing powers to punish violators.

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Yahoo! News

Baghdad market bomb kills 130

At least 130 people have been killed and 305 injured in a truck bombing at a market place in central Baghdad.

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BBC

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Bush tells Democrats U.S. commitment in Iraq not 'open-ended'

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Washington Post

Administration seeks $100 billion for Iraq

President Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and even more than that for fiscal year 2008.

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ABC News

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Iran shows nuclear facility to diplomats

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Houston Chronicle

Six wounded amid renewed Gaza clashes

Heavy clashes flared up between rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas despite a ceasefire deal.

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Monsters and Critics

NATION

New charges for three Guantanamo detainees

The U.S. military prepared new charges against three of the best-known detainees at Guantanamo Bay — a key step toward resuming the military tribunals for terrorism suspects.

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Guardian Unlimited

U.S. to support up to 10,000 extra Abbas troops

The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan.

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Reuters

China's president tours Africa

Hu Jintao is visiting Africa again and his country’s relationship with the continent is becoming more complicated.

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Economist

POLITICS

After Iraq, Democrats next worry: Iran

The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran was a topic scarcely mentioned at the Democratic National Committee’s parade of presidential contenders this weekend in Washington.

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MSNBC

Rudy Giuliani seriously considering presidential bid

Rudy Giuliani says he will probably run for president in 2008. "There's a real good chance," Giuliani, a Republican, said after a 30-minute speech in South Carolina.

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USA Today

SPORTS

Big chance for Manning - just ask Marino

Super Bowl-bound Peyton Manning welcomed the advice of Dan Marino. They share a bond as two of the NFL's best passers, their achievements tainted only by their failure to win a title.

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Irvin headlines NFL’s ’07 Hall of Fame class

Michael Irvin wrapped his arms around Thurman Thomas in the kind of hug that new Hall of Famers share. Somewhere, Paul Tagliabue could only envy their emotional display.

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MSNBC

HEALTH

Expert doubts widespread HIV risk

HIV/AIDS campaigners are circulating "misconceptions" about who is at risk, a former World Health Organization expert has warned.

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BBC

Carrots in, fries out in school cafeterias

The cafeteria lunch line at Columbus Elementary School moves quickly as students grab portions of carrots, celery, apples and oranges. French fries and hamburgers aren't even offered.

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CNN

EDUCATION

Student, 22, stabs three at school

A 22-year-old student complaining that a vocational school didn't teach enough black history stabbed two security guards and a school administrator with a screwdriver, police said.

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Sun Sentinel

Students apologize for party criticized as racist

More than a dozen Clemson University students apologized at an emotional campus meeting for a gang-themed party many criticized as racist.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Motorola's fortunes plunge as Razr loses must-have status

Motorola is learning a cruel new lesson about consumer tastes in phones: an industry that has focused more on technology in the past is finding that it has more in common with the fashion business.

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International Herald Tribune

Vista has speech recognition hole

Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Mammogram program launched

Santa Clara County, Calif., launched the Community Mammography Access Project to reduce late-stage breast cancer diagnoses among women without adequate health insurance.

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Palo Alto Daily News

Owl chick gets warm bed at zoo

Mild early winter fooled a pair of spectacled owls into mating and hatching a baby. A shift back to wintry weather has caused keepers at the Birmingham Zoo to bring the chick indoors.

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Montgomery Advertiser

NATION

Vaccine center issues warning

The National Vaccine Information Center warned state officials to investigate the safety of a cancer vaccine as Texas became the first state to make the vaccine mandatory for school-age girls.

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Washington Times

Bush puts 'ic' back in 'Democrat Party'

Relying on self-deprecating jokes, unusual candor and outright flattery, President Bush wooed lawmakers he not only needs but will have to answer to in the final two years of his presidency.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

BUSINESS

YouTube removing Viacom TV shows

YouTube, the popular online video site, has begun removing clips belonging to Viacom — everything from snippets of Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" to Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants."

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San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. job growth slows, unemployment increases

Employers in the U.S. added fewer workers than forecast last month and the jobless rate rose, evidence of an economy growing at the moderate pace predicted by the Federal Reserve.

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Bloomberg

ENVIRONMENT

'Potter' pre-orders soar at Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. said that first-day orders for author J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" were more than five times larger than for the previous Harry Potter novel.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Minogue and boyfriend of 4 years split

The Australian singer Kylie Minogue and her boyfriend of four years have announced their separation.

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San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Huge solar plant mulled for Arizona, Nevada

A group of Southwestern utilities is exploring the possibility of developing a 250-megawatt solar power plant in Arizona or southern Nevada, which would be one of the largest in the region.

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East Valley Tribune

Indonesia's push for biofuels

The Indonesian government is ready to tap into global demand for alternative fuels, but environmentalists are worried about deforestation.

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BBC

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Millions gather for Dhaka prayers

Up to 3 million Muslims have been gathering in Bangladesh for one of the world's biggest group prayer events.

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BBC

Georgia mayor converts to Islam

Macon Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is working to change his legal name to Hakim Mansour Ellis.

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TIME

IN DEPTH

God and gorillas

Every human culture has believed in spirits, gods or some other divine being. That's why human beings have often been called Homo religioso.

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Salon

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

U.S. treasury secretary gives $800 million fortune for conservation

His day job may be balancing the books of the world's only superpower. But the U.S. treasury secretary, Hank Paulson, wants his legacy to be in the environment.

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Guardian

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Lille's Jean Makou, right, attempts a shot during their French League One soccer match against Nantes in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern France. (Photo by Michel Spingler / AP)

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