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A woman reacts at the scene of a car bomb blast in Baghdad, Iraq. A car bomber ripped through a commercial district in western Baghdad, killing 30 people and wounding dozens, in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in recent days. (Photo by Hadi Mizban / AP)

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Bush declares Kansas areas a disaster after tornado

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Bloomberg

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Tornado levels Greensburg, Kansas

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Kansas City Star

Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri mocks U.S. bill

Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, mocked a U.S. congressional bill that sets out a timetable for U.S. troops to leave Iraq.

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BBC

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Al-Qaeda's number two releases video

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Reuters

China orders resettlement of thousands of Tibetans

The Chinese government has relocated some 250,000 Tibetans from scattered rural hamlets to new "socialist villages," making them build new housing largely at their own expense, without their consent.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Bombs kill eight U.S. troops, journalist, in Iraq

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Houston Chronicle

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U.S., Iraqi forces find Sadr City torture chamber

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CNN

Management shortcomings seen at NSA

In a sharp rebuke to the National Security Agency's leadership, an internal task force has concluded that the country's largest intelligence agency lacks vision and is unable to set objectives and meet them.

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Kenyan airline wreckage found

The wreckage of a Kenya Airways plane that disappeared during the weekend has been found in Cameroon, a senior aviation official told CNN.

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CNN

Gas prices surge to record high

U.S. gasoline prices have surged to a record nationwide average of $3.07 per gallon, nearly 20 cents higher than two weeks earlier.

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Yahoo! News

Sarkozy, French president-elect, pledges strong break with the past

President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy lost no time in signaling his determination to change his country, saying he would "break" with the ideas of the past.

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International Herald Tribune

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France going forward

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MSNBC

NATION

Sinai crash kills nine peacekeepers

Nine foreign peacekeepers were killed when a French plane attached to the Sinai's multinational peacekeeping force crashed in a remote, mountainous area, the force's spokesman and police said.

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CNN

Israel's Olmert won't fire rebellious foreign minister

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert opted against firing his deputy, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, saying they would continue to work together despite her call for his resignation.

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Reuters

Pakistan's suspended judge attacks Musharraf's 'dictatorship'

Pakistan's suspended top judge launched a thinly veiled attack on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at a rally, telling thousands of supporters that the age of dictatorships is over.

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Independent

POLITICS

McCain takes a shot at Reid

Republican presidential candidate John McCain lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats who have said the U.S. should pull back or get out of Iraq.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

N.J. Gov. Corzine to return to work

New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine was released from a hospital last week and expects to resume work Monday from the governor's mansion in Princeton.

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U.S. News & World Report

The elephant in the room

George W. Bush has the lowest presidential approval rating in a generation, and the leading Democrats beat every major ’08 Republican. Coincidence?

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Newsweek

POLITICS

Soft second quarter coming

If you weren't impressed with the economy's performance in the first quarter, with the slowest growth rate in four years, then you might want to just skip the second quarter.

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MarketWatch

The founders of Kazaa and Skype believe their new product, Joost, can be just as revolutionary for the TV industry.

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Newsweek

SPORTS

Clemens back with Yankees

The Yankees made the biggest surprise announcement in some time during their game with the Mariners, when they said Roger Clemens is returning to the team.

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newsday.com

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Rocket reaction

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Yahoo! News

Mayweather beats De La Hoya, claims, 'I am the best fighter of this era'

Perhaps it was more difficult than Floyd Mayweather Jr. expected, but he used his speed and boxing ability to claim a split-decision victory over Oscar De La Hoya to win a junior middleweight title.

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ESPN

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Mayweather on rematch

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ESPN

HEALTH

Dads' parenting style influences childhood obesity

Fathers' parenting styles have a major influence on children's weight, says an Australian study that looked at almost 5,000 children, ages 4 to 5, and their parents.

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Health Day

Computer-aided detection effective in finding breast cancer

The use of computer-aided detection with computed radiography is effective in the detection of breast cancer, according to a recent study.

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Medical News Today

EDUCATION

College presidents urge colleagues to reject U.S. News rankings

A dozen college presidents have pledged to boycott a key component of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, saying they mislead prospective students and encourage gamesmanship.

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USA Today

Government has been slow to address school bus emissions

Day in and day out, children across the U.S. ride to school on aging buses, breathing what some activists say is a dangerous brew of pollutants up to five times dirtier than the air outside.

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CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Man hopes 2,200-mile charity walk will be Golden

Sixty-year-old Jim Armbruster plans to walk about 2,200 miles for charity during a journey that will take him from his suburban Chicago home to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Stimulating part of brain may restore sight for some

Electrodes inserted in the brain may point the way to restoring sight lost to eye disease or trauma.

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Houston Chronicle

NATION

Bodies of 2 college students thrown overboard found

Police found the bodies of two college students who died after falling into an Adirondack lake.

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USA Today

NRA: Don't ban sales to terror suspects

The National Rifle Association is urging the Bush administration to withdraw its support of a bill that would prohibit suspected terrorists from buying firearms.

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TIME

Army and Texas town at odds over disposal of VX nerve agent

Impending shipments of hazardous chemicals from Indiana to Texas by the U.S. Army have prompted environmental and community organizations to file a notice of intent to sue.

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Epoch Times

ENVIRONMENT

Congress speeds up on global warming

After two decades of inaction, lawmakers appear ready to pass forceful laws addressing climate change.

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Denver Post

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Changes in lifestyle can slow warming, scientists say

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San Francisco Chronicle

Cats, not windmills, are bigger threat to birds: report

A long-awaited federal report on the environmental impact of wind power suggests birds have far more to fear from high buildings, power lines and cats than windmills.

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San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Aloha nui loa to Don Ho: Thousands say goodbye at memorial

Don Ho was cremated and his widow, Haumea Ho, took the remains of her husband and scattered his ashes in the waters off Waikiki Beach during a memorial service in Honolulu.

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Monsters and Critics

'Spider-Man 3' sets weekend record with $148 Million

"Spider-Man 3,'' starring Tobey Maguire, set a three-day box-office record at U.S. and Canadian theaters, taking in $148 million for Sony Corp.

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Bloomberg

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Spider-Man 3 trailer

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: climate change, not humans, trounced Neanderthals

Neanderthals disappeared from Earth more than 20,000 years ago, but figuring out why continues to challenge anthropologists. One team of scientists believes climate change is the culprit.

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LiveScience

A virtual world for the younger set

Geared for a younger crowd, Zwinktopia is simpler, easier and a lot less geeky than Second Life. But it's also not G-rated.

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Time

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope faces challenges on Brazil trip

Pope Benedict, until now a distant figure to Latin America's huge Roman Catholic population, will come face-to-face with many of the challenges confronting the church when he visits Brazil.

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Reuters

Episcopal Church faces divisions over gay issues

A new conservative African-led group will provide a home for members of the splintered U.S. Episcopal Church who are upset over gay issues and looking to leave.

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Reuters

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

United States did not accept most foreign Katrina aid

As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide.

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MSNBC

Photo of the Day

Youths burn a motorbike on the Place de la Bastille in Paris. Riot police fired tear gas into a crowd gathered there after conservative Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential election victory and dispersed another angry group in Lyon. (Photo by Michel Spingler / AP)

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