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Police and firefighters stand near the site of a helicopter crash in Indian Steele Park in Phoenix. Two news helicopters collided in mid-air while covering a police chase in Central Phoenix, killing all four passengers. (Photo by Ross D. Franklin / AP)

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News helicopter collision over Phoenix kills 4

Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided, crashing to the ground and killing all four people on board in a plunge that viewers saw as a jumble of spinning, broken images.

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ABC News

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News helicopters crash while covering pursuit

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MSNBC

NASA takes swift action after report of astronaut drinking

NASA said it was going to take immediate action after a report raised safety questions about astronauts drinking before flying missions.

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CNN

Cameraman still held at Guantanamo after 5 years

Sami al Hajj, a cameraman for the Arabic news network al Jazeera, has been imprisoned as an “enemy combatant” at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for five years, but never charged with any crime.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Blast kills at least 12 near Pakistan mosque

A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of policemen during clashes at the Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, killing at least 12 people, most of them police, officials said.

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NEWS.com.au

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Pakistan mosque

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Yahoo! News

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Students occupy Pakistan's Red Mosque

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BBC

Sara Lee recalls 27 brands of bread

Sara Lee Corp. is recalling 27 brands of whole wheat bread products because they could contain small metal pieces.

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San Jose Mercury News

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Recalled cans still in grocery stores

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MSNBC

Taliban: Korean hostages still alive

The remaining 22 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan are alive, a Taliban spokesman said, and the group will not set further deadlines as it negotiates with the government on freeing them.

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Reuters

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Taliban hostage talks

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CBS News

U.S. kills 17 militiamen in Iraq clashes

The U.S. military said it killed around 17 militia fighters in clashes in Iraq's holy Shiite city of Kerbala, but hospital and police sources said some civilians were among the dead.

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Reuters

NATION

Dozens of Afghan civilians die in air raids

Dozens of civilians, including women and children, have been killed in two foreign air strikes in southern Afghanistan, residents and a local member of parliament said.

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Reuters

Rebel groups to meet as hopes rise over new Darfur peace initiative

Darfur's numerous rebel groups will meet next week in what diplomats describe as the best opportunity for working towards peace in the war-torn region of western Sudan for more than a year.

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Guardian

Australia drops terrorism charges against Indian doctor

Australian authorities dropped charges against an Indian-born doctor accused of providing material support to the suspects in the bomb plots foiled in Britain in June.

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CNN

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Australia terror laws under scrutiny

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BBC

POLITICS

Minimum wage $9.50? Dems say maybe

Just days after the first increase in the minimum wage in 10 years, Democrats on Capitol Hill led by Sen. Edward Kennedy are discussing a further increase to $9.50 an hour.

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CNN

Congress sends 9/11 bill to Bush

Congress sent President Bush legislation to intensify U.S. anti-terror efforts, shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding screening of air and sea cargo.

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Yahoo! News

House set to vote on farm bill

The House is expected to vote on a far-reaching farm bill that sets policy for crop subsidies, food stamps and many other programs over the next five years.

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NPR

BUSINESS

Another triple-digit drop for the Dow

A late session sell-off sent stocks tumbling for the second straight session, with the Dow industrials plunging more than 200 points amid continued worries about credit markets and a surge in oil prices.

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CNNMoney

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Asian markets decline after Dow plunges

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ABC News

World Bank head to speak at APEC ministers' meeting

Ten years on from the meltdown that sent Asian financial markets into chaos, the new president of the World Bank, Bob Zoellick, will address the APEC ministers' meeting in Sydney.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Zoellick heads to Asia

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Reuters

Analysts and CEOs: a love story?

Perhaps all it takes to keep an analyst from downgrading a company's stock is a couple of favors from the CEO. That, at least, is the conclusion of a new study by two professors.

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BusinessWeek

SPORTS

Nike ices Vick's pact; Reebok halts sale of No. 7 jersey

Nike suspended its lucrative contract with Michael Vick on, while Reebok took the unprecedented step of stopping sales of his No. 7 jersey.

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ESPN

Veteran Wake Forest coach Prosser dies

Wake Forest basketball coach Skip Prosser has died, apparently from a heart attack. He was 56.

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ESPN

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College hoops community addresses Prosser death

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Sports Illustrated

Congressman requests meeting with Stern to discuss gambling scandal

The chairman of a House subcommittee is requesting a meeting with NBA commissioner David Stern concerning the betting scandal involving former referee Tim Donaghy.

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ESPN

HEALTH

Agent Orange may boost Vietnam vets' hypertension risk

Exposure to the defoliant herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War may be raising blood pressure levels for the aging veterans of that conflict.

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Health Day

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Agent Orange legacy continues

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ABC News

Cannabis use linked to 40 percent rise in risk of schizophrenia

Smoking cannabis increases the risk of schizophrenia by 40 percent, according to research which indicates that there are at least 800 people suffering psychosis in the U.K. after smoking the drug.

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Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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Iraq's massive exodus

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Congress must restore Constitution's protections

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San Jose Mercury News

Column (Hubert Locke):

Talk of impeachment gets louder

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Fix the fix on sports

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Christian Science Monitor

Arms-control treaty is 'hopelessly' outdated

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San Francisco Chronicle

Veterans health care: shocking inaction

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

How to deal with a declining population

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Economist

Subprime coming home to roost?

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Financial Times

Column (Steve Chapman):

Hillary Clinton and the dangers of hubris

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GOOD NEWS

Berlin Zoo introduces children’s book about famous polar bear Knut

The Berlin Zoo introduced its first authorized children’s book about Knut, their famous and lucrative polar bear cub.

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Drive-by act of kindness saves woman

A woman who followed her instincts is being hailed as a local hero after helping rescue a missing 90-year-old woman with dementia who was lost in the woods.

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Toronto Star

NATION

Pepsi to come clean on Aquafina source

PepsiCo Inc. will spell out that its Aquafina bottled water is made with tap water, a concession to the growing environmental and political opposition to the bottled water industry.

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Globeandmail.com

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Bottle backlash

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Yahoo! News

Judge annuls tough anti-immigrant laws

A federal judge in Pennsylvania struck down ordinances adopted by the city of Hazleton to bar illegal immigrants from working or renting homes there.

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San Jose Mercury News

Explosion kills 3 at Mojave airport

An explosion that killed three at a Mojave Desert airport during testing of a new space tourism vehicle has shaken a small community.

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ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

California clamps down on diesel

California has adopted tough new rules requiring that construction companies upgrade their diesel-powered equipment to reduce air pollution.

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Earth Times

Rwanda: Conservationists promise 'strict measures' to protect gorillas

After the discovery of the bodies of four gorillas shot to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Wildlife Fund has said it is taking measures to ensure that does not happen again.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Nicole Richie sentenced to 4 days in jail

Nicole Richie pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to four days in jail by a judge who said she was lucky nobody was killed.

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Westfall Weekly News

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'It girls' gone bad

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KCAL

Conflict on the big screen: Hollywood goes to war

After a period of reflection, filmmakers are turning their attention to Iraq. The results will be uncomfortable viewing for George Bush.

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London Independent

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Space tourism industry is lifting off

The first humans to take a swing around the moon in more than 35 years may not be NASA astronauts, but space tourists.

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Christian Science Monitor

Cairo toe earliest fake body bit

An artificial big toe found on the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could be the world's earliest functional fake body part, U.K. experts believe.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Opening a door to college with essays

A workshop for low-income students teaches them that their life experiences can be as powerful as stellar grades.

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Ledger

Schools cut other subjects to teach reading and math

Teachers and schools are dedicating more and more energy to math and reading instruction at the expense of other subjects.

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U.S. News & World Report

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pro-gay Baptist groups excluded from unity event

Leaders of an upcoming Baptist unity celebration have denied two Baptist organizations an official role in the event because they support gay rights.

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Beliefnet

Charity or terror?

The government says a Texas-based Islamic charity was actually funneling funds to terrorists, but some Muslim Americans claim the case is about marginalizing their voices.

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Newsweek

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Want to beat depression? Take a hike

Country walks can significantly reduce depression and raise sufferers' self-esteem, according to researchers.

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Eric Jensen stabilizes an inflating hot air balloon at Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J. As many as 100 balloons are expected to take part in the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. (Photo by Mel Evans / AP)

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