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Navy divers enter the water at the wreckage of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse, in Minneapolis. Divers from the Navy and the FBI joined local law enforcement divers in the effort to recover those missing. (Photo by Joshua Adam Nuzzo / AP, U.S. Navy)

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Seventh body pulled from bridge site

Searchers found two more bodies in the wreckage of the collapsed Mississippi River bridge, bringing the death toll to seven.

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2 bodies found in Minn. bridge wreckage

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Bush considers corporate tax cuts

President Bush is considering a fresh plan to cut tax rates for U.S. corporations to make them more competitive around the world.

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Houston Chronicle

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Rules to target illegal immigrants worry employers

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NPR

Triple murder suspect surrenders

Police arrested a 15-year-old male and are now searching for Jose Carranza, 31, in connection with the execution-style slaying of three college students in a Newark, N.J., schoolyard.

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Marines' charges dropped in Iraq deaths

All charges have been dismissed against two Marines accused in the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, the Marine Corps announced.

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Guardian

Rescue teams drill within 300 feet of miners

Rescue teams drilling toward six men trapped in a Utah coal mine are within 300 feet of their projected location.

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CNN

Iraqi Shiites make pilgrimage

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims converged on a shrine in western Baghdad to honor an 8th-century imam.

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International Herald Tribune

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Leader: Iran, Iraq must work together

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NATION

Pakistanis express ire toward army and Musharraf

Dissatisfaction with the military is a sentiment expressed openly in Pakistan, rare for a country where the military has long dominated, intimidating critics from speaking.

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International Herald Tribune

Powerful earthquake strikes Indonesia

A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia’s capital, rattling tall buildings and panicking residents.

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Times Online

POLITICS

Poll: Clinton firmly positioned as Democratic front-runner

Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York retains her position firmly at the front of the pack of Democratic presidential candidates, with a poll giving her 44 percent of the vote.

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How strong is the Democratic presidential field?

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Salon.com

Romney rips Rudy on immigration

In a surprisingly strong attack, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Republican rival Rudy Giuliani turned New York City into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants during his two terms as mayor.

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CBS News

BUSINESS

U.S. stocks tumble as loan fears spread

Stocks on Wall Street suffered their biggest one-day decline since February after the turmoil in the home-loan market caused renewed concerns about tightening credit worldwide.

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International Herald Tribune

Bush calls recent market turmoil a natural adjustment

President Bush, seeking to reassure Americans about the economy, said that recent financial market turbulence is not a cause for worry but a natural adjustment from the lending of recent years.

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International Herald Tribune

SPORTS

Celtics call Miller, who is considering a return to NBA

Reggie Miller says he is contemplating a return to the NBA, this time with the Boston Celtics.

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ESPN

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Celtics trying to lure Reggie Miller out of retirement

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HEALTH

Diet food 'may fuel obesity risk'

Diet foods for children may inadvertently lead to overeating and obesity, say researchers.

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BBC

Study: choline may promote colon polyps in women

Preliminary new research shows that women who consume lots of choline may be more likely to develop colon polyps than other women.

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WebMD

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican seeks to calm Jewish anger over papal meeting

The Vatican sought to calm Jewish anger over the pope's meeting with a prominent Polish priest accused of anti-Semitism.

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International Herald Tribune

Dutch politician calls for ban on Koran

Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders has called for the Koran to be banned in the Netherlands, branding it a "fascist book" in the vein of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Jack Jacobs):

Generals don't need a watchdog

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A bridge too far gone

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Economist

Column (Courtney Martin):

Hillary in the pillory

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Christian Science Monitor

U.K. out of Guantanamo

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Times Online

Another false dawn in Korea?

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Economist

Column (Thomas Sowell):

Sub-prime politicians

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Real Clear Politics

War on freedom: Congress should end Bush power grabs

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Salt Lake Tribune

Column (Margaret Carlson):

A shameless Congress applauds 'ethics' law

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Bloomberg

Column (Dahlia Lithwick):

Fire Gonzales and give him new powers?

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Slate

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GOOD NEWS

In Ethiopia, elders dissolve a crisis the traditional way

Harvard-educated Ethiopian scholar Ephraim Isaac just led a 'council of elders' to broker a high-stakes political deal.

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Christian Science Monitor

Canadian companies to share generic AIDS drugs with Rwanda

AIDS drugs could be heading for Rwanda as soon as November under a Canadian program that allows generic-drug companies to send copies of brand-name medicines to poor countries.

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Globeandmail.com

WORLD

Deaths put Chicago police under pressure

Already tarnished by brutality and misconduct allegations, Chicago's police department is facing more tough questions in the wake of two officer-involved deaths in less than a week.

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ABC News

Diversity grows as King County sees more minorities

King County's population is becoming less and less white, although it's still far less diverse than many urban counties, according to data released.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Alleged sex assault at Playboy Mansion

Police are investigating a possible sexual assault at Hugh Hefner's famous Playboy Mansion, in an incident involving a female server and her ex-boyfriend.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Report: Japan's emissions to rise

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions will rise by 0.9 percent in the fiscal year ending in March 2011 from levels in 1990, clouding its prospects of meeting its Kyoto Protocol target.

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Reuters

Beijing warned on Olympics air quality

China was put on notice that if it did not address its air pollution problems before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it could see games organizers ordering some endurance events to be rescheduled.

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Financial Times

A quest to save South America's freshwater dolphins

Biologists are combing the continent's major rivers, counting mammals threatened by deforestation, pollution, and fishing.

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Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Scary Spice ties the knot

Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown tied the knot in a secret Las Vegas wedding two months ago, marriage records in Nevada show.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Mel B. names Murphy on birth certificate

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ABC News

Brit and K-Fed headed for custody fight

Wacky warbler Britney Spears' off-the-wall antics have launched her into what promises to be a bitter battle with ex-hubby Kevin Federline over their two kids.

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New York Daily News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

What's keeping women out of the labs?

If you've worked your way to the top in a university maths, physics or engineering department - you're very unlikely to be a woman.

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BBC

Dinosaur mass grave discovered

An amateur paleontologist in Switzerland may have unearthed Europe's largest dinosaur mass grave after he dug up the remains of two Plateosaurus.

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CNN

Back to the iMac

Apple has given its iconic iMac desktop computers a product refresh, and they now sport a slimmer design, glossy screens, and updated entertainment-oriented software.

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BusinessWeek

EDUCATION

High school reading lists get a modern makeover

Find out what recent bestsellers are taking their place next to classics at schools across the U.S.

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Christian Science Monitor

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Elephants at risk from gangs, eBay

Efforts to protect African elephants from the threat of extinction are being undermined by an ivory smuggling network run by Asian crime gangs and by the Internet trade in illegal ivory.

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Children swim on a flooded street, in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines, as residents continue with their daily chores. Heavy downpour caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk and a new storm brewing off the country's northeast, flooded many streets in the metropolis, forcing schools to close and leaving commuters stranded. (Photo by Pat Roque / AP)

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