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In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, members of Pope Air Force Base's 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron settle in on a C-17 for the trip to Brownsville, Texas, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. Approximately 40 flight nurses, flight medics and support personnel deployed to set up a Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility in preparation for Hurricane Dean relief efforts. (Photo by Ed Drohan / U.S. Air Force / AP)

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Rescuers lose hope for survivors from Peru quake

Peruvian rescue teams combed the rubble of ruined homes and relatives buried their dead in hastily dug graves as hopes faded of finding more survivors from a huge earthquake.

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Reuters

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Peru quake survivors berate president

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BBC

Kidnapped German freed in Kabul

A German woman who was kidnapped at gunpoint from a restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul has been released.

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BBC

Across U.S., police struggle with staffing

No one keeps statistics, but experts believe that more cities have moved toward manning patrol cars with one officer, often in response to shrinking manpower and budgets.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

At least 5 dead as Dean reaches Jamaica

With at least five already dead, Hurricane Dean's fury entered the western Caribbean, stretching from Haiti north to Jamaica and west to Mexico.

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United Press International

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Hurricane Dean could be a powerful Category 5

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Star Tribune

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Jamaica on alert

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Yahoo! News

Work at Utah mine grim

Officials extinguished nearly all hope of finding any of the six miners alive, almost two weeks after the men were trapped in a violent collapse deep within a mine.

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ABC News

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No signs of life in mine rescue

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ABC News

Iran hangs 30 over 'U.S. plots'

Iran has hanged up to 30 people in the past month in a clampdown prompted by alleged U.S.-backed coup plots.

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Observer

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U.S. actions against Iran raise war risk, many fear

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McClatchy Newspapers

Israel will turn away Darfur refugees

Israel said it would no longer accept refugees from Sudan's Darfur region, touching off debate over whether the Jewish state has a duty to take in people fleeing persecution.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

NATION

Astronauts leave station, inspect ship

With Hurricane Dean a potential threat to Mission Control below, Endeavour's astronauts left the international space station a day early and inspected their ship a final time to ensure it's safe for re-entry.

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ABC News

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Endeavour leaves space station

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CNN

2 NYC firefighters killed in blaze

A seven-alarm fire that ripped through an abandoned skyscraper next to ground zero in Lower Manhattan killed two firefighters who were responding to the blaze.

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MSNBC

POLITICS

White House's Snow to leave before Bush term ends

White House spokesman Tony Snow plans to leave his job before U.S. President George W. Bush's term ends in January 2009, citing financial reasons.

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Reuters

Clinton, Obama fend off criticism during Iowa debate

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton faced challenges from her chief rivals for the Iowa caucuses about her ability to reverse dissatisfaction with the government during the debate in Iowa.

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Des Moines Register

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Non-candidate Thompson campaigns in Iowa

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TIME

BUSINESS

Home sales slip, durable orders rise

Sales of new homes in the U.S. fell to a 10-year low in July while orders for durable goods rose, suggesting business spending is a bright spot in an economy hobbled by a housing recession.

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Bloomberg

Smoking bans and more local rivals seriously damage health of Marlboro

The cigarette-touting cowboy of Marlboro Country could go spluttering off into the sunset as smokers tire of a global brand.

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Times Online

SPORTS

Michigan NASCAR race postponed

A steady rain has forced NASCAR to postpone the 3M Performance 400 Nextel Cup race by a day.

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USA Today

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Nextel Cup race at Michigan postponed

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ESPN

Vick plea agreement still uncertain

Embattled Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick continued to mull his options in his federal dogfighting case and has still not completely ruled out the possibility of proceeding to trial on Nov. 26.

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ESPN

HEALTH

Medicare pulling plug on hospital errors

Medicare will stop paying the costs of treating infections, falls, objects left in surgical patients and other things that happen in hospitals that could have been prevented.

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Houston Chronicle

Nerve cell stretchiness uncovered

U.S. scientists may have discovered why long nerve cells do not break when you move or stretch your limbs.

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BBC

EDUCATION

Harvard Law’s poker panacea

Harvard Law School thinks it has found the solution to many of society’s problems, from teenage delinquency to world diplomatic crises: a hand of poker.

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Financial Times

Educators consider merit pay plans

While the words "merit pay" drew hisses and boos at a recent teachers' union convention, educators are endorsing contracts that pay bonuses for boosting students' test scores.

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USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

New Jersey tot's 'miracle' recovery

Doctors say teeny-weeny Tamera Dixon, who weighed less than a can of soda when she was born April 25, now has enough heft to safely leave the Capital Health System in Trenton's Fuld Hospital.

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New life for famed Baghdad street

For decades, Abu Nawas Street, named for a 9th century poet and famous for its art galleries, was one of Baghdad's most famous landmarks and is now becoming a gauge of progress in the Iraq war.

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Houston Chronicle

WORLD

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French foreign minister makes surprise visit to Baghdad

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International Herald Tribune

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Falluja's calm is fragile if U.S. leaves

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International Herald Tribune

U.S., North Korea likely to meet in Geneva this month

U.S. and North Korean officials are likely to resume talks in Geneva this month to discuss normalizing relations as part of an international nuclear disarmament deal, a news report said

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Canada's leader to assert Arctic claim

Canada's prime minister is expected to assert his nation's claim to the fabled Northwest Passage through the warming, resource-rich Arctic at talks with President Bush.

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Denver Post

ENVIRONMENT

Retailers push reuseable bags to save money and the environment

A growing number of stores are catering to customers concerned with the environment, who see reusing shopping bags as an easy way to cut down on waste.

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Newsday

Air travel is latest target in climate change fight

Technology, taxation and rationing are all being eyed as possible solutions for an industry that produces a lot of carbon while moving passengers.

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Christian Science Monitor

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

How Hollywood has fallen out of love with romance

If you survey summer’s big movies, it’s obvious studios will offer any kind of entertainment, as long as it’s not romance.

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Sunday Times

Review of 'Superbad': adolescent id, awash in hormones

Superbad might be the most provocative teen sex-comedy ever made. I hedge because it's just opening, and the only ones provoked so far are nerdy male film critics. We love it!

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NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Invasive Australian jellyfish sighted in Gulf of Mexico

The invasive Australian jellyfish, Phyllorhiza punctata, first reported in great quantities in the Gulf of Mexico in 2000, has made a vigorous reappearance this summer.

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Invasive species

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LiveScience

'New continent' and species discovered in Atlantic study

Exploring life in the North Atlantic Ocean at various depths of 800 to 3,500 meters, a team of 31 scientists are returning from a five-week scientific expedition with a wealth of new information and insights.

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Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Pope's top aide headed to Peru

Pope Benedict will send his top aide, Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, to Peru to show his solidarity with the victims of this week's earthquake.

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Reuters

Islam’s war on sin dims bright lights in a nation torn between cultures

Malaysian leaders are being branded 'Taliban lite' as a U.S. pop star falls victim to a moral crackdown.

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Times Online

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Article: CIA methods against alleged 9/11 planner 'tantamount to torture'

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, faced the CIA's harshest interrogation methods while held in secret prisons for more than three years.

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Photo of the Day

Toshiaki Morikawa, carrying his 8-year-old son Nobuharu on his shoulders, strolls through a field of Cosmos sulphureus at the Hamarikyu Garden in Tokyo. (Photo by Itsuo Inouye / AP)

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