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A boy peers into a damaged vehicle after an overnight raid in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Karim Kadim / AP)

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Protesters rally in Louisiana in support of 'Jena 6'

Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of a little Louisiana town in a show of support for six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.

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CBS News

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'Jena 6' demonstration

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Yahoo! News

Ground Zero visit by Iran's leader nixed

A request by aides to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the controversial leader be allowed to visit Ground Zero was rejected.

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USA Today

Future annual Iraq tab $10 billion plus

The cost of keeping a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq, similar to the one in South Korea, would range from $10 billion to $25 billion a year, the Congressional Budget Office said.

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Associated Press

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Bill taking new strategy on Iraq falls short

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KCAL

Bin Laden releases video, calls for jihad

Al-Qaida released a new recording of Osama bin Laden declaring war on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan's Army.

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Christian Science Monitor

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Bin Laden threatens Musharraf

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CBS News

U.N. ups number of African flood victims to 1.5 million

The United Nations said that at least 1.5 million people from Mauritania in the west to Kenya in the east were affected by some of Africa's worst flooding in decades.

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AFP

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Warning over Africa flooding

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BBC

NATION

89.6 million had no insurance in '06-'07

More than one-third of the U.S. population under the age of 65 went without health insurance for all or part of the last two years, a consumer group said.

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MSNBC

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Preventative health care

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CBS News

U.S. soldier: I cried for Youssif

A U.S. soldier who served in Iraq was so moved by the story of Youssif he had to do something. His reaction was like that of 13,000 others who donated money to help the boy who was set on fire.

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CNN

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Plight of Iraq refugees

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MSNBC

Tech problems delay virtual border fence

Because of a software problem, the first high-technology "virtual fence" on the United States' borders remained inoperable, three months after its scheduled debut.

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International Herald Tribune

POLITICS

Fundraiser Norman Hsu charged in $60M fraud scheme

Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was charged with defrauding investors of $60 million in "a massive Ponzi scheme" and with violating federal campaign-finance law.

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Bloomberg

Bush slams MoveOn.org ad

President George W. Bush said an ad criticizing the United States' top commander in Iraq was "disgusting" and added that Democrats should have spoken out against it.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

Canadian dollar equal to U.S. dollar for first time since 1976

Canada's dollar traded equal to the U.S. currency for the first time in three decades, capping a five-year run on the back of booming demand for the nation's commodities.

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Bloomberg

Airline industry shelving paper tickets

On June 1 2008, the industry association that handles ticketing for most major airlines will stop issuing paper tickets.

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BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Global warming to increase infectious disease: study

Global warming likely will lead to an increase in infectious disease around the world, as viruses, microbes and the agents that spread them flourish, experts at a medical conference warned.

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AFP

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Global warming and disease

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Insider Medicine

Childhood obesity epidemic in U.S. is a long-term challenge

More than one in three children and adolescents in the U.S. are overweight or obese, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is trying to reverse the epidemic by 2015

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HealthDay

SPORTS

Landis loses appeal, must forfeit Tour de France title

Floyd Landis lost his doping case when arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion used synthetic testosterone.

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Sports Illustrated

Ohio State to pay O'Brien $2.4 million for wrongful firing

Ohio State must pay former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien more than $2.4 million for his wrongful firing in 2004, an appeals court ordered.

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ESPN

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GOOD NEWS

Ancient Chinese treasure recovered

A Macau casino tycoon purchased a bronze horse head that was looted from Beijing's former Summer Palace in the 19th century and has donated it to China.

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TIME

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Chinese diamond market grows

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BBC

Study says soccer is better than jogging

There's a new slogan for weight-watchers: Burn it like Beckham. A friendly game of soccer, a new study has found, works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging.

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WORLD

The McCanns' trial by media

There's been no shortage of surprises in the ongoing saga of Madeleine McCann, the 4-year-old British girl who disappeared from her family's vacation apartment in Portugal more than four months ago.

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TIME

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Lawyer confirms McCanns can stay in England

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Guardian

U.S. sends hospital ship to Latin America

After years of being accused of ignoring Latin America, the Bush administration is employing a new tactic to show it cares about the region: medical diplomacy.

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NPR

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The comfort tour

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

WMO: Investing a billion could save billions on climate change

An extra $1 billion a year invested in meteorological services globally could save the world more than $10 billion a year in damage caused by natural disasters, the U.N. weather agency WMO said.

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Earth Times

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Taking the planet's pulse

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CBS News

Arctic vault for world food crops

A cavern under a remote Arctic mountain in Norway will soon begin squirreling away the world's crop seeds in case of disaster.

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Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Spector jury briefly back to work

The Los Angeles Superior Court offered revised instructions to the previously deadlocked jury deciding whether Phil Spector is guilty of second-degree murder.

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E! Online

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Spector jury sent back to deliberate

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ABC News

Mexico named as best place in the world to retire

Mexico was named as the best place in the world to retire by an annual retirement index, replacing last year's winner Panama where real estate prices have soared.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NBC to offer free TV show downloads

NBC said it'll let you watch some of its biggest shows on your PC for free during the week after the programs originally air

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PC World

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Networks fighting new media for eyeballs

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Hollywood Reporter

Intel demonstrates faster, efficient chip

Intel gave the first public demonstration of a new generation of computer processors that significantly increase performance without consuming more power.

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International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Single-sex schools help children thrive

The educational performance of boys has generated much notice of late. They are falling behind girls at just about every grade level and dropping out of school in ever greater numbers.

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Christian Science Monitor

Mexican curriculum in Oregon schools stirs debate

Some Oregon high schools are adopting Mexico's public school curriculum to help educate Spanish-speaking students with textbooks, an online Web site, DVDs and CDs.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Female circumcision focus of ferocious debate in Egypt

A nationwide campaign to stop female circumcision has become one of the most powerful social movements in Egypt in decades.

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International Herald Tribune

Christian troupe scolds Kathy Griffin

Members of a Christian theater troupe are spreading the word that they’re irate about Kathy Griffin’s off-color speech in accepting a creative arts Emmy earlier this month.

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MSNBC

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Dancers and acrobats perform on stage at the start of the German tour of show "Delirium" of Canadian "Cirque du Soleil" in Hamburg, northern Germany. (Photo by Patrick Lux / AP)

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