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Protestors react after security forces fired tear gas into the air in an attempt to disperse protesters in Yangon, Myanmar. Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas canisters while hauling militant Buddhist monks away in trucks as they tried to stop anti-government demonstrations in defiance of a ban on assembly. (Photo by AP)

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Food crisis looms after Africa floods

The Red Cross warned that a food crisis could be looming across east and west Africa due to the massive damage wrought on crops by ongoing flooding.

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AFP

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Africa floods food crisis

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BBC

At least 52 killed in Vietnam bridge collapse

A bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens injured, state television reported.

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AFP

2 Patriot Act provisions ruled unlawful

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled.

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CBS News

Myanmar generals use violence on protesters

The government of Myanmar began a violent crackdown after tolerating more than a month of ever-larger protests in cities around the country.

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International Herald Tribune

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West condemns Myanmar violence

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Reuters

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Monks defy military crackdown

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Yahoo! News

Bush seeks nearly $50B more for wars

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third.

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MSNBC

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Iraqi government plans to regulate contractors

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Another 269,000 Thomas toys recalled for lead paint

RC2 Corp. is voluntarily recalling 269,000 Chinese-made Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway products because lead in the paint may exceed government levels.

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Daily Herald

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Mattel toy recall hits hard at mom and pop stores

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WBBM

'Jena 6' parents take plea to Capitol Hill

The parents of one of six black Louisiana teens facing the possibility of years in prison for beating a white classmate have taken their plea for help to Congress.

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USA Today

POLITICS

Craig will try to withdraw plea

Sen. Larry Craig's attorneys will try to convince Judge Charles Porter at a hearing that the Idaho senator's guilty plea was a mistake. Craig won't be attending the hearing.

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TIME

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Sen. Craig Hearing Set For Wednesday

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Dem: Rice interfered with inquiries in Iraq

A leading Democratic lawmaker accused Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of interfering in congressional inquiries into corruption in Iraq's government and the activities of security firm Blackwater.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

General Motors employees return at work as UAW reaches tentative deal

The United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. agreed to a tentative contract that ends a two-day strike and puts responsibility for retiree health care into the union's hands.

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The Canadian Press

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GM's tentative deal

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Yahoo! News

Nike designs shoes for Native Americans

Nike unveiled the Air Native N7 — its first shoe designed for the Native American foot — with the stated goal of improving health on U.S. tribal lands.

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Nike tailors sneaker for Native American buyers

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HEALTH

Bringing lifesaving vaccines to children

A doctor, a banker, an engineer and a scientist are working to bring lifesaving vaccines to children around the world.

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Newsweek

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House votes to expand health insurance program for children

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San Francisco Chronicle

Study: Depressed-employee programs pay off for companies

Depressed employees worked an average of two more hours a week and were more effective in their jobs when assigned a telephone "care manager'' who counseled them on treatments, a study showed.

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Bloomberg

SPORTS

Vick fails drug test, confined to home

Stricter release conditions were imposed on Michael Vick after he tested positive for having used marijuana on Sept. 13.

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WGCL

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How will the NFL deal with Vick's postive test?

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ESPN

U.S. makes goalkeeping switch ahead of FIFA semifinal

Briana Scurry will replace Hope Solo as starting goalkeeper when the United States meets Brazil in the semifinals of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Hangzhou, China.

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CBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Amish show the world how to forgive

A new book by three scholars of Amish life, "Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy," explains how the Amish practice forgiveness and why it's so central to their lives.

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Beliefnet

U.S. Anglicans agree not to ordain gay bishops or bless gay couples

Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays, affirmed that they will "exercise restraint" in approving another gay bishop and will not approve prayers to bless same-sex couples.

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GOOD NEWS

Rare white rhino goes on show

A rare baby white rhinoceros is meeting the public just 12 days after being born at a Scottish safari park. There were just five white rhinos born in Europe last year.

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One-day-old rare white rhino makes debut

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CNN

Marin Alsop breaks the glass baton

The first woman to head a major U.S. symphony wants to make the music hall a welcoming place, not an austere temple of culture.

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Christian Science Monitor

'Dying' giant sequoia tree makes amazing recovery

A giant sequoia tree thought to be more than 2,900 years old is sprouting new shoots and branches in what park rangers are calling a landmark recovery.

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KNBC

WORLD

Somalia teeters on edge of survival

Nine months into a U.N.-sponsored transition, the country Somalia has changed little, with hundreds of thousands of people on the verge of starvation.

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International Herald Tribune

Zimbabwe orders 'white firm grab'

The Zimbabwean parliament has passed a bill to move majority control of foreign-owned companies operating in the country to black Zimbabweans.

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BBC

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Uprooting Zimbabwe's shantytowns

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

White House ‘stacked the deck’ against clean-air effort

The White House approved a Transportation Department campaign to lobby against California’s application for tough auto-emissions limits, a lawmaker charged.

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Kansas City Star

Chinese admit that Three Gorges Dam is an ecological disaster

The Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China may prove to be an environmental catastrophe, officials have said in an unprecedented admission.

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Times Online

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Anorexic actress provokes controversy with naked posters

At 27, the French actress Isabelle Caro weighs 68 pounds and has suffered from anorexia for 15 years. Her decision to appear naked on billboards to promote a fashion label has sparked controversy.

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Anti-anorexia billboard shocks Italy

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KCAL

MIstrial in Spector murder case

With the jury deadlocked 10-2 after 12 days of deliberations, the judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame producer Phil Spector.

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E! Online

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Phil Spector on trial for murder

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KCAL

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Amazon.com takes on Apple with music download service

Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, began a digital-music download service to compete with Apple Inc.'s iTunes, selling restriction-free tracks from more than 20,000 record labels.

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Bloomberg

Does Microsoft want to make a new friend at Facebook?

The rivalry between the world's two biggest social networking sites, Facebook versus MySpace, may be ratcheting up with rumors that Microsoft Corp. wants into the mix.

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Globeandmail.com

EDUCATION

Little Rock celebrates anniversary of civil rights pioneers

On the golden anniversary of a national shame, the heartfelt tributes rightly focused on six women and three men who have become genuine, living American heroes.

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Toronto Star

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Little Rock 9 Member: I Was Brave

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ABC News

Gunman wearing mask arrested at St. John's University

Fears of another Virginia Tech massacre gripped St. John's University when a student was arrested after he was spotting walking through the campus carrying a powerful .50 caliber rifle.

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Newsday

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St. John's locked down, cops search gunman's home

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WCBS

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Future smart cars would prevent accidents

Researchers have set out to make cars far smarter than today’s models—especially when it comes to dealing with their twitchy, tweaky, all-too-human drivers.

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A Bavarian boy takes a nap in the hand cart pulled by his parents during the tradtional folklore parade at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. (Photo by Diether Endlicher / AP)

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