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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, right, is about to shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left, at welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim greeted Roh in Pyongyang on Tuesday to begin the second summit between the two countries since the peninsula's division after World War 2. (Photo by Korea Pool via Yonhap / AP)

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Clinton raises $22 million over summer, beats Obama

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $22 million for her presidential primary campaign this summer, outpacing all other candidates so far with her best three-month showing of the year.

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Forbes

Wyatt pleads guilty in Iraq oil case

Texas oil billionaire Oscar Wyatt faces up to two years in prison after pleading guilty to paying an illegal kickback to the regime of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in exchange for the right to purchase oil.

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Salt Lake Tribune

Blackwater defends actions in Iraq

U.S. security contractor Blackwater staunchly defended its actions in Iraq, saying there had been a "rush to judgment" over a shooting incident on Sept. 16 in which 11 Iraqis were killed.

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Reuters

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Blackwater aftermath

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CNN

A change of attitude by North Korea?

As a plan to disable North Korea's nuclear facilities moved forward, the leaders of North Korea and South Korea met in Pyongyang in a historic summit aimed at symbolizing a future of reconciliation.

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U.S. News & World Report

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Photos - North Korea

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Yahoo! News

NYC seeks immunity from Sept. 11 suits

A federal appeals court panel suggested New York City is not immune from liability in 8,000 cases accusing it and others of failing to properly protect workers cleaning up the WTC site in 2001.

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ABC News

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Judges weigh city's liability for 'ground zero' suits

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New York Sun

NATION

Accuser says book by Justice Thomas includes 'smears'

A new book by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas includes "a litany of unsubstantiated representations and outright smears," according to the woman who accused him of sexual harassment.

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USA Today

A year later, Amish quietly remember school massacre

In keeping with Amish custom, no public observances were planned for the anniversary of a devistating school shooting, although local Amish families held a private gathering.

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CNN

Cleveland mom accused of drowning two young girls

Amber Hill initially would tell police only her name and date of birth, but the girls' father said she called him at work about 12:30 p.m. and said the children were "resting at peace."

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

POLITICS

U.S. House calls for plan to pull forces from Iraq

In a rare show of bipartisanship on Iraq, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to make the Pentagon produce plans to withdraw U.S. troops — but did not mandate the withdrawals.

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Reuters

Retiring Republicans may help Democrats pad Congress majorities

Ralph Regula, a Republican representative from Ohio, lost subcommittee chairmanship when Democrats took control of the House in January. Now he's thinking retirement.

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Bloomberg

BUSINESS

eBay rethinks Skype

EBay investors and analysts are over Skype. They hardly ever talk about recouping the $2.6 billion that the Chief Executive plunked down for the voice-over-Internet company in 2005.

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Forbes

IMF must adapt and downsize or die, new boss says

The new head of the International Monetary Fund says the organization created to assist the world economy after World War II needs to downsize to adapt to a new global economy.

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Reuters

HEALTH

Study: Obesity may push U.S. health costs above Europe's

Nearly twice as many U.S. adults are obese compared to European, a key factor leading Americans to suffer more often from cancer, diabetes and other chronic ailments, a study found.

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Environmental News Network

Turning off TV at early age can help to avoid problems

According to a study kids who cut back on TV by age 5-and-a-half are less likely to have behavioral issues.

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MSNBC

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Toy blocks might boost toddlers' language skills

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HealthDay

SPORTS

Knicks' Thomas found liable in sexual harassment case

New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed a female executive of the basketball team, a jury decided, and it awarded her $11.6 million in punitive damages.

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Guardian

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Plaintiff speaks out

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MSNBC

Rockies rally in 13th, win NL wild card

The NL wild card came down to a wild, 13-inning finish that put Matt Holliday and the Colorado Rockies into the playoffs and sent Trevor Hoffman and the San Diego Padres home weary and dazed.

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ABC News

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Rockies fever catching on in Denver

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ESPN

EDUCATION

Low education level linked to Alzheimer's, study says

People who don't finish high school are at a higher risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease compared to people with more education, according to a study.

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Schools expand globally, educate locally

There is a growing number of schools catering to the sons and daughters of the modern international business class. Many top executives are now taking their children with them on their travels abroad.

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New York Sun

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Anne Applebaum):

Why don't they like us as much as they used to?

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Slate

Column (William Murchison):

The comeback of paternalism

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Real Clear Politics

Dealing with the issues

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Forbes

Everyone pays, in dollars

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International Herald Tribune

Editorial (Donald Kraybill):

Why the Amish forgive so quickly

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Christian Science Monitor

Editorial (Debra Saunders):

Less hate and loathing in 2008

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San Francisco Chronicle

Tax funds for all religious schools?

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Christian Science Monitor

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Houston Chronicle

School closure plan on target

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Denver Post

The jailing of black America

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International Herald Tribune

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GOOD NEWS

The Plaza Hotel celebrates 100 years

The Plaza hotel, the setting for dozens of movies and home to the fictional Eloise, celebrated its 100th birthday with a party complete with fireworks and a one-ton cake in the building's image.

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Panama's toothpaste hero found

People around the world had been putting an ingredient of antifreeze in their mouths and until Panama blew the whistle, no one seemed to know it.

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International Herald Tribune

WORLD

Israel admits to Syria air strike

Israel has confirmed that it carried out a strike on a Syrian military base last month. President Assad said the raid demonstrated Israel's "antipathy towards peace" - and that Syria would retaliate.

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BBC

At least 10 casualties in suicide bombing on Afghan bus

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the entrance to a bus carrying Afghan police and civilians in Kabul, killing and wounding at least 10 people, according to authorities.

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CNN

Darfur peacekeeping mission at risk

African peacekeepers searched for more than 20 members of their force still missing and feared wandering the wilderness of Darfur after rebels overran their base in an unprecedented attack.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Warming will reshape global travel, experts say

Global warming will produce stay-at-home tourists in the next decades, radically altering travel patterns and threatening jobs and businesses in tourism-dependent countries, according to U.N. experts.

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MSNBC

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Coalition presses candidates on environment

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Houston Chronicle

Arctic ice island breaks in half

The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada's northern shores has broken in two - far earlier than expected.

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BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

TV season holds out for a hero

The first week of the 2007-08 TV season has left industry observers concerned about the absence of a breakout series. Only two new shows got enough ratings to reach potential hit status.

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Hollywood Reporter

Troubled Britney loses custody

Judge Scott Gordon ordered pop star Britney Spears to turn over custody of her two young sons to Kevin Federline, the childrens' father.

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London Independent

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Federline gets custody

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Yahoo! News

Pam Anderson gets marriage license

Actress Pamela Anderson and poker player Rick Solomon successfully applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas, according to reports.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Subtle racism harasses brain

Subtle racism interferes with black people's mental function even more than overt racism does, a psychological study shows.

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WebMD

Sabretooth's surprising weak bite

The sabretooth tiger may have looked a fearsome sight with its massive canines but its reputation takes something of a knock with a new piece of research.

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BBC

Wii might not be home for Christmas

Nintendo probably won't have enough Wii consoles to meet holiday demand, the company's head of U.S. operations said to the surprise of few.

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RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

High Court won't hear two religion cases

The Supreme Court returned to work by sidestepping two church-state cases that social conservatives had hoped the justices would use to chart a rightward course.

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Yahoo! News

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Supreme Court justices attend Red Mass

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Yahoo! News

Feuding nuns force convent demise

A convent in Italy is being shut down after a fight between its last three remaining nuns.

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BBC

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Technology helps find transplant patient

Police located a 10-year-old boy awaiting a heart transplant by using global-positioning technology to find his mother's cellphone, a technique usually used to locate criminals.

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Independent Online

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A Bulgarian teacher plays a musical instrument as protesters shout anti-government slogans during a protest in front of the government building in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. (Photo by Petar Petrov / AP)

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