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A demonstrator, with Turkish flags next to him, shouts anti-American slogans during a protest near the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Hundreds of Turks marched to the U.S. Embassy in Turkey to protest a U.S. bill declaring the World War I-era killings of Armenians a genocide, local media reported. (Photo by STR / AP)

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U.S. Supreme Court rejects German's CIA abduction case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to reinstate a lawsuit against the CIA by a German citizen who says he was abducted and subjected to months of torture because of mistaken identity.

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Bloomberg

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'Rendition' victim speaks out

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CBS News

Teen shoots 4, kills self at Cleveland high school

It was only after a crowd of screaming students ran past Darnell Rodgers in a stairway at his Cleveland, Ohio, high school that he realized he had been shot.

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CNN

Activists: Myanmar opposition leader tortured to death

A Myanmar opposition leader who was arrested during last month's mass protests against the junta died due to torture during interrogation, an activist group said.

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Reuters

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Turk PM confirms plan to operate in Iraq

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Reuters

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Bush urges Congress to reject Armenian genocide resolution

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International Herald Tribune

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Sights of Ramadan

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ABC News

Fears over safety of Chinese imports prompt U.S. officials to study Japan

Concerns about the safety of Chinese products have the U.S. government looking at the tough approaches taken by another Asian country, Japan.

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International Herald Tribune

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Korean cows sip herbal tonics, local farms fight U.S. imports

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Bloomberg

Thompson's TV debate debut falls flat

The former senator and actor stumbled through the first question, appearing nervous and hesitant though his performance improved by the end of the two-hour debate in Dearborn, Mich.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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CNN

More join anti-bottled water movement

Cities around the U.S. are joining influential restaurateurs and activists in a public campaign to convince consumers to choose tap water over bottles.

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MSNBC

NATION

Wallet woes: winter heating cost on fire

Heating bills will skyrocket for millions of Americans this winter, especially for those who warm their homes with heating oil.

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CBS News

Man jailed for trying to pass off $1M bill

Change for a million? That's what a man was seeking when he handed a $1 million bill to a cashier at a Pittsburgh supermarket. When the bogus bill was confiscated the man flew into a rage.

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CBS News

'Dear Abby' says she's for gay marriage

After years of conjecture about her casual references to "sexual orientation" and "respect," Jeanne Phillips, who writes the advice column "Dear Abby," is ready to say it flatly: She supports same-sex marriage.

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USA Today

POLITICS

Michelle Obama not hurt in car crash

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was involved in a traffic accident as she rode to a rally in northern Iowa, organizers said. She was not injured.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Clinton proposes universal 401(k)s

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a new multibillion-dollar retirement plan -- billed as a universal 401(k) plan with federal matching funds -- to supplement Social Security for middle-class workers.

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4 Dems drop out in Michigan

Four of the Democratic presidential contenders withdrew their names from the Michigan primary ballot, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) is staying on.

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The Hill

NBC wants women

NBC said it agreed to spend $925 million to acquire Oxygen Media, the female-oriented cable network co-founded by Oprah Winfrey and run by Geraldine Laybourne.

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Forbes

NBC to buy Oxygen media for $925 million

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CNNMoney

Salmonella link suspected in pot pies

ConAgra maintains that its pies are safe if cooked properly, but the U.S.D.A issued a health alert to warn consumers about the link between the company’s product and salmonella cases.

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Kansas City Star

HEALTH

How stress harms the heart

Researchers have long suspected that stress does the body harm, now two new studies published this week lend further support to the belief.

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TIME

New York college student dies of bacterial meningitis

Bentley College says a first-year student has died of bacterial meningitis at a hospital in her home state of New York.

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ABC News

SPORTS

Umps advised to ‘not answer’ MLB probe

In the wake of the NBA gambling scandal involving referee Tim Donaghy, the commissioner's office has monitored umpires more, but the Umpires Association calls background checks an "invasion of privacy."

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MSNBC

NFLPA to appeal arbitrator's ruling that Falcons can reclaim Vick bonuses

Disgraced quarterback Michael Vick lost the first round in his financial battle with the Atlanta Falcons when an arbitrator ruled that Vick should repay bonus money he got while secretly bankrolling a dogfighting ring.

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ESPN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Argentina priest convicted for kidnappings, murders

The first Roman Catholic priest to be charged for murders and kidnappings under the nation's former dictatorship has been jailed for life.

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Scotsman

Diocese asks priests for help

A church asking its congregation for contributions is not rare, but in the case of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego, the latest request is raising some eyebrows.

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FOX6

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GOOD NEWS

3 scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine

Mario Capecchi lived on streets and in orphanages as a child in Italy. Now, six decades later as a scientist in the U.S., he joins two other researchers in winning the Nobel Prize in medicine.

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MS patient finds therapy in canes

For the past two years, Mike Hunter, a 56-year-old MS patient, has carved and donated more than 300 canes for the clinic, each one different, each one with Hunter's own special touch.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

WORLD

Doors closing on Iraqi displaced

A growing number of Iraqi provinces are refusing entry to internal refugees, the U.N. refugee agency has warned.

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BBC

New leaders could radically alter China

Many analysts are focusing not only on Hu Jintao's likely successor, but on the generation after that: rising officials now in their 40s who can expect to take power around 2022.

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MSNBC

Chavez against alcohol, tobacco

President Hugo Chavez is on a moral crusade in Venezuela, preaching against vices from alcohol to cholesterol, vowing to curb whisky imports and ordering beer trucks off the street.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Whaling battle moves to YouTube

The Australian government has launched an anti-whaling message aimed at Japanese children on video-sharing Internet site YouTube.

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BBC

Neighbors fight, states scramble over clean power

Curt Mann's neighbors are accusing him of erecting an ugly wind turbine among their historic homes for no other reason than to show off his environmental "bling."

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CNN

Casting the part of Biggie Smalls

Hollywood is looking for an actor to fill some very large shoes: the role of Christopher Wallace, better known as rapper Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.

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NPR

Latinas celebrate 'change'

Capitalizing on her charm, Hispanic Women of the Year honoree America Ferrera is taking Hollywood by storm. The accomplishments of Hispanic women in entertainment are front and center.

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Hollywood Reporter

Hasselhoff hospitalized after relapse

David Hasselhoff had a brief relapse and immediately recognized the importance of addressing it.

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MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Office 2008 on schedule

Microsoft reached an important milestone in the development of Office 2008, and the development teams say they will be ready for release to manufacturing in December and shipping in mid-January.

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iTWire

Space station ma'am gets a whip

Astronaut Peggy Whitson was presented with a "kamcha," a traditional Kazakh riding whip. Sergei Semchenko, a Russian official, said the gift was to help her keep her International Space Station crew in line.

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BBC

Board the plane, turn off your phone...and surf the web

American Airlines and Virgin America plan to offer wireless Internet next year, and other airlines will be watching the results closely.

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Christian Science Monitor

EDUCATION

Police will ticket those who skip class

Houston school officials are warning students from Key Middle School not to participate in a planned protest during school hours — threatening they could be ticketed for skipping class.

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Houston Chronicle

Study: Where kids go to high school may not matter

Urban private high schools have about the same effect on academic achievement, college completion and future job satisfaction as public schools among poor, inner-city students.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Are private schools really better?

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TIME

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Old age 'no barrier' to sex life

Old age is apparently not preventing Americans from enjoying active sex lives. In a survey of 3,005 people aged 57 to 85, a significant number said they were sexually active into their 70s and 80s.

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BBC

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Poultry farmer Yekaterina Stepanova takes care of one of the turkeys at a farm in Shakhty near Rostov-on-Don, about 600 miles south of Moscow. (Photo by Sergei Venyavsky / AP)

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