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Civilians inspect a damaged car after a parked car bomb exploded in a commercial area in the Khulani district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least eight and wounding 25 people, including four traffic policemen. Parked car bombs struck the Iraqi capital, killing at least 15 people and wounding 45 others. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed / 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

No survivors in Wash. plane crash

Searchers combing through wreckage found the last three victims among 10 killed when their plane crashed in Washington's rugged central Cascade Range on their way home from a skydiving event.

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ABC News

Banks scarier than criminals for many

A survey indicates that many consumers are more worried about banks raiding their accounts than criminals. They are five times more likely to switch banks because of hidden fees than security concerns.

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MSNBC

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Turk PM confirms plan to operate in Iraq

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Reuters

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Report: White House ruins terrorist intelligence

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CBS News

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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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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

Lawyer: missing N.J. mayor was at clinic

Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy, who's been missing for almost two weeks, is at home after leaving a Somerset County clinic known for treatment of substance abuse and mental health issues.

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CNN

'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

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

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

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Are your drugs safe?

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U.S. News & World Report

Seizure drug may treat alcoholism

Seizure and migraine medication Topamax shows promise for treating alcohol dependence, but use of the drug for this purpose is not without controversy.

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WebMD

SPORTS

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

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

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

Bosnian widow in church battle

A Bosnian Muslim widow battles to remove a Serbian Orthodox church from her land.

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BBC

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

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Sex, drugs and my 15-year-old

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The odyssey years

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International Herald Tribune

Goodbye and good luck as the British leave Iraq

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Economist

Bush secret torture powers need public purge

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Bloomberg

Environmentally literate

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Houston Chronicle

In this age, only a recession makes sense

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Guardian

Musharraf's cynical victory

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International Herald Tribune

Anti-smoking movement gets one step closer to home

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USA Today

Squash self-doubt, find your confidence

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CNN

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GOOD NEWS

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

Man wins contest with 1524-lb. pumpkin

There are some giant pumpkins on display in Half Moon Bay, but one giant gourd reigns supreme. The winner of this year's half Moon Bay pumpkin festival weigh-off is Thad Starr from Pleasant Hill, Oregon.

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San Jose Mercury News

WORLD

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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CNN

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

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

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

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

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

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

Dino print could be T. rex mark

A British palaeontologist has found what he believes is a preserved Tyrannosaurus rex footprint.

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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

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

EDUCATION

Almost half of outside schools are uncertified by the District

Nearly half of the special acute-care schools paid millions of dollars to look after some of D.C.’s most troubled students haven’t earned certificates of safety from the city.

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Examiner

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

Tenn. School Fight Over 'Jena 6' T-Shirt

A student is suing her suburban Nashville school district for the right to wear a T-shirt with the words "Free the Jena Six."

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Associated Press

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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