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Water floods a street after the heavy rains of Hurricane Felix passed over Oranjestad, Aruba. Felix lashed a cluster of Dutch Caribbean islands, forcing residents and tourists to hunker down in homes and hotels as the then-Category 3 storm chugged into open waters of the Caribbean Sea. (Photo by Pedro Diaz / AP)

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Felix weakens but remains threat to Central America

Hurricane Felix weakened as it barreled toward Central America, dropping from a Category 5 to a Category 4 storm, but the National Hurricane Center warned it's still dangerous and could restrengthen.

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Hurricane roars through Caribbean

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Lebanese Army takes control of Palestinian refugee camp

The Lebanese Army said it had taken full control of a Palestinian refugee camp in North Tripoli where troops have been fighting Islamic militants for more than three months.

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International Herald Tribune

With big lead, is Clinton beatable?

As presidential candidates kick their campaigns into high gear, every national poll puts Sen. Hillary Clinton on top of her Democratic rivals by a good margin.

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Bush, Rice, Gates make surprise visit to Iraq

In a surprise trip shrouded in secrecy, President Bush and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates secretly flew to western Iraq for a meeting with senior U.S. military leaders.

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Bush makes surprise visit to Iraqi air base

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British troops leave Basra city

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Brown defends troop pullout from Basra

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Melbourne Herald Sun

N. Korea 'to be taken off terrorism list'

The United States has agreed to lift sanctions against North Korea and remove it from its list of states that sponsor terrorism.

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Guardian

U.S. military: Afghan insurgents HQ destroyed, 25 killed

Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed an insurgent headquarters near the southern city of Kandahar overnight, killing an estimated 25 guerrillas, the U.S. military said.

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Reuters

NATION

Firefighters contain California blaze, continue working in Idaho, Michigan

A wildfire that has been burning for two months in Los Padres National Forest was fully contained, officials said. Firefighters also were nearing containment on blazes in Idaho and Michigan.

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Houston Chronicle

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No relief from heat in the Southwest

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Girl, 10, spent night in mine shaft with sister's body

Once the sun rose, rescuers finally saw the tracks of an all-terrain vehicle leading into the shaft, a 125-foot vertical drop into a chamber where one of the girls was trapped overnight with her sister's body.

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CNN

Florida woman gives birth to state's first set of sextuplets

It was a Labor Day weekend for the record books at a Florida hospital, where a woman gave birth to the state's first set of sextuplets.

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POLITICS

Steel, mine workers unions back Edwards

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is getting the endorsement of two unions, the United Steelworkers and the United Mine Workers of America.

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More obstacles for GOP as it tries to reclaim Senate

The Senate electoral playing field for 2008 has become considerably more perilous for Republicans with the retirement of Sen. John Warner, R-Va., and the resignation of scandal-scarred Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Democrats can't count on a flummoxed Midwestern electorate

With about 73 percent of Michiganders considering the economy to be the most important issue in 2008, the Democrats better not think that antiwar rage alone drives the presidential election.

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

EU says financial turbulence should not affect economic recovery

EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia does not believe that recent financial turbulence should affect the euro zone's economic recovery.

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Forbes

General Electric to pay $582 million to boost oil-services unit

General Electric agreed to buy Britain's Sondex for $582 million, with the U.S. conglomerate expanding its oil services capabilities.

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MarketWatch

SPORTS

LeBron, U.S. bury Argentina for gold

Lebron James scored 31 points, the most by an American player in an Olympic qualifier, as the United States dominated in the desert by beating Argentina 118-81 to win the FIBA Americas championship.

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ESPN

Williams sisters dominant at U.S. Open

They weren't exactly chumps, the two accomplished young women up against the Williams sisters at the U.S. Open, but they were made to look like also-rans in a pair of fourth-round matches.

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canada.com

HEALTH

Census Bureau: 47 million Americans have no health insurance

The latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that the number of uninsured Americans has increased from 44.8 million in 2005 to roughly 47 million last year.

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eFluxMedia

How 4 women quit smoking -- and you can too

New research shows that the carcinogens in cigarettes are more dangerous for women, who are three times as likely as men to get aggressive forms of lung cancer and more likely to develop it earlier in life.

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CNN

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Penitents turning to Web

Confession is not what it used to be in the Roman Catholic Church; cultural and theological shifts have pushed the age-old sacrament aside.

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GOOD NEWS

Despite grumbling, most Americans say they are happy at work

Although some people may spend part of the Labor Day weekend complaining about their bosses or about job burnout, most Americans are satisfied with their jobs, a new University of Chicago study shows.

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Fisherman is saved after being cut off

A fisherman who couldn’t swim was just minutes from death when he was cut off by the tide. He was saved after calling for help from his mobile phone.

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WORLD

Gaza rocket lands near Israeli day care

A Palestinian rocket landed in a courtyard next to a crowded day care center in a southern Israeli town, sending panicked mothers scrambling to rush their screaming toddlers to safety.

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Mideast conflict

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Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip prohibit public prayer

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Ha'aretz

Former Bangladeshi leader held on corruption charges

Police in Bangladesh arrested the former prime minister Khaleda Zia as part of the interim government's campaign against corruption.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

EPA orders Gahanna plant to cut odors, air pollution

A Gahanna plant that recycles steel drums isn't doing enough to cut foul odors and pollution, state environmental officials said.

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Columbus Dispatch

Pope: Save the planet before it's too late

Pope Benedict XVI, leading the Catholic Church's first "eco-friendly" youth rally, told up to half a million people that world leaders must make courageous decisions to save the planet "before it is too late."

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Pope leads eco-friendly rally

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Director: Owen Wilson doing better after apparent suicide attempt

Owen Wilson is doing well as he recovers from an apparent suicide attempt, and is even making colleagues laugh, the director of his latest film said.

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Houston Chronicle

Spike Lee will head jury of inaugural Babelgum Online Film Festival

Director Spike Lee will head the jury of the inaugural online film festival announced by Babelgum, a Web site that streams video to computers free of charge.

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International Herald Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NBC, iTunes trade blows in pricing battle

Apple Inc. this week continued to swap corporate handbag swipes with television network NBC.

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Monsters and Critics

Fossil dating back 160 million years discovered in China

Chinese and German palaeontologists have jointly announced the discovery of 17 fossil teeth of a new mammal genus, which lived 160 million years ago, in northwest China's Xinjiang region.

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EDUCATION

Bully film nothing to laugh at

Educators hope a new film will curb bullying activity in schools and cyberspace.

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ABC News

School district, union at odds over janitors' sickness

An elementary school where seven janitors got sick this weekend is safe and will be open to students, despite union concerns about mold problems in the building.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Arctic, tropical islands team up for climate pact

Arctic peoples and tropical islanders will try to strengthen an unusual alliance on the front lines of global warming by seeking ways to cope with melting ice and rising seas.

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A rainbow is cast over the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., during the Burning Man festival. (Photo by Brad Horn / AP)

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