POLITICAL SHIFT LIKELY AS JAPANESE HEAD TO POLLS

Voters in Japan will turn out for parliamentary elections Sunday in what poll after poll shows will be a historic shift in political power to oust the ruling party. More>

Cops Admit They Blew Chance to Rescue Jaycee Lee Dugard in 2006

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In Kennedy, the Last Roar of the New Deal Liberal
By SAM TANENHAUS (NYT)

Edward M. Kennedy’s vision of government as guardian reached back to the Roosevelt era and never wavered. More>

Former Israeli Prime Minister Is Indicted
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israeli legal authorities indicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges.
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The New Old Guard
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‘Soul’ of Party Is Memorialized by Nation
By DAN BARRY (NYT)

Kennedy family members and friends gathered around the gravesite at the funeral on Saturday for Senator Edward M. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. More Photos >

Hundreds of mourners, including President Obama, gathered to honor Edward M. Kennedy, who was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. More>

Michael Jackson's death was a homicide, coroner rules

The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson's death was a homicide involving a combination of drugs. FULL STORY

Drugs that killed Jackson for clinical use only, experts say

The drugs said to have contributed to Michael Jackson's death are routinely used in hospital settings, but should never be combined at home, medical professionals say.
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Couple faces 29 felony counts, life in jail in kidnapping

Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, will face 29 felony counts after being accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard when she was 11 and keeping her in their backyard since 1991, the district attorney of El Dorado County, California, said Friday. FULL STORY

Sen Edward M. Kennedy's widow, Victoria, second from left, touches her husband's casket.
Sen. Ted Kennedy to be laid to rest Saturday

Sen. Ted Kennedy will be buried Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery after a private funeral mass.
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Ban on robocalls takes effect on Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, many "robocalls" from telemarketers will be illegal. FULL STORY

UAE seizes N. Korean arms bound for Iran, diplomats say

The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship believed to be carrying North Korean weapons to Iran in what is believed to be first case of disguised cargo confiscated under tightened U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang, diplomats said Friday. FULL STORY

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President Hamid Karzai widened his lead in Afghanistan's presidential race as new vote tallies were released Saturday, inching closer to the 50 percent threshold of … Full Story >

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■U.S.-Afghan Relations Strained Over Election
By HELENE COOPER

As reports mount of widespread fraud in the balloting of the Afghan elections, President Obama's early praise for the process may soon be coming back to haunt him. More>

■Ahmadinejad Urges Prosecution of Political Rivals
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN

Iran's president lashed out on Friday, two days after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to blunt calls for revenge. More>

■CNN: Congresswoman apologizes for 'great white hope' comment

A Republican congresswoman apologized Thursday for saying that her party is looking for a "great white hope" to counteract President Obama's political agenda. More>

■Washington Post: Holder's Decision To Probe CIA Hints At a New Dynamic

About five weeks ago, faced with a crucial decision on how to react to brutal CIA interrogation practices, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. concluded that it would be all but impossible to follow President Obama's mandate to move forward, rather than investigate divisive episodes from the Bush "war on terror."
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■New York Times: Abuse Issue Puts the Justice Dept. and C.I.A. at Odds

With the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate detainee abuses, long-simmering conflicts between the Central Intelligence Agency and the Justice Department burst into plain view this week, threatening relations between two critical players on President Obama’s national security team. More>

■Washington Post: Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger

When the credit crisis struck last year, federal regulators pumped tens of billions of dollars into the nation's leading financial institutions because the banks were so big that officials feared their failure would ruin the entire financial system.
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■New York Times: Some Roman Catholic Bishops Assail Health Plan

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been lobbying for three decades for the federal government to provide universal health insurance, especially for the poor. Now, as President Obama tries to rally Roman Catholics and other religious voters around his proposals to do just that, a growing number of bishops are speaking out against it. More>

■Wall Street Journal: Libya's Oil Boom Is Running Dry

The release of the Lockerbie bomber triggered speculation that British energy companies trying to access Libya's oil wealth could soon hit a bonanza. But in reality, Big Oil is already there, and its interest in Libya is cooling.
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Public gets 2nd chance to pay respects to Kennedy

Mourning for Sen. Edward Kennedy continues with another chance for the public to pay their final respects.
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum where Kennedy's … Full Story >

CNN: Ted Kennedy visitation begins at JFK Library

A bell tolled atop Boston's Faneuil Hall on Thursday as the body of Sen. Edward Kennedy passed through the streets, while mourners lined up outside his late brother's presidential library for a chance to say goodbye. More>

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CNN: Analyst: Post-Kennedy health care bill may be more sweeping

For almost 50 years, Sen. Ted Kennedy pushed unsuccessfully for legislation that would reform the health care system and ensure coverage for every American. More>

CNN: Kennedy takes with him a time and an era

He had a name that rang down through generations. It was a gilded name in politics, but Ted Kennedy's life was an almost impossible kaleidoscope of outstanding public service, astonishing personal failures and the heavy burden of the unfulfilled legacies and promise of three older brothers: Joseph, Jack and Bobby. More>

CNN: Sheriff: Kidnap victim, children kept in backyard compound

An 11-year-old California girl snatched from the street in front of her house in 1991 had two children with the man accused of taking her and was forced along with the children to live in backyard sheds, police said Thursday.
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CNN: Girl grew up locked away in backyard sheds

From the time she was an 11-year-old, blue-eyed, freckle-faced blonde until she was a 29-year-old woman with two children, Jaycee Dugard was kept locked away in a backyard compound of sheds and tarps by a couple police say abducted her. More>

Christian Science Monitor: Three speeches that defined the ‘Lion of the Senate’

Along with a legislative record of historic scope, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) of Massachusetts will be remembered for a legacy of words that glowed, at least in public. More>

CNN: Taiwan allows Dalai visit for typhoon victims

Taiwan said Thursday that it will allow a visit by the Dalai Lama to pray for the victims of the typhoon-battered island. More >

CNN: Obama to eulogize Kennedy at Boston church

Services for Sen. Edward Kennedy will be Saturday morning at a Boston church before his burial in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, his office announced Wednesday. More>

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CNN: Sanford fights back against call for resignation

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford forcefully rejected his lieutenant governor's request that he resign for the good of the state, telling reporters Wednesday: "I am not going to be railroaded out of this office by political opponents or folks that were never fans of mine in the first place."
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New York Times: Loss of Health Care Champion Creates Uncertainty

The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy has quickly become a rallying point for Democratic advocates of a broad health care overhaul, a signature Kennedy issue that became mired in partisanship while he fought his illness away from the Capitol. More>

Washington Post: Democrats Vow To Return Money From Financier

Just 11 months ago, Hassan Nemazee ranked as one of the Democratic Party's premier money men -- hosting a $28,500-a-head fundraiser in his luxurious home on New York's Upper East Side for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. More>

CNN: Feds seizure of baseball players' drug tests ruled illegal

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that federal investigators' seizure of drug-test results of more than 90 major league baseball players five years ago was illegal. More>

Court ruling small consolation for exposed players

David Ortiz didn't bother getting worked up over a court decision that said investigators overreached when they seized a list of players _ which included the Red Sox slugger _ who failed drug tests in 2003.
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CNN: Death gives Massachusetts 1st open Senate seat in decades

As Americans paused Wednesday to remember the extraordinary life of Sen. Edward Kennedy, political observers also took note of a rare development caused by his passing. More>

CNN: Kennedy's seat may remain empty for months

It may be months before Edward Kennedy's Senate seat is filled, following his death at the age of 77 on Tuesday. More>

CNN: U.S. students behind in math, science, analysis says

American children aren't necessarily getting smarter or dumber, but that might not be good enough to compete globally, according to numbers cited Tuesday by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. More>

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CNN: Castro reviews Obama's performance

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro criticized President Obama for expanding the war effort in Afghanistan, but Castro also mildly praised Obama's domestic initiatives, such as health care reform. More>

CNN:'The writing is on the wall,' ally tells Sanford

Two Republican legislators met privately with South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford Tuesday and told him to resign — but the governor rejected their advice. More>

CNN: Argentina court ruling would allow personal use of pot

Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. More>

CNN: Borger: CIA flap a huge headache for Obama

No matter which way you look at it, the question is painfully difficult: What -- if anything -- do we do about the post 9/11 behavior of some CIA agents who worked feverishly to interrogate prisoners they believed had information that could save American lives?
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Mass. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy dies at age 77

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday …

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CNN: Edward Kennedy dies at 77
Sen. Edward Kennedy died at his home after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. CNN's Dana Bash reports. More>

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CNN: Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy dead at 77
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died Wednesday at his home in
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77. More>

CNN: Reaction to Sen. Edward Kennedy's death
A sampling of reactions to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday night at age 77: More>

New York Times: Edward Kennedy, Senate Stalwart, Dies
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a son of one of the most storied families in American politics, a man who knew triumph and tragedy in near-equal measure and who will be remembered as one of the most effective lawmakers in the history of the Senate, died late Tuesday night. He was 77.
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Boston Globe: Kennedy dead at 77
Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who carried aloft the torch of a Massachusetts dynasty and a liberal ideology to the citadel of Senate power, but whose personal and political failings may have prevented him from realizing the ultimate prize of the presidency, died at his home in Hyannis Port last night after a battle with brain cancer. He was 77. More>

Washington Post: Mass. Sen. Ted Kennedy Dies at 77, After Cancer Battle
Edward M. Kennedy, one of the most powerful and influential senators in American history and one of three brothers whose political triumphs and personal tragedies captivated the nation for decades, died at 77. More>

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New York Times: Bioethicist Becomes a Lightning Rod for Criticism

Few people hold a more uncomfortable place at the health care debate’s intersection between nuanced policy and cable-ready political rhetoric than President Obama’s special health care adviser, Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel. More

Los Angeles Times: U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks trial on global warming

The nation's largest business lobby wants to put the science of global warming on trial. More

New York Times: Giuliani, Seeing Opening, Mulls a Governor Bid

Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in 2010, believing public anger at an ineffectual Albany and unease over the economy could create ideal conditions for a Republican to reclaim the governor’s mansion. More

CNN: More troops may be needed to bolster Afghanistan

Adm. Michael Mullen, the highest-ranking man in the U.S. military, said the situation in Afghanistan is getting worse, as fresh indications emerge that President Obama soon could be asked to commit more American troops. More

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C.I.A. Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. named a federalprosecutor to examine abuse of prisoners held by the C.I.A., as officials released a 2004 report detailing abuses inside C.I.A.-run prisons overseas. More

Rendition to Continue, but With Better Oversight, U.S. Says By DAVID JOHNSTON

The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration's practice of sending terror suspects abroad for interrogation but will monitor to prevent torture, officials said. More

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Iraqi Shiite Leaders Create Alliance, Minus Maliki

By STEVEN LEE MYERS

The creation of the alliance represented the opening of an election campaign that is likely to be as contentious as it is decisive in shaping Iraq's post-war future. More

American soldiers fired mortar rounds on Saturday at Taliban forces from their position over a village in Nuristan Province.

U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient

By HELENE COOPER

Despite the recent addition of 17,000 American troops and extra security efforts surrounding the presidential election, the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating. More>

Obama’s Team Is Lacking Most of Its Top Players

By PETER BAKER

After a summer of setbacks, President Obama has filled just 43 percent of more than 500 policymaking positions requiring Senate confirmation.
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Girl dies after wave knocks her into ocean; Bill heads to Canada
A 7-year-old girl died after a large ocean wave kicked up by Hurricane Bill knocked her and two other people into the Atlantic off Maine's Acadia National Park on Sunday, a park official said. More>

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Malaysia postpones woman's caning
A Malaysian model, who was set to become the first woman to be caned in the southeast Asian country for drinking beer in public, had her sentence postponed Monday until the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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WHO official predicts H1N1 'explosion'
The world will soon see an "explosion" of swine flu cases as the H1N1 virus spreads rapidly around the world, a top World Health Organization official said Friday. More>

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Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing C.I.A. Abuse Cases

By DAVID JOHNSTON

The Justice Department has recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, potentially exposing C.I.A. employees to prosecution. More>

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11:00 a.m. ET: CNN INTERNATIONAL: 'TALK ASIA'

"Talk Asia" explores the personalities behind the newsmakers in the fields of arts, politics, sports and business.11:30 a.m. ET: CNN INTERNATIONAL: 'WORLD'S UNTOLD STORIES'

"World's Untold Stories" takes us to places rarely caught on camera. Gritty, powerful tales that open our eyes to a world that is both disturbing and captivating.
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WEEK IN REVIEW

Could Afghanistan Become Obama’s Vietnam?

By PETER BAKER (NYT)

Maybe Barack Obama will win his domestic battles. Maybe the economy will bounce back. But his presidency may ultimately be defined in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan. More

Know Thine Enemy
By NOAM COHEN (NYT)

This summer, a rulebook for the left has been well-thumbed by the right.

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Yahoo draws 17.5 times as much traffic to its financial news and information section and has held the category’s top spot for 19 consecutive months. More

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New research suggests that atrazine may be dangerous at lower concentrations than previously thought, particularly for fetuses.
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Hurricane Bill spun northward toward the New England coast Saturday with wind and rain as officials warned beach lovers to head indoors for the night.

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Monitors: Taliban cut off fingers of Afghan voters

Making good on a threat of election day violence, the Taliban sliced off the index fingers of at least two people in Kandahar province, according to a vote monitoring group. More>

FBI chief: Bomber's release 'a mockery'

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Athens suburb threatened by fire evacuated
Authorities have ordered the evacuation of an Athens suburb that is threatened by huge wildfires outside the Greek capital. Municipal officials say all 10,000 residents of …

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U.S. Shifts, Giving Names of Detainees to the Red Cross
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U.S. Marines Fight Taliban With Little Aid From Afghans
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Lack of support from Afghan officials has hindered American efforts to win over residents in a region where the Taliban remain a menacing presence. More

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Jackson memorabilia tour approved; London's first

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By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent

A judge on Friday firmly approved a deal between Michael Jackson's estate and a concert promoter to exhibit his memorabilia, praising the arrangement that the singer's mother had fought in court over her concerns that it could harm his legacy and wasn't competitively bid.

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ABCNews: Wee-Wee'd Up: Health care debate slips further from White House control
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Fired up, meet wee-wee'd up.

For those seeking definitions, maybe it has something to do with the way that the more President Obama talks about health care reform, the fewer people say they want his version of health care reform. More >

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Jeremy Bird, deputy director of Organizing for America; and ABC's George Stephanopoulos.

Bush Official, in Book, Tells of Pressure on '04 Vote
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Tom Ridge, former secretary of homeland security, says he was pushed to raise the threat level before the election. More >

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CNN: Most families outraged at Pan Am 103 bomber's release

Victims' family members and advocates are grieving anew as the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland -- which killed 270 people -- was released Thursday from a British prison. More >
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CNN: Adult, 2 teens charged with beating elderly black man

Authorities have charged two teenagers and an adult in connection with the beating of a 76-year-old African-American man early Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, in an incident police say had a racial connection. More >

CNN: Hurricane Bill leads to tropical storm warning for Bermuda

Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning Thursday for the Atlantic island of Bermuda as Category 3 Hurricane Bill neared. More >

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Wall Street Journal: For Moms, Therapy Beats Drugs

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Lutherans to allow sexually active gays as clergy

Leaders of the nation's largest Lutheran church have voted to allow sexually active gays and lesbians in committed relationships to serve as clergy. Gays and lesbians … Full Story >

New York Times: Britons Fault Health Service, Until Others Do

People here complain endlessly about the National Health Service, which is financed by taxpayers and provides access to care, free at the point of delivery, to everyone in the country. They deplore the system’s waiting lists, its regional disparities in treatment, its infection-breeding hospitals and its top-heavy bureaucracy. More >

Boston Globe: State GOP leader calls Kennedy request 'hypocrisy'

Massachusetts Republicans spoke out today against a proposal by US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, under which Kennedy's Senate seat would be filled by an appointment by Democratic Governor Deval Patrick until a special election could be held.
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CNN: '60 Minutes' creator Don Hewitt dies

Television pioneer and longtime CBS executive Don Hewitt, the creator of "60 Minutes," has died, the network said Wednesday. He was 86. More>

CNN: Don Hewitt had a passion for stories

Don Hewitt created a remarkable system to get the best stories on the air. First of all, he never held an editorial meeting. It was up to each producer to stay on top of the news and claim a story as soon as you knew you had something. You claimed a story by submitting a "blue sheet" -- before computers, the paper must have been blue -- and you wrote a few lines describing the story and the best reason it should be on television. More>

Christian Science Monitor: Date set for challenge of California gay-marriage ban

A federal judge on Wednesday set a Jan. 11 court date for the first legal challenge to Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage. More>

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The National Automobile Dealers Association is urging the federal government to begin shutting down the Cash for Clunkers program immediately. More>

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CNN: Discovery set to launch next week for space station

Space shuttle Discovery is set to launch next week on a mission to the international space station, NASA's Flight Readiness Review team said Wednesday. More>

CNN: L.A. coroner returns to office of Jackson's dermatologist

The Los Angeles Coroner's chief investigator revisited the office of Michael Jackson's dermatologist Wednesday, even though the coroner announced last week his "thorough and comprehensive" report was completed. More>

Boston Globe: Kennedy, looking ahead, urges that Senate seat be filled quickly

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, in a poignant acknowledgment of his mortality at a critical time in the national health care debate, has privately asked the governor and legislative leaders to change the succession law to guarantee that Massachusetts will not lack a Senate vote when his seat becomes vacant.
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CNN: 'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Bill churns in Atlantic

Described as "an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane," Hurricane Bill was churning closer to the Atlantic island of Bermuda on Wednesday, forecasters said. More>
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Wave of blasts in Iraqi capital kills at least 95

Nearly simultaneous truck bombs struck Iraq's Foreign and Finance ministries Wednesday as a wave of explosions killed at least 95 people, bringing the weaknesses of … Full Story >

Judges Overturn Backdating Conviction
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Lawyer and Author Adds His Objections to Settling the Google Book Lawsuit
By MIGUEL HELFT and MOTOKO RICH
Published: August 18, 2009
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CNN: Fiorina takes initial step to challenge Boxer

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is taking the initial steps to challenge California Democrat Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat, a move that could lay the groundwork for one of the most high profile and expensive contests of 2010. More >

CNN: House Democrat: 'Terrible miscalculation' to skip public option

A Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee in Congress said Tuesday that he would "have to think long and hard" about voting in favor of a health care bill that did not include a public option. More >

New York Times: An Unexpected Ally’s Road to Championing Same-Sex Marriage

Theodore B. Olson’s office is a testament to his iconic status in the conservative legal movement. A framed photograph of Ronald Reagan, the first of two Republican presidents Mr. Olson served, is warmly inscribed with “heartfelt thanks.” Fifty-five white quills commemorate each of his appearances before the Supreme Court, where he most famously argued the 2000 election case that put George W. Bush in the White House.
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Washington Post: Debate's Path Caught Obama by Surprise

President Obama's advisers acknowledged Tuesday that they were unprepared for the intraparty rift that occurred over the fate of a proposed public health insurance program, a firestorm that has left the White House searching for a way to reclaim the initiative on the president's top legislative priority. More >

New York Times: Senator Moves to Stop Scientific Ghostwriting

A growing body of evidence suggests that doctors at some of the nation’s top medical schools have been attaching their names and lending their reputations to scientific papers that were drafted by ghostwriters working for drug companies — articles that were carefully calibrated to help the manufacturers sell more products. More >

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Rep. Frank lashes out at protester for Nazi remark

Rep. Barney Frank lashed out at protester who held a poster depicting President Barack Obama with a Hitler-style mustache during a heated town hall meeting …

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Sister: 'Survivor' winner jailed for TV interview

The sister of "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch says she thinks her brother was sent back to jail because he granted an interview.

Kristin Hatch told "Today" …

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CNN: Praise from doctors, patients on health cooperatives

Some of the strongest support for health care cooperatives' place in the national effort to reform the nation's health care system comes from those who experience a co-op's care every day: doctors and patients. More>

CNN: Getting past the lingo of the health care debate

Are you confused by all the back and forth on health care reform? Here's a guide to some of the terms commonly tossed about in the debate. More>

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CNNMoney: Clunkers: Toyota passes GM as top seller

More customers trading in vehicles under the Cash for Clunkers program bought cars from Toyota than any other manufacturer, according to new government statistics. In previous reports, General Motors has topped that list.
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Navigating the acrimonious debate among Democrats between a public option and a health care cooperative presents a significant challenge for the president. More >

CNN: Obama, Bill Clinton to meet at the White House Tuesday

Former President Clinton will meet with President Obama at the White House tomorrow afternoon for the first time since Clinton's trip to North Korea that secured the release of two jailed journalists Eung Lee and Laura Ling in early August. More >

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New York Times: 3 Indicted in Theft of 130 Million Card Numbers

The man who prosecutors said had masterminded some of the most brazen thefts of credit and debit card numbers in history was charged on Monday with an even larger set of digital break-ins. More >

Washington Post: Unemployment Spike Compounds Foreclosure Crisis

The country's growing unemployment is overtaking subprime mortgages as the main driver of foreclosures, according to bankers and economists, threatening to send even higher the number of borrowers who will lose their homes and making the foreclosure crisis far more complicated to unwind.
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Washington Post: Credit Card Firms Face New Curbs This Week

The first phase of the landmark credit card legislation signed by President Obama in May will take effect this week, forcing card issuers to give consumers more time to pay their bills and to consider interest rate increases. More >

Bomb attack kills 7 in Kabul; UN workers wounded

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy Tuesday on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least seven civilians and wounding 50 people, including several …

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Russia arrests 8 suspects in Arctic Sea hijacking
08/18/2009 3:45:31 AM

By LYNN BERRY Associated Press Writer

Russia's navy arrested eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter near Sweden and forcing the crew to sail to West Africa, the defense minister said Tuesday. More >

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USA TODAY: Controller discussing dead cat prior to Hudson crash

The air traffic controller handling the small plane involved in a deadly crash with a helicopter over the Hudson River was chatting on the telephone about a dead cat at the airport and initially failed to warn the pilot of other aircraft in his path, officials said. More >

Wall Street Journal: Actor's U.S. Airport Screen Roils India

Fans of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan burned a U.S. flag in protest Sunday after the actor said he was detained for questioning at a U.S. airport. More >

Obama invokes grandmother's death in health debate
08/16/2009 4:33:40 AM
By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer
Now, it's personal. President Barack Obama invoked his own anguish over the death of a loved one as he challenged the debunked notion that Democratic efforts to overhaul the nation's health care would include "death panels."

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Convicted American leaves Myanmar
An American sentenced to seven years hard labor in Myanmar after he swam across a lake to visit detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, arrived in Thailand on Sunday with the U.S. senator who secured his release. FULL STORY

Go West, Mr. President, to America's wilderness

President Barack Obama is hardly the consummate Western outdoorsman.

The Marlboro Man he's not.

He's spent his adult life in big cities _ New York, Chicago and, …

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New York Times: Regulators Seize Colonial BancGroup
Friday, August 14, 2009 -- 6:25 PM ET

Federal banking regulators seized the troubled Colonial BancGroup on Friday and its assets were taken over by BB&T in the biggest bank failure in the United States so far this year. Read More:
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Iran Tries to Suppress Rape Allegations

By ROBERT F. WORTH

Iran's clerical leadership stepped up a campaign to silence opposition claims that protesters were raped in prison, with prayer leaders denouncing the accusations.

Death Toll Is Still Rising After Storm in Taiwan

By ANDREW JACOBS

President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday he expected the number of dead from the typhoon to rise.

Terrifying Ride to Safety for Survivors in Taiwan

At Least 6 Die at Gaza Mosque in a Clash With Hamas

By ETHAN BRONNER

At least six Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in Rafah when Hamas police officers stormed a mosque that had been taken over by a group of Islamic militants.

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CNN: Axelrod blasts out his own 'viral e-mail'

David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama, is aiming to debunk online "myths" about the president's health care plan with a viral e-mail of his own. More >

CNN: Man pleads guilty to racial threat using fake Facebook account

An African-American man has pleaded guilty after being accused of impersonating a white supremacist in a fictitious Facebook account to make death threats against an African-American university student. More >

CNN: FAA suspends 2 air traffic controllers over Hudson crash

The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended two air traffic controllers from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport over Saturday's collision of two aircraft over the Hudson that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said Thursday. More >

CNN: Is Palin getting ready to tweet again?

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin changed her Twitter account on Thursday to @SarahPalinUSA, abandoning her old username @AKGovSarahPalin. More >

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Eli Manning signs 6-year contract extension

08/14/2009 5:13:32 AM

By BEN McCONVILLE Associated Press Writer

Lawyers for the man serving a life sentence for the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie said Friday he intends to drop his appeal against conviction, as Scottish officials consider his request for transfer to Libya-Lockerbie bomber drops appeal, Scotland mulls move

New York Times: Collision Bares Longtime Rift Over Air Safety

Roughly 15 years ago, the federal agency that investigates air disasters made a plea for more data on the air-tour industry, to improve safety for helicopter, airplane, balloon and airship flights around the nation. Six years later, it asked again. More >

CNN: A $12 million health care campaign hits the airwaves

A new $12 million targeted television campaign was launched Thursday that is designed to provide "cover and support and credit" to members of Congress who back President Obama's approach to health care reform, a member of the coalition behind the ad tells CNN. More >

First on the Ticker: GOP support for Sanford impeachment grows

A South Carolina Democrat told CNN on Thursday that Republican legislators have assured him there are enough votes to start a bipartisan push for impeachment against Gov. Mark Sanford when the legislative session begins in January. More >

CNN: Health-reform e-mails flooding House's Web site, techs say

A huge spike in the number of people wanting to e-mail their members of Congress about health-care reform has overloaded a key feature on the House of Representatives home page, the House technical office said Thursday. More >

ABCNews: The Muslim parents of an Ohio teenager who fled to Florida fearing an "honor killing" for converting to Christianity today blamed their daughter's fears on the husband and wife pastors who took their daughter in and didn't report her presence for more than two weeks. More>

Washington Times: Obama's health nominee advises Burger King

President Obama's nominee for surgeon general, whose job it is to help encourage Americans to get thinner and healthier, has been working part time as a scientific adviser to the fast-food giant that sells sandwiches like the Whopper and BK Triple Stacker.
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CNN: Feds to tour Michigan prison where Gitmo detainees could go

Federal officials will travel to Standish, Michigan, on Thursday to tour a state prison that could be used to house terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. government officials said Wednesday.
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New York Times: Patients Are Reminded of Aspirin’s Risks

Cheap, ubiquitous aspirin has long been known for health benefits from basic pain relief to heart attack prevention. But after a new study this week provided tantalizing evidence suggesting that aspirin might increase survival chances for colorectal cancer patients, experts were quick to warn that the drug, a medicine cabinet staple, also had its risks. More >

CNN: Economic uptick plays key role in health care debate

CNN: Fears fuel emotional health care protests

Beyond the noise of raucous crowds and angry protesters who have turned town hall meetings into shouting matches is genuine concern from ordinary citizens who are afraid that President Obama's health care proposals would only make things harder for them, experts say.

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CNN: Warrant issued for former Bill Clinton chief of staff

Bill Clinton's chief of staff when he was governor of Arkansas is expected to turn herself in after authorities issued a bench warrant for her arrest for allegedly smuggling contraband into a state prison, her attorney told CNN Wednesday

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Russian navy searches Atlantic for missing ship

VerizonNews: Russian navy vessels were trolling the Atlantic on Thursday in search for a Maltese-flagged ship that has been missing for more than two weeks since …

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New York Times: As Afghan Vote Nears, Taliban Intimidation Rises
By CARLOTTA GALL and RUHULLAH KHAPALWAK

Insurgents have warned voters not to vote in the presidential election lest they face "strong punishment."
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New York Times: Fed Views Recession as Near an End
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS

The central bank gave its most upbeat assessment of the economy in more than a year and said it would soon end its program to buy back billions in Treasury bonds.

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California: Payment in Social Security Suit Ordered
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT)

A federal judge in Oakland has tentatively approved a settlement requiring the government to pay more than $500 million to tens of thousands of people wrongly barred from receiving Social Security payments.
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Head of F.D.A. Division, Under Scrutiny, Resigns
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s medical device division, Daniel Schultz, is stepping down after staff scientists said they had been pressured to approve certain products. More >

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Senator Goes Face to Face With Dissent
By IAN URBINA and KATHARINE Q. SEELYE (NYT)
More than 1,000 people showed up for a Pennsylvania meeting with Senator Arlen Specter, and like many such events, it was punctuated with rowdy moments.

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Michael Jackson Drug Probers Raid Las Vegas Pharmacy
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Toilet-Paper Barricades
By MAUREEN DOWD (NYT)
The postpartisan, postracial, post-Clinton-dysfunction world that President Obama was supposed to usher in when he hit town on his white charger, with turtle doves tweeting, has vanished. More >

CNN: Specter faces hostile audience at health care forum
A hostile crowd shouted questions and made angry statements Tuesday at a town hall meeting on health care in Pennsylvania led by Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter. More >

CNN: Madoff's finance chief pleads guilty to fraud, other charges

Frank DiPascali, formerly the finance chief at Bernard Madoff's investment advisory business, pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday to 10 charges including securities fraud and international money laundering.

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CNN: Sanford defends expensive travel, denies divorce

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford defended his trips on expensive international flights on Tuesday and said that a state Senate probe into his foreign travel is driven by a politically-motivated "feeding frenzy."

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Washington Post: DynCorp Billed U.S. $50 Million Beyond Costs in Defense Contract

A Defense Department auditor testified Tuesday that DynCorp International billed the government $50 million more than the amount specified in a contract to provide dining facilities and living quarters for military personnel in Kuwait.

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New York Times: Napolitano Focuses on Immigration Enforcement
A day after President Obama announced that legislation to overhaul immigration laws would have to wait until next year, the secretary of homeland security played down the need for change in a speech here and took a tough stance on enforcing current immigration laws.
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Taiwan military: 1,000 found alive after typhoon
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$7.5 mil payout backed in S.F. police case

San Francisco officials have agreed to pay out $7.5 million to two men who spent nearly 14 years in prison before their murder convictions were overturned by a judge who ruled that evidence was withheld.
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Solano jailer arrested in workers' comp fraud

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CNN Source: Jackson's doctor gave drug authorities believe killed him

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, administered a powerful drug that authorities believe killed the singer, a source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to CNN on Monday.
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Obama to meet Thursday with professor, officer

A senior administration official said Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Police Department will be visiting the White House Thursday.

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More 'Cash for clunkers' program under way

Federal authorities unveiled their $1 billion "cash for clunkers" plan Monday as a win for the environment, a win for automakers and a win for drivers who would like to trade up, but they acknowledged the program's impact is uncertain.

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Prosecutor Gressett fighting charge of rape-Was Contra Costa County DA kinky encounter with CoCo co-worker forced or consensual?

Palin Faces Questions as She Exits Alaska Politics --Palin Ethics Investigator Closely Tied to Democratic Party

Verizon: Palin's resignation day arrives, future unclear

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Alberto Contador of Spain Wins Tour de France; Lance Armstrong Third, 5:24 Behind [11:40 a.m. ET]

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CNN: Drive to legalize marijuana rolls on in California
Richard Lee greets students, shopkeepers and tourists as he rolls his wheelchair down Broadway at the speed of a brisk jog, hailing them with, "Hi. How ya doin'?"

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CNN: Guantanamo detainee may face trial in U.S. Administration officials Friday indicated a second Guantanamo Bay detainee may be brought to the United States for a criminal trial, but cautioned no final decision has been made.

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CNN: White House: Soldier to receive Medal of Honor posthumously

An Army staff sergeant will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor after he sacrificed his own life in an effort to save another soldier in Afghanistan, the White House said Friday.

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A group of L.A. Galaxy fans did not hide its displeasure toward David Beckham.

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New York Times: Iran Tries to Suppress Rape Allegations

By ROBERT F. WORTH

Death Toll Is Still Rising After Storm in Taiwan

By ANDREW JACOBS

At Least 6 Die at Gaza Mosque in a Clash With Hamas

By ETHAN BRONNER

$7.5 mil payout backed in S.F. police case

Solano jailer arrested in workers' comp fraud

CNN Source: Jackson's doctor gave drug authorities believe killed him

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