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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, poses with soldiers and sailors who are graduates of Texas A&M - the university where Gates was president before taking the Pentagon post in December - in front of the headquarters of Naval Forces Central Command in Manama, Bahrain. (Photo by Robert Burns / AP)

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Senate breaks stalemate, passes ethics package

Senate Democrats and Republicans approved expansive legislation to curtail the influence of lobbyists, prevent lobbying by senator's spouses, and tighten congressional ethics rules.

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Washington Post

Former Rep. Bob Ney sentenced to 30 months

Former Rep. Bob Ney, who resigned in October after pleading guilty to corruption charges, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

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CBS News

Israel releases $100 million to Abbas

Israel has paid $100 million in frozen tax funds to the Palestinians, strengthening President Mahmoud Abbas' hand ahead of crucial talks with his Hamas rivals.

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International Herald Tribune

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General: 'Surge' could wind down in summer

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U.S., Iraqi troops seize key Sadr aide

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Reuters

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U.S. launches armed force in Iraq to block Iran

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U.S. News & World Report

More evidence of Taliban leader hiding in Pakistan

A captured Taliban spokesman says Mullah Muhammed Omar is hiding in Quetta, Pakistan, under the protection of Pakistan's intelligence agency.

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Christian Science Monitor

Landmark U.N. study backs climate theory

A major new United Nations report shows global scientists are more convinced than ever that human activity is causing climate change.

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Toronto Star

U.S. criticizes China over missile test

The U.S. criticized China for conducting an anti-satellite weapons test in which an old Chinese weather satellite was destroyed by a missile.

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USA Today

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China hails satellite killer, and stuns its rivals in space

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Guardian

NATION

Europe cleans up after fierce storms that killed dozens

Europeans labored to restore services across the continent after hurricane-force winds felled trees, brought down power lines and killled at least 41 people.

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U.S. News & World Report

Fidel Castro makes "slow but progressive" recovery

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is making a "slow but progressive" recovery, although his condition is serious due to his advanced age, a Spanish doctor who has examined him said.

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Reuters

Egyptian blogger stands trial for insulting Islam

An Egyptian blogger is on trial in Cairo on charges of insulting Islam and causing sectarian strife with his Internet writings.

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Boston Globe

BUSINESS

Toyota to recall 533,000 Sequoias, Tundras in U.S.

Toyota plans to recall about 533,000 Sequoia SUVs and Tundra pickup trucks in the U.S. to repair faulty components that could make the vehicles difficult to steer.

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Reuters

Consumer Reports retracts car seat study

Consumer Reports retracted a flawed negative report on infant car seats that left many parents worried about their babies' safety.

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Topix

POLITICS

Coerced testimony to be allowed at Guantanamo Bay trials

A plan Defense Secretary Robert Gates is submitting to Congress would allow admission of hearsay evidence and coerced testimony at trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

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Senators want details on domestic spying program

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Houston Chronicle

House wraps up '100 hours' blitz; now the hard work begins

Democrats, still riding high from their election sweep, celebrated successes with House completion of their "100 hour" legislative blitz and Senate passage of major ethics and lobbying reform.

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CNN

Ministers launch petition to block Bush library at SMU

Already facing sharp questions from its faculty, Southern Methodist University is now being pressed by some Methodist clergy to drop its pursuit of the George W. Bush presidential library.

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Dallas Morning News

SPORTS

History will be made when Pats visit Colts

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ESPN

Manning's playoff experience comes in handy with Bears

Ricky Manning Jr. is one of five current Chicago Bears with Super Bowl experience, and his play in the 2003 playoffs with Carolina is as good as it gets for a rookie.

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ESPN

EDUCATION

Iraqi college students flee a university system under siege

Even before bombings at a university killed at least 65 students this week, officials said Iraq's higher education system was on the verge of collapse.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Learning takes time

Chicago students are in class 5' 45" minutes daily; New York City's school day is 65 minutes longer. Over a year, New York kids get eight more weeks of total instruction.

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MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Bacon launches 'Six Degrees' charity site

American Actor Kevin Bacon and others launched SixDegrees.org, an online venture designed to create a charity social network and encourage online giving.

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Washington Times

Philanthropy creates economic hub in Seattle

A century after Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller started the first big wave of charitable giving in the U.S., philanthropy has become a booming business.

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NATION

Marine pleads guilty to Iraqi killing

A Marine corporal pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering an unarmed Iraqi civilian last year, saying he and other servicemen were "sick and tired of getting bombed."

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Yahoo! News

Truck driver in fatal immigrant smuggling sentenced to life

On his 36th birthday, Tyrone Williams was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2003 human-smuggling scheme that left 19 illegal immigrants dead.

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Houston Chronicle

Radio DJs joked as contestant guzzled fatal quantity of water

There were lots of reasons to think Jennifer Strange was in deep trouble after she spent hours guzzling water in a contest at a Sacramento radio station.

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San Francisco Chronicle

ENVIRONMENT

Sundance festival is case of 'deja view'

Sundance Film Festival junkies better be sure they're in the right theater. They have to navigate titles like "Girl 27" and "Chapter 27," "Ghosts," "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib" and "Chasing Ghosts."

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Variety

Muslims laud 'Little Mosque on the Prairie'

Millions of Canadians have been watching a new show called "Little Mosque on the Prairie," North America's first sitcom about Muslims.

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Staph bug causes new, deadly pneumonia

A nasty staph germ circulating in and out of hospitals produces a poison that can kill pneumonia patients within 72 hours, researchers said.

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Reuters

Cigarette makers pump up the nicotine

A study by Harvard's School of Public Health finds the nicotine content of popular cigarettes is up by 11 percent.

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Pelosi seeks to set up committee on global warming

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to create a special committee in an effort to jump-start long-delayed government efforts to deal with global warming.

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Environmental News Network

People are changing along with the environment

For years they said it was just the fringe that worried about things like the global warming and climate change. Well, those days are over, as the "fringe" has become mainstream.

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Williams Lake Tribune

SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION

Pope Benedict calls on Christians, Jews to promote peace

Pope Benedict XVI called on Christians and Jews to work together for world peace as Israel's chief rabbi urged the international community to "do everything" to defend the Jewish state.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Cloud warrior' ruin may hold clues to people of lost civilization

An unusual archeological site discovered in Peru may hold clues to the history of the Chachapoya people, who fought the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest.

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CNN

Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked

A new investigation into Napoleon Bonaparte's cause of death might finally put to rest nearly 200 years of lingering mysteries about the illness that killed the French emperor during his island exile.

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Biology News Net

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

France to declassify Rwanda files

France says it will release classified documents on the Rwandan genocide, after claims that French troops were complicit in the 1994 massacre.

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BBC

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Models are transported on a luggage conveyor at the unveiling of the Trussardi Fall-Winter 2007-2008 men's fashion collection, during the Milan Men's Fashion Week, in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Luca Bruno / AP)

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