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Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor (21) meets with some children after practice at the NFL football team's training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., in this photo taken three months ago. Taylor died after he was shot at home by what police say was an intruder. (Photo by Nick Wass / AP)

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Sean Taylor dies from wound

Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died, a day after he was shot at home. Taylor was shot in the upper leg, damaging an artery and causing significant blood loss. He was 24.

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Football player dies of wound

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A local approach to easing gridlock

With 55 of the nation's densest population centers estimated to have Los Angeles-style road congestion, planners raise local funds for projects instead of relying on state and federal money.

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Christian Science Monitor

'Baby Grace' may have been beaten to death by parents

Investigators think they have some of the answers they have been looking for ever since a little girl's body was found in Galveston Bay, Texas.

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CBS News

Iran is uninvited wild card in Middle East talks

The Middle East talks opened in Annapolis, MD. But it is the uninvited guests -- Iran and its allies Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and other militant factions -- that may have the biggest impact on the talks.

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President Bush launches peace drive

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Reuters

Foreclosures will hurt metro economies, mayors warn

The deepening housing crisis will cut economic growth by more than 25 percent in 143 U.S. metropolitan areas next year, according to a new forecast for the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Dozens injured in Paris rampage

Nearly 80 French police officers have been injured, six seriously, during a second night of riots by youths in the suburbs of Paris, police unions say.

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BBC

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Paris riots

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Guardian

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More riots in Paris suburb

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Reuters

California county turns to sewer water to increase drinking supplies

The Orange County Water District, Calif., will turn on what industry experts say is the world's largest plant devoted to purifying sewer water to increase drinking water supplies.

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International Herald Tribune

NATION

Gates: Fight terrorism with ‘soft power’

Defeating terrorism will require the use of more "soft power," with civilians contributing more in non-military areas, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

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MSNBC

Bush welcomes Gore to White House

Talk about an inconvenient truth. Al Gore finally won his place in the Oval Office — right next to George W. Bush. The two men were reunited by, of all things, White House tradition.

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Associated Press

Plans revived to dedicate FDR memorial

Virginian George Washington has a statue on Wall Street, Ohio-born Ulysses S. Grant has his tomb over the Hudson. But for some reason, New Yorker Franklin Delano Roosevelt has no memorial in the city.

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POLITICS

Clinton's 'fiscal responsibility' a sham, critics say

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton vows that as president she'd return the country to "fiscal responsibility." But critics charge that her proposals could blow a hole worth hundreds of billions of dollars in the deficit.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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Giuliani recovers, leads Hillary in U.S. race

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Angus Reid

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Clinton takes off the gloves

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CBS News

U.S. Sen. Trent Lott set to retire

Trent Lott, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, said he will retire, ending a 34-year career in Congress in which he became a powerful conservative figure.

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Reuters

BUSINESS

6,000 apply for 300 Wal-Mart jobs

Cleveland's first Wal-Mart is about to open, and with it comes 300 jobs in a metro area that is struggling economically. The result, according to the Plain Dealer: 6,000 people applied, or 20 applicants for every one job.

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USA Today

Foreign shoppers hit 'mall of America'

Thanks to a weak dollar, more Europeans and Canadians are traveling to the United States to do their holiday shopping.

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Christian Science Monitor

SPORTS

Sherman returns to lead Aggies

Former Green Bay Packers coach Mike Sherman was hired at Texas A&M, where he had once been the offensive line coach, after Dennis Franchione resigned.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Auction set for Black Sox papers

A box containing a potential treasure trove of rare documents, letters and memos that supposedly detail events surrounding the so-called Black Sox scandal of the 1919 World Series will soon be up for auction.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

D.C. highest in HIV/AIDS epidemic

With an infection rate of 10 times the national average, HIV/AIDS is sweeping across the Washington-metropolitan region with devastating consequences.

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The 6 secret STDs

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WebMD

Anti-polio drive gets $200 million boost

The global campaign to eradicate polio has been given a grant of $200 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Rotary International.

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BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A Presbyterian pastor patrols in Iraq

Chaplain Ron Eastes is on patrol with members of his 82nd Airborne Army unit not because he is helping with the platoon's mission, but because the platoon itself is his mission.

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Christian Science Monitor

Blair 'nutter' fear angers bishop

A bishop has criticised Tony Blair after he said he avoided talking about his religious views while premier because he feared the "nutter" label.

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GOOD NEWS

'One laptop' extends promotion till the end of the year

The One Laptop per Child project’s "Give One, Get One" program has been extended through Dec. 31 as donations averaged about $2 million a day.

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ZDNet

Polar bear Knut may soon have siblings

Knut, the Berlin Zoo's well-known polar bear, may soon have as many as three little siblings before Christmas, the zoo's veterinarian said.

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Newsweek

WORLD

Sharif, Bhutto register for Pakistani vote

Former Pakistani Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif signed up to run in a January election while a spokesman for President Pervez Musharraf said he would soon be sworn in as a civilian.

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Pakistan's Musharraf bids farewell to army

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NPR

Vladimir Putin says United States is meddling in Russian election

President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to taint the upcoming Russian parliamentary elections by pressing election observers to abandon their missions to monitor the campaign.

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International Herald Tribune

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U.S. dismisses Russian claim of election meddling

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ENVIRONMENT

New African reserve protects Bonobos, stores carbon

A new reserve has recently been established to protect the endangered Bonobo, a great ape found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's vast tropical forests.

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Environmental News Network

Chinese pollution plan includes tougher fines for industry

China's water and air are straining to cope with the country's industrial take-off, the government said, vowing steps to make polluters pay more for environmental damage.

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Environmental News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Participants: Progress made in Broadway strike talks

Striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers agreed to a 12-hour break in negotiations aimed at reopening darkened theaters.

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CNN

Jesus & Mary Chain readying new album

After a high-profile reunion performance at the 2007 Coachella festival in Indio, Calif., influential modern rock outfit the Jesus & Mary Chain is at work on its first studio album in nine years.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists urge $2 to $3 billion study of ocean health

Marine scientists called for a $2 to $3 billion study of threats such as overfishing and climate change to the oceans, saying they were as little understood as the Moon.

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Reuters

Fake photos alter real memories

Some researchers are worried that digitally altered photos could alter our perceptions and memories of public events.

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LiveScience

EDUCATION

Canadian parents feel schools not adequately preparing kids

Almost one-third of Canadian parents have hired tutors for their children and three-quarters of families report homework is a source of stress in their household, according to a report.

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Canada.com

Options gaining in school marketplace

If your definition of "public school" is the regular public school system, you are talking about a slice of Milwaukee's educational system in which the student population is getting smaller each year.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

U.S. life expectancy rises to 78 years

Life expectancy for children born in the United States rose to a record in 2005, the latest year for which data is available, while the death rate fell to a new low, according to a report.

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An artist performs a fire dance while Berlin's TV tower at Alexanderplatz is illuminated with colors during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Miguel Villagran / AP)

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