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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, laughs with French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde after posing for a group photo with the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors at the Treasury Department in Washington. (Photo by Gerald Herbert / AP)

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Paulson says IMF must improve monitoring of markets

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged the International Monetary Fund to adapt quickly to the growing complexities of the global financial system and improve its monitoring of currency markets.

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Bloomberg

China, Taiwan hold historic meeting seeking closer economic ties

Taiwan vice president-elect Vincent Siew met briefly with Chinese President Hu Jintao afternoon, a historic moment in strained China-Taiwan relations, with both saying they wanted closer economic ties.

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Globeandmail.com

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American consumer sentiment hits 26-year low

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San Francisco Chronicle

Philly mayor defiantly signs 5 gun laws

Philadelphia Mayor Nutter likened himself and City Council members to the band of rebels who formed this country as he signed five new gun-control laws that defy the state legislature and legal precedent.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

More FAA whistle-blowers come forward

More FAA whistle-blowers are beginning to step forward with fresh allegations of a "culture of complacency" between the FAA and the airlines industry, the head of U.S. Office of Special Counsel said.

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McClatchy Newspapers

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American flights resume as labor woes loom

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CBS News

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Should fliers be more wary of airplane safety?

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NPR

Sadr City fighting goes into 7th day

Fighting between Shiite militias and U.S. and Iraqi forces in Sadr City went into its seventh day, and a vehicle ban remained in place despite a promise to lift it.

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CNN

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15-month Iraq tours test soldiers and their families

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Epoch Times

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Baghdad slum residents endure street battle hell

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Reuters

Haitian leader's answer to food crisis doesn't satisfy critics

Responding to demonstrators' demands for food price relief for the first time, Haitian President René Préval promised to subsidize prices, but refused to do the same for imported food.

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Christian Science Monitor

NATION

Costs soar for Mass. health care law

Costs are soaring and Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a dollar-a-pack hike in the state's cigarette tax to help pay for a larger-than-expected enrollment in the law's subsidized insurance plans.

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Newsday

State troopers find documents on marriage, birth and cyanide

Copies of released search warrants show police seized dozens of journals and other materials, some documenting marriage and birth records of a West Texas polygamist sect.

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Houston Chronicle

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A child of polygamy

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ABC News

POLITICS

Obama says some voters are angry, bitter

In the midst of an assault from his rivals, a defensive Barack Obama said that many working-class Americans are angry and bitter over economic inequalities and have lost faith in Washington.

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Real Clear Politics

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Obama's opponents seize on his 'small town' remarks

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The Hill

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Obama declines to criticize Carter on Hamas

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Epoch Times

Clinton, in Phila., focuses on crime fight, jabs Obama

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, campaigning in West Philadelphia, announced a $4-billion-a-year anticrime plan that would put 100,000 new police officers on the streets.

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Real Clear Politics

BUSINESS

Identity thieves tax the system

Federal Trade Commission complaints involving tax returns linked to identity theft are up 158 percent since 2003. Similar complaints to the IRS Taxpayer Advocate jumped 644 percent in three years.

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USA Today

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Avoiding tax mistakes

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CNN

GE posts surprise drop in profit,

General Electric, the industrial, financial and media conglomerate considered a bellwether of the U.S. economy, reported its first decline in quarterly profit.

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International Herald Tribune

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G.E. shortfall stuns Wall Street

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Yahoo! News

SPORTS

Wang's 2-hitter, Giambi's homer lift Yanks over slumping Red Sox

Chien-Ming Wang continued his sparkling start to the season, throwing a two-hit complete game, as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 4-1, at Fenway Park.

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Trevor Immelman shoots 68 in Masters second round

Trevor Immelman gave Tiger Woods an impressive target and the world's greatest player was nowhere to be found.

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Couples misses Masters cut for the first time

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Images: the Masters

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Christian Science Monitor

IOC: Political boycotts would hurt athletes, not Games

Any boycott of the Beijing Games by politicians would only hurt athletes, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said.

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Reuters

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Athletes who take Tibet stand 'face Olympic cut'

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Times Online

HEALTH

'Lunchtime lipo' could be hazardous to your health

Marketed as quick and easy "lunchtime lipo" at doctor's offices and spas around the country, it was enticing too many women who wanted a quick fix.

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ABC News

Shoppers alert! Genetic screening 'store' opens in Manhattan

Designers and gene experts are offering their services side-by-side, at least for a few days, as the first DNA analysis "store'' opens in New York's trendy SoHo district.

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Bloomberg

NYC hospital reports possible ID thefts

A hospital said that one of its employees may have stolen records containing the names, phone numbers and, in some cases, social security numbers of as many as 40,000 patients.

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MSNBC

EDUCATION

Catholic school enrollment dwindling

Overall, Catholic school enrollment now stands at about 2.3 million, down from the peak of 5.2 million in the early 1960s.

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USA Today

Colleges slam beer ad binge

Advocates of a ban on beer advertising during college games prompted a letter from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to tame or eliminate alcohol ads during sponsored events.

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Palm Beach Post

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GOOD NEWS

Mountain renamed for fallen soldier

A federal panel officially renamed a Phoenix mountain for the first American Indian woman to die in combat, ending a very contentious fight over naming this site.

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AOL News

Farm visits can ease mental illness

Spending time on a farm looking after cows, horses or other animals can help people with mental illness better manage their anxieties and increase their confidence.

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Reuters

WORLD

Spy photos reveal 'secret launch site' for Iran's long-range missiles

The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs.

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Times Online

Marine quick reaction force starts to settle into southern Afghanistan

The Marine contingent arriving at the massive airfield in Kandahar will be tasked as a quick reaction force that the senior NATO commander says will give new flexibility to fight the Taliban.

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Christian Science Monitor

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US military expands role in West Africa

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Christian Science Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Just the tree of us

Driven by public concern, all the candidates agree that action is needed to slow global warming. No matter who's elected, America's policy will be different a year from now.

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Newsweek

Drugs in drinking water: Why do we need to care?

Despite traces of pharmaceuticals in many cities' water, some water-quality researchers kept doing what they'd done for years about contaminants in tap water: nothing.

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McClatchy Newspapers

Map reveals key wildlife hotspots

Scientists have developed a technique that pinpoints key biodiversity hotspots, which they say will lead to more effective conservation strategies.

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The new chip that will let an iPod store 500,000 songs

A new storage technology will pave the way for MP3 players and other gadgets to store a hundred times more information.

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Times Online

Black holes discovered on the Internet

At any given moment, messages throughout the world are lost to cyber black holes, according to new computer science research.

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MSNBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

MySpaceTV lands global distribution deal

A company founded by Rupert Murdoch's daughter will help News Corp's MySpace distribute Web shows on television and DVDs outside the United States.

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Reuters

Why first-born children have higher IQs

According to new research due to be published in the journal Intelligence, the oldest children in families are likely to have the highest IQs, and the youngest the lowest.

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Times Online

RELIGION

Mom of twins becomes Australia's first female bishop

A pioneer of women's ordination and mother of twins is to become the nation's first Anglican woman bishop.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Catholic health care: religious restrictions spark debate

A debate over sterilization, contraception and other procedures prohibited by the Catholic Church has spilled over to the courts and the Colorado Legislature in the form of lawsuits and legislation.

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Denver Business Journal

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Program helps kids bike, walk to school

Only about 15 percent of children travel to school under their own power. A program seeks to change that.

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Tiger Woods hits out of a bunker on the second hole during the second round of the 2008 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Woods carded a bogie on the hole. (Photo by Elise Amendola / AP)

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