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A Tibetan flag, center, and a Chinese flag, behind, are seen during the Olympic torch relay in Paris. Security officials have extinguished the Olympic flame twice amid heavy protests during the torch relay in Paris, France. (Photo by Francois Mori / AP)

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3 US troops killed, 31 wounded in Green Zone

Suspected Shiite militants lobbed rockets and mortar shells into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad, killing three American troops.

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ABC News

Petraeus will face presidential candidates

Army Gen. David Petraeus will be in front of the microphone, but the cameras will be trained on three of the inquisitors: Sens. John McCain, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

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US forces clash with Shia militia

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Reuters

Solar system's 'look-alike' found

Astronomers have discovered a planetary system which looks much like our own. They found two planets that were close matches for Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star about half the size of our sun.

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BBC

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Beijing Olympic protests spread to Paris

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BBC

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Officials put out Olympic torch 3 times

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ABC News

Clinton's top strategist quits

Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief presidential campaign strategist is quitting amid criticism of his public relations firm's contacts with the Colombian government, Clinton's campaign announced.

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CNN

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Rapid rise of Hillary's fortune

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Times Online

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Another shake-up in Clinton campaign

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MSNBC

Many companies still hiring, despite economic downturn

Even with news of rising unemployment and looming recession, many organizations are still hiring. Some are in industries that benefit from a downturn.

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Christian Science Monitor

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A recession? A depression?

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NATION

Earthquake reported south of San Antonio

A minor earthquake occurred about 95 miles south-southwest of Austin, Texas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

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Houston Chronicle

US reveals plans for offensive action against cyberthreats

The U.S. Air Force Cyber Command is developing capabilities to inflict denial of service, confidential data loss, data manipulation and system integrity loss on its adversaries.

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CNET News

POLITICS

Obama seeks to affirm his patriotism

After a series of incidents that prompted questions about his patriotism, the Democratic presidential candidate is peppering speeches with explicit statements on his love of country.

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Real Clear Politics

McCain has been vocal about support for Iraq war — but silent about son's service

Sen. John McCain has staked his candidacy on the promise that U.S. troops can bring stability to Iraq. What he almost never says is that one of them is his own son.

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Austin American-Statesman

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Rice eyeing ticket? That's news to McCain

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International Herald Tribune

BUSINESS

Survey: Gas prices hit $3.32 in US

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline at U.S. filling stations rose to $3.32, an industry survey showed.

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Bloomberg

Absolut-ly sorry about ad's map of Mexico, firm says

The Absolut vodka company apologized for an ad campaign depicting the southwestern United States as part of Mexico amid angry calls for a boycott by U.S. consumers.

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San Francisco Chronicle

SPORTS

Lady Vols edge LSU

Tennessee moved within a win of its eighth national championship. To do it, the Lady Vols will have to beat Stanford, which stunned Connecticut 82-73 in the other semifinal.

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Sports Illustrated

Backcourt is front and center for Memphis

Behind Douglas-Roberts and Rose, Memphis has never looked better as it tries for its first title.

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USA Today

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Kansas, UNC highlights

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Highlights: UCLA, Memphis

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RELIGION

Blair: Save religion from extremism

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has gone public over his beliefs in a major speech on faith, saying religion had to be rescued from extremism in an era of growing globalization.

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Reuters

Atheist father sues to keep son out of Catholic high school

David Ryan, an atheist who has joint custody of his 14-year-old son, wants his son to attend a nonreligious high school.

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Louisville Courier-Journal

EDUCATION

Colleges make consumer info public

As tuitions climb and calls for accountability in higher education grow louder, more colleges are making more consumer-oriented data available to the public.

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USA Today

Charter schools owe $26 million for overstated attendance

Nearly half of the charter schools in Texas have incorrectly reported student attendance, resulting in $26 million in undeserved payments that the state is trying to recover, according to records.

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Houston Chronicle

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GOOD NEWS

The next giant leap for mankind

NASA is researching how to launch the most difficult mission ever attempted by the human race — putting an astronaut on Mars.

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CBS News

Purdue engineering team wins Rube Goldberg contest

The Purdue engineers beat six other teams from colleges across the country in a hamburger-making competition.

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Indianapolis Star

WORLD

Zimbabwe vote review call spurned

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has rejected calls by President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party to re-check the presidential election results.

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BBC

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Zimbabwe's war veterans set their sights on white farms

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Times Online

Bush-Putin summit does little to relieve US-Russia strains

President Bush made little, if any, progress with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a hastily arranged summit, dashing any near-term hopes of mending the strained relations.

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McClatchy Newspapers

ENVIRONMENT

Will global warming create new Arctic fishing grounds?

For Arctic nations, one of the so-called "benefits" of global warming has been the promise of opening up new fisheries in a remote part of the world choked by ice much of the year.

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McClatchy Newspapers

The eye of the storm

The World Meteorological Organization is expecting global temperatures to drop this year thanks to a strong La Niña.

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Grist

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

An aviation advance, cleared for takeoff

New cockpit systems will give more info to pilots, easing air traffic, but there's a catch: cost.

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CBS News

Giving away books as podcasts is new way to promote sales

Scott Sigler and Seth Harwood have been writing novels, disseminating them over the Internet as serialized podcasts and amassing considerable audiences.

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San Francisco Chronicle

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Movie giant Charlton Heston dies

Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning actor who, parted the Red Sea, raced chariots and battled gorilla tyranny, died at his Beverly Hills home.

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E! Online

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Slide show: Life of a legend

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MSNBC

The rise of Dame Julie Andrews

The legendary actress tells of her hard childhood in a new autobiography.

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CBS News

HEALTH

Soft bed or hard bed for back pain?

Study gets mixed results, but more find soft bed slightly better for back pain.

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CBS News

IOC chief Rogge: Athletes' health not in danger in Beijing

Beijing's heavy pollution may hurt the performances of athletes in this summer's Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said.

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USA Today

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Gender gap in sciences narrows

The gap between women and men receiving doctorates in science and math from California universities is narrowing, state data shows.

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Napa Valley Register

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Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga of Yamaha Motor Italia WSB team loses control of his motorbike during the the race 1 of the 2008 Spanish Round of the SKB World Superbike Championship at Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste, near Valencia, Spain. (Photo by Fernando Bustamante / AP)

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