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A Pakistani girl kisses a portait of Pakistan's military ruler President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at a pro-Musharraf rally outside the Parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo by B.K. Bangash / AP)

Musharraf 'elected to third term'

Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf was elected for a third term as president. However, the Supreme Court could still choose in upcoming weeks to disqualify the U.S.-backed general.

CNN

Turmoil in Pakistan

Yahoo! News

Sex case ends in a suicide

J. D. Roy Atchison, the federal prosecutor from Florida accused of flying to Michigan to have sex with a 5-year-old girl, hanged himself in federal prison, authorities said.

Detroit Free Press

Prosecutor charged in sex sting kills self

Yahoo! News

Peace Corps returns to Ethiopia

The Peace Corps returns to Ethiopia this weekend after a vicious war sent its volunteers packing nearly 10 years ago, the the U.S. development organization said.

CNN

New rules imposed on Blackwater USA

The State Department responded to escalating criticism of Blackwater USA security guards in Iraq, announcing measures to more closely monitor their operations.

Houston Chronicle

Blackwater slideshow

Yahoo! News

Bush insists torture not OK

The Bush administration admitted that it issued a secret memo in 2005 on interrogating terror suspects but insisted it conformed with a public version that renounced harsh techniques and torture.

Detroit Free Press

Gene pioneer Venter: 'I am creating artificial life'

Controversial DNA researcher Craig Venter has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.

Guardian

Craig's decision to stay riles GOP

Some fellow Republicans are peeved that Sen. Larry Craig has decided to complete his term despite his earlier announcement about resigning, but the Idaho lawmaker still has his backers.

CNN

Craig says he'll stay until end of term, despite judge's ruling

McClatchy Newspapers

NATION

Beef recall forces Topps to shut down

Topps Meat Co. said it was closing its business, six days after it was forced to issue the second-largest beef recall in U.S. history and 67 years after it first opened its doors.

Forbes

Meat recall forces closure

CBS News

Former Duke lacrosse players sue prosecutor, police

Three former Duke University lacrosse players, falsely accused of rape in a case that ultimately cost a district attorney his law license, sued the former prosecutor and the city of Durham, North Carolina.

Bloomberg

Duke lacrosse players file federal lawsuit

Yahoo! News

POLITICS

Rudy and Romney: ready to rumble

The next phase of the race for the Republican nomination is shaping up as a Giuliani vs. Romney cage fight.

TIME

Waxman: contractor's re-hiring raises 'serious questions'

The Democrats' top investigator in Congress reacted angrily to a CNN report that a former Blackwater USA employee was hired by another U.S. contractor weeks later.

CNN

Dems rally for healthcare veto override

Sensing their best opportunity yet to overrule a White House that has stymied them on stem cell research and Iraq, congressional Democrats have launched a campaign to override Bush's veto.

Baltimore Sun

BUSINESS

Merrill pegs write-down at $5.5 billion

Merrill Lynch & Co. became the latest and biggest casualty of the credit crisis, warning that it will write down nearly $5.5 billion and report a loss when it announces third-quarter financial results.

MarketWatch

HDTV makers pile on the extras

With new technology by THX, the TV will do the work of adjusting picture quality, audio levels and contrast levels to match the optimal mode sent in the picture stream.

BusinessWeek

HEALTH

Fish safe for pregnant women to eat

Since 2001, when U.S. health officials warned pregnant women to eat no more than 12 ounces of fish a week because of potential mercury contamination, many women have been confused.

U.S. News & World Report

Misdiagnosis results in unnecessary double mastectomy

A single mother given a devastating diagnosis underwent a radical surgery, but after the surgery she found out she was completely misdiagnosed.

abc7.com

SPORTS

Ramirez hits 3-run walk-off HR to lift Red Sox over Angels

Manny Ramirez hit the ball far over the seats behind the Green Monster after David Ortiz was walked intentionally and sent the Angels on a cross-country journey in the middle of the night.

Baltimore Sun

Pirates fire manager Jim Tracy

Tracy was ousted after two years filled with long losing streaks and little discernible progress by a team that has had 15 consecutive losing seasons, one short of the major league record.

Sporting News

Cubs hope 'Friendly Confines' really are

The Chicago Cubs' season will fade away if they don't find a way to escape an 0-2 deficit against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Sporting News

EDUCATION

Some fraternities are moving away from party image

After decades of wrestling with the stigma created by alcohol abuse, cheating, poor grades and hazing, fraternity leaders across the country are looking to reinvent the ideals of going Greek.

USA Today

New legal challenge in California for college accreditation

A preliminary ruling by a federal judge has found that California may not favor one accreditor over other regional accreditors.

Inside Higher Ed

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GOOD NEWS

3-year-old boy lost in Amazon found after 11 days

A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the dense Amazon rain forest was found after 11 days, apparently unharmed but for dehydration and thorns in his feet and legs, police said.

ABC News

Stamps honor distinguished journalists

Five journalists who covered the most tumultuous of 20th Century times are being honored by the Postal Service.

Editor & Publisher

WORLD

Nigeria vows to continue peace missions in Africa

Colleagues and relatives of seven Nigerians killed in a weekend attack by Darfur rebels vowed Nigeria would continue a long history of trying to secure peace across the world’s poorest continent.

MSNBC

Darfur rebel leader threatens to boycott talks

Reuters

Protests after Spanish police arrest leaders of banned party

Basque nationalists came out in protest after Spanish police arrested almost the entire alleged leadership of a political party banned for its links to Eta.

Guardian

Pinochet family released on bail

Relatives of Chile's former military leader, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, have been released on bail a day after their arrest on charges of embezzlement.

BBC

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Former U.S. vice president Al Gore has been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide reaching efforts to tackle global warming.

PRESS TV

EPA OKs 1-year use of pesticide

The Environmental Protection Agency gave the go-ahead for one-year use of a new agricultural pesticide, saying its own scientific review overrides concerns expressed by more than 50 scientists.

Associated Press

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Fearing indecency laws, radio station broadcasts Ginsberg poem online

Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" was heard online and not on the New York radio station WBAI-FM, because the station feared the U.S. FCC's interpretation of indecency could lead to bankrupting fines.

International Herald Tribune

Lindsay Lohan 'is out of rehab'

Actress Lindsay Lohan has checked out of rehab after two months of treatment, according to reports in the U.S. media.

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New plastic is strong as steel

By mimicking a brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells, University of Michigan researchers created a composite plastic that's as strong as steel but lighter and transparent.

Science Daily

The secret lives of tool-wielding crows

Oxford University zoologists affixed mini-cameras to New Caledonian crows to learn more about one of the few animals other than ourselves who use tools.

Scientific American

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Myanmar hunting 4 Buddhist monks who led protests

Myanmar said it detained hundreds of Buddhist monks during the bloody crackdown of pro-democracy protests and that security forces were looking for four of the monks who led the demonstrations.

MSNBC

Monks flee crackdown in Burma

Christian Science Monitor

Man now faces 14 counts in church sex assault case

Child abuse investigators say three young women summoned the courage to come forward and help police gather enough evidence to charge a man now accused in a church sex-crimes scandal.

Edmonton Sun

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