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Filipino students wade thru flood waters as they walk outside their school in Manila, Philippines. Pounding rain from Typhoon Sepat flooded parts of the Philippine capital, forcing schools to cancel classes, briefly stopping a commuter train and slowing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's convoy due to poor visibility. (Photo by Aaron Favila / AP)

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Typhoon Sepat strengthens to category 4 off Philippines

Typhoon Sepat strengthened to a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles an hour east of the Philippines and is forecast to reach Taiwan within three days, the U.S. Navy said.

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Bloomberg

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Floods hit the Philippines

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Reuters

North Korea floods may have hit up to 300,000 people

Devastating floods in North Korea may have affected up to 300,000 people and will further worsen food shortages in the impoverished state, U.N. officials said.

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The Age

'Optimistic' NASA uncertain on space shuttle repair

NASA will decide whether to send two spacewalkers out to fix a 3 1/2-inch gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heat shield. Managers were "cautiously optimistic" it could safely return "as is."

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Orlando Sentinel

Insurance fails women bankrupted by cancer

Kathleen Aldrich, financially ruined by two bouts with ovarian cancer, is not who you might assume she is. She raised three kids as a single mom. She worked hard for years. She had good jobs.

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MSNBC

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Breast cancer screenings

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CBS News

Suicide bombers hit Iraqi Kurds

At least 200 people have been confirmed dead and more than 300 injured in one of the deadliest suicide bomb attacks to hit Iraq.

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Scotsman

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Deadly day in Iraq

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CBS News

Japanese prime minister skips visit to controversial war shrine

Veterans and lawmakers crowded a war shrine as Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of its World War II surrender, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and all but one member of his cabinet stayed away.

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International Herald Tribune

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Abe steers clear of shrine

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Reuters

60 feared dead in Himalayan landslide

Around 60 people are thought to have died in the Indian Himalayas after a cloudburst caused a landslide that buried an entire village, officials said.

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Sydney Morning Herald

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Al Qaeda in Iraq suspected in massacre

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CNN

NATION

6 Italians killed in gang feud in Germany

Six Italian men were shot dead in a western German city in an execution-style killing. Italy's interior minister said it appeared to be part of a feud between two Italian organized crime clans.

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Guardian

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Mafia hit: 6 targeted in vendetta killings

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EuroNet

3 Germans killed in Afghanistan

Three Germans travelling in a diplomatic convoy were killed and one wounded in a roadside bomb blast near Kabul, the Afghan capital.

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Al Jazeera

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Taliban claims responsibility for roadside attack

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EuroNews

POLITICS

Hastert planning to retire at end of 2008, GOP sources say

Former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is expected to call an end to a political career that made him the longest serving Republican Speaker in history.

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CQ Politics

Giuliani vows to end illegal immigration

Under his immigration plan, Rudy Giuliani would allow most of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in this country to stay, work and even become citizens."

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Newsday

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Chertoff immigration reform

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MSNBC

BUSINESS

NYC gets $354 million for traffic-toll plan

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to reduce midtown traffic by collecting higher tolls got a boost when the Department of Transportation announced it will pay $354 million to launch the plan.

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Newsday

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Mass transit funding

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NPR

Dow drops 208 on Wal-Mart woes, credit worries

After two relatively benign days of trading, the stock market finished at its lowest levels since April, thanks to disappointing earnings and worries about an asset manager.

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MSN Money

SPORTS

Media reports: ex-NBA referee to plead guilty to betting

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy plans to plead guilty in federal court to charges alleging he bet on games he officiated, according to reports.

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News10

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NBA commissioner discusses betting scandal

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WCBS

Baseball hall of famer Rizzuto dies

Phil Rizzuto, a Hall of Fame shortstop and 40-year broadcaster for the New York Yankees known for his catchphrase "holy cow," has died. He was 89.

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Bloomberg

HEALTH

Western diet ups new colon cancer risk

Colon cancer patients who eat a lot of red meat, french fries and desserts may raise their chances of suffering a relapse and dying early, researchers say.

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NEWS.com.au

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Avoiding fatty foods could keep colon cancer away

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WCBS

FDA says Avandia to carry stronger heart failure warning

The widely used but controversial diabetes drug Avandia will now have a strong "black box" warning on its label, advising users of an increased risk of heart failure, the FDA announced.

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Health Day

EDUCATION

Philly students to get free rides to school

About 36,000 Philadelphia school students will receive free weekly SEPTA passes to get to and from school, under an agreement between the transit agency and the Philadelphia School District.

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Philadelphia Business Journal

Neighborhoods' affect on grades challenged

Many have said that low academic achievement among inner-city children can't be improved without moving them to better neighborhoods, but new reports show data that throws cold water on that theory.

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EducationNews.org

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GOOD NEWS

The good Samaritans

These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue. Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow creatures, furloughed from reality for all time. Billionaires are even more removed.

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TIME

Newborn dolphin prepares for stardom

The latest arrival at the dolphinarium in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odessa, a calf born less than a week ago, seems destined to become a performing star alongside his mother and father.

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Reuters

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Crowds flock to see rare dolphin calf

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BBC

WORLD

NYPD report warns of mounting homegrown terror threat

Average citizens who quietly band together and adopt radical ways pose a serious threat to American security, a new police analysis has concluded.

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WNBC

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Remembering 9/11

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WCBS

Passport rules snag child support cash

The price of a passport: $311,491 in back child support payments for a U.S. businessman now living in China and $46,000 for a musician seeking to perform overseas.

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Forbes

Heatwave bakes southern U.S. states

A heatwave continues to bake parts of the South, taking the number of heat-linked deaths in Tennessee to at least five and buckling roads in Mississippi.

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The Age

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

U.N. food boss urges biofuels rethink

The world risks deeper poverty and greater environmental damage unless it fundamentally changes its bioenergy strategy, the United Nations’ top food and agriculture official has warned.

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Financial Times

Police warn climate protesters near London airport

Environmental protestors launched a week-long global warming protest near London's Heathrow airport, with police warning they would deal harshly with attempts to disrupt air travel.

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Earth Times

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Don Imus in talks to resume radio show

Don Imus has reached a settlement with CBS over his multimillion-dollar contract and is negotiating to resume his broadcasting career.

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MSNBC

'Save the Queen' wins auction for Queen Mary lease

A company called Save The Queen acquired the lease to the Queen Mary and surrounding property in Long Beach, Calif. The company purchased the lease via auction for $43 million.

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KNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

'Lunar Ark' proposed in case of deadly impact on Earth

The moon should be developed as a sanctuary for civilization in case of a cataclysmic cosmic impact, according to an international team of experts.

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National Geographic

Pimp my blimp: new luxury airship planned

It's a blimp. It's a plane. No, it's an airship with 5,000 square feet of living and/or cargo space, according to plans announced by a company that makes surveillance and advertising dirigibles.

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LiveScience

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Teenage girl 'dragged by van at Christian boot camp'

A teenage girl attending a Christian "boot camp" in Texas was allegedly tied to a van and dragged along the ground after falling behind during a morning run.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Quiet resistance at a Tibetan festival

Khampa Tibetans are waging a subtle struggle with China over their cultural identity and religious freedom.

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International Herald Tribune

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Rumsfeld: no coverup in Tillman death

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stood before Congress and denied any effort to mislead the public about the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.

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San Francisco Chronicle

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Grit Vogt, pet keeper of the zoo Tierpark, presents a new born Chinese Reeve's turtle (Chinemys reevesii) also known as the three-keeled pond turtle, to media in Berlin. (Photo by Markus Schreiber / AP)

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