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  N.M. school tries to reach students via podcast AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  FORT SUMNER, N.M. - Students at a rural New Mexico school made a unique pledge last winter: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zunes.

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  AP: Pakistan's ambassador urges patience from US AP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Pakistan's new ambassador to the United States is urging patience for those in Washington frustrated with his government's pursuit of peace deals with tribes along the lawless Pakistani-Afghan border.

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  DeGeneres' 4th Daytime Emmy not necessarily last AP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres has no plans to stop with her fourth consecutive Daytime Emmy for talk show host.

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  Shareholders take brunt of banks' capital raising AP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - America's banks and brokerages are scrambling to raise badly needed cash, but it may be at the expense of shareholders.

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  Stamkos, Doughty, Bogosian go 1-2-3 in NHL draft AP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

  OTTAWA - Steven Stamkos can't wait to play alongside the Tampa Bay Lightning's other No. 1 draft pick, Vincent Lecavalier.

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  Costs mount as Mississippi floodwaters crest Reuters - Sat Jun 21, 1:30 AM ET

  PALMYRA, Missouri (Reuters) - The crest of the swollen Mississippi River moved relentlessly downstream on Saturday as volunteers manned sandbagged levees, nursed hopes and coped with the costs of the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.

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  Obama widens lead over McCain: Newsweek poll Reuters - Sat Jun 21, 12:34 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican John McCain two weeks after he clinched the nomination, a new poll published on Friday showed.

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  China denounces Dalai Lama on torch relay Reuters - Sat Jun 21, 3:52 AM ET

  LHASA, China (Reuters) - Chinese Communist Party officials in charge of restive Tibet used the passing of the Olympic torch relay through the capital Lhasa on Saturday to defend their control and denounce the exiled Dalai Lama.

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  Iran presses on with nuclear enrichment Reuters - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is pressing on with uranium enrichment "non-stop," its envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency was quoted as saying on Saturday, despite a world powers' offer of economic incentives to coax Tehran into halting such activities.

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  Bush didn't know about CIA leak: McClellan Reuters - Sat Jun 21, 12:55 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush did not know about a White House effort to leak the identity of a CIA agent but tried to protect staffers who were involved in one of the biggest scandals of his administration, former Bush spokesman Scott McClellan told Congress on Friday.

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  New North Korean nuclear doubts: report Reuters - Sat Jun 21, 3:50 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has obtained new intelligence that raises new questions about whether North Korea pursued an alternative route to producing a nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported in Saturday editions.

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  Angola leader urges end to Zimbabwe poll violence Reuters - 57 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Angola's veteran leader has added his weight to appeals to Zimbabwe's government to end the political violence and intimidation that is threatening the legitimacy of its June 27 presidential run-off election.

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  House votes to provide protection to phone firms Reuters - Fri Jun 20, 5:46 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday that could shield phone companies from billions of dollars in lawsuits for their participation in the warrantless surveillance program begun by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks.

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  Zimbabwe's Mugabe defiant as pressure builds ahead of run-off AFP - 32 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe dismissed opposition claims of violence in state media on Saturday, remaining defiant in the face of Western criticism ahead of next week's tense run-off election.

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  Olympic torch relay passes through Tibetan capital AFP - 24 minutes ago

  LHASA, China (AFP) - Hand-picked spectators cheered runners as the Olympic torch relay passed through Tibet's capital Lhasa on Saturday, just three months after deadly riots against China's rule here.

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  Six foreign soldiers slain in Afghanistan AFP - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  KABUL (AFP) - Six foreign troops including a Polish national were slain in bombings in Afghanistan on Saturday, the forces said, making it the deadliest day for international soldiers in the war-torn nation this year.

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  12 people trampled to death in Mexico nightclub raid AFP - Sat Jun 21, 4:04 AM ET

  MEXICO CITY (AFP) - A police raid on a crammed Mexico City nightclub on Friday turned into a deadly stampede that killed 12 people, including nine youths and three police, officials said.

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  Phoenix lander confirms presence of ice on Mars AFP - Fri Jun 20, 9:33 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Scientists rejoiced after the Phoenix Mars lander confirmed their long-held belief that ice is hiding under the surface in the Red Planet's northern region.

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  S.Korea US agree to extra safeguards on US beef AFP - 5 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea announced Saturday it has secured extra health safeguards from the United States on beef imports, a move aimed at ending weeks of mass protests that rocked the government here.

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  Oil summit dispute over market speculators AFP - Sat Jun 21, 4:03 AM ET

  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, (AFP) - Oil powers and consumers haggled Saturday over how much to blame market speculators for the spectacular rise in crude prices ahead of a summit on the energy crisis, officials said.

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  One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues: survey Reuters - Thu Jun 19, 7:26 AM ET

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details, personal emails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey.

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  Japan suicides near record high in 2007 Reuters - Thu Jun 19, 9:57 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Over 33,000 people took their lives in Japan last year, topping 30,000 for the tenth consecutive year despite a government campaign to reduce what is one of the highest suicide rates in the world.

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  Israel appears to rehearse Iran attack: report Reuters - Fri Jun 20, 12:43 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials say Israel carried out a large military exercise this month that appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, The New York Times reported on Friday.