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  Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuclear plant AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  WINTERSBURG, Ariz. - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked.

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  Changes ahead for Medicare drug program AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Nearly 2 million low-income Medicare participants could be switched to different insurance plans for their prescription drug coverage next year.

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  FBI knew of O.J. Simpson plan in advance AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  LOS ANGELES - Federal agents learned three weeks in advance that O.J. Simpson and a memorabilia dealer planned an operation to retrieve personal items Simpson said were stolen from him, according to FBI reports obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

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  A&E pulls 'Dog' series from schedule AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  HONOLULU - Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's show has been pulled from the air indefinitely by A&E, two days after a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly was posted online.

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  Big debut for Big Three; James has 45 AP - 59 minutes ago

  The Big Three made a big statement, and King James conjured up memories of past NBA royalty. Kevin Garnett had 22 points, 20 rebounds and five assists in a dazzling debut with Boston, and the Celtics rolled to a 103-83 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.

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  Iraq vows to arrest Kurd rebel leaders Reuters - 17 minutes ago

  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq said on Saturday it was ready to track down and arrest Kurdish guerrilla leaders responsible for cross-border raids into Turkey from northern Iraq.

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  Thousands flee floods in Mexico Reuters - Fri Nov 2, 8:16 PM ET

  VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Thousands of people fled a Mexican city on Friday after flood waters burst through sandbag barriers in a disaster that left 800,000 people homeless and most of the state of Tabasco under water.

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  Astronauts take on risky spacewalk Reuters - 7 minutes ago

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two astronauts floated out of the International Space Station on Saturday on a risky spacewalk for what could be a make-or-break repair for completion of the $100 billion space outpost.

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  North Korean nuclear disabling to start Monday Reuters - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  TOKYO (Reuters) - A team of U.S. technicians will on Monday start disabling North Korea's nuclear complex which makes weapons-grade plutonium, a senior U.S. envoy said on Saturday, under a multinational disarmament deal.

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  Citigroup CEO Prince to resign: reports Reuters - Fri Nov 2, 10:13 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc Chief Executive Charles Prince plans to resign this weekend, the Wall Street Journal said, as the widening subprime mortgage crisis deals a final blow to a reign long under attack.

• Hollywood writers call Monday strike Reuters - Sat Nov 3, 12:24 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The union representing U.S. screenwriters called for a strike against film and TV studios starting on Monday in a move giving negotiators one last weekend to reach a contract deal or shatter 20 years of Hollywood labor peace.

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  Indonesian volcano Kelud erupts: official Reuters - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

  JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Mount Kelud volcano appears to have erupted, a top official said on Saturday, based on seismographic signals, but the volcano is obscured from view by heavy cloud cover.

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  Mukasey's attorney general bid improves Reuters - Fri Nov 2, 5:44 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's nomination of Michael Mukasey to be the next U.S. attorney general appeared virtually assured on Friday when two key Democrats declared their support, despite concerns by others about the retired judge's view of torture.

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  Rice, Hadley to be subpoenaed in pro-Israel lobby spy case AFP - Fri Nov 2, 9:45 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A judge ruled Friday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and White House National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley can be subpoenaed to testify in a sensitive spying case that has focused attention on pro-Israel lobbying in the United States.

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  More than a million affected by floods in southern Mexico AFP - Fri Nov 2, 10:33 PM ET

  MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Rescuers Friday battled to reach people stranded on rooftops as more than one million struggled in the worst floods on record in Mexico's southern Tabasco state and President Felipe Calderon canceled a foreign visit to help.

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  Mideast neighbours meet on Iraq turmoil AFP - Sat Nov 3, 3:07 AM ET

  ISTANBUL (AFP) - The foreign ministers of Iraq and other countries in the region met here Saturday ahead of talks with major Western powers to seek ways to stabilise the war-ravaged country.

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  UN envoy heads to Myanmar amid expulsion row AFP - Sat Nov 3, 3:59 AM ET

  YANGON (AFP) - The UN's special envoy to Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, was expected in Yangon on Saturday for talks with the country's ruling generals amid a row over the threatened expulsion of another key diplomat.

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  Sri Lanka fears retaliation as Tigers honour slain chief AFP - Sat Nov 3, 3:30 AM ET

  COLOMBO (AFP) - The elusive leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Saturday paid his respects to his slain deputy and five others who died in a government air raid, as security was stepped up across the island.

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  Port of Hamburg shares rise sharply on listing AFP - Fri Nov 2, 2:54 PM ET

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - Hamburg's HHLA group made a stock market splash Friday as the second biggest European port operator raised cash from investors to keep up with the rapidly expanding global shipping industry.

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  Title rivals Arsenal, Man Utd vie for top spot in Premier League AFP - Sat Nov 3, 4:59 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - There was a time when the verbal sparring between the managers in the run-up to an Arsenal-Manchester United match was conducted with all the ferocity of Roy Keane or Patrick Vieira ploughing into a 50-50 challenge.

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  Best bottoms come from Balkans AFP - Thu Nov 1, 10:15 PM ET

  BERLIN (AFP) - A Bulgarian woman and a Romanian man have the world's best-looking bottoms, according to the jury of a backside beauty contest sponsored by a lingerie firm, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.

• Panel links poor U.S. Army contract system to fraud Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 6:41 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An independent panel on Thursday called for an overhaul of the U.S. Army's military contracting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying systemic problems such as a lack of oversight had contributed to fraud.

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  Noel becomes hurricane, moves away from Bahamas Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 9:07 PM ET

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Noel, whose rains have killed at least 108 people in the Caribbean, strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic on Thursday as it moved away from the Bahamas toward Bermuda, U.S. forecasters said.

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  U.S. program unveils man behind Iraq weapons story Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 7:12 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Iraqi defector made up his claim that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons, a threat cited by the Bush administration as a key reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. news program "60 Minutes" said on Thursday.

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  Iran letter sparks new fight between Clinton, Obama Reuters - Thu Nov 1, 9:14 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton signed a letter to President George W. Bush on Thursday warning he has no authority from Congress for an attack on Iran, setting off a new round of fighting with Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama.