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  China says toys had toxic substance AP - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

  BEIJING - China's safety watchdog confirmed Saturday that toy beads recalled in the United States and Australia after sickening children contain a substance that can turn into the "date-rape" drug after ingested.

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  Teacher sex abuse cases reveal patterns AP - 2 hours, 12 minutes ago

  LEXINGTON, Neb. - Back in August, the rumor around Lexington Middle School was that 25-year-old math teacher Kelsey Peterson had a boyfriend — a 13-year-old former student. People had complained to administrators three months earlier that Peterson spent too much time hanging out with the kids. When new complaints reached administrators linking her to the student in August, her principal gave her a verbal warning, but that was it.

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  Norman Mailer, the writer as Writer AP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - His friends all tell similar stories: Norman Mailer at a dinner party, awards ceremony or afternoon gathering, hobbling on canes up or down a few steps or a flight of stairs, short of breath, as if getting from one place to another was a struggle even greater than finding the right word to finish a paragraph. Then, he would be seated, and was himself again.

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  Illinois stuns top-ranked Buckeyes 28-21 AP - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Top-ranked Ohio State's national title hopes teetered on a timeout, the ball inches from a first down for Illinois. Illini coach Ron Zook changed his mind, decided to go for it on fourth down and that was the beginning of the end for the Buckeyes' hopes of redeeming themselves in this season's national championship game.

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  Cotto retains WBA welterweight title AP - 2 hours, 9 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Miguel Cotto never backed down from a relentless Shane Mosley and won a unanimous decision Saturday night, retaining his WBA welterweight title.

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  Musharraf plans for Pakistan election Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday a general election would be held by January 9 but under a state of emergency he imposed eight days ago.

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  Democrats court activists in Iowa Reuters - Sun Nov 11, 1:46 AM ET

  DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Six Democratic presidential contenders wooed Iowans at a raucous fund-raising dinner on Saturday, with Barack Obama and John Edwards taking veiled shots at front-runner Hillary Clinton on a night filled with dueling cheers and red-meat rhetoric.

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  U.S. military detains 200 in Iraq operation Reuters - 17 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have detained more than 200 suspected insurgents and three "high-value" al Qaeda operatives in a major operation in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

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  Bush, Merkel discuss tougher sanctions on Iran Reuters - Sat Nov 10, 5:18 PM ET

  CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told President George W. Bush on Saturday she would be willing to support a third round of U.N. sanctions against Iran if Tehran continues to resist demands to halt sensitive nuclear work.

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  Author Norman Mailer dies aged 84 Reuters - Sat Nov 10, 1:13 PM ET

  BOSTON (Reuters) - Norman Mailer, the pugnacious two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who was a dominating presence on the U.S. literary scene for more than half a century, died on Saturday of kidney failure, his family said. He was 84.

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  Israeli police raid government offices in Olmert probes Reuters - Sun Nov 11, 4:49 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police raided government offices on Sunday as part of three criminal investigations into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's conduct in a previous cabinet post, a spokesman said.

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  Most of Broadway darkened by stagehands' strike Reuters - Sat Nov 10, 8:10 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) Most of Broadway's theaters went dark on Saturday when stagehands went out on strike in a dispute with theater owners and producers, leaving thousands of ticket holders seeking refunds and entertainment alternatives.

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  U.N. rights envoy arrives in Myanmar Reuters - Sun Nov 11, 3:13 AM ET

  YANGON (Reuters) - United Nations human rights envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro arrived in military-ruled Myanmar on Sunday, his first visit in four years, to investigate alleged abuses during September's bloody crackdown on democracy protests.

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  Pakistan President Musharraf says elections before January 9 AFP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan should hold legislative elections before January 9, President Pervez Musharraf announced Sunday, but refused to set a date for ending the state of emergency he imposed a week ago.

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  Bush, Merkel seek to overcome Iran differences AFP - Sat Nov 10, 11:32 PM ET

  CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Saturday to pursue a diplomatic end to the Iran nuclear standoff as they worked on a common strategy towards a defiant Tehran.

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  Malaysian opposition slams government over protest clampdown AFP - Sun Nov 11, 2:30 AM ET

  KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's opposition and human rights groups on Sunday condemned authorities for attempting to suppress the biggest political rally in a decade with tear gas, water cannons and arrests.

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  UN rights envoy in Myanmar to see junta AFP - Sun Nov 11, 2:57 AM ET

  YANGON (AFP) - UN human rights expert Paulo Sergio Pinheiro arrived in Myanmar Sunday for his first visit in four years, as rights groups urged the envoy to seize the opportunity to push the generals towards reform.

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  Russian oil tanker spills 1,300 tonnes of fuel into Kerch Strait AFP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian tanker broke in half during a storm on Sunday, spilling 1,300 tonnes of fuel oil into the Kerch Strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, a transport ministry spokeswoman told AFP.

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  Airbus wins 20 billion order from Emirates at Dubai AFP - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago

  DUBAI (AFP) - Airbus overshadowed its US rival Boeing at the Dubai air show Sunday, winning orders from Emirates worth more than 20 billion dollars.

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  Lights dim on Broadway as a second strike hits US entertainment AFP - Sat Nov 10, 11:27 PM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - The fabled lights of Broadway dimmed Saturday as stagehands walked out, the second labor crisis in a week to rock the powerhouse US entertainment industry on the heels of a separate film and TV writers' strike.

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  Exploding piggy-bank aims to scare Japanese into saving AFP - Thu Nov 8, 10:19 AM ET

  TOKYO (AFP) - Greying Japan has a new weapon to scare people into saving for their retirement -- an exploding piggy bank.

• In trademarking its coffee, Ethiopia seeks fair trade The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Nov 9, 3:00 AM ET

  Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia - Nestled in the hills of southern Ethiopia lies a resource that could catapult this nation forward: coffee.

• An Admissions Dean's Tips for Getting In U.S. News & World Report - Thu Nov 8, 9:36 AM ET

  What can applicants do to increase their chances of getting in to a good college? Colleges usually just tell applicants the same old generalities about wanting students with good grades and test scores and community service. But Peter Van Buskirk, a former admissions dean at Franklin & Marshall College, in Lancaster, Pa., has started spilling the beans about what really goes on behind those closed-door admissions meetings. Van Buskirk, author of Winning the College Admission Game, tells U.S. ...

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  Families search for those lost in "African Guantanamo" Reuters - Fri Nov 9, 7:10 AM ET

  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Mohammed Abdillahi pores over court proceedings and affidavits as he waits for prayers to begin at the Jamia Mosque in downtown Nairobi.

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  UN chief highlights global warming in visit to Antarctica AFP - Sat Nov 10, 1:38 PM ET

  KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew to Antarctica on Friday on a fact-finding mission for climate change, becoming the first UN leader to make an official visit to the frozen continent.