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• New scanner may replace metal detectors AP - 46 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The federal government will begin testing a body-scanning machine that could eventually be used instead of the metal detectors passengers walk through at airports.

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  Doris Lessing wins Nobel for literature AP - 25 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - British writer Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, the Swedish Academy said Thursday, citing her "skepticism, fire and visionary power" in dozens of works, notably her classic "The Golden Notebook."

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  McCain to unveil health care plan AP - Thu Oct 11, 5:42 AM ET

  WASHINGTON - John McCain is proposing a sweeping health care system overhaul aimed at giving people more control and more choices while fostering greater industry competition in hopes of lowering costs and improving services.

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  Lawyer: Spears files visitation motion AP - Thu Oct 11, 2:59 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears filed an emergency court motion seeking to expand visitation rights with her children, the lawyer for ex-husband Kevin Federline said Wednesday.

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  Rockies, D-backs open NLCS tonight AP - 48 minutes ago

  PHOENIX - Major league baseball jumps back on the sports radar screen tonight with Game One of the National League Championship Series. It'll be NL West champion Arizona Diamondbacks hosting wildcard winner Colorado at Chase Field. It's the first time two Western division teams are meeting to decide the NL pennant.

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  Turkey says Armenian resolution to harm U.S. ties Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 3:00 AM ET

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey warned on Thursday that relations with its NATO ally the United States would be harmed by a U.S. House committee's approval of a resolution calling the 1915 massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide.

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  Britain's Lessing wins 2007 Nobel for literature Reuters - 39 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - British novelist Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature on Thursday for a body of work that delved into human relations and inspired a generation of feminist writers.

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  India PM meets IAEA head as nuclear deal clock ticks Reuters - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei met India's prime minister on Thursday in a long-scheduled trip as time started to run out for the government to press forward with a nuclear deal with the United States.

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  "You are no longer monks," Myanmar prisoners told Reuters - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

  YANGON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Buddhist monks rounded up by Myanmar's junta were beaten and kept in animal-like conditions without toilets or drinking water during days of interrogation, one of those freed said on Thursday.

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  Chrysler reaches tentative deal with UAW union Reuters - 43 minutes ago

  DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC and the United Auto Workers union reached a tentative labor agreement on Wednesday, ending a strike against the No. 3 U.S. automaker just over six hours after it began.

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  U.N. says prosecute Iraq contractors who commit crimes Reuters - 57 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United Nations wants probes to determine whether private security contractors in Iraq have committed war crimes and for governments to ensure that the rule of law is applied, U.N. officials said on Thursday.

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  China condemns U.S. award for Dalai Lama Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 4:54 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China has complained to the United States over a decision to award exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

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  Study shows persistent benefits of statin drug Reuters - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

  BOSTON (Reuters) - The heart benefits of taking statin drugs may last for years, even after the drugs are stopped, researchers reported on Wednesday.

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  Doris Lessing wins Nobel literature prize AFP - 48 minutes ago

  STOCKHOM (AFP) - British writer Doris Lessing on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize for five decades of epic novels that have covered feminism, politics as well her youth in Africa.

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  Turkey urges US Congress to halt Armenian 'genocide' bill AFP - 53 minutes ago

  ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey on Thursday condemned a vote by a US House of Representatives committee branding the World War I massacre of Armenians "genocide" and urged them not to take it to a full House vote.

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  Concern mounts for Myanmar prisoners as UN mulls action AFP - 55 minutes ago

  YANGON (AFP) - Concern mounted on Thursday for about 1,000 pro-democracy protesters still detained in Myanmar, as the United Nations moved to scold the regime for last month's deadly crackdown on mass street rallies.

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  Police grill Israel PM again in corruption probe AFP - 19 minutes ago

  JERUSALEM (AFP) - Fraud squad officers were grilling Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday for a second time over his alleged abuse of influence in the privatisation of one of the country's leading banks.

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  Low-cost training shoes just as good as expensive ones: study AFP - 58 minutes ago

  PARIS (AFP) - Runners who buy expensive training shoes in the belief that these are less likely to cause injury are deluding themselves, according to a study that appears on Thursday.

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  Boeing hits turbulence as Dreamliner delayed 6 months AFP - Wed Oct 10, 11:39 PM ET

  NEW YORK (AFP) - Boeing ran into turbulence on its highly touted 787 Dreamliner program, announcing a six-month delay for the new jet seen as the future profit driver for the US aviation giant.

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  Chrysler reaches landmark deal with striking US workers AFP - Thu Oct 11, 12:35 AM ET

  DETROIT, United States (AFP) - A strike at Chrysler LLC's US plants was called off after less than seven hours when the automaker reached a deal with its main union on a landmark contract aimed at helping the automaker better compete with its Asian rivals.

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  China condemns U.S. award for Dalai Lama Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 4:54 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China has complained to the United States over a decision to award exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

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  U.N. says prosecute Iraq contractors who commit crimes Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 5:34 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United Nations called on the United States government on Thursday to ensure that any private contractors committing offences in Iraq are prosecuted.

• Turkey says Armenian resolution to harm U.S. ties Reuters - Thu Oct 11, 3:00 AM ET

  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey warned on Thursday that relations with its NATO ally the United States would be harmed by a U.S. House committee's approval of a resolution calling the 1915 massacres of Armenians by Ottoman Turks genocide.

• Predictions: Drier Weather and Higher Bills U.S. News & World Report - Wed Oct 10, 3:51 PM ET

  With this winter expected to be colder than last year, and global oil prices significantly higher than in late 2006, U.S. consumers will face higher heating bills and little relief at the gasoline pump in the coming months, the government's energy forecasting agency predicts.

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  Britain's Lessing wins 2007 Nobel for literature Reuters - 39 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - British novelist Doris Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for literature on Thursday for a body of work that delved into human relations and inspired a generation of feminist writers.