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  More young adults on cholesterol drugs AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  TRENTON, N.J. - Use of cholesterol and blood pressure medicines by young adults appears to be rising rapidly — at a faster pace than among senior citizens, according to an industry report being released Tuesday.

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  Astronauts conduct spacewalk AP - 46 minutes ago

  HOUSTON - Spacewalking astronauts bolted a solar power tower to the international space station on Tuesday, completing an ambitious three-day moving process and setting the stage for the unfurling of the beam's giant solar panels.

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  US stock futures dip, suggest lower open AP - 19 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures fell Tuesday, indicating a lower start to the regular session, as the Federal Reserve prepares to start a two-day meeting on interest rates.

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  NBC exec says Leno out as planned in '09 AP - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - If "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them — at least not publicly.

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  Favre's 82-yard TD stuns Broncos in OT AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  DENVER - On the first play following the kickoff in overtime, Brett Favre connected on an 82-yard touchdown pass with Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Denver Broncos 19-13 on Monday night.

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  Blackwater guards offered immunity deals: report Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 10:33 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. State Department investigators looking into the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad last month offered immunity deals to Blackwater security guards, The New York Times reported on Monday.

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  Iran defiant ahead of nuclear talks with Russia Reuters - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not back down in a nuclear dispute with the West and is not interested in talks with the United States, its president said on Tuesday ahead of a previously unannounced visit by Russia's foreign minister.

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  Google plan sees phones by mid-2008: report Reuters - 16 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc is expected to announce advanced software and services enabling handset makers to bring Google-powered phones to market by mid-2008, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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  Editor of Baghdad weekly paper murdered Reuters - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The editor of a Baghdad weekly newspaper was murdered at the weekend, Iraq's Journalistic Freedoms Observatory said on Tuesday.

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  North Korea nuclear disabling on track, U.S. says Reuters - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is on track to disable its nuclear program by the end of this year as its differences with the United States have mostly been resolved, a U.S. envoy said on Tuesday.

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  Pakistan suicide attack kills seven Reuters - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

  RAWALPINDI (Reuters) - A suicide attack killed at least seven people, including the bomber, less than a kilometer from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's army residence in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, police said.

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  Astronauts install solar unit on space station Reuters - 43 minutes ago

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts made a tricky job look easy on Tuesday when they used a robot arm to latch a 17.5 tonne solar power girder to its new home at the end of the International Space Station.

• North Korea to split aid between fuel and goods Reuters - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

  PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) - Regional powers agreed on Tuesday to give half the aid they promised North Korea for disabling its ageing nuclear plant to help refurbish the communist state's dilapidated infrastructure.

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  Suicide blast kills seven near Musharraf's HQ AFP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

  RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up close to where Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was holding talks at army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Tuesday, killing seven people, officials said.

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  18 people charged in alleged child abductions in Chad AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  ABECHE, Chad (AFP) - Sixteen Europeans and two Chadians have been charged in Chad over an alleged operation by a French charity to abduct 103 children to France, which has been severely embarrassed by the case.

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  Blackwater guards offered immunity deals AFP - 2 hours, 35 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - State Department investigators offered immunity deals to the security guards working for the firm Blackwater USA involved in a deadly September 16 incident in Baghdad, two top US newspapers reported Tuesday.

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  Sleeping pills for kids top global list of bad products AFP - Tue Oct 30, 1:42 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Sleeping pills advertised for children, dangerous toys and bottled water taken from local reservoirs are among the world's worst products, a global consumer group said Monday.

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  Canine pioneer: Soviet mutt was first earthling in space AFP - Mon Oct 29, 10:32 PM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Fifty years ago Saturday, a perky-eared mutt named Laika, scooped up from the streets of Moscow, became the first earthling to breach our planet's atmosphere and enter space.

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  UBS plunges to third quarter loss after US subprime crisis AFP - Tue Oct 30, 5:38 AM ET

  ZURICH (AFP) - UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, recorded third quarter losses of 830 million Swiss francs (495 million euros, 713 million dollars) Tuesday, blaming a lack of liquidity following a crisis in the US home loans market.

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  PetroChina raises record 8.9 billion dollars in home IPO AFP - Tue Oct 30, 12:20 AM ET

  SHANGHAI (AFP) - PetroChina, Asia's biggest oil and gas producer, said Tuesday it raised 66.8 billion yuan (8.9 billion dollars) in the nation's largest ever initial public offering (IPO).

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  AIDS virus invaded U.S. from Haiti: study Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 5:43 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the world in a tragic epidemic, scientists said on Monday.

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  Stressed borrowers use plastic to delay default Reuters - Sun Oct 28, 1:59 PM ET

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - This may be Johari Reeves' last chance to catch up on her mortgage payments. The credit cards, she'll worry about later.

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  Pope urges pharmacists to reject abortion pill Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 8:52 AM ET

  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pharmacists must be allowed to refuse to supply drugs that cause abortion or euthanasia, Pope Benedict said on Monday, calling on health professionals to be "conscientious objectors" against such practices.

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  Lawyers' group urges death penalty moratorium Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 10:40 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American Bar Association said on Monday it was renewing its call for a nationwide moratorium on executions, based on a three-year study of death penalty systems in eight states that found unfairness and other flaws.

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  For Gerald Ford, dead men do tell tales Reuters - Mon Oct 29, 4:45 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dead men do tell tales: The late President Gerald Ford believed a successor, Bill Clinton, had a sex addiction and felt Hillary Clinton had "unlimited ambition" but the country was not ready for a woman president.