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  • msnbc.com

    Ministry: NATO Strike Kills Afghan Soldiers

    msnbc.com (5 hours, 49 minutes ago)

    Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in a western province mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.

  • miamiherald.com

    Northwestern Upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10

    miamiherald.com (23 minutes ago)

    Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another touchdown, and Northwestern snapped No. 8 Iowa's 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory on Saturday.

  • yahoo.com

    Jobless: 10 Percent Is Tougher Than It Used To Be

    yahoo.com (1 hour, 6 minutes ago)

    AP - It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.

  • yahoo.com

    West Africa's Last Giraffes Make Surprise Comeback

    yahoo.com (3 hours, 12 minutes ago)

    AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.

  • boston.com

    Minnesota Teen Who Fled Chemo Now Cancer-free

    boston.com (12 minutes ago)

    A Minnesota teen who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy has finished his cancer treatment.

  • boston.com

    Spat Over 'Terrorists' Halts Conn. 9/11 Memorial

    boston.com (1 hour, 14 minutes ago)

    A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim ...

  • seattletimes.nwsource.com

    Obama Appeals For Health Care Votes

    seattletimes.nwsource.com (2 hours, 33 minutes ago)

    President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.

  • boston.com

    Vt. Town Remains Wary Of Wind Project Plan

    boston.com (24 minutes ago)

    Developers of a proposed wind farm in northern Vermont have promised to pay the town of Lowell up to $535,000 a year, but some residents worry about the environmental impact, and the potential harm ...

  • bbc.co.uk

    Lukewarm Reaction To UK Tax Plan

    bbc.co.uk (1 hour, 28 minutes ago)

    Prime Minister Gordon Brown's idea of a financial transactions tax receives a lukewarm response from G20 countries.

  • yahoo.com

    Obama Pleads For Health Care Overhaul, Vote Looms

    yahoo.com (47 minutes ago)

    AFP - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.