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USA Today Top Stories - Fire in China company dorm kills 11
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A fire at the dormitory of a seafood company Thursday killed 11 workers and injured 10 others in eastern China, an official said.


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USA Today Top Stories - Old missile sites hold Cold War mystique
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The museum, set to open next July, is one of several new uses being found for missile sites, ranging from homes and businesses ...


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Reuters Top Stories - Japan faces deep recession, central banks slash rates
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may be in a deeper recession than first thought as businesses cut spending because of the worsening global recession, which will likely force central banks in Britain and Europe to slash interest rates later on Thursday.


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FOX Top Stories - Clinton for Secretary of State — Unconstitutional'
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FOX Top Stories - Why Not Bankruptcy'
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While Big 3 say $34B bailout is only way to save auto industry, some lawmakers say bankruptcy might be the best option• GM Boss Embarks on His Bailout ... POWER TRIP• POWER TRIP BLOG: Trackin' Down the Big 3 Biggies• UAW: Union Will Resume Talks With Big 3


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FOX Top Stories - New Push: Bargain Mortgage Rates
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New proposal pitched to Treasury Department could create 'mother of all re-fi booms' with lowest rates since early '60s• Bailout Audit Riles Critics From Both Parties • FOX FORUM: Treasury Secretary Should Go, Now


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ABC Top Stories - Suspect May Have Threatened Hudsons
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Prosecutors say William Balfour threatened his estranged wife and her family.


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CNN Top Stories - Brown: Bailout plan doesn't make sense
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It goes without saying that there is a lot of confusion about just how the $700 billion in federal bailout money is being spent.


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Reuters Top Stories - Preventing possible bankruptcies driving auto aid push
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority leader Harry Reid wants to try to find a way to avert threatened bankruptcies in the U.S. auto industry with Detroit Three chief executives readying for a make-or-break hearing on Thursday on a $34 billion bailout request.


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Reuters Top Stories - Paulson said weighing bailout's next $350 billion
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CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is weighing whether to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund, with White House aides approaching President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about the idea, an Obama aide said on Wednesday.


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CNN Top Stories - Police: Suspect shot boy again 'to shut him up'
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The only surviving suspect in the deadly attacks on Mumbai told investigators that he shot a small boy and, because he was crying, "He shot him again, and killed him, to shut him up," a police official said. Police said the suspect spent the past 18 months training at various camps run by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba -- a Pakistan-based terror group allied with al Qaeda.


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FOX Top Stories - Japan Hit by 6.1-Magnitude Earthquake
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There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, nor any apparent danger of a tsunami


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ABC Top Stories - Senate Skeptical As UAW Makes Concessions
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Autoworkers pitch in with savings as Detroit carmakers hit DC looking for cash.


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USA Today Top Stories - Obama taps N.M. Gov. Richardson for Commerce
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson became the first Hispanic selected by Barack Obama for nomination to his Cabinet Wednesday as ...


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USA Today Top Stories - Stolen antiquities returned to Egypt
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Ancient artifacts stolen by a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot were returned to the Egyptian government during a ceremony in ...


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USA Today Top Stories - Polish immigrants go home as work dries up in Britain
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Polish immigrants who filled jobs as plumbers and waitresses helped fuel the recent economic boom here. Now they're going home, ...


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CNN Top Stories - Canada leader vows to fight ouster effort
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Canada is bracing for a political battle royal as its three opposition parties jockey to wrest power from Prime Minister Stephen Harper less than two months after they lost ground in parliamentary elections.


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FOX Top Stories - Lawyers: Hudson Murders Were a Crime of Passion
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Prosecutors allege Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law killed three family members because he was angry the singer's sister was dating another man.


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CNN Top Stories - Nameless victims haunt bone detective
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The man's remains lie on a table. Next to him are the bones of his 22-year-old son and the remains of another son. But no one yet knows which of the man's two missing boys the third set of remains could be. Cheryl Katzmarzyk wants to be able to put a name to the remains, and to the hundreds of other bodies stacked around her.


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ABC Top Stories - U.S., Russia Opt Out of Cluster-Bomb Ban
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92 nations sign ban; crippled youth persuades Afghanistan to sign.


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USA Today Top Stories - Calif. ex-Assembly speaker's son accused of murder at party
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The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez is among four men accused of stabbing a college student ...


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ABC Top Stories - Clinic Gift Certificates for Abortion'
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Indiana's Planned Parenthood offering gift vouchers for reproductive services.


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FOX Top Stories - Missing Fla. Motel Owner's Blood Found in Car's Trunk
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Mystery of Sabine Musil-Buehler's disappearance deepens after a man was caught driving her car, her motel burned down and her boyfriend was named a person of interest


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USA Today Top Stories - In-laws in White House may add new meaning to domestic policy
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Late-night talk show ribbing aside, the multigenerational Obamas could help make extended families visible again. The family ...


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USA Today Top Stories - Empty-nesters benefit when the children fly the coop
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Don't send the kids away just yet, but new research shows that an empty nest can help mom and dad's marriage. It's not that spending ...