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Large Hadron Collider works again
The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.
China mine blast death toll rises
A gas blast at a coal mine in China has now killed 31 people and left more than 80 trapped, state media reports.
Sri Lanka refugees 'to be freed'
Sri Lanka says refugees living in camps after the fight against the Tamil Tigers will have freedom of movement from next month.
 
New asset bubbles may be growing
There's growing concern that the world's central banks are flooding financial institutions with too much cash, setting the stage for another asset-bubble burst. Do banks just need to put on the brakes? Bob Moon reports.
Bill would allow Congress to audit Fed
A House committee has approved a bill sponsored by Republican Ron Paul to expand congressional oversight of the Federal Reserve. Steve Henn reports.
Change in cancer-screening guidelines
New recommendations have been issued for when you should get breast cancer mammograms and cervical-cancer screenings. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports some doctors believe patients need to change their mindsets.
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Church-goers are now being asked to be especially mindful of their personal property while attending services in the wake of a series of thefts at area churches last Sunday.
Rudy Giuliani is pointing his political aspirations toward the U.S. Senate. The former New York City Mayor is reportedly leaning away from a gubernatorial challenge, though polls show that he would be favored to beat incumbent David Paterson. Political insiders believe that Giuliani would like to take another run at the Presidency in 2012 and that the platform of a U.S. Senate seat would better assist that effort.
Officials of the NFTA are watching carefully as Albany mulls much tighter controls on the state's mass of public authorities. The oversight legislation "would slow us down," said NFTA Executive Director Lawrence Meckler, "if we have to go to Albany for approvals." No one is sure but there are 700 or 800 public authorities, said to owe $150 billion, far more than the state owes directly.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said on Friday he would vote to start the chamber's healthcare debate, bolstering the chances for a broad reform bill one day before its first crucial test.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
World
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.
Business
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.
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