Nation & World

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February 3, 2011

Telescope discovers an ‘amazing’ 54 potentially habitable planets

The Kepler telescope has found more than 1,000 planets in just a small slice of the Milky Way galaxy.
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February 3, 2011

High school study: Emphasize job skills

Preparing students for a four-year college ignores the fact that only 30 percent will earn a degree.
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February 3, 2011

Huge storm adds to Queensland’s misery

More than 10,000 people flee to 20 evacuation centers in a danger zone stretching 190 miles.
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February 3, 2011

Paul: Tea party is willing to deal on debt, spending cuts

The Kentucky senator's speech allays Republicans' fears of being hamstrung by colleagues' inflexibility.
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February 3, 2011

Deadly blizzard buries Midwest, Northeast

Heavy ice crushes some buildings, 13,000 flights are canceled, and now comes bitter cold.

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February 3, 2011

In Focus: Attack on protesters ‘vintage Mubarak’

The Egyptian leader is thumbing his nose at the U.S. and his own people, political observers say.
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February 3, 2011

Bill targets EPA’s ‘Clean Air’ power

The agency cannot cite the act as authority to regulate greenhouse gases, the draft contends.
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February 3, 2011

Bullets rain on crowds as protests turn violent in Cairo

The attack comes the day after bloody clashes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square leave at least four dead and 600 injured.
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February 3, 2011

Senate stands by health care law

Democrats refuse to budge on repeal, forcing the GOP, including Maine's senators, to attack individual provisions.
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February 2, 2011

Man admits sex abuse of 122 disabled people

The man had worked as a therapist since 1982 in nine different care homes in Switzerland and Germany.