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Updated: 7:54 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2007

ALSO MAKING HEADLINES
• Suit filed in water-drinking death
• Senators walk fine line on Iraq plan
• ‘Idol’ finds big dreams in Big Apple

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ACROSS THE COUNTRY

• Immigrant sues over being denied contest prize

• Judge warns prosecutors on crack kingpin case

• California immigration raids leave many fearful

• $254 million jackpot winner yet to claim prize

• More crime-fighting help going to New Orleans

• Police end bid to get bullet from suspect's head

• Anti-abortion extremist convicted in slaying

• Former NBC Universal treasurer arrested

• Congratulations, you've been admitted... not!

• Video: Rumsfeld still at Pentagon (with 7 aides)

U.S. Life

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• Nuclear power's French connection

• $254 million winner yet to claim prize

• Suit filed in water-drinking contest death

• Families' ad boycotts 9/11 memorial

• Julia Child makes it to Hall of Fame

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

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• Alleged KKK member pleads not guilty

• New Orleans getting more crime-fighters

• Anti-abortion extremist convicted in slaying

• Cops end bid to get bullet from teen’s head

• Sex offender, 29, attended class with kids

U.S. SECURITY

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• GI gets 18 years for killing Iraqi detainee

• Immigration raids leave many fearful

• Immigrant sues over denied contest prize

• Families' ad boycotts 9/11 memorial

• General: Bigger Army will cost $70 billion

RACE IN AMERICA

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• Tancredo: Abolish black, Hispanic caucuses

• Not guilty plea in 1964 civil rights slay case

• WP: Can Obama appeal to black voters?

• Newsweek: Los Angeles’ new gang war

• Proposed Ga. county split divides residents

ENVIRONMENT

GREEN MACHINES | MORE |

• Climate report: Expect 1,000-year sea-level rise

• Calif.: CO2 could rise under Bush plan

• Shipwreck area combed for oiled birds

• Aussie bill to deal with drought: $7.8 billion

• Study: Some Asian fish species decimated

WEATHER NEWS

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• Floods kill dozens in southern Africa

• Weather forecasts used to track disease

• Aussie bill to deal with drought: $7.8 billion

• Europe gets snow and travel headaches

• Your local weather

U.S. BUSINESS NEWS

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• Wal-Mart settles overtime dispute

• Budweiser offers peek at Super Bowl plans

• Hot melon in your Budweiser?

• Pork giant to phase out gestation crates

• Union membership drops to 12%

PECULIAR POSTINGS

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• Ultraviolet glow lights up spider sex

• Man with mannequin fetish sentenced

• Hard choice: Iguana faces amputation

• Anger at 'Gnomesville Massacre'

• Scientists give up; sloth won’t move

Photo features

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SPECIAL COVERAGE

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• Brian Williams: Nothing easy in Big Easy

• Rebuilding Lives: How 6 survivors are faring

• Katrina exodus' impact felt far and wide

• Tulane players learn far more than football

• Quarreling through Katrina: A tale of survival

• Slideshow: Pulitzer-winning photos and audio

AFP - Getty Images

• Where is the WTC 'dust man' now?
Find out the latest on 10 people whose images gripped the world during 9/11 and its aftermath.

• How 9/11 changed our lives

• 'No greater love': The heroes of Flt. 93

• Air controllers saw nightmare coming

• Bush lays out ‘struggle for civilization’

• CNBC: 'This is how it's going to end'

U.S. News Slide shows

AP	• Winter hits again Freezing weather chills large swaths of the country. Click for photographs.
Reuters	• Remembering the fallen Family and friends remember loved ones who have lost their lives serving in Iraq. Click to view photographs and listen to their stories.

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