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Coordinated blasts hit Baghdad; kill at least 103
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A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including three car bombs that blew up near government sites. At least 103 were killed and 197 wounded in the worst wave of violence in the capital in more than a month, authorities said.
Obama looks at highways, small biz in jobs plan
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President Barack Obama is promoting help for highways and small businesses, bridges and energy-efficient homes in a broad pitch to get Americans back to work and roll back the double-digit unemployment that's approaching a quarter-century high, an administration official said Tuesday.
Afghan leader: Help needed to pay for larger army
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency.
UN weather agency: decade likely warmest on record
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This decade has very likely been the warmest in the historical record, and 2009 will probably end up as one of the warmest years, the U.N. weather agency announced Tuesday at the second day of the 192-nation climate conference in Copenhagen.
Police: Attack on Pakistan intel office kills 12
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A team of militants launched a gun, rocket and suicide attack on an intelligence office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 12 people in a strike that showed the insurgents can hit deep in the heart of the country.
Ohio killer awaits 1st one-drug lethal injection
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Witnesses to the scheduled execution of a killer who scattered a woman's remains across two states could have an even more somber experience than those who watched previously when Ohio put nearly three dozen other inmates to death.
Obama envoy begins rare trip to NKorea
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President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist nation in more than a year as a senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks.
Watered-down 'public plan' emerges in Senate
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They may still call it a "public plan," but private insurers - not the government - would offer coverage under a compromise Democrats are considering to win Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Letterman jokes about Tiger on the'Late Show'
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David Letterman, after a week off, dived right into material about Tiger Woods on the "Late Show" on Monday, joking that he wishes the golfer would stop calling him to ask for advice.
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