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2 Americans win Nobel in economics

By Don Lee, Larry Gordon and Adolfo Flores, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — For years, transplant surgeons have struggled with a vexing problem: seriously ill patients desperate for new kidneys and healthy

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Obama-Romney round 2: Another pivotal encounter?

By David Lightman and Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers – HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — President Barack Obama’s goal in Tuesday’s debate is to more forcefully challenge Republican opponent Mitt Romney, dramatize the sharp differences between

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Food fight in the school lunchroom

Maria Elena Baca and Heron Marquez, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – They may be good for you, but some students are having a tough time swallowing the new, healthier school lunches. Across the United

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Pakistani police arrest 3 in attack on girl

By Alex Rodriguez and Zulfiqar Ali, Los Angeles Times – ISLAMABAD — As pressure mounted on Pakistani police to track down militants behind last week’s assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai, authorities confirmed on

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Arlen Specter, Senate maverick, dies at 82

By Tim Infield and Maria Panaritis, The Philadelphia Inquirer – PHILADELPHIA — Arlen Specter, 82, the longest-serving United States senator in Pennsylvania history, a driven, often contentious figure who placed himself at the

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Guantanamo hearings reopen Monday

By Richard A. Serrano, Tribune Washington Bureau – FORT MEADE, Md. — Pretrial hearings for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other alleged top al-Qaida operatives reopen Monday morning with a military commission judge

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An unusually pristine piece of Mars

By Monte Morin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Blasted into space by a collision with an asteroid, the jagged hunk of Mars rock tumbled silently through the solar system for 7,000

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