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Bush Reaffirms Iraq Strategy

President Bush delivers what the White House calls an "important" address on Iraq from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis Wednesday morning. The president laid out a strategy for victory, and focused in particular on progress he has seen in training Iraqi forces.

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World

U.S. Placing Stories in Iraq Media

As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military reportedly paid Iraqi newspapers to plant favorable stories about its efforts to rebuild the country. The reporter who broke the story discusses the controversial policy.

U.S. Placing Stories in Iraq Media

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Environment

Scientists Explore Cause of Dolphin Deaths

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are trying to figure out what's been causing deaths of bottlenose dolphins over the last two decades. Elizabeth Shogren joins the scientists on an expedition near Charleston, S.C.

Scientists Explore Cause of Dolphin Deaths

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Law

High Court to Weigh Parental Notification for Abortion

The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on a New Hampshire law requiring minors to notify their parents before getting an abortion. A federal appeals court ruled against the law, saying it should carry an exemption for a minor whose health is at stake.

High Court to Weigh Parental Notification for Abortion

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Law

High Court Hears Arguments on Abortion Notification Law

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday on a New Hampshire law requiring parents be notified when a minor seeks an abortion. Advocates of the law say parents know what is best for their child, but a federal appeals court struck down the law because it did not include an exception for a medical emergency in which the health of the minor was in danger.

High Court Hears Arguments on Abortion Notification Law

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Law

Alito Documents: 'We Disagree With Roe v. Wade'

New documents shed more light on Judge Samuel Alito's views on the landmark 1972 Supreme Court decision that established a woman's constitutional right to obtain an abortion.

Alito Documents: 'We Disagree With Roe v. Wade'

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Technology

Paying Real Money to Win Online Games

Sometime today, millions of people will check out of this world and into the world of online games. And many of them will think nothing of pulling out real credit cards to buy virtual gold, swords — even humans.

Paying Real Money to Win Online Games

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Tuesday

A Businessman's Life in Gaza

Barriers to Business in Gaza

Computer entrepreneur Abdelhadi "Hadi" Abushahla faces plenty of challenges to doing business in the Gaza Strip. The roads are cluttered with slow-moving donkey carts, the phones often don't work and permission to enter Israel can be nearly impossible to get.

Barriers to Business in Gaza

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Health Care

Heart Association Issues Simplified CPR Guidelines

The American Heart Association has simplified its guidelines for administering cardiac-pulmonary resuscitation. CPR involves a combination of chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth breathing. Now, the heart association says, more chest compression is better.

Heart Association Issues Simplified CPR Guidelines

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Politics

More Charges May Come in Cunningham Bribery Case

Prosecutors in the case of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) are considering the fate of private contractors who gave the congressman money and gifts in exchange for his help in winning contracts. Cunningham resigned Monday after pleading guilty to accepting $2.4 million in bribes.

More Charges May Come in Cunningham Bribery Case

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Law

Federal Trial on Vioxx Opens in Houston

The first federal trial over the painkiller Vioxx begins Tuesday in Houston. Pharmaceutical company Merck has defended its handling of the drug in two previous state cases, losing one of them. Merck withdrew Vioxx from the market last year after a study showed that the drug posed heart risks.

Federal Trial on Vioxx Opens in Houston

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The Impact of War

A Wounded Soldier Struggles to Adapt

Many of the men and women who returned from Iraq with traumatic brain injuries may never fully recover. As part of our Span of War series, we continue our story of one soldier's attempt to grasp his new limitations and ultimately head home to his wife and family in West Virginia.

A Wounded Soldier Struggles to Adapt

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Music News

To Generate Buzz, Clap Your Hands on the 'Net!

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! is but one of scores of bands making music without the help a record label, pressing CDs themselves and selling them at concerts and on the Internet.

To Generate Buzz, Clap Your Hands on the 'Net!

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Performing Arts

Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour

Mark Rylance will soon wrap up his 10-year tenure as artistic director of the Globe Theatre Company. He is currently on tour with the company, starring as Vincentio in Measure for Measure.

Shakespeare Innovator Rylance on Farewell Tour

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National

Vinyl Archivist Gilles Peterson 'Digs America'

BBC radio host and DJ Gilles Peterson is famous in Britain for his compilation CDs of rare funk/soul/jazz tunes. Now Peterson is taking his act across the Atlantic with a new compilation CD of tunes by little-known American artists salvaged from the bins of used record shops.

Vinyl Archivist Gilles Peterson 'Digs America'

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