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New York Family Finds Home on Scotland's Fair Isle

An upstate New York couple was chosen from 800 applicants to move to one of Scotland's remotest islands, Fair Isle. After six months on the island, they and their 6-year-old son love their new life among the sheep and seabirds.

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World

Russian Spy Blames MI6 for Litvinenko's Death

The man British authorities charged with poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko has responded with his own accusations. Andrei Lugovoi, another former KGB officer, says Litvinenko was a British agent trying to get compromising materials about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian Spy Blames MI6 for Litvinenko's Death

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Art & Design

Stolen Fine Art: Organized Crime's New Commodity?

Art theft has turned into a global industry that experts believe now fuels everything from terrorism to drug-running. At least one art sleuth puts art crime (including stolen antiquities and forgeries) behind only drug and arms-trafficking as the third-most-lucrative criminal activity in the world ($2 to $6 billion a year).

Stolen Fine Art: Organized Crime's New Commodity?

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Analysis

Analysis

Who Should Decide the Ideal Global Climate?

It is arrogant for certain people to decide that today's climate is the best climate for all other human beings, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin told NPR's Morning Edition. Michele Norris talks with Richard Alley, who specializes in climate change and is a geosciences professor at Penn State University.

Who Should Decide the Ideal Global Climate?

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Environment

Bush Urges Curbs on Greenhouse Gases by 2009

The United States will engage in new international negotiations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a plan President Bush announced Thursday. The president heads to Germany next week to discuss climate change with other world leaders.

Bush Urges Curbs on Greenhouse Gases by 2009

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Economy

Florida Towns May Feel Homeowners' Tax Pains

Years of rising home values have brought local governments buckets of property tax money. But now, in Florida and other states, taxpayers are saying "enough." Florida's legislature is expected to roll back property taxes next month — imposing big cuts on cities and counties. Local officials say the rollback may force police and firefighter layoffs.

Florida Towns May Feel Homeowners' Tax Pains

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TB Patient Sparks Public Health Scare

TB Patient Identified; Father-in-Law Works at CDC

The Georgia man who shuttled around Europe while infected with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis has been identified as attorney Andrew Speaker, 31, of Atlanta. Speaker's father-in-law, Bob Cooksey, works at the Centers for Disease Control as a microbiologist in the tuberculosis division.

TB Patient Identified; Father-in-Law Works at CDC

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Opinion

Koppel On The News

Seeking Perspective on the U.S. Death Toll in Iraq

Casualties in Iraq are high. May has been a brutal month for American soldiers in Iraq; but it would be a mistake to think that it's the number of deaths alone that is creating the sense of national urgency to improve the situation in Iraq.

Seeking Perspective on the U.S. Death Toll in Iraq

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National

Intelligence Chief Hopes to Speed Staffing Checks

Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell will release recommendations to streamline intelligence agencies' background checks. The FBI is having particular problems: It now takes almost twice as long to identify and hire qualified analysts as it did last year.

Intelligence Chief Hopes to Speed Staffing Checks

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World

May Is Third-Deadliest Month for U.S. in Iraq War

At least 122 U.S. troops died in Iraq in May, making it the third-deadliest month since the war began. And as more troops head to Iraq, even higher numbers of U.S. casualties are expected.

May Is Third-Deadliest Month for U.S. in Iraq War

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National

ACLU Sues Boeing over CIA Rendition Flights

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against Boeing, holding them responsible for flights used in the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. Stephen Grey, author of Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program, talks with Madeleine Brand.

ACLU Sues Boeing over CIA Rendition Flights

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Environment

NASA Scientist Critiques Bush's Strategy

President George Bush unveiled his strategy on climate change Thursday, and NASA's top climate change scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies says the announcement is a timely one.

NASA Scientist Critiques Bush's Strategy

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Technology

Prolific Spammer Faces Fraud, Theft Charges

Don't be surprised if you have fewer unwanted e-mails in your inbox today. One of the world's most active spammers, Robert Alan Soloway, was arrested Wednesday in Seattle. Soloway is accused of sending millions of unwanted e-mails and has been charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

Prolific Spammer Faces Fraud, Theft Charges

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