Nelson: This isn't a vote for or against health plan

Sen. Ben Nelson’s decision to vote tonight in favor of bringing a health care bill to the Senate floor reflects what he describes as his long-standing aversion to obstructionism.
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Plan to 'toughen up' boy goes awry

Two Anchorage, Alaska, men who told investigators they were horsing around with a "redneck flamethrower" set a 5-year-old boy's head on fire and have been charged with felony assault and reckless endangerment, according to police and court records.
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EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells

YERINGTON, Nev. (AP) - Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.
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Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.
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Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

LONDON (AP) - Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
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