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(CNN Student News) — February 1, 2008
Quick Guide
Internet Outage – Learn how a massive Internet failure affected several countries.
GOP Debate – Hear Republican candidates discuss their presidential credentials.
Getting There – Follow a Chinese worker’s journey home for the Lunar New Year.
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DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) — Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick offered an abject apology to his constituents Wednesday, but remained adamant that he would not resign following a newspaper report that he exchanged romantic text messages with his chief of staff.

The report contradicted testimony the pair gave in a whistle-blower trial.
I truly apologize [...]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America.

Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, who heads of U.S. Northern Command, told The Associated Press on Tuesday [...]

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius called for a new course for the nation on Monday, saying Americans have no more patience with divisive politics and urging President Bush to join the vast majority of Americans to make needed change.

Speaking from Topeka, Kansas, Sebelius said her American response to the [...]

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BEIJING, China (AP) — The Watercube, one of the two iconic venues for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was unveiled on Monday.

Known officially as the National Aquatics Center, the Watercube has been dubbed the cool building of the Games. The building’s design and its translucent, blue-toned outside skin make it look like a [...]

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We can see the world like never before. A confluence of ubiquitous cameras, the commercialization of satellite imaging and Web sites specializing in photos and videos has put the world at our fingertips. And more is being put there every day.

Consider planning a trip, or a move. If you’re heading for a [...]

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DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Afghanistan’s president warned Wednesday that the whole world could suffer from the wildfire of terrorism engulfing his region, a grim message for a meeting of political and business leaders already fretting over the threat of global recession.

Formally opening the World Economic Forum, Hamid Karzai gave a sobering rundown [...]

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GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (AP) — A man was sentenced to 25 to 65 years in prison Tuesday for killing a cellmate he suspected of stealing his snack cake.
Benny Rochelle, 19, was convicted of second-degree murder last month for the November 2006 death of 46-year-old Jose Estrada.
Rochelle was in the Kent County jail [...]

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Environmentalists again clashed with Japanese whalers Tuesday in the Antarctic Ocean, with Greenpeace activists failing in a risky attempt to prevent the fleet’s factory ship from refueling.

The protesters were drenched with freezing water from Japanese hoses as they piloted an inflatable boat between the factory ship Nisshin Maru [...]

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By Eliott C. McLaughlin CNN
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (CNN) — Tim Masters is expected to get his first taste of freedom Tuesday after spending more than nine years behind bars for a murder he always insisted he didn’t commit.
Masters, his family, his team of attorneys and others filed into a [...]

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