US and Afghan troops ring Taliban stronghold (AP)

AP - U.S. and Afghan forces ringed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the stage for what is being described as the biggest offensive of the nine-year war.

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Smallest survivors pose one of biggest problems (AP)

AP - The smallest survivors of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake are growing into one of the biggest problems in its aftermath.

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Iran student protests bring out tens of thousands (AP)

AP - Tens of thousands of students, many shouting “Death to the Dictator!” and burning pictures of Iran’s supreme leader, took to the streets on more than a dozen campuses Monday in the biggest anti-government protests in months.

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AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback (AP)

AP - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group’s manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.

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Comcast to buy controlling stake in NBC Universal (AP)

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AP: Palin book goes after McCain camp but not Levi (AP)

AP - Sarah Palin’s new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter’s pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesn’t contain a single reference to the father of her grandson, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston.

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US seeks to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran (AP)

AP - In what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to take over four U.S

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October deadliest month for U.S. in Afghan war (AP)

AP - Roadside bombs — the biggest killer of U.S. soldiers — claimed eight more American lives Tuesday, driving the U.S. death toll to a record level for the third time in four months as President Barack Obama nears a decision on a new strategy for the troubled war.

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85,000 Iraqis killed in almost 5 years of war (AP)

AP - Iraq’s government said at least 85,000 people were killed from 2004 to 2008, officially answering one of the biggest questions of the conflict — how many perished in the sectarian violence that nearly led to a civil war.

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Demand for electricity sputters and bills may fall (AP)

AP - Consumers and businesses may finally be seeing some relief from rising utility bills, thanks to the biggest decline in U.S. electricity demand in decades.

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