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CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News: "The longest solar eclipse of the century cast a wide shadow for several minutes over Asia and the Pacific Ocean today. Throngs of people went outside to watch day turn into night. Temperatures dropped in cities and villages teemed with amateur stargazers"

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Senate to vote on concealed weapons measure - Yahoo! News

Senate to vote on concealed weapons measure - Yahoo! News: "Gun control and gun rights advocates are heading for another clash with a Senate vote on a measure that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry those hidden weapons into other states."

Obama may have to wait for health care passage - Yahoo! News

Obama may have to wait for health care passage - Yahoo! News: "After more than week of tirelessly pressuring Congress to move his top domestic priority, it appears increasingly likely President Barack Obama may have to settle for a fallback strategy on health care overhaul."

New ambush near world's largest gold mine; 2 dead - Yahoo! News

New ambush near world's largest gold mine; 2 dead - Yahoo! News: "Gunmen opened fire Wednesday on buses carrying employees of U.S. mining company Freeport in Indonesia's impoverished Papua province, killing two people in the latest attack on the world's largest gold mine, witnesses and the state news agency said."

Michael Jackson aimed to direct movie about foster children - Yahoo! News

Michael Jackson aimed to direct movie about foster children - Yahoo! News: "Three months before his death, Michael Jackson committed to co-directing and financing a movie -- a poignant drama about foster children -- and planned to get started as soon as he completed his London concerts."

Oakland voters pass pot tax to boost city coffers - Yahoo! News

Oakland voters pass pot tax to boost city coffers - Yahoo! News: "Oakland residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to approve a first-of-its kind tax on medical marijuana sold at the city's four cannabis dispensaries."

Heated words traded at rally over dragging death - Yahoo! News

Heated words traded at rally over dragging death - Yahoo! News: "On one side of a downtown street in this eastern Texas town stood about 200 protesters, chanting 'Black Power' and led by a group of New Black Panthers clad in paramilitary outfits and black berets. On the other side of the street stood a couple dozen counter-protesters, a few yelling 'White power!' while some skinheads waved Nazi flags."