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Iraqi Leader Says Iran Won't Be Interfering Anymore

"If the excuse [of Iran] was that the presence of U.S. troops on Iraqi soil posed a threat to [Iranian] national security, then this danger is over," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki tells The Wall Street Journal. He meets with President Obama today.

Putin Aide Says Vote Results Will Stand

It appears that Putin, who is viewed as being the real power broker in the Kremlin and who is looking to return to the presidency in next year's elections, is standing firm against complaints about fraud in last week's elections.

This is what researchers at the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider expect a Higgs boson to look like. The Higgs boson is the subatomic particle that scientists say gives everything in the universe mass.

Here We Go Again: Has Misnamed 'God Particle' Finally Been Found?

Finding the Higgs boson be "the crowning achievement of subatomic physics." An announcement about the search is due Tuesday. But rumors about its discovery have flown before.

Who knew the big horn could be so valuable?

What A Sour Note: Thieves Target Tubas In Southern California

High prices for the instruments and the bandamusic craze have combined to make tubas hot properties. Some schools are now without any.

Lowe's Ignites Controversy By Pulling Ads From 'All-American Muslim'

"We managed to step into a hotly contested debate," Lowe's says, and the company wants to "defer to communities, individuals and groups to discuss and consider such issues." Criticized for running the ads, it's now being criticized for pulling them.

New Jersey Nets' Owner Announces Run For Russian Presidency

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's bid to return to his nation's presidency, an office he held from 2000 to 2008, picked up a surprise challenger Monday when Mikhail Prokhorov publicly declared his intention to run for the office, too.

Madeline Mann seen shortly after she was born prematurely in in 1989. Weighing 9.9 ounces at birth, she is now an honors student in psychology at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill.

Care For Earliest Preemies Improves, But Low Birth Weight Remains Risky

Even very tiny preemies sometimes turn out OK, as shown by the stories of two girls who were among the smallest preemies to survive. But infants born very early and weighing very little can face a lifetime of health problems.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, speaking here in a Republican debate on Saturday, has angered Palestinians by calling them "an invented people" and "terrorists."

Palestinians Bristle At Gingrich Comments

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict invariably comes up in U.S. presidential politics. Now, Republican candidate Newt Gingrich has drawn the ire of Palestinians by calling them "an invented people."

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki shakes hands with President Obama in the Oval Office at the White House on Monday. The two leaders met as the U.S. prepares to withdraw the last of its combat troops from Iraq.

Obama, Maliki Pledge Cooperation After U.S. Pullout

U.S. combat troops will soon be out of Iraq completely. But in a meeting with President Obama Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said a continued presence in his country is essential. The two sides pledged to maintain strong ties, but nagging concerns about security and neighboring Iran remain.

Piles of coal are shown at NRG Energy's W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station in Thompsons, Texas. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin regulating mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants for the first time.

EPA To Unveil Stricter Rules For Power Plants

The rules, which come two decades after Congress ordered the agency to regulate toxic air pollution, would give power plants nationwide just three more years to slash mercury and other harmful emissions. But some big power plants are angling for more time.

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