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Walters, Letterman compare notes on heart surgery
(AP)
AP - Barbara Walters is feeling wonderful after heart surgery in May — and has practically no scar, she added proudly Tuesday as she returned to active duty on "The View" after taking the summer off for recovery.
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Grim outlook for Democrats puts House up for grabs
(AP)
 AP - Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are playing defense all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more - the vast majority held by Democrats - at risk of changing hands.
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Blast rips through Mexico oil refinery
(Reuters)
 Reuters - An explosion ripped through a major refinery in northern Mexico on Tuesday, state oil firm Pemex said, but officials were unable to confirm reports that several people were killed.
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CO firefighters to step up attack on Boulder blaze
(AP)
 AP - Firefighters ramped up their fight Tuesday against a wildfire that forced about 3,000 people to flee their homes as the wind-whipped blaze filled the surrounding canyon with heavy smoke and spit flames.
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US smoking rate still stuck at 1 in 5 adults
(AP)
AP - Frustrated health officials say that U.S. smoking rates continue to hold steady, at about one in five adults lighting up regularly.
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Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan
(Reuters)
Reuters - Civil and military leaders stepped up calls on Tuesday for an obscure U.S. pastor to drop his plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as fears grew it would fan religious hatred.
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Church rebuffs military concerns on Quran burning
(AP)
 AP - A Christian minister said Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran this weekend to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite a warning from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so would endanger American troops.
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French unions test Sarkozy in pensions strike
(Reuters)
 Reuters - French trade unions said 2.5 million people took to the streets Tuesday to protest over pension reforms that President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is determined to implement on the way to elections in 2012.
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Australia's Gillard scrapes back to power
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a wafer thin parliamentary majority on Tuesday, ending a political impasse but hardly cheering investors worried about the fragility of her government and its plans to tax mining profits.
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Iran says it is self-sufficient in gasoline: state TV
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Iran has raised its gasoline output to attain self-sufficiency in the strategic product and foil sanctions targeting its energy needs, the state television's website reported its oil minister as saying.
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