BELVIDERE, Ill. — A gas line exploded Monday at a technology plant in northern Illinois, sending aloft debris that killed a man at a nearby highway rest area

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Gas line explodes at Ill. factory; debris kills 1 (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

RALEIGH, N.C.

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FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

BOSTON — Massachusetts officials are using high-tech tags to track the movements of two great white sharks near Cape Cod - the first time the fearsome fish have ever been tagged in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Great white sharks tagged for first time off Mass. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer)

C.I.A. interrogators used the near-drowning technique, which Obama administration officials have described as torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda. (source: New York Times) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

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Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects (source: New York Times)

Obama administration officials say the approach will allow them to shore up the nation’s banking system without seeking more money from Congress.

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U.S. May Convert Banks’ Bailouts to Equity Share (source: New York Times)

Leaders from the Western Hemisphere closed a summit meeting proclaiming a new dawn for relations in the region.

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Hemisphere’s Leaders Signal Fresh Start With U.S. (source: New York Times)

Overview of Senate procedural Rule 22, filibuster and cloture .

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Filibuster and Cloture (source: About)