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Tech & science: Special report on the Large Hadron Collider
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Super-smasher targets a massive mystery

The world's largest science experiment will re-create big-bang energies on the smallest scale, as part of a multibillion-dollar effort to solve the biggest puzzle in physics. Full story

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Spin through 
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See the collider
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Politics

How conventions have
changed political map

First Read:  New looks for Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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Palin's baby provides
a political boost

NYT: The Alaska governor's young son has an unexpected effect on her fortunes. Full story

McCain leads Obama in new poll  |    Video
Weather

Hurricane Ike pounds Cuba

  After flooding Haiti and the Bahamas, Category 2 storm blasts Cuba, where more than 1 million have been evacuated.  Full story  |    Video  |    Images  |  Track storm

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2008 Republican National Convention: Day 3
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