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Rescue plane reaches South Pole
The mission plans to take off early today with an ailing American physician.

Arrest without warrant upheld
The Supreme Court ruling in a Texas case raises fears about police abuse in racial profiling.

Bill would expand drilling ban area
WASHINGTON -- Members of Florida's congressional delegation plan to introduce a bill today to expand the area off the state's coast where oil and gas drilling is prohibited.

The nation in brief
Strike resolved, Hawaii students return to class

In Japan, insider as maverick wins
TOKYO -- He is the closest thing to a rebel that Japan has. But Junichiro Koizumi, the man who has come to embody this insecure country's hopes for a brighter future, is no firebrand revolutionary.