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TODAY'S TOP STORIES
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Tepco: Staff at nuclear plant felt helpless
Tepco releases an interim report detailing the sense of desperation and helplessness workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant felt in the immediate aftermath of the March 11 disasters.
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Scientists a step closer to cloning mammoth
The thighbone of a mammoth discovered in Siberia has been found to contain well-preserved bone marrow, increasing scientists' chances of cloning one of the extinct beasts.
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
DPJ exec Maehara prods defense chief Ichikawa to quit
DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara prods Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa to resign as opposition cries rise over an ill-chosen comment he made while discussing a gaffe by his former Okinawa affairs chief.
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OTHER NEWS
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Utility's probe lays blame on tsunami
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Senate blocks funds to move marines
ERIC JOHNSTON
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Aum victim Kono hired by cult spinoff
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
Spark, blast released F-15 gas tank
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
U.S. parks plan irks A-bombed cities
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
KANSAI: Who & What
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[NATIONAL NEWS]
China's skiers lift Japan as tourism defies yen
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OPINION
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FEATURES
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[BOOKS]
No safe haven for modern-day assassins
MARK SCHREIBER
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[BOOKS]
Global challenge of the big sell
ANTHONY FENSOM
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[MEDIA]
Occupy Wall Street resonates within Japan
MARK SCHREIBER
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[MEDIA]
Extreme shopping special; 'martial-arts love comedy'; CM of the week: Mikakuto
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[MEDIA]
Mass media not clean in soap-allergy controversy
PHILIP BRASOR
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[ENVIRONMENT]
Waxing woody as winter nears
C.W. NICOL
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
U.S. base plan reveals obsequious Australia's frail sense of nationhood
ROGER PULVERS
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[LIFE IN JAPAN]
Drawing the blues away
TOMOKO OTAKE
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[TRAVEL]
Exploring Yanagawa's watery world
MANDY BARTOK
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SPORTS
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[BASEBALL]
Nakajima attracts at least one suitor
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[BASEBALL]
Red Sox manager Valentine should be right at home in return to MLB
WAYNE GRACZYK
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[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Manning cleared for more intense rehab
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[AMERICAN FOOTBALL]
Schnellenberger to coach final game
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[GOLF]
Woods cards 5-under 67, sends message to rivals at Chevron World Challenge
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[ICE HOCKEY]
Wings run winning streak to seven
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[J.LEAGUE SOCCER]
Reysol complete storybook season
ANDREW MCKIRDY
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[BASKETBALL]
Lakers' Fisher pleased to trade suits for shorts
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[BASKETBALL]
Happinets edge Golden Kings in marquee matchup
ED ODEVEN
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[SPORTS]
Ferrari, Red Bull pull out of FOTA
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[SPORTS]
Aussie cricket great Loxton dies
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[SPORTS]
Skipper Clarke notches century
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[SPORTS]
Italian spikers prevail over Japan
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[SPORTS]
Vonn crushes competition for downhill crown
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[SPORTS]
Kitajima can't keep pace with Hansen in 100 rematch
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[TENNIS]
Nadal, Ferrer guide Spain to brink of title
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