A 2008 email informing James Murdoch of the potential scope of phone hacking at the News of the World was deleted in an IT upgrade last year, lawyers say.

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Republicans on Capitol Hill are increasingly worried about the potential of a Newt Gingrich presidential nomination, fearful that the former House speaker’s reputation for volatility could drive away independent voters and jeopardize GOP prospects for controlling Congress in 2013. Just a few months ago, Gingrich was an afterthought in the campaign. But his sudden rise over the past month has given pause to congressional Republicans who thought President Obama’s troubles with the economy could firm up their majority in the House and a new majority in the Senate. Read full article > >

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Some Republican lawmakers wary of Newt Gingrich presidential nomination

The fees for dealing with the administration of Christmas hamper firm Farepak exceed the potential compensation for its victims.

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There are too many “coasting” schools which do not push their pupils to reach their potential, says the annual report from education watchdog Ofsted.

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NASA’s most high-stakes, ambitious planetary mission in decades is scheduled to launch next week with a goal right out of science fiction: to learn whether Mars was, or ever could be, home to extraterrestrial life. If the unmanned Mars Science Laboratory lifts off and travels a 354 million-mile path to Mars, it will lower to the surface a sedan-size rover called Curiosity, which has the potential to change our understanding of the cosmos. Read full article > >

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NASA Mars mission to test planet for ability to sustain life

BEIRUT — Dozens of soldiers and security forces were gunned down by suspected army defectors in southern Syria, a deadly ambush that comes as President Bashar Assad increasingly appears unable to manage the crisis, activists said Tuesday. Monday’s hours-long clash in the southern province of Daraa came on a particularly bloody day in Syria, with as many as 90 people killed across the country. The brazen attack by the army defectors suggested a new confidence among troops who have sided with the protesters and highlighted the potential for an armed confrontation to escalate. Read full article > >

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The United States condemned the airstrike by Sudan and what it called other “negative developments” that increase the potential for hostilities between Sudan and South Sudan.

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South Sudan Accuses Sudan of Bombing Civilian Camp

Some commentators seeing Lucas Papademos emerging as the potential head of the interim coalition as talks resumed on Thursday.

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Greek Leaders Resume Talks on Interim Government

While the Greek debt crisis occupies world leaders at the G20 summit of the biggest economic powers, should we fear the potential fallout here?

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Q&A: How Greek crisis affects UK

As greater numbers of a popular hip implant are beginning to fail, doctors and patients are grappling with how to detect and repair the potential damage.

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A Scramble for Solutions as a Hip Device Fails

Former U.S. senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois, a dashing corporate executive whose meteoric political rise as a liberal Republican was later eclipsed by the sense that his potential went unfulfilled, died Sept. 17 at the Washington Home and Community Hospice in the District. He was 91. He had Alzheimer’s disease, said Kate Kelly, the director of national publicity at the public broadcasting outlet WETA, whose president and chief executive is Sen. Percy’s daughter Sharon Percy Rockefeller. Read full article > >

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Those who believe in free will might be troubled to learn a few secrets about viruses, bacteria and parasites. While it may sound like science fiction, science hints at the potential for microbes to influence our minds, or at least our behavior. Granted, with very limited exceptions, there’s no conclusive proof that foreign agents can control us from within. But when you consider the evidence with an open mind, it’s interesting to consider the possibilities. The latest relevant finding seems innocuous enough. Last month, three insect and plant disease researchers in the University of California system reported a discovery about the tomato spotted wilt virus. As its name suggests, this virus infects and damages tomato plants. It’s harmless to people. Read full article > >

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The bacteria (or virus or parasite) made me do it

The northern Sudanese army has seized Abyei in a serious military escalation that has the potential of igniting an all-out civil war, Western officials said on Sunday.

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North Sudan Takes Contested Town on South Border

Senior police officers focused too much on the potential use of “kettling” during a TUC march against government spending cuts in London last month, human rights campaigners say.

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After the president spoke to the nation, a former foreign minister fled his nation. Meanwhile, Congress is negotiating — or not, depending on who you talk to — over the budget. And the potential GOP field has more wives, war positions, birthers and snark to last a lifetime. That’s not quite everything that happened this week. But it might be enough to pass this week’s p-Op quiz. A p-Op hat tip to @kriseisenla for this week’s quiz name.

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Friday’s p-Op quiz: ‘Moussa Koussa’ Edition