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A recent Zogby poll finds that President Obama's approval rating has sunk to 50 percent — far lower than in other recent polls. But it's not just the numbers that have pollsters in a tizzy: It's the Internet-based methods used in the survey.

Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China's western Xinjiang province, state media said Tuesday, and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise.

Gorilla experts with the Wildlife Conservation Society say they've made a spectacular find in the forests of the Republic of Congo: 125,000 previously undiscovered western lowland gorillas. The animals are critically endangered.

John McCain and Barack Obama skirmished over issues ranging from the nation's fiscal crisis to its foreign threats in their first nationally televised debate. The two senators pressed their basic themes: McCain stressed his experience, while Obama claimed his was the broader vision.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to reform public broadcasting to improve its service. Critics say his overhaul will return it to a state-run model from decades ago that had much less freedom and independence. Sarkozy says French public broadcasting is bloated and inefficient, and his changes will make it more competitive.

China is getting ready to launch its third human spaceflight mission Thursday. It will feature China's first spacewalk. China seems determined to expand its capabilities in space, and a NASA official says that when American astronauts return to the moon, they may find that the Chinese have been there.

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The Phoenix Mars Lander touched down Sunday on the Red Planet without a hitch. Onboard instruments will analyze the ice and look for signs of life at a relatively boring-looking landing site. Joe Palca was at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for the landing.

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