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AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said it was “good to be home” after flying back to Massachusetts on Monday, one week after undergoing an aggressive and delicate surgery to treat a cancerous brain tumor.

AP - McDonald’s says it has stopped serving sliced tomatoes in its restaurants over concerns about Salmonella food poisoning linked to uncooked tomatoes.

AP - The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck ? and the back and the head and the stomach ? for millions of Americans.

Reuters - Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama said on Monday he would impose a
windfall profits tax on U.S. oil companies as he sought
political gain from Americans’ pain over high gasoline prices.

AP - Saudi Arabia will call for a summit between oil producing countries and consumer states to discuss soaring energy prices, Information and Culture Minister Iyad Madani said Monday.

Reuters - McDonald’s Corp said on Monday it
has temporarily stopped serving sliced tomatoes on its
sandwiches in the United States as health officials work to
pinpoint the source of a salmonella outbreak.

AP - Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren are new parents. The 27-year-old actress gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Honor Marie Warren, on Saturday, her publicist Brad Cafarelli said Monday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Cafarelli didn’t provide further details.

Reuters - The ‘Green’ job market is thriving
despite lay-offs across the financial and property sectors
caused by the global credit crunch, environmental recruiters
said on Friday.

AP - Dominik Hasek, the goaltender known as the Dominator, retired Monday because he said he lacked the motivation for a 17th season.

AFP - Twenty-three miners were found alive Monday in a Ukrainian coal mine more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, rescue officials said.