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Indian police detain Tibetan protesters at Dehra, about 12 miles from the Kangra district boundary that surrounds Dharmsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in India. (Photo by Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

Stunning scandal ends a crusading career

Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned as a result of his involvement with a high-priced prostitute, the first New York governor to leave office amid scandal in nearly a century.

International Herald Tribune

Spitzer call girl identified as aspiring singer

ABC News

Spitzer media frenzy

CNN

Bush plans to make Congress vote on Colombia trade pact

The Bush administration said it will force Congress to vote on a Colombia free trade agreement, setting up a contentious debate smack in the middle of a presidential race.

McClatchy Newspapers

Body of abducted Catholic archbishop found in Iraq

The body of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho was found near the Iraqi city of Mosul where he had been abducted, the SIR Catholic news agency said.

Times Online

Severed fingers of 5 hostages given to US officials in Iraq

McClatchy Newspapers

Baghdad car bomb kills 8, wounds 41

Newsday

Israel jets strike northern Gaza

Israeli aircraft have attacked the northern Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel.

BBC

Mideast conflict

Yahoo! News

Homeland Security and FBI report possible threat to Wall Street

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin addressing an uncorroborated threat to Wall Street, a senior Homeland Security official confirmed.

MSNBC

Former US Sen. Howard Metzenbaum dies at age 90

Howard M. Metzenbaum, the populist Democratic multimillionaire who represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate for 19 years, died at his home in Florida.

Columbus Dispatch

NATION

Cops nab 2nd UNC murder suspect

Authorities in Durham, N.C., say they have arrested the second suspect wanted in the slaying of the University of North Carolina's student body president.

CBS News

Gang affiliation debated in slaying of UNC student

Yahoo! News

Admiral William Fallon quits over US policy in Iran

The top U.S. military commander for Iraq and Afghanistan resigned after weeks of behind-the-scenes disagreements with the White House over the direction of American foreign policy.

Times Online

3 coalition soldiers die during a rocket attack on their base south of Baghdad

Boston Herald

POLITICS

Bush invokes faith to defend war policy

President Bush delivered a rousing defense of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, mixing faith and foreign policy as he spoke to a group of Christian broadcasters.

International Herald Tribune

Clinton-Obama 2008? There have been stranger tickets

History shows that political adversaries sometimes suddenly embrace, become ticket-mates — and win. And a lot of experts and politicos, if one reads between the lines — don't rule that out this year.

McClatchy Newspapers

Ferraro, unapologetic, resigns from Clinton campaign after furor

International Herald Tribune

If Florida and Michigan Vote Again, Who Pays?

NPR

Obama's charisma not a guarantee

U.S. News & World Report

BUSINESS

Oil crosses record $110, despite rise in crude inventory

Oil prices rebounded to another record high after initially plummeting when a government report said supplies of crude and gasoline had risen much more than expected.

CNNMoney

Update: Southwest Airlines grounds 38 planes in fuselage inspection

Southwest Airlines Co. said it pulled 38 of its 737 jetliners from service to reinspect them for fuselage cracks after a review of maintenance records showed "ambiguity" related to required testing.

CNNMoney

SPORTS

Lance Mackey claims back-to-back wins in Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

Alaskan Lance Mackey claimed his second-straight victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, completing the 1,100-mile route from Anchorage to Nome in 9 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds.

Bloomberg

Stewart says Goodyear needs to heed driver concerns on tires

Tony Stewart defended his harsh criticism of the tires Goodyear brought to Atlanta, Ga., and said that it was time to speak out after years of closed door meetings failed to produce a solution.

ESPN

Harmon says he will no longer coach golfer John Daly

John Daly has been cut loose by swing coach Butch Harmon, who he was not going to waste his time with a two-time major champion who is more interested in drinking than working on his golf game.

USA Today

EDUCATION

How schools use the Iditarod as an instructional tool

The world's most famous sled-dog race becomes a way to teach math, science, and history in classrooms around the world.

Christian Science Monitor

RELIGION

World's richest prize won by Polish physicist and Catholic priest

The world's richest annual prize has been won by a Polish physicist and Catholic priest for research on the origins of the universe and the tension between religion and science.

Vancouver Sun

Southern Baptist leaders urge climate change action

Influential Southern Baptist leaders are seeking to move the country's largest Protestant denomination beyond its skeptical stance on climate change.

Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

Child dials 911, saves mom's life

A 9-year-old stayed calm, dialed 911 and gave rescue officials all the information they needed to help his mother who had collapsed unconscious.

Good News Network

Firefighter uses CPR to save tiny dog

A firefighter performed mouth-to-snout resuscitation and revived a small dog he found lifeless in a burning mobile home.

HappyNews.com

WORLD

India police arrest another man over British girl's rape, murder

Indian police have arrested a second suspect in connection with the rape and murder of a 15-year-old British girl in Goa, but her mother said the investigation was turning into a "farce."

Reuters

'Magic is over' for the US, says foreign minister of France

Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister of France, says that whoever succeeds President Bush may restore something of the U.S.' battered image and standing overseas, but "the magic is over."

International Herald Tribune

Taiwan's quest for independence likely to wane after election

The two candidates in the fiercely contested presidential election are both pushing for closer ties with mainland China.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Energy and water demands are on collision course

It takes a lot of water to produce energy. It takes a lot of energy to provide water. The two are inextricably linked, and claims on each are rising.

McClatchy Newspapers

RFK Jr.'s Grand Canyon adventure: a river at risk

MSNBC

Thirsty hybrid, electric cars could triple demands on scarce water resources

Science Daily

EPA considers tougher requirements for cutting smog

The Enivronmental Protection Agency is planning to announce whether it will tighten the federal health standard for ozone, commonly known as smog.

Star Tribune

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Peru meteorite may rewrite rules

A meteorite which plowed into the Peruvian countryside should have shattered and dispersed long before reaching the ground.

BBC

Startling discovery about photosynthesis

A startling discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution puts a new twist on photosynthesis, arguably the most important biological process on Earth.

Science Daily

Greek skeleton may show 1,800-year-old brain surgery

Greek archaeologists have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman -- who died during or shortly after the operation.

LiveScience

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'Gilligan's Island' good girl in hot water

The woman who starred as Mary Ann on the television show "Gilligan's Island" is serving six months probation as a result of her arrest last fall in eastern Idaho and subsequent guilty plea to reckless driving.

Showbuzz

Comics can't resist roasting Spitzer

A prominent politician, especially one known for a certain righteousness, is alleged to be a customer of high-priced call girls. For comics, that's a hanging curveball over the plate.

Showbuzz

HEALTH

Aspirin may lower breast cancer risk

Regular use of aspirin and possibly other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may reduce breast cancer risk by as much as 20 percent.

WebMD

CPR changes may save more lives

A new approach to cardiac resuscitation designed to maintain nearly constant chest compressions triples the rate of survival of "out-of-hospital" cardiac arrest, study findings suggest.

MSNBC

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