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An oil worker walks on a new well which is being drilled in the Sakhir, Bahrain, oil fields in the Persian Gulf. (Photo by Hasan Jamali / AP)

Bush fails to win Saudi help on gas prices

MSN Money

Under pressure, Bush stops adding to US petroleum reserve

Christian Science Monitor

22,000 dead, millions left homeless by China quake

A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said that a devastating earthquake in southwest China destroyed or heavily damaged 436,000 properties leading to 4.8 million homeless.

CNN

Desperate search for loved ones

NPR

Obama criticizes McCain for 'naive' foreign policy

Barack Obama laid into John McCain for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible."

Yahoo! News

Obama says Bush policies strengthened Iran, Hamas

Reuters

Can Obama hold on to Jewish supporters?

McClatchy Newspapers

US allowed to send aid through private groups in Myanmar

After concerns that Myanmar authorities improperly took some previous relief supplies, Myanmar is now allowing U.S. government aid workers to give aid directly to private aid groups.

CNN

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US now aiding North Korea, Myanmar, China

McClatchy Newspapers

FBI assigns more than 200 agents to mortgage fraud probe

The FBI has more than 200 agents and 33 task forces addressing mortgage fraud, has more than 1,300 cases under investigation and has targeted 19 large companies, FBI Director Robert Mueller said.

Epoch Times

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Julie Lee unwraps the face of a terra cotta horse statue for an exhibition at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, Calif. (Photo by Mark Avery / AP)	Davenport North's AG Bradford, right, and Des Moines East's Laurel Murphy run in the Class 4A Girls 100 Meter Hurdles in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Steve Pope/ AP)	A North Korean soldier watches visiting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez, in the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / AP)

NATION

Calif. governor will uphold state Supreme Court's 4-3 decision

Gov. Schwarzenegger said he would uphold the decision allowing gays and lesbians to marry, adding, "I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling."

Sacramento Bee

Gay marriage opponents vow to fight Calif. ruling

Salt Lake Tribune

Reaction to decision

San Jose Mercury News

Marines given jail for Japan sex assaults

Two U.S. Marines were sentenced to prison time on charges related to sexual assaults on two different young women in Japan, but both men have avoided rape convictions.

CBS News

Military wives fight Army to help husbands

NPR

NY governor signs anti-noose bill

New York Governor David Paterson signed into law a bill making it a felony to display a noose with the intention to threaten or harass someone.

NY Daily News

POLITICS

Obama, facing likely defeat, will skip visiting Kentucky

McClatchy Newspapers

Dennis Quaid gives Congress an earful

Actor Dennis Quaid told Congress of a near-fatal drug mix-up with his newborn twins. The actor said his brush with tragedy underscores the need to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable.

CBS News

BUSINESS

GE plans to exit appliance business

General Electric Co. said it plans to sell or spin-off its century-old appliance business, as part of an ongoing plan to exit "slower growth and more volatile businesses."

CBS News

CBS agrees to purchase Cnet Networks for $1.8 billion

CBS Corp. agreed to buy Cnet Networks Inc., a technology news provider, for about $1.8 billion, to become one of the 10 largest Web site companies.

Bloomberg

EDUCATION

Poor performances linked to classrooms

Noisy, hot and poorly lit classrooms impair the performance of pupils, according to research published. Poor conditions affected children's ability to concentrate and to do well in tests.

Guardian

Teen accused of poisoning teacher

A 16-year-old student is accused of poisoning his teacher, who went to the hospital with "severe intestinal distress" after the teen spiked a soft drink with eye drops, authorities said.

MSNBC

ENVIRONMENT

Texas oilman plans $2 billion wind farm

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has placed the largest ever order for wind turbines. Picken plans to develop the world’s largest wind farm in the panhandle of Texas.

Environmental News Network

Water plan makes every drop count

Water conservation and an unprecedented water recycling program are key to the 20 year, $1.5 billion water supply strategy introduced by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Environment News Service

HEALTH

Do consumers understand drug ads?

A commentary in an issue of the New England Journal of Medicine highlights a potentially risky shift in direct-to-consumer (DTC) ads — from drugs to devices.

Times Online

Vitamin D may have benefits for breast cancer patients

Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D were much more likely to die of the disease or have it spread than patients getting enough of the nutrient, a study found.

MSNBC

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GOOD NEWS

Farmers pamper cows to boost output

Kirk Christie, an Iowa dairy farmer, believes "a happy cow is a productive cow," so he pampers his cows to increase their milk productivity.

Associated Press

Watchful citizen helps in arrest of 2 Calif. bank robbers

Two bank-robbery suspects were captured after an alert witness flagged down a Vallejo, Calif., police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said.

San Francisco Chronicle

WORLD

'Bin Laden' call targets Israel

A new message purported to be from Osama bin Laden calls for Muslims to continue fights to liberate Palestinian lands.

BBC

Transcript of the alleged bin Laden tape