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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)

Energy Department won't add to petroleum reserve

The U.S. Energy Department said it will not add millions of barrels of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move sought by Congress to battle record fuel costs.

Reuters

Interview:

Cost of expensive oil

Reuters

Gordon Brown: Myanmar guilty of inhuman action over cyclone response

The official death toll of the cyclone disaster in Burma has risen to 78,000, as the country's military regime continues to block aid from reaching 2.5 million survivors.

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama lashes back at Bush, McCain

Following flap over Bush's comments in Israel, dem candidate lambastes McCain on foreign policy.

CBS News

Clinton still in the race

YouTube

Obama criticizes McCain, Bush over attacks

YouTube

US court postpones first Guantanamo war crimes trial

A military judge postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts.

Google News

Interview:

Background of Guantanamo tribunals

BBC

China quake victims flee 'flood'

There has been panic in the quake-hit Chinese city of Beichuan after reports a river had burst its bank sparked fears the entire city could be flooded.

BBC

Special section:

Mapping the earthquake zone

BBC

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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

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

POLITICS

Unintended consequences of the House Democrats’ winning streak

After three straight special-election losses for the GOP, Democrats are growing more confident about their chances of picking up - and holding onto - a large number of House seats in the fall.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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

Mexico's tax-free shopping incentive

In light of slow economic growth in Mexico, the Tourism Ministry announced a tax credit in the hopes of maintaining tourist interest.

BusinessWeek

Week 3 of rebates: $13.5 billion sent out

CNNMoney

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

EDUCATION

Can competitions raise 'cool' factor of math, science?

Math bees and science smackdowns for teen brainiacs are on the rise, along with efforts to fuel interest in those fields.

Christian Science Monitor

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

Native Canadians win mini-victory over big loggers

Pressure is mounting on the Canadian government to take actions against private loggers and businesses that encroach upon the indigenous peoples' territories.

OneWorld

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

HEALTH

Dairy, dairy, quite contrary

For many consumers, "organic" means food that's healthy, clean, and fair to farmers. Of course, in reality it is more complicated.

Grist

Factors in delaying or declining total knee replacement surgery

A study unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery.

Medical News Today

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

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

World Falun Dafa day

From its introduction in 1992 until 1999 when it was banned by the communist regime, approximately 60-100 million people were practicing Falun Dafa in China.

Epoch Times

A bastion of Mormonism rises in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains

Greg Larsen seems like your typical Mormon: raised in Utah, served a two-year mission, married the woman he met at a Mormon university. But it wasn't Brigham Young. It was Southern Virginia University.

Religion News Service

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No prom in this skimpy dress

CNN

Lusaka sunrise

YouTube

Ramirez's amazing catch

MLB.com

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GOOD NEWS

New mouthwashes may help take bad breath away

It's a vexing and often taboo topic. Despite shelves full of products to fight bad breath, there's little solid information on whether they really work.

USA Today

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

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

WORLD

Pro-Taliban militants release kidnapped Pakistani Ambassador