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Turkish police forensic experts examine a weapon outside of the U.S. Consulate after an attack in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Murad Sezer / AP)

Oil rebounds $2 after Iran missile tests

Reuters

Iran test-fires missiles in show of defiance

NPR

Web-savvy homeowners vs. landmen

Today's energy company landmen must deal with Texas soccer moms with their own Web sites and Pennsylvania dairy farmers/bloggers, all armed with Google maps and Excel spreadsheets.

TIME

Attack on US post in Turkey kills 6

A group of unidentified gunmen opened fire on Turkish security guards outside the United States Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, the Turkish authorities said.

International Herald Tribune

US consulate attack

CNN

'Three Germans seized' in Turkey

BBC

Scam artists use dead doctors' IDs to abuse Medicare

According to court documents, Nelson Martin and Aurelio Benavides submitted $14.3 million in false claims for reimbursement. As a result, Medicare paid them about $1.3 million.

ABC News

US played quiet role in Colombia jungle hostage rescue

U.S. troops did not participate directly in the hostage-rescue operation, but behind the rescue in a jungle clearing stood years of clandestine American work.

MSNBC

NATION

Did trailer makers know about formaldehyde fumes?

By early 2006, the Gulf Stream Coach plant was cranking out more than 100 trailers a day. The pace, former employees say, quickly forced the company to turn to low-quality materials.

CBS News

Trailer graveyards haunt FEMA, neighbors

NPR

Cheney accused of suppressing testimony on climate change's risks

The U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney intervened to gag a senior official from testifying to the public health problems caused by climate change, according to a Bush administration whistleblower.

Guardian

EPA official claims Cheney silenced agency

MSNBC

Calif. blaze threatens more evacuations

A new blaze in northern California threatened 2,000 structures and may force 5,000 residents to evacuate, adding to a spate of wildfires in the state, a state spokeswoman said.

CNN

POLITICS

McCain makes appeal to Hispanics

Speaking before the 79th Annual League of United Latin American Citizens, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., tried to explain his position on comprehensive immigration reform.

ABC News

McCain vows to balance budget

CNN

Obama calls 'Access Hollywood' interview a mistake

Barack Obama said it was a mistake to allow his daughters to be interviewed extensively by “Access Hollywood,” and he will not allow it to happen again.

MSNBC

Obama's call for unity faces abortion test

CBS News

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Many movie theaters decide to leave the 'Bat Signal' on till dawn

Fans have bought so many late-night tickets for the July 18 opening of the next Batman movie that many theaters are scheduling 6 a.m. screenings for those who can’t get in at midnight or 3 in the morning.

Rotten Tomatoes

How the Google generation thinks

Digital natives and immigrants are terms for those who have grown up with technology and those who have adapted to it. What is new is the emerging evidence of the consequences of this digital divide.

Times Online

5 alternatives to the new Apple iPhone

Touch-screen competitors might not top Apple's software, but they offer other unique features.

U.S. News & World Report

ENVIRONMENT

Suit seeks ban on oil companies disturbing wildlife

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn new federal regulations that grants permission to oil companies working in the Chukchi Sea to disturb the polar bears and walrus.

Reuters

States approve compact to protect the Great Lakes

The vast majority of the fresh surface water in the United States may soon be off-limits to thirsty parts of the nation and the world.

NPR

HEALTH

Food diary may double your weight loss

A recent study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research found that dieters who kept track of what they ate in a food journal lost twice as much weight compared to those who didn't.

ABC News

Waist size a better measure of health than Body Mass Index

As a measurement of health status as it is currently applied, the BMI is misleading. The good news is that there are other more easily determined and more useful measurements out there.

Epoch Times

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fix found for Internet security flaw

Computer experts have released software to tackle a security glitch in the Internet's addressing system.

BBC

Who's tracking your Web browsing?

Seeking to mute consumer and congressional concerns over possible online privacy violations, the media company NebuAd announced that it will take new steps to protect Internet users.

McClatchy Newspapers

NASA sets date for final shuttle mission

NASA has tentatively set the final space shuttle mission, four months before the shuttle fleet is scheduled to retire.

CBC

Space shuttle: evolution of spaceflight

PBS

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GOOD NEWS

South Africa releases Mandela 90th birthday coin

The South African Reserve Bank will circulate 5 million coins featuring Nelson Mandela to commemorate the former president's 90th birthday.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Warren Buffett gives stock to charity

Billionaire Warren Buffett has given away 512,169 Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to three charitable foundations in keeping with his plan to give away the bulk of his fortune.

BusinessWeek

WORLD

G-8 looks past Bush

Leaders of the G-8 issued a polite sayonara to President Bush and to the rest of the world: We’re likely to take a stronger, more specific joint stance on dealing with climate change next year.

Christian Science Monitor

Over caviar and sea urchin, G-8 leaders mull food crisis

The Independent

Iraq insists on US withdrawal timetable

Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces, according to the government's national security adviser.

Reuters

Iraqi P.M. Calls for Withdrawal Date

YouTube

Singh to seek IAEA approval for US nuclear accord

Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, will meet with President Bush and seek approval from the International Atomic Energy Agency in the two nations' attempt to move forward with their 2005 pact.

Bloomberg

BUSINESS

Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5

Oil tumbled more than $5 a barrel in its second big drop this week, hurling crude back to levels not seen since June 26 as traders wary about the health of the global economy cashed in gains.

Yahoo! News

Worst may not be over on Wall Street

As U.S. home prices decline and Washington struggles to end the economic malaise, Wall Street is starting to send another sobering message: The worst is yet to come.

International Herald Tribune

Feeling Fannie's and Freddie's pain

CNNMoney

Venture funds flood clean tech

According to a report from a San Francisco research and strategy firm, worldwide venture investments in clean technologies reached $2 billion from April to June, setting an all time record.

San Jose Mercury News

SPORTS

Cleveland Indians trade pitcher to Milwaukee Brewers

Cleveland traded the Cy Young Award winner, C. C. Sabathia, to Milwaukee for four prospects: Matt LaPorta, Zach Jackson and Rob Bryson. The fourth player will be chosen later.

Plain Dealer

British lawyer tries to ambush another Games pentathlon hope

A British lawyer, advocating for a Greek athlete, claims that Australians cheated by changing official scores to ensure that an Australian modern pentathlon athlete qualified for the Olympic Games.

Sydney Morning Herald

EDUCATION

Cancer death rate drop tied to higher education levels

Declines in death rates from the four leading types of cancer in the U.S. since the early 1990s have been driven largely by progress among college-educated men and women, researchers said.

Reuters

‘Green’ report cards for US colleges

New rating systems help students choose environmentally friendly colleges.

Christian Science Monitor

FCAT school, district grades

Florida has more schools earning “A’s” and “B’s” than ever before according to the 2008 school grades results.

WCTV

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Vatican 'regrets' female bishops

The Vatican criticized the Church of England's decision to press ahead with the ordination of women as bishops, saying it presented an "obstacle" for reconciliation between Canterbury and Rome.

Guardian

Billionaire philanthropist, John Templeton, dies at 95

John Templeton, an investor and mutual fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to promoting religion and reconciling it with science, has died. He was 95.

Beliefnet

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